The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-25
TULSA TESTIFIES
OF BETTER TIMES


ward 10 this fan and winter with
Iptimism'
uhat Tulsa has iust bccn marking
time and is ready 10 enter upon O.
new era ~ activity ia the belief of
Ari' Ciipos Of the jenkins Music
,turo.
"rhe best thing that could hap.
pen 20 TulR just now said CripcH.
is the launching ~ som" big mov.as
mcut fpr civic brttcrment that viii
pnETpsH the attention oi the people
of the city. The focusing of every
oho's "nerEy and Thought on some
one big thing VIII do moro than
anything clsr 10 RwinR things back
90 sane and normal routine. Whrl
/ RHy normal [ do not mean that !
hope 90 gee things return to tho old
bnHs We have progressed. ana to
GO back would be- detrimental II ts
very true tHdt We here In Tulsa. as
well ~ people In other parts of
the country mayo not been wise I'm
spending our money, perhaps, a1d
the period through which we have
passed has brought no 10 the roHliz-
alton ui this But people are on
ioying their money none the less
now because thcv ARE buying wisely.
Now that we nrc becoming estb.
lishcd on u sound business basls
Ngpin, the next step ~ the putting
forward Of Rumc forward inoNing
movement that viii occupy every
ouo's ihoughts a." n while 20 the
exclusion Of broodlng on what we
na,, ,1llcd hati times
Head ahluStmcnt T. What Hurts.
"W' hnvr ~ had hard times. We
have had soft ;!mrs. and wc haze
not accustomed ourselves To- tho
noUmM timcs following the period
OF abnormal earning and abnormal
spending. The average you ig wage
enrncr who thinks he cant save
money probably IL right about -:
ho can't because he has not adjust
cd his mode Of living 20 tho habit OF
! thrift Nearly everything has come
down, with perhaps q ecry few cN-
rcptio1s In our business. aa In
many others, our salaries are the
same that they wore n year ago, So
you see there are opportunities for
saving and investing that many nre
quick to take advantage uff
The period OF depression through
which Tulsn naa Just passed has
! been the best thing that has ever
1 hnppr ned TO the city, l.. ~. Abbott
| of Halliburton Abbott company hc-
| ncvos putntinr ont the fact that
! credits have hron stabilized. Abbott
! stat, that although monry Is not
| berg Frent SO freely as II was In
the "so's times" pconlo are buying,
watching the Tooth Gent.
"They want TO be- sure that they
are getting their moneys worth,
said Abbott. "nnd this " good
thing for the merchant as well ne
frr IN buyer. Il Indicates q better
balanced and more stable market
when I say that business II hett'~
q I d not mean that Il IL what IL was
I last year, nor will Il he soon Last
| year was an abnormal year IN cycrv
| way. hut this ypar'a business viii
| be on a surer basis. Just now every
| thing is rather quiet. This is be-
cause of the weather. People are
not concerned about shopping whom
the thermometer stands NJ % as II
aid yesterday Cooler weather will
make great deal Of difference. I
have lust come from Chicago and
conditions there nrc very much bet
ter. We have every reason to be-
I lievc that this condition is generally
/ prevalent. Chicago has had the ad %
vantage cf GOO! weather oyer us. ~
"0""ao, hut wn have every reason to
believe that this years business will
. hr 90 I'D "
/ Tightening OF credits, resulting
from general business conditions OF
the past few months. has hncn the
h"st thing In the world for Tuls,
and is one reason why business Ia
".u'. I'm the opinion OF O. q, nustor
of the Boston Flower store. In the
raet credit has been 40 free that
n"uplo who could have afforded To
pay their bills let them run, with
the result that later they had ditn-
Guilty in paying thom. The rcsultan,
uEntcnlng n1a beer IN eve opener
and good thing an around That
the donrcssion created by this sit.
untlnu has passed and that norma