The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume], April 25, 1920, Final Edition, SECTION-B, Page 4, Image 28

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Q Daily Itiblical Quotation
HIJNDAV, Al'lllh 1020.
Who forglvoth nil thine Iniquities; who heal
'clh nil Ihy diseases, Pan. 103 3.
Thntikn for maroloM print received.
Pardon of our slim renew,
Toneh iih henceforth how to live,
' , With eternity In view
UltM tho Mrd. O my soul, n nil forgot not 'ill
his belief la. Psu. 103.2.
Tim .Moxlrnii rebels having failed In other
movements aro novr trying secession.
We fear there nro dark dny abend. An uplift
publication him begun publishing tables agnln
showing llm compiirtitlvn vnllien of alleged foods
tn cnlorlcs, rnrbohydrntcn, protein nnd fnts.
An rilllorlitl writer aota himself tlm tank of
" tnumernllnn thn needs of Ihn fur nl,
lu' llW anvn himself work uml his rcatlorn pro
MlUtf by condensing It nil Into three, words
TIh""' Uirl"' ,r"Knm
Booil, I ' 'I
four int Senator Johnson's ambition to nttnln llm
eight 'rs,ncy spared j,y nn increasingly Inrgo
'VoHotP ' rcpubllriiti votorn cvurywliorn In
llm lll(lolir,v'(1''m'c'' '' ritiu uocl HUcrrmon
lirlllhiut sebite prlnmrlrn. It In nn optm and nn
II tlinis ufMCT(,t nilll lJln old-KUnrdcrM nlnrtfd
noy Cvclal . ... .....
ncy. with ii r0"""" f(,r llln purponn of dofciitlnK
iK'y iiln Kl V didn't itiiil limy don't want .fohunon,
"nTh"rty-,Mxni al'n"t a cortnlnly thnt thoy will
llinjH at bat. 'h cctipt ultlmr Jnhnnnn or Wood,
imr ecori'il In In will ho HntlKfnclory to the nntlon.
iTnpvclnlty nlfl
Iut of t'Xtru bant " !i
thu Ollorn' hit liwj biui boon tinprodtictlvr, yt In
rm,rV;:i,.,',:,n,;i i
Of .T i 1 1 1 1 1 1 y llurl'orM H" tnr ntl potnntlal ponnlblll
went for two liiw.-wxl, lrna hoon uriproductlvo for
IbillliiK A,'p","n,n ,'u'f0,, unprodticllvn.
KoIIowIiik aro t? otm cpnHolcnnly cm tho polltl
nvi'rnitrit for tlm wtih the dominant drnlro la to
"of production and IIvIiik on it
' 't which onco exlitti'd. And to
. . wk to the Unltvd HtnU-fi for
tmiHvuiilil.o If nnnlty and, old.
once iiivln a foothold In thrne
rety fulno and dnnRroun Idea
rtrntiKlod hero In America,
Miller, p
Hraitnoii. c .
UobbliiH, c
'owiin, p
Tlrriiijy. 2b . .
i'IiiViMiiikI, 3h
lllllman, i
I'nvln. rr ...
ll..l. w
L'onnoily. cf ! ! ' '. i"'" r'y on their own
Mo.MamiH, im rg thoy will npply thomnelven
Morrl, i a do ai;coininisiKKi oinenvlne.
Vy penalized for tlm Inwn of
ltlahmoiiil. p
llutuhiiuner. p
To I n I M
FINE GOLF
' jaid morality that It ban vlo
I docado. The penalty inunt
rnct farthlnc.
in: si:iivr.i.
rnn -ri l tho world wan buny bnbbllnR
rUK IULotht w"r" ",iout to L'on,
jr awented to know Junt whit
but nil ai'cciited them nn
COUIltry C 1 Jt nround the corner,
to Ho OllO """"'"K ,'lvl, authority and
in ynl l.rhuman powers, was omul
111 OOlllllipu
vrell-ulKh universal, but not
One of Hie flne.it by .tralnlni: the ear, It was
llm MH.ll.wesl is W nm, K(lllli fmui frl ono
lulw .,iitr l,tIian nn(lth(,r voJ
nine holes, whleh t , . ,
hole io.iihh aie ni'monitlve. but very. (very
time late this miirfworo on there was somewhat
plJced .n,,H.,pT.,a "U'Mt" I'"""""- of
of John Kranees. aml 'no ndmonltlve voices
out' j;olf fouiMiMSlatcnt nnd more numerous. Now
new nine l.oles,"ft,,','
should lie omf pleahun iih to tjuoto brlufl
15 or Jul 1. ioyntmii wll(1 K)okn rer,,ml). to
The date opr" club In Detroit:
ship amateur nn . ertnlnly the world is Kolnit
naineniH. to a letter days Thin U not pesulm
the l man ci looklim the facts in the face. Our
rnmplet oji i 0n lM K, , K,.t ,uwn (() (ho ,wnl
Altnotii;ii .MTho world Is closer to barbarism
be cOmplelhan a w )n j,,,,,. ,fllli ,, 1f(J w(
it novo, It hier for iih of this iieni-ration Joiik
rw,i. ,lve' ""l Keiii.r.iti.m will have a loll
111 in tl.t ha,us ih.it will trv It to the utmost '
The vklnK flu',B 1,1 ""' fn''1'" 1 what too many
men sol havo rultived to do for ninny months
w'i,l"COn0' t'"'rf'M li'"Uble. b'acls were
(,P(lli7!ea!sant. so they gawd on fancy and smiled
iimlnl smiled. They listened to tho dreamer nnd
ll,ll)o tmprnctUallht who thicw pleasant pictures
"r tho Hereon, and thoy uccopted theso plctuies
.'aVcallty until tho fade-out disillusioned them.
I jtlut tho dlHllluslonmcnt Is here or almost.
iTheru nro (.till some who follow fancy, but
their number 1 steadily crowing less. Tho
wonderful new" thing that comes out of tho
tnlornationnl conflict Marled In 1914 and not
yet ended, nor to bo ended for many, many
joars, Is nothing but history repeatlnu. We said
14 much eight months ngo and were ridiculed.
W"e repeat It, und wo will bo bollovcd thoui;h not
applauded.
Wo havo no now mon or new women. And
without such tho world remains ns It has al
ways been. Our hideous, chastly, almost Irre.
trlevable mistake, was In permittlriR ourselves
to leliove that human naturu luid boon changed.
T'ljlh will l.i ssrv'il. now as evi r The prnbtetnn
i f the iie nl are to be solved, and the future of
I lie world reasonably mifeKimidml, only by rne
okiiIIiik fairly ami (oiiiHKeoiisly thsl lbs tin
tielllriK fones of this eilntenco nro iireclsely tlm
same as they have always been. An era of vision,
my, Impossible lih'iillsui and thorny in list M
followed lv r old bl'iodsd inu lleallly seasoned
with Hint nsllniinl dei eney nnd mnrnllty whb h
Ainerlen has nevei fullnl to eoret liberally.
A .MUNICIPAL I'AVINU I'l.A.VI'.
During the recent ey enuiimlKn ronldaralilt
nllnas whs laid on Ills hIIsksiI faet that Ilia
present iidinlnlstiiillnii had (omluitad Hit ov
rnmenl without putllnK tlm rlty further In dent.
'I'tint may or limy nut lm true. Hut unintlnK
It lo be true, there nie soino forms of eronniny
Hint are tremendously eiptnslve
If tlm purposo of u koIiir eoneem Is merely
to knnp the doors open, then of rotirsn It Is
tioaslblo to Rot aluiiR within Hie avnllablH funds.
Hut If tlm purpose Is to establish a business
and fully accept mlstlnit opportiinltlea, a trip
lo llm bank may be very inofltably made.
Whether or not the rlty was run without
Inclining Imlsbtednt as, it Is manifestly trim that
It wns without liven measurable police, prona
tion, und Ita stieels have deterlointed to a point
where thoy nro both an outntue nnd n source of
Kravn peril. Which brlnns us to the point wa
desire lo make at this Hum.
Wo think Tlllsa should have wt llm eiiillent
I iMrnfiiiin Mioirioui a miiuii'ipai ixiviiiK piaia inr
llm purpose of repalrlnn worn streuts. On some
of the streets there havo been tepalrs mads
within the last sli months thai did not last a
week. Thete urn broken spots In some of tho
pavltiR that havo been tepulied Illicit or four
limes within Hint period. And they nro nl the.
moment In a wotso condition than ever.
This la hocuusn the repairs wore not propaily
imidn In the flist Inslunco and this inefficient
wny of carliiR for I ho streets is tho most i:t
penslvo thnt can bo tiudei taken. With a munlcl
pul plant properly equipped and inannRed tho
wear and tear on tlm streets can bo taken
earn of In tho tight way nl the right time.
There will thus bo afforded u wny to profitably
use those whoso lufrncttons of the law have
earned for them n forfeiting to society.
While wo nie not enthusiastic for public own
ership iih n Kencral proposition, we ran sea
no reason why such n plant, started on a mod
erate scnln ns a patching plant, can not ho ei
peeled lo dovelop Into a plant capable of han
dling a Miry coiisldeiabto part of the city's
paving. Especially In those places where the
city property Itself lien is tho heaviest pottlon
of expense.
Wo very earnestly commend tho suggestion
to the new administration. Wo feel quite sure
that public opinion will sustain It fully in
making the establishment of a municipal patch
ing plant ono of Its first objectives. It would
bo n fulso economy to permit the present con
dition to run on for nny great length of time.
Tlm ohtig holes must be ropnlrod, and they
can only bo repaired properly through thu
adaplutlon of efficient methods.
' n K txiiptioii Ic lb.- fanner. And that slnle
inent si'itids without (iifillfr iitlon. The wngo
l earnei thn anlnrled n un nil, with tho solo
j exiiiptioii of tlm country illlen, spends wildly.
I liiRlorlously, extravagantly and constantly. And
what Is demanded H the certain means to
Ro on ilulnc It. It Just inn t be.
Cabinet Mcctinirs Resumed
AS A.MA7.IMJ NTATU.MHXI'.
.Mnrlc O. 1'rentlss, chulrmnn of the board of
dlrectoia of tho bankets' foreign credit clearing
house, while In Washington a few days ago
made, a most nma7lng statement. Ho until:
"Owing tho United Stales MS, 0011.000, -000
lMropn Is hiinkrupt and probably will
never pay Ita debt. ... There are few
men who really have any hopn that any pari
of tho inleruatloiial debt will bo p.tld."
11 Is necessary thnt you should understand
that this Is not a pin-Heiiimn that is speaking:
not an I. W. or an International socialist,
but a conservative hunker holding high placo
In International finance. Continuing lie pointed
out In detail that the Kurnpcan nations hnvo
long been Insolvent, und says that it Is with
reluctance that ho feels Impelled to glvo figures
showing that tho credit of Orenl Britain wns
long ago exhnusted.
When a banker continues to grunt credit to
a patron whose huslness is Insolvent wo all
know what happens lo that banker. What Is
to bo said of government officials who persist
in extending credit lo n nation whoso, credit
and resources has dropped below tho point of
surety and good business?
Are we to tend In this f i auk confession from
the lips of Mr. I'leutisii the leal leasoiis for
thu frenzied efforts in certain flnnuclnl circles
lo force Undo Hani Into tho league of na
tions, thus mortgaging the resources of tho
creditor its collateral to bolster the credit of
tho debtor?
The truth concerning much Is slowly trickling
hrougli the dike of consulship and secrutlvo
diplomacy. Hut we fancy that eventually wo
shall get it all.
SIlir.l.lHHT ON Till: II. f. OP I,.
The high cost of living hns many facets. The
following from tho American Agi IculturUt pio
sents the viewpoint of tho farmer, that gioatest
nnd most necessary of nil ptoduccis:
"I'rom iKinkor to candlestick maker, from
millionaire to da laborer, we are spending
money like tile old-time drill. kn sailor of
course, more Is RolnH for the ucicsxlUca of
lite. Hut never In the hlstoiy of America
was there Huc. a cruse for luxuries and
pleasures of life People are out fur u good
time' regardless of cost.
"Amerlcant have ulu.ijs been notoriously
Tree spenders. Ono keen obiervor says there
is nothing strange about It. for with the war
and the Influenaa scourge poplt have had
enough trouble the past two yowrs. They
have censed to worry. They don't care,
"To all this the fiirn.er Is reconciled. If
city folks want to spend so much on movies,
automobiles and pleasure, that la their tiiisl
nSM. llowexer, when these same folks kick
about the prices farmers must have to break
even, then It becomes the farmers' buslnecti.
Our farmers do not Intend to actopi Lmlow
production cons for their produce to the end
that consumers can spend less on necessities
nnd mure on luxuries and pleasure That
Isn't the kind of team work that will main
tain American industry."
Of course tho nrgtiment thus put Into the
nfouths of tho farmers Is good for ths wage
earner, the salaried man and so on ml 'Infinitum
without end. Hut tho Indictment of tho first
paragraph stands. It will stand against every
llhN'Mlll r fa t or logic.
' c are livtnp 1 1 K ri. -i . ,' ,
l.onii i.n allure lia ' " n , ,
months und with pu. m it. o .ik.ok two -! thu
a i.i ri i,i: mohi: i.icin.
A firm of 1 1 uat organisers operating out of
Philadelphia la elteuliitlng u promotion letter nn
autar set urlllna which aheda some light but
tirwrli.ua little romfort. .Manifestly It wna not
Iftlendeil for the critical eye of sugar consumers.
It aays:
"Th f.'uba fane Hugnr corporation Is now
the la r gent single producer of raw sugar In
Hie world. Its output exceed one-seventh
r the entire production of the Island of
tuba HI rie the Cuba Cane Sugiir corpora
tion was urRanUfid on liecehiher ai, lUH,
Hie mmpany'a operating profits have ,ne
iad after taxea but before depredation
slightly tinder Jl0.noo.ono per annum, equal
i" .". 7 1 times the annual Interest require
ments on Hie debenture bonds we are now
oni-rina ior investment. '
Which goes far towards explaining why a
Tula hnuaewlfe must pay .IS conta a pound for J
her sweetening, hut doesn't explain what ran
be dons about It. A lookses nl llm rosier of,
tocKholilsrs of thnt porpornllnn might tlitow
more light on the mtbjeit.
Ituanell O. Hast, ngilcultiirul nRent for nn
Indiana county, wants whent disinfected. How
ever, the crying niiesslty. if we mny bo per
mitted the suRgesllnn. Is for the disinfection of
wheat-product ptlies.
Oklahoma Outbursta
Hy OTIS LOUTOW.,
... 1 ,.J r . ,:Vllrr"1 l,llH CU'"1 Oiat life In
but one fad after another.
The next thing wo know the overall suits will
,m?.V1'..rt ",yl" "n'1 ,mv" h't 300 per cent
mldod to the present market value.
uiS"o!,'"'nl,"''hr h""- ,lnc', nf,t "R""
with the diagnosis Bven out by Doctor Hrnyson.
Dm senator says the trouble with tho president
Is a broken heart.
When we look nt some men we can't hlntnn
thorn for feeling all puffed up when the stork
presents them with n bouncing h.iby son above
th average In weight.
.Mr. Hoover might nccept the nomination on
the demount! In ticket with tho understanding
that It In no way casts nsperslons on his pro
gressive republicanism.
The new baseball rule which lequlres tho urn
plre to smear dirt on a new ball wan probably
devised for thn purpose of protecting tho daintily
manicured hands of the pitchers.
A member of the private pokijr party pleads
temporary Insanity iih an explanation of why ho
called on one pair In game of "stud" when an
other member had threes showing.
liven the Oklahoma!, admits that Attorney
t.oncriil Palmer ns the candidate representing
the president's Ideas ui.idn a poor showing of
popular senllmoiil In tho lleorgla primaries.
Ilespllo the scare headlines Hint something
sensational might bo expected from the federal
grand Jury which has been In session In Tulsa
lor two weeks, It only reported an ordinary grist
of Indictments.
The more fact that Schumnnn-irelnk hns been
Invited to sing to the Indians shows thn strides
made by tho red men In adapting themselves to
the ways of civilization. A few years ago a song
by Hchiimann-llolnk would havo started tho In
dians to digging up their war paint.
Assistant Attorney Oeiier.il King tells Oovor
nor Robertson that alcohol may be manufac
tured or bought by Oklahoma manufacturers for
use In medicinal preparations which cannot ba
tieiM ns beverages. If ihero are nny such medic
inal preparations containing alcohol which has
not been tried out as a beerage Oklahoma drug
gists have overlooked them.
Qliaromctcr of Public OptVn'on
Candidate Was Defeated llm lsiok nl fun
!lo Had.
The PennslwinU law requites omdutnte for
office to file a report of all expenditures A
patriot of Clarion county ran for office and
turned In the following absolutely truthful re
port of what it cost hint not to get elected:
"Lost 1.3 III hours' sloop thinking about the
eleollon. Lost two front teeth and a lot of hair
In a personal encounter with an opponent. Do
nated one beef, four sho.its and five sheep to
country barbecues. filvo away two pair of
suspenders, four calico dresses nnd K In cash.
"Kissed 120 babies. Put up four stoves.
Kindled 14 fires Walked 1.070 miles Shook
hands with O.r.OS people. Told 10.101 lies,
and talked enough to make In, print 1,000 vol
umes. Attended i ft revivals and contributed
J'.O lo foielgn missions. .Made love tn nine
widows five grass, four sod. Mugged 40 old
maids, (lot dog hit 30 times and was not
elected by 353 vote.
l'Mltor. We commend tho above to all can
didates for lDto for their enieful consideration.
If they can't be elected they may at least havo 4
lot of fun.
Aualn-t Om-i'iiII .Mtm'mciit.
Kdltor World: Having noticed in tho various
newspapers of late the Hems concerning tha
overalls ulub throughout the country the en
thusiasm with which tho Idea in being accepted
and all that, it uppnars to me that tlier. ti.n
been sumo very loose thinking dune b the
lenders of the movement, for lo my notion the
movement cun only result tn Increased hard
ship for the laborer nrtPBl.ui nnd all farmers
except possibly the cotton grower, for tills
reason
The tnuement forces n large class of people
such as professional men. office workers, busi
ness mon who take up with the movement, to go
out Into the market and buy garments that are
not necessary In their work: they will be buying
iignlnst the mechanic and laborer to whom such
clothes are a necessity and with both classes
using up our already short supply of cotton
(the poor man'a cloth It will have a tendency
to put all cotton goods out of sight.
It appears to me Hint a campaign of education
In dressing would be more In keeping, for In
stance teach Mrs Jones that she cannot expect
to dreas herself and children in as expensive
nutlerial on her husbands 1 1 60 income as .Mrs.
Smith can on her husband's 1500 Income, eto.
If It not the truth lli.il you can hardly go down
the street today and tell what class In society
the average man or woman you will meet be
IduRs to. by their clothes. In fact the man or
woman with nothing in the way of property or
money will h great many times havo the most
expensive clothes.
And as one clothing man stated some time .urn
In the "Harometer of Public Opinion." they will
not look at a bargain or onythlng cheap. It
mils' expensive pure to, oUJ,.,t
'to ''.it. ni'ul the nijnt.'r f.ir
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THE ROAD TO CONTENTMENT
UUISt be tile
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Hy Til O.MAS A I.ATTA.
CHAIRMAN C.OOD, of the house
appropriation committee, in
courageously opposing the sol-dlcr-bonus
bill tho other day, drovo
to tho very heart of tlm whole eco
nomic, situation with a brevity rarely
equaled,
"This proposed cush bonus," he
said, must bo taken out of an empty
treasury. It will Increase the cost
of living of every man. woman irul
child In the country. Then you are
going to faco tho wrath of 100.000.
000 people. The present unrest over
tho country In duo to thn high cost
of living. Tha open road to content
ment Is to reduce the cost "
Tho whole thing Is In that sen
tence. "No mntter where you put
the tax,'' added the chairman. It Is
going to finally bo placed on tho
man who vats food and who buys
clothing."
Which Is as true as nny wont In
holy writ. Gentlemen seeking spe
cial favors from government and at
tempting to wheedle tho taxpayers
Into voting unnecessary funds on tho
spncloiiH argument that 11 will not
cost the puoplc anything, nre either
Ignornnt or knaves. Tor whenever
u dollar Is spent in any manner other
thun ns an Investment In a produc
tive enterprise, tlm laws of economics
will sooner or later chalk the final
entry against something the con
sunier la compelled to purchase.
You can fool the people, some
limes, but you can't fool economics
at all. Tho immutable laws of that
science move deliberately and un
mercifully, nnd they lescnt iluflauco
and exact therefore nn awful toll.
The proposed soldier bonus Is n
grntully. it is easy enough to estab
llshr the merit of such a gratuity
If only that Is tho object snug:.
Hut gratultlCM of this nature
are expensive at nny time, and
In the present posture of affairs aru
positively perilous. Kor It Is truo
that tho present highly Inflated eco
nomic and Industrial fabric cannot
endure for any extended period
without an explos'on that will bo
heard around the world. Kor thu
national legislature to further aggrn.
wite the condition would border
eloae on treason
Sentiment . Sanllj.
Sentiment Is a fine thing. It would
be lamentable should a people
reach that point where a purn
ty sentimental appeal failed to
arouse them. Hut the time Is
hero when sentiment must glye
way to n.tue, sound, practical think,
ing and acting. It must be ground
under foot with a rigor as deter
mined as that with which the war
time problems were faced. Other
wise our real troubles aro yet lo bo
experienced. A contented, solvent
nation, governed by practical consid
erations Is preferable to a bankrupt
nation of sentimentullstM.
It is not only the excessive and
outrageous expenditures of govern
ment long after the war has ended
that are finding their way into the
price asked for every article of com
merce, but the same thing Is true of
every grautully of every kind. It Is
erroneous thinking that spreads
abioad the notion that only public
expenditures by the government add
to the cost of livLig; that only tlne
excecseb which find their direct way
o the tux receipts are to be blamed
for the existing economic distemper.
livery dollar raised by every drive,
whether for relief In the imir east
or relief in the far east, whether for
the lied Cross or the purple cross or
the double-cross, whether for the
Catholic church or the Protestant
church: whether for the relief of the
orphans of the Cumberland or for the
maintenance of some privately or.
dered or owned elimosynary Institu
tion here In Oklahoma; whether for
church extension In Tlmbucto or a
new church edifice In Tulsa, Vl S. A .
finds Its wa dlrectl) Into the pri e
tag of that droits or suit or shirt:
that pair of Jumpers for Jlmmle or
socks for dad And thero It hesi
tation until you or some other of your
kind driven by sheer necei-slly come
along and make final liquidation of
the debt.
You can kiss the book on that
1 am not n.erting that some of
m'.i'hc gnu allies are. not ne esh.ir
No. am I iiMumlng to say which n-o
and which are not neeisarv Tlm
i v ,n 1 sevK to make la simply tlvln
I Whenever charity of any kind flows
from other than the natural, unln-
spired disposition of tho donor. It
I lakes tho form of an overhead nnd
is written into the lodger to bo llqul-
dated by the ultimate consumer
And a preponderant portion of tho
gratuities of tho present era, which
are n million times greater than tiny
living man would have dreamed to
be possible five years ugo. aro arti
ficial and forced exacted, you
might my, unwillingly from pooplu
who, having been forced by public
opinion nnd national fear to learn to
say yes. have not as yet acquired tho
courage to say no.
Parasites Aro Dangerous,
Kvery charitable movement Is In
the very naturo of tho thing para
sitic. That makes every such move
ment decidedly unsound from tho
standpoint of economics. This fac',
undisputed and .indisputable, should
be Impressive, since wo are taught
tho ulltmato danger that lurks In
ull parasitic movements. Some of
the ihlngH society finds it desirable
and necessary ;o do seem to bo capa.
ble of accomplishment only through
then) parlsitlc channels Hut the
dnngcr in extending such work be
yond Us absolutely necessary bounds
must bo apparent lo ull.
Tho war gnvo us u new industry
nnd a new crop of skilled exports.
We refer to tho art of getting In
stead of earning money. Prior to
our wur-tlmo oxpcrlenco men nnd
women went out to ask charity of
their nolRiirax with snmo diffidence
and In meekness. They were mnro
or less apologetic, because they knew
that they weie on ground that could
bo maintained only by such an atti
tude. Most people shunned that
sort of work, no matter how laudable
the purpose.
! All this has changed. Kxperlence
at a time uiiun tho herd Instinct had
! through fear given way to maudlin
sentiment, discovered that getting
! money for nothing wus tho en!em
thing tn the world And, amazed at
their former moderaion. tho Ideal
ists and the theorists and the fad
dists, turned professional and set up
organizations to strong-arm the pub.
11c. "Demand" was substituted for
"solicit."
Now, when anybody sets nn or
ganization going, the first thing Is to
cull In the professional dilvo experts,
arrange the percentage and point to
tho American public. Tho profes
sional dilve chieftains don't bat an
ee at the size of the fund asked for,
A million dollars now doesn't cuuso
half the hesitation that a thousand
once did
The corps of speakers, solicitors,
and so on are carefully drilled. Tho
spiel Is weighed edited nnd pol
ished There mast bo tears nnd
c
The Young lady
Acrasn the Wan
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irwi
he - m ift lv a H3 u r wnv
s a boo j popii :ii orator nrver
readn h ai lrcii Uit .uvvuyo spuks
i cxtenso.
there must he enough of tho human
appeal to turn tho trick
A Pcix.nal i;xiK'rlcnot
I nt the other night under n local
pulpit filled by n gentleman who wim
making a drive for sometning or
other on tho other sido of tho worja.
I listened to him bemcan his own
people and country, paint the glo
ries of thu folks over there und make
misstatements that, coming from an
other source than the pulpit I should
not hesltnto to designate by tho short
und ugly word. Ho related n mar
velous story which showed thy of
tort that hud been expended In edit.
Ing nnd rehearsal, but ho was not
letter perfect and at times floun
dered for his cue.
Ho told of entering a church in
Armenia breaking down tho door,
uml there finding an lS-ycar-old
maiden crucified on tho wall behind
the altar, and then, letting his eye
wander around the fresco, counted
lid other young maidens crucified
and nailed to the walls.
I didn't believe a word of that. I
don't believe a single word of it. 1
1 swallowed his story In oilier reaper's,
j thoujib It vvius nothing more or lens
I than ii skillfully worded romance,
with himseif as chief flguro und solo
i hero. Hut. knowing that the world
i.i covered literally covered by
enterprising newspapers men tak
ing tho big stories of the war and
since tho war, I knew that If thlj
church clinrnal house of crucifixion
had really existed tho story would
have blazed out from every printed
puge.
If I err'ln nny matter I hopo Ood
will forgive me, but that chap im
pressed mo as nothing but profes
sionalism working from the pulpit,
lie wanted donations for some sort
of relief In somo land or other, and,
wanting money, of course America
was the place to get it, and Tulsu tho
place In America.
1 think he erred again, lie told
of appearing before tho senate com
mute on foreign affairs and hem Ins
an American senator buy that tho
solution of the Armenian problem
was to let tha Turks and disease kill
off ull itho Armenians, then there
would he no Armenian question to
bother about. Ho charged a United
States senator with that sort of
statement. And I snld to myself
that he wns Just plain lying; for no
American politician with fcnso
enough to get into the sonatu nonfM
permit himself tn mako any such
statement, no mutter what he might
think.
Hut the object of the address wns
thus achieved. An American citi
zen, nppeallng for funds for Armen
ian relief on tho other side of tho
world, repeatedly dishonored his own
people and government by unsup
ported statements, did his best to an
peul to their unquestioning senti
ment, and then had gentlemanly
ushers pass the pledge cards.
And at the momont he was ap
pealing for aid for helpless Armen
ians und pointing the clear duty of
this peoplo to i a inn the funds, pass
ing through Christian Knglnnd,
Fiance, lit'lglum, Hal), etc., n or
der to got here with tho appeal, a
greater number of Mexican wome i
and children wero suffering us se
verely, us large a number of Mel
cans had died In the past five jcars.
Assuming an obligation to exist in
both cases Mexico nnd Armenti
where does that ohlljrutlou fall?
Mexico Is In our backyard. Armenia
cannot ho successfully aided or de
finilcd hy more rash donations.
Arms nnd the iron hand nlorio can
do the work there. And Armenia Is
m the bark or front yard of tho
i christian nations of Kurope who
I are still taking nbo.it all the articles
uf luxury Amerlcun manufacturers
t have, to offer.
Tul-n (Jooil Picking.
I Thero is another Inclduiu that it
sc. ins to me points the moral of this
atorj It' cently a person was work.
, ing Tulsa tor relief In Serbia or Hoi.
gi.im or Constantinople or Austila
(It is almost impoi-Nlblo to keep up
with nil of the drives und di Ivors
This person, uelng questioned about
somo phuses of tho work by a pruc.
ticai business man who wanted to
know where his money wns going,
I became hysterical. Tho good ma
M-ry much pained hns'lly wrote out
Ins check and ended tho interview
Tins is not the end of tho story
i Ifar a few weeks lalvr, this par'y
r
v.
The IlQroacopc
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Tho trs lm lief hut ) ' ii '
Sunday, April 11.'., limn,
Suturn and Crams are n rv
enlng mnod this tl.iy. (ncordi:
nstrology. In the evening Jo n
and Mercury aro n tienefio n
Owing to tho iilntstcr poW' ;
Saturn and Uranii'i mon and worn.
will bo moro Inclined tn dissetut
public nnd private, confirencis r
discussions of ev'jry sort, for i .
tnony wlli-sprend far and ww
business, politics and religion,
Tho seers declare that the ,.
that Incllnn men nnd women t v
aggeiute their own talents an I
lues have ruled ovll.v during t
months and thnt owing to the ,
deney toward extreme e.r
church and state allko will "
Women are held to ! mor. -(ptlblo
lo flattery than nun , i
for that reason they are w i
against tho danger of sni'i ..
public movements.
Although business, espeelall
ing and selling, comes uioNi i. i
ilirei lion of the star dorr
en. Ing vveok and will profit i
through advertising w.i'tii:.-
given Hint I'rntius mn m.i' u, , -judRitienl
Persons whose blrthdate II n r
have a yenr of ups snd down
unexpected bonefltt ate m lK.i
Hood friends may mult'pi. r.
girls timl widows an liKcly
marry.
Children born on Oils diy w '
rnpldlv in life These ui'jr s
Taurus usually have p. r.-.v. .1
and Initiative.
Ilotrrltbt, 1910. ty lt JKCloreNiivi'i, ,
wrote a Tulsa ft tend that a r i
engagement would be pl.i.id
for 'Tulsa Is the ra-lest pickmg '
all tho places I have hit ' l'b :
note tho hard-boiled professional ni
of thnt sentence.
I do not mean to say thnt ih
countless number who are n-M'j
for gratuities for ono purpoe or
another, tho grand total running "
billions of dollars, rcallzo lb it ' y
nro" doing nothing more than 1 in
additional burdens on tho put. h enj
public. 1 rather Huspec. that in r
havo never thought of this pin r ..f
lo matter; that they would. f i
dispute it on first thought. I'.i' . i
the simple truth.
Not only becauhc of the tren,
ilmiu utimu that i.ie bolnir u .2
from unwilling hands nnd pun
itlr rl.i.re.'d bnek acninst the u'r
ncss, but because of the thouti. Is
and thousands of otherwise Idlo1.." t
unproductive peoplo who are t
gaged in conducting these drives
An lUisy Illustration.
A normal business Is organized f
the purpose of taking care of its- '
and pulng profits to thoM- finniie
It. It follows that If the expet -' s
of that business aro Increased, in i
tho number of people lis profi s ina-t
sustnln are nlso Increased, and r. ii
addition, its working force is ul
reduced In numbers, that threo f i
tors will certainly becomo apparcr,
Tho wugc bcalo will be Increased,
products will cost tho consumers f
those products very confident' r
more, und the line of profit ma'c
rially increased to take euro of '
much largor number of depende r
Tliut, In miniature, Is tho pre-' t
situation with respect to tho nat
If It wero possible to go on collect. -theso
millions and billions, either f .r
salaries to useless governmc ixl
agents nnd boards, or for uplifts a i
reliefs in various quarter" of i" o
world, from tho multitude of wc.ic n
people well able to make such don
Hons, if It were possible, to cot'f s
the work in tills manner, look, s
only at the trial balance of the n
Hon, without imposing constantly i -creasing
burdens on the itvcriius
citizen through reduced product"
and Increased prices and profl .,
then wo should refrain from cr.t
clam.
Hut that Isn't poa.-ible. Not ov
man or woman is contributing c
ructly to these drives, but cer'an
overy mun und woman is contr
tiling to tho puvment of every hi
scrlption mtide. Conimvrco be(uy
the load, but only up to that Pm
wnere ll can oe uoioaueu uii iuu uc
mute consumer. r
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A IIU Ul'l'l. rO"" " ,.,'w,,,, v.-
tontmont runs through tho pinin f
rigid economy who h lies just ol
tho hill on which men leant 'o iv
no to the professional fund-rai.-No
man who travels thai road c r
suspects that conteninn ' t tan
had through the niri.' aniitsitieti
funds. And ull viiio d" "J"
know beyond nil doubt that rv
expenditure not made ,n a prou
live way adds to the cost of llv ,
and moving jind having a b ing
Our government, under 'he m
unscientific nnd outrage irly
truvagant tax system ever devised
demanding J5.000.000 annually
the wny of a direct tiux
Now comes tho ox-toldlor or bo"
of them, wo hope and believe 1
than a majority of them and "
mand a bonus, whlii- m iiifi fufo
taxation by at least D noo ooo her
It Is over. In nddlt.O'i. ( au
ties and mtinlcip lilies are pi Ing
taxes higher and higher AH ' i
Is a direct und fixed eh irgo on c
merco nnd Industry that finds for
oie ami unappeniuoie i j lmiiw
the counter where the ultiiont.
Burner comes In contu ' w.'h the ii
lulled product.
Kvery dollar pmd lahor ,n
form, every profit, vvh.ib r e r
many, Is liquidated on Inr t.iini
And of this wo must ni io. t
for it has bocome the fixed pnv '
tho nation to pay high wages.
to tho distinct advantage K,f ev'
one that this be contli nod an
predating scule 11 ,ig -'
fuse prosparll) and w tl it aid '
is very much to (. ips.'td
Hut every doil.ir given . c'
whatever, the form, is an adli'"
burden. Just as much .is h -.j,'
were paid In tho form f exes x i
If the Lharltablo donations bo
willing, as we before suggested
full amount In liiKtuitl ,n.d dre
charged nga.nst the ln.Mncjs to 1
iih instantly and full iqi daied
tlm pui'chtutng count, i
I would not ho uiiders' o-..) an
demuing sentiment or charitable
pulse. What I insist oe t,
tnon nenho und pr,nt.'al iitiide
tlun fur those laws thai . nnot
defied without palns a 6 verc i )
altj 1 think tho time is Her- wb '
i-otne attention should be ,aid to v-ie
material interests or tin Aiwiriu
pooplu, when men and women sho
go to work and stop begging in o 1
form or another.
it will certainly be no tribute
our nullity as a peoplo if we go
nnd on as wo are now gi or ne
thut time when the eod.ip.- will -
talnly occur aril ini- s and old i ig
ensue There an old 'oicet, mu
voices of theory and dreams,
us 1 ntc.li to the hi.
and which are not noeisurv Tlm reads h ad lrcavi Uut aivviivs snciks Tins is not the end of tho tinrv I v.,ir,.. nt iii.nrv nnd ) reams. L..