The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-05


II win be further surprising to
many pcrzons right here in Tulsa
20 learn that thiH city manufuc-
lures 49.G per cent. or virtually halt
OF the foundry and machine prod
ucts In the state. IN the printing
and publishing tnowspaper ana
pcriodicab classification. Tulsa
turns out tf.9 per cent Of the states
consumption; lumber. planning mill
products. not including planting
mills connected with saw mills, 26.S
per cent. bread and other bakery
products. SO per cent. printing aud
publishing (hooks and Job worl0.
2O1 per cont, or more than one
ffth.
These figures relating TO Tuls1's
Industrial growth and activities
were obtained by government OK
pcrts sent hero TO make comprehen-
Rive industrial surveys, and maps
for this reason they are unqucstiun-
nhlv accurate,
While the average Tulsan with
only mediocre powers OF Obscrvd-
tlou realizes there are n number or
manufacturing plants here. fow OF
thcm have ever taken the time 10
obtain facts and figures that would
put them In close touch with the
local Industrial situation.
The outside world has never been
enlightened To the real Tuls1--to
tho busy. hustlinR city this is. Tulsa
has grown up ms the oil capital ut
the world. and outsiders-yes, II
must he admitted. and a lot OF poo
plc who live right here--take II Tor
granted that nothing hut oil by
products are manufactured mere. n
broom is manufactured article
md Tulsa possesses one of tho larg-
ost broom factories In the south
wast Tho figures on foundry and
machine shon products show beyond
doubt that Tulsa produces more
than the by-prcducts ot oil. for this
ci',. sftpnlics half tho demand Of the
state There are foundrics here that
ere equipped 10 make virtually any
Kind OF casting known to the me-
chanical world.
In Spltc Of Water Supply.
whese Industries came TO Tulsa In
cnito of its Objectionable water sup
pIv--thov came here because OF an
urrent demand for factories ~ their
oature. demand that could not
wait for n bcttor water supply.
Now that the Snavinaw water
protect has been aonr"Ned by m"
voters and city officials nave ue-
c,arrd not q day viii be lost IN com
Melting the dam and pipeline, " ~
not nrosumptuous to predict thdt
Tulsa's Industrial life - on IN" verR ,
~ n decided stimulation that VIII
shorty IN the future amount Ntrtu-
oliv 20 boom for there Is no de :
nying that had Tulsa possessed
Cpavlnaw water I'm the past II would
We much larger than " u ana that
tho number Of industries here would
no much larger than that reported
hV the census bureau.
The CITY is fairly welt equipped
With Incorporation facilities CON
meeting II with the outside world'
and with the growth that u sure 70
corrn n is MT Improbable th0t THESE
facilities will he improved, For no
ono douhts now that Snnvinaw wa
'or IL comirr that Tulsa is 20 he e
come one of the leading cities or tne
outhwest-nerhans the metrorolis
~ this section. The belief that
aurh n growth is 4" store Tor Tulsa
la not an iunnrohahle fancy, Thirty
wears ago whom Kansas GUY w'S
Tuiso's ai2p there were only Tow
Who helicve1 II would some da" p"
n citv ~ $50 600. there was 'in1'
when Dallas was n small AID strnS'
gIi~r citv. nut tNev gr'w--and th"N
didn't possess the natural adNan'
taees that are Tulsn's,
II will no the realization NJ n pre-,
dictior when some dav Tulsa vii
no k-ov-r not only rs the oil cant
tai Of the world but also as the IN
dustriai city of tho entire south
west Then Is when Tulsa will come
into lts own and become the city
is builders have always hoped ans
predicted n would be.
The present cl'y SLOGAN NAV wei
hc charre TO read: Tulsa Has an'
Tulsa VIII"