The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-16
NEED FACTORIES
IN TULSA-REEVES
Wholesale Houses Not As
Essential for Building,
He Says
STILLS DARK AND COLD
Sees Time When oil Industry
VIII Not Support ropula-
tion; Suggests Remedy

1890, and y city ~ 500. 900 bt 1880
COL Ira Reeves OF New york dc
,Hrcd nt the meeting and luncheon
of tho chamber of commerce iu the
ptulroom OF Hotel Tulsa FDdly
noon, The room was comfortably
ruod with mcmhors of the chamber
of commerce, directors Of tho or
g1ul2auou, and by many men ana
women who arc not affiliated VITA
tho organization who desired -
hear Colonel Reeves. Ito explained
that his a'atomont was not y. louaty
or Theoretical that a city ct those
proportions can he built here n tho
ci'ilonahip determines 10 bring Il
nhout and acts concertcdly In ~
'fforfa
Somewhere In this section of tho
Cnltcd states there is 10 10 . big
c'N''ho stated with an air OF pOsi
tivouess. at may b9 wichita. H. may
Doe oklahoma city, n may he Fort
worth; II may hc ~. Smith, or n
may be Tulsa. Tho race among
these Cltica can he litcucd 10 horse
race. 1t is not always tho horne
that starts out In the lead that goes
under the wire flrst; It is not always
the entrant that In last In tho rcta
why that finishca last. His poMti, n
NJ the finish depends upon the
natural qualities OF tho horse. but
10 greater extent upon the rider
and his ability TO 20 out OF tho horse
all tho good qualities he contains
ana put thom into use In winning
tho raBo.
Tulsa Has Natural Advantages.
Tulsa has every natural advnn-
thgo. | am surprised Jhey have net
been developed more than they
nave. This is especially true Of rs
agricultural resources. which have
barely been scratched. OIL IL viz
tuhily the only resource that hrs
been developed intensivcly, ava
everyone knows what IA tremendous
part 1t has played In the growth cf
this city"
But, Colonel Rcevcs explained.
there will como a time when the re
fineries at West Tulsa will be closed.
II may be rs years from now or Il
may not he for so or 100 years. Rut
ov~tually the windows will tc
darkened and the stills cold. Tho /.
ne asked. what will Tulsa do? H's
belief Is that Tulsa should be burt
up with numerous moderate size 4
industrial apd manufacturing plants
while oil Is yet the principal indus
try. 30 that whom tho time comes
that II no longer leads, tho other In
dustries viii continue to build of u
growing city Colonel Reeves 's
not 80 favorable to mammoth man-
ufacturing plants MS he Is toward
smaller plants and n wide variety
of them.
Advises Industrial Survey.
hnlIIinu
making of Tulsa n manufacturing
and distributing city, there should
be made q survey by experts cover.
Ing the ontiro trade territory TO dc,
termine the products that can cor
sistently bo manufactured hcre fer
which thoro IL steady demanl
from this trade territory, ho stated
As an Illustration, he explained thst
this survey should determine how
many mems shirts are sold In this
territory annually 80 Il would hr
definitely known how great Ia,
market for that commodity Is. The
same holds true OF Shoes or uthe"
articles, ho added.
Above all. Reeves declared that
tho manufacturing plants here
should ho diversified. A city that de-
ponds upon one industry Tor it's cN-
istcnce Is not the city that constant
" grows lie mentioned tho textile
citios In he east, and explained that
when the textile industry clnsca
down, these cities are virtually with
out support, for they put all their
eggs I'm one basket" The successful
industrial city. no declared Is tho
ono that builds up every limo OF in
dustry. so that when business In ono
lino OF manufacturing Is slow, such
cities are not materially affected he
cause Of the factories II contains
that produce other commodities that
arc I'm demand.
city Needs Factories.
While he praised the wholesale
house az a business institution, aud
remarked that Tulsa should not
overlook any opportunities to hrirg
now ones here a. we'll Hs CnCourng-
Ing the present ones. they do not
ftll the place IN a city's business lifc
that Is occupied by manufacturing
plants. The wholesale housc. 10
pointed ont acts only us an ngcnt
In handling goods that are nnnutac-
turcd IN some other city and so'd
horo and I'm other parts NJ Tulsa's
trade territory while the m1uuruc-
turing plant employs the labor that
turns out tho manufactured product
and then ships this product tn some
tohhCr who acts as distributor and
who sculs the pay back ~ the man
uiacturor % spend In hiring more
labor and iu making moro goods
Colonel Reeves expressed op'i-
misW over the economic outloo,y.
lilo believes tho crisis OF tho so-callcd
doprc" .uu has been safely pnssci,
and fN1t heuroforth fhcrr will Ice
gradual return 20 uormaloy. The
word 'n0rmal1y,' No declared, docs
not mean the orgy ~ cNfravagturo
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