Show cA SONS SON'S AUTHENTIC ST A r W ll to THE EXPRESS BABSON D CUSSES I HISTORY SPECULATION AND LOAN BABSON PARK MASS MASS- History is the key to two im economic Indicators growth rate and trend or example the tremendous growth of such states as Call fornia Arizon and Florida makes US wonder H tion totals in these area may maybe be approaching the point where natural reo sources may affect further growth and expansion If however the investor studies the recent history of the heartland states he will find ample reasons for impressive growth HistorY of Oklahoma No longer ago than 1870 Oklahoma then Indian Terri Terri- Territory tory had only 2407 white re- re residents In 1900 Oklahoma City then only 11 years old I had a population of Today its is well over the mark Tulsa I founded in 1887 had but 1390 residents in 1900 by 1960 this village had be- be become come 8 booming city of people In Oklahoma had only 1123 manufacturing establishments wl ch employed By 1958 the census cre- cre credited the state with 2387 In plants employing i I people pro products ducts output grew from a few barrels in 1902 to over million barrels of all and near near- nearly ly billion cubic feet of na tural gas last year at Kansas and the Rest Of he Heartland In 1870 Kansas largest city I was Leavenworth POP 17 I was just being founded and Topeka was ere ere- dIed with population Indian raids were still fre- fre frequent quent In 1870 the entire state reported grist mills 30 furniture I shops and 12 To Ital tal employment was people In Iowa Des Moines was 19 years old in and had only people Sioux City had Some acres of Iowa land was then classed as In 1870 the city or Lincoln Nebraska had only 2441 residents To day It has over 12 Om- Om Omaha aha had only people I was a boy and visited my uncle there but by 1900 it had residents and now has over Kansas City was a ing village of about but soon became a city of As late as 1900 the map of Missouri showed a great habited swampland stretching across the southeast corner of the state This swamp area has since been drained ing over a half acres of most land Into I Springfield Missouri could boast of only residents In 1870 and as late as 1900 I acres were open to free entry However fields field's growth is not a matter of the past as Is evidenced by the bythe fact that the 1960 1950 de cade was the best in its his his- tory history with a population gain The Springfield pattern and for that matter the growth pattern over much of the heartland Me I point clear This region Still bas the vigor and vitalitY StillI of I youth Some of its most im gainS gain'S have been made In the past few decades In short it is a region where the most conservative busi can invest his money without fear that the growth potential of the area has al ready been realized What About World War III In closing let me warn readers of the possibility of World War III and what this could mean to the United States even should we win it Of our people live in twenty large cities near the sea coast These are the cities that Rus- Rus Russia sia would destroy with mis- mis siJ r f fr S v t terri to toy y or from submarines which both Russia and the United States are hurriedly building Unfortunately my business Is located just o f Bos ton but I am urging my n to move to the central portion of this count ry There they will be assured of food clothing and shelter together with oU gas and other natural resources Ow ing to the missiles which we now have buried in this heart land country it would suffer but ones one's chances would be a thousand times I better than In one of the large I Eastern or Pacific cities for either safety or orland land speculation I recommend mend one of the six states in inthe the Magic of which Eureka Kansas is the center These six states are Iowa Missouri Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas |