The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-10
BIRDS IN HAND
II SHOULD BE FIRST
Head Of Chamber Believes
in Extending Aid to
s Industries
SHOW $4,000 INCREASE
City Has Grown Here in Spite
Of Advantages Possessed
by Other Points

Tho Department OF Industry ~
the Tulsa chamber Of commerce. ~
which yol. T.. J. =. Rooney is chair
man, has announced a. policy which
viii be of much interest To- tho clt'-
zrnshlp ~ Tuls9.' said Managing
Director Douglns ~ tho chamber OF
commerce In a tain with newspaper
men yesterday
AN investigation Of tho local In
dustrial ficld develops the fact that
there are probably not less than u
dozen going industtial plauts In tho
city. which, at this time, because of
tho stringency In tho money mar
ket ncod additional funds for cN-
pansion ana Tor carrying on thor
rapidly growing business These
concerns are composed Of loyal.
patriotic citizens ~ Tulsa, who have
made their Investments here, who
have their homes here and who are
doing their full part In the upbuild-
lng of tho city and the policy OF
7 ho Industrial affairs department
z viii be To render every possible as.
. sistauce TO these companies. rather
than to attempt the financing of
Z new or unknown industrial plants
( asking n location here.
"Thia does not mean that every
possible encouragement VIII not DE
given to new concerns; hut does
E mean that the policy OF the COM
mlttoe Will be To first undertake TO
! take care OF Tulsa institutions. Tho
, policy OF the committee. which has
the healthy approval of the eNecu-
tive officers and board Of directors
& of the chamber OF commerce. will,
whom carried to a logical conclualon,
establish the reputation OF Tulsa NJ
city where IL IN perfectly safe 10
! locate an Industrial Institution and
whore local civic pride and loyalty
. 20 home Institutions viii insure the
success of any worthy Industrial
plant located In Tulsa.
''The managing director now has
on his desk IA list OF reputable sue
ccssful going concerns In the mar
ket for additional capital. and earn
cstly requests the flnnnclcrs OF the
city, and those having money 20
invest, To make careful investiga-
tion OF one or more OF these enter
prises with view OF making an
ineEtment In gilt-edged Tulsa In
dustrlal securities
THAT city which best protects It's
own people ana aids in the devel-
opment OF local enterprises becomes
the most attractive location for ad-
ditlonal enterprises. and II In on
this theory that the chamber or
commerce propopes TO proceed.
Looks Like 100. 900.
THE announcement of the Polk.
fioffhine directory people that the
, new city directory viii show sub
, stantially 10000 names, which. ac-
I cording to directory enumeration
J would indicate a population OF 1907
600 people IN Tulsa, demonstrates
fho fact that within the past five
years the citizenship OF this city
has been increased by more than
90 900.
"Thc city builders of Tulsa have
4 been actively at work giving 10 TIA"
city the desired publicity TO attract
n high type OF citizenship and a
high type of new home owners. and
the results of tho efforts made by
the chamber OF commerce. the other
civic societies and the patriotic
people OF Tulsa generaly Indicate
that the work has been carried out
In n manner not excelled by a SIM
ilar line of action In any other city
in the country.
Tulsa Not nm Accident.
The Tulsa Of today is the re.
effort and proper publicity plus
natural advantages utilized. IL liz
not the result OF accident In any
sense OF tho world. Tulsa did not.
like Topsy. Just grow Tulsa started
IN the race TOR supremacy under
IA serious handicap compared with
neighhorlng cities. 1t was not n
division point on the Frisco rail
road. but competitor with the
division point. IL was not a capital
Of n great indian nation, but a COM
petitor with that capital. IL was not
s in effect the territorial capital OF
great territory with the prestige
. OF having the stamp OF approval OF
the United states government, A
horde of offlceholders and busi'
4 moss with moro than 100000 Indian
citizens to transact, II was com
petltor of such "A city, II was not
Z the first oil town In the midConti-
: nent field, II was not the town near
Z est adjacent to the phenomenal
z midContinent oil fiold, but was u
competing town with those places
F, nearest the point of great produc-
tiou: and in spite OF the handicap
II has outdlstanced the division
F, point tho Crock Indian capital, the
I territorial capital and the first oil
z cities OF the midoontinent field,
& That has been done, as before stated,
Z by man power, by persistent effort.
E by proper publicity by team work,
{ by men dedicated TO the work OF
Z building here a great city. II Is
only necessary 70 continue in the
future the remarkable efforts Of IN"
1 past 60 continue TO lead tho state
7 and southwest in city building.
Through the civic organizations
4 of Tulsa there are now moro than
2.j00 men organized In team work
in city building, ana approximately
J 600 ~ these mon hold sessions