The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-04
AGREE BUSINESS
OUTLOOK IS GOOD
Ad Club Listens to the
Many Messages Of
Optimism
MUST WORK AND WISH
Need for Conservatism in
Business Is Also
Imperative

"The BUSINESS outlook for 1892"
was ihc subject for "a series OF OPP
umlstic talks ut MONDAY luncheon
OF the Ad club Tuesday pt Hotel
Tulsa While the speakers v,rc an
OF The opinion that busipcW con.
ditions would be better during the
coming year. they also argued for
Conservation IN every branch q,
business affairs.
a saving uf approximately $3.50.
00O to Tulsa morchauts as the result
OF the recent 10 per cont cut in
freight rates on farm products and
elimination of war tax on transpor-
tatiOn charges. was Uncle sans
New Year SLIT to Tulsa, said j. IL.
Mitchell, president OF the Traffic
Association, and who II In the whole
sale business. The figures showing
this great saving to Tulsn merchants
were gained, he said, by a compre-
hensve investigation conducted by
the officers Of the traffic associ'
alton.
approximately 500 freight cars
loaded with farm products arrive IN
Tulsa each. MONTH" Mitchell said
This 10 pcr cent reduction therefore
means n great thing to wholesalers
and merchants here, because every
Wholesaler and retailer well knows
that in the past the freight rates
have oftlmes been so per cent OF
the cost of the product. summed
up II means n per cent reduction
IN the cost price OF the merchandlsc
"ln dollars and cent the saving to
Tulsa will be fi50.000 annually be-
cause of the reduction of ratios on
farm products. Elimination OF war
tax on transportation charges has
A ~ al
The saving on freight charges Will
he 100000 on passenger rates $780,
zoo. and $4,000 on express rates
N"The year 1899 will see fewer fall
ures In business. The depression
haA eliminated the fly -by-Elght mer'
chant Only the stable ana better
CLASH OF merchants has been able
TO wohrher the storm. In flush
times credit was too easily obtained
aud now II has reached the other
extreme to great extent
IL believe that we are not yet out
OF the woods. do think how
ever that we are over the worst part
OF the depression and l am optl-
mistic over the future. But the
heed as Z see It is for conservation
In business affairs"
we are going to have to work
for what we get In 1872" said
E. 8. Hutt,hison of the Retail Mer-
chants association. I'm also op'
timistlc however over the coming
year. The greatest boom for TulS
right now. ais see II. iB to open NJ
her agricultural possibilities.
Great Farming Opportunity.
There 10 no reason In the worlS
why Tulsa cannot be known by he
great farm acreage as she is nov
known for her oil. Tulsa has one o
the largest farming acreages sur
rounding 1t of any city In the south
west. on recent trip down int
the Grand river and Nerdigris bot
toms | was surprised at the grca
amount of acreage which IL bein
cultivated as compared to Fey
years ago. But these farmers dow
there need encouragement. they nee
help as we'll az the farmers In othe
trade territory around Tulsa.
"There's nothing that will meal
more to the future of Tulsa than I
co-operate and help out the farmer
an "A great agricultural program
They don't need financial help a
much as they need advice and co
operation. The crying need IN 10
an agricultural bureau here. If W
could get the Is or more counties
northeastern Oklahoma "a unite
a great agricultural program
would mean much TO Tulsa'h futur'
Due to the present conditions It wi
not be possible to go out and hrin
big factories and plants to Tulsa q
in the past, The time could be we
spent however in an agriculture
program"
"A man Is going to have to wor
as well as wish In i922," j. Blu
Gibbons. OF the lIofstra Manufactu
ing company said. 81 recently vi
ited 45 yobbing centers In the Unite
States. There was u spirit OF Ul
timism which was surprising
every one of those places. our con
lpany is planning as big for 1892