The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-17

start. that ho had hcsltatod 10 &C
Copt tho Invitation 10 talk TO the
men and women because
at loss 20 find n subject suitable
for the occasion and worthy Of the
visitors attention. After relating
that II am not fond OF talking un-
less ! have something particular 10
talk about" Mr. Marland said.
II DO not know that | could talk
we'll on any subject except the oil
buslnesa and natural gas business.
You have seen 10 much and heard
so much about tho oil and gas busi-
ness In the last two days that ] am
sure that you do not want 10 hear
anything more on these subjects to-
night.
Having nothing humorous 10 toll
you, and nothing serious that you
want 10 hear. | have decided to aFk
You n question that has been heavy
on my mind for n long time, or rath-
or 10 ask an opinion from you men
ana women who are the makers or
muldcrs ot public opinion ia okla
homa.
"You have seen something of the
assets of the MarlHnd on company.
You have seen It's oil and It's gas
fields. It's oil wells ana gas wells, ita
oil limos ana gas pipelines. It's rofln-
cry ana It's large distributing system
Of petroleum products ana natural
gas.
you have seen how we bring oil
from the ground convey 1t through
pipelines and distributing systcms
| into the houses uf thousands Of
people Tor their use and comfort.
The last monthly abatement OF
MatiHnd OH company showed that
| u had over fG7OoO,OO0 uf assets In
| Oklahoma.
"Tho stock of Marland on com.
| pany ~ owned by me. by my friends
aud friends ~ 10y friends, who arc
| located in nlmoN every state In the
! United states Fifteen thousand
| people mon, women and guardian,
| Of ohildrcu-havc inve8tcd thoiI
/ money in this company. and theiI
money. plus the industry OF my en-.
| pluyos, have brought tho assets ol
| this company into the condition yOL
see them.
I'VE arc proud or this company
| proud Of tho trust our stockholdcr,
have placed In us, and proud o.
our public service.
"Whou | put my money In Okla
| homa, aud when my friends from
! other states put their money int
| oklahoma with mine. they did 50 IL
| the belief that under the cOnstitu
| ton, and the laws OF the state o
| oklahoma. their capital investmen
was welcomed and was given def
nito rights aud privileges, and wal
warranted ccrtyin protection. W.
trusted that tAo constitution and tn,
laws of oklahoma with relation e
! the rights. privileges and duties oi
| corporations. ana the pyotection Ol
| capital Investments would not b,
| materially changed. at least would
| never be changed 10 such an exten,
as 10 Joopardl1e the security OF capl
| tai Investments aud the right L.
earn a fair return on the amount OF
capital invested.
when the people Of Oklahoma
adopted its constitution and entered
the union, that constitution was ac-
copied as n pledge given by tho peo-
pie OF this state to tho peoples of
other states In the United states,
that It's laws In future enacted should
be IN line with that constitution, and
never In violation thereof, and the
rights OF PROPERTY 80 long as they
were acquired and held under those
constitutional privileges. should
never bo placed In question. Score,
OF thousands of people In the United
states accepted this pledge given b,
tho people of Oklahoma, and hav,
invested their capital In this state
That constitution reads:
The people inhabiting the stat,
do agree and declare
'All persons have the inhcrcn
right to life, liberty and the pursui
Of happiness, and the enjoyment o
the gains Of their industry
NO cx post facto laws nor an,
laws impairing the obligations o
contracts shall ever he passed
| private property shall not h
taken or damaged for public us
without Just compensation =
These were tho pledges made b.
the people OF oklahoma to the peo
pie OF the union,
The opinion ask OF you ladie
and gentlemen! who are makers O
public opinion, Is whether the peo
pie OF oklahoma will hold true I
their pledge and their contraC
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