The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-10
No Dozen Men Can Put in
the Licks It Used to
Take $4,000 to DO
RENAISSANCE IS DUE


~ E. e. TUCKER
This seems iY 700 IN, npcn SEASON
for criticlHu of tho chamber Of yum-
mercc Tho overflow from rr,ot
tnlk oven indo iF way into the
daily prctu Where fh,rc ia ap
much smoke, 'h"rc must be some
fire.
what ls 'ho rcal trouble. ana how
may It no our'd2 No believer iu
Tulsa questions flr moment the
City's STABILITY nor win any such
.por'on iuduig" in ,trpiug complaint
Tor tho more purg"a" ~ finding
fnult Yet II is uudcnably true that
thcr' has been % decided ioit.uF
down IN community activity IN recent
years.
II Tscd ~ Work
TX this tho fault ~ the officers and
directors " the chamber I do not
think so. Are they not representa-
tive Of every llno Of husincss nc-
uyhv In Tulsa Assnredly ~.
Would they br u willing pArty TO
anything detrimental to Tulsa Most
nssurcdly not pid the old com
mcrciRl club ever elect a moro rep
rcacntntivc body for itH directorate
than that now managing the affairs
Of tho chamber of commerce. do
not believe that II ever did. And yet
lNht bb1N tfni'N'D fthllltN year HtipT
year, new railroads street railways,
bridges. schools. churches. ana hnslc
industries of every sort In short.
lHid tho foundation Of n great city
The writer believes that the wide
difference I'm rcsults between the old
body and the present one is due to
fundamental differences In method
aud plan of organization, ana To- this
alone.
M. ,.y,,,, ,,,,.r..,,, -, - .r.t.
during tho thirteen years from 1898
20 1911. whom every year brought "A
new railroad "a college, or primary
industry. was a CitiZcns' organization.
pure and simple. IL was modelled
nfter tho congress Of the United
States, In that every project pro-
poecd, first went to tho directors. or
to n special committee, for invcrti-
cation and recommendation then
came back to the entire body for ap-
prOval or disapproVal. The club
members were the court Of last re
sort, a committee on ways ana means
always In srsaion. This body mot
on Friday evening, every week In
tho year. 4 vacation In city bu'd
ing was unknown IN those days At
these weekly meetings every MEM
Der cou'd have the floor, and was OK
pectcd to usc It AK often az he had
anything to say Thus tho entire
body of Tulsa business men knew
Just what was pending at all times.
No High Salaries Then
They knew Just who, OF the ofti-
GERS and directors. were the workers
and who were the takers once n
year there was an opportunity for
house cleaning The annual c,-c-
tion meant nm entirely new hoard OF
directors. with new officera through
out. and every officer and director
realized this There were no salRricd
employees In those days. The sccre-
tary and others were paid enough To
cover board and clothes. nothing
more. II was the idea OF thos" days
that II would be unsafc to use any
but an owner ~ Tulsa property IN
any club capacity. or to pay enough
10 make the salary check loon,
above the good OF Tulsa.
The writer remembers one year.
an average years Mt that. when the
three hundred club members at one
dollar month. brought into the
treasury around thirty five hundred
dollars. Of this the secretary was
paid 5000, postage, printing and cN-
ira stcnogrnphic cost S2iO. rent $3.50,
and balance Of $4,000 was used for
boosting away from home. No
money was spent on entertainment
after new man arrived In Tulsa,
The entire population mon, women
and children an entertainment
committee, and everyone Of them
sworc by Tulfa as tho best town on
the map,
They Were Modest, Too.
Another feature of the old club
was It's modcsty. and the absence
ot hanquets before "A project was
tackled Old Tulsa dys were a
constant struggle against odds, and
NsHN ~. I ron nHsnN a
cautious about announcing their
plans. least of all cpngratulating
themselves upon work not yet done,
They were neither "WiN hc'-" nor
"Have heCns." hut "lrscrS' and thoir
old fashioned idea ~ IA banquet it
n all, was after the Job was finished.
They preferred to- do tho preliminary
work on an empty stomach, with
clear heads weighing the pros and
cons at actual value This often
meant weeks of debate ana rlan-
ming, hut. once agreed uppn, ih'
entire community was behind tn"
club s'raininE every effort To do
the thing that was ~ he done.
This working without noise. hut
as one man. gave Tulsa the name.
among rs ncighhors. ~ the "Wonl'r
CITY" Magic city" vhorr things
Just happened only the men and
women NJ Tulsa knew ~ the oftou
heart breaking work behind cNcry
epoch making achievement I'm tn"
city's growth. and that nothing ever
happened hero uuu' ifs people had
made N happen
II Wa. u Nar,i Row
I'm those DAYS n cost real money 90
Land a uvv industry, or new rail
road with on, or two exceptions.
these were made possible boy lana
deals whereby cheap land was
bought. ih,n p'piird into lnr- and
sod Tor NOR" tnau Ns actual market
Naluc. tho difference being us,H go
pay the expense ~ apgwr.ug what.
ever was under Way no m, rwr. In
"a wear COR two. the Tots 7o sold Vrr,
worth much moro than their cost 20