The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-17
"SQUARE DEAL"
IS ONLY DEMAND
Judge Hardy Tells City
Club Of Oil Industry
Obstacles
TRIBUTE TO PIONEERS
Oil Industry in Present State
Of Efficiency Only Fifty
five Years Old

"square deal" In theso nRys Of ed-
iusimcnts, political upheavla sud
elemental lsms the Oh industry
seems 70 be the target for every
ono from q bonus ~ S50,Ouo 0pQ TO
special taKes that do not apply To-
other luduatricH'
Ira tho above manner Judge Sum
mers Hardy former chief Justice OF
tho supreme court OF oklahoma, and
now principal counsel for the SIN
clair Interests IN tho Mld-CoutiuoHt
field told members OF the CITY CLUB
OF Tulsa Saturday somo NJ tho obs
ftaclcs now facing tho oil industry IN
oklahoma
Judge Hardy declared that tho his
tory OF the oil industry In this cuuu-
try. and particularly tn oklahoma
reminded one OF the Arabian Nights
because Of the exceedingly romantic
eide OF It's development and eXpdn-
zion to becoming tho third Industry
in tho nation, and second within tho
state, and first In Tulsa,
lie paid a glowing tribute to the
pioneers who had hraved opinion
and chance In developing the indus
try. although adding that I'm some
form or other petroleum was known
10 man from tho earliest Of time.
The present state OF efficiency Of the
industry, however. dates back but
about fIfty-fiye years.
~The American oil industry has
developed the greatest industrial aud
commercial characters Ina the nation,
also the greatest gamblers. When /
speak Of gamblers / do not mean
tho kind that play with cards and
dice, but OF men who rlskcd their
fortunes I'm seeking the hidden pay
Eands. II thuy succeeded they were
repaid beyond measure. but II they
lost their all was swept away.
The oil man hna been the NOV
FMS factor in the development OF vast
wildurnesses in this country. aud our
beloved state. These men are head
and shoulders tho peer OF those Of
other Industries. In fact l believe
the OIL industry the bone and sim
new OF this country, because today
one finds our ships operating upon
fuel oil, and the engines that pun
our mail and express trains also use
the same tluld for propulsion"
Judge Hardy declared that Rtatls-
tlciaus OF the industry showed that
between five and seven hundred mill
lion barrels were used annually in
this country, chiefly in commerce
and industry.
TULSA" he said, "has become the
center OF operations of the oil Indus
try IN the M,d-Contiuont because the
civic and business leaders OF the
city encouraged tho oil man at the
beginning and through this cooper
alton, made II possible for those sly-
Ecrappers to spring up In Tulsa.
know OF no city IN the land whore
the skyline is 30 very inspiring and
beautiful as these OF Tulsa, and all
OF this is the direct result or the Gil
industry I'm Oklahoma.
Judge HARDY said that he hoped
that tho cooperative spirit that had
prevailed in the past would continue
in tho future and that Tulsans would
continue TO work with the uHl man
40 that Tulsa OF the future could
be further developed Rs the bes
place In the southwest In which q
live and raise family
The speaker said that the annua
output OF the Mid-Contiuent field'
today, II no new fields were uncoy'
cred by the drlll. would suffice thit
nation for tho next 20 years. Thi:
statement was furnished to Secre
tary OF Interior Fan by the United
states geological survey The sam,
source of Information, Judge HardN
said, forecast that the United states
would produce 5000. 900, GOO OF oi
in that period, while the rest of th'
world was said to possess 7o.oOo,OOO.
coo.
Speaking OF taxation, judge Hardl
said that In 1891 tho oil industry II
Oklahoma paid trifle over five mi
lion dollars into the state treasur,
through the gross production tas
and as a result the supreme court @
the state ruled that no ad yaloroH
tax was necessary to be assesaed t'
carry on the expenses OF the state
In conclusion. Judge Hardy salt
Lets not depend on oil alone, bu
take the wealth that II has nccrue'
10 us. and use II TO encourage othe
industries TO locate In Oklahoma
develop agriculture and foster las
and order, proving that the oi'
adago that "nnything' went IN Okla
homn oil towns was erroneous.
The Rev WIN Moore kendall, pas
tor OF Hegler Memorial churGh @
Tulsa. the blind minister OF Tulsa
talked on civic Affairs" and IA
made a great hit with the club, VIII
his parodleS Jokes and views o
gffairs.
A resolution was adopted congrat
ulatug n. r.. ketchum as the new
landlord OF the City club ana com
mondiug him for purchasing Hote
Tu.sa.
Preceding the speaking tho higI
school glee club, directed by Mrs
Lila wade uarren. gave two Christ
mas songs. The Christmas Bell,
was the i.Vst IL was composed by
Mrs. A. w. Ulue. OrElnlst OF TRINITY
EpIsCuual church, 10 was toNoNe,
bv a reading from a scene In the lrisi
ralk play. "The Travelling Man,
v~.tten by Lady Gregory Il wa
gvon by Miss May Mcdonald, of th'
Central high school. who on Friday
ar sapulpa won third place IN ln'
oklahoma central literary contcs,
John II. Hadley, president OF th'
CITY club. announced just before ad
iourumeut. that while The club MAJ
not have the greatest numbers ~
attendance. yet the class OF speaker
and entertainers We're tho very bes
offered 10y any OF IN civic clubs o
Tulsa. Next Saturday members O
the board OF governors for 1898 wi.
be elected.
proFoSsoy. uud His Wife