The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-03

ample In the history Of the world and
to substitute for il an untried theory
Of the Sucylulist, or whether We shall
moderate our recent excess Of r%estric.
ton. Another step In this direction
would not hr regulating these enter
prlsrs but would be coufiscatlnE and
operating them and then you would
have Socialism
There Is "a very t]reacherous twi.
/ light zone between legitimate regula.
I item and that form Of Interference by
government authority which II not
regulation but IS a practical substitute
II the government for the owners OF
these great enterprises. The knowl.
edge that We have reached the very
verge which separates regulation from
operation, md tur uncertainty wheth.
cr public CI iuion viii compel us t.
pause nj this point IN Mr. Wallis judg
ment. f. mostly responsible for the
present uncertainty In business ant
Tor the unemployment Of so many
hundreds Of thousands Of people II
this country.
Matter Of Comparison.
lie does not intend to discuss thu
merits or dement's OF the Socialist,
program but would like to remlnC
men who are Inclined to be discon
tented with tho economic progress o
their country to remember that every
thing IS Il matter NJ comparison. No
only IL tho average man I'm Americi
{. infinitely better or than the othe
men I'm any other part OF the worl'
from a material standpoint hut he 1
Infinitely better off than his America
2. grandfather, and the difference ha
been achieved mostly by the develop
!, mcnt " the public service and manu-
featuring enterprises
Consider the telephone enterprls
, ulcue Thirty odd years ago no on
had n telephone To-day nearly ever
other family IN the United States CT
! lows the wonderful advantages OF TIL
] service Think how our grandfather
went ~ California In canvas covere
j wagons. amid every conceivable daI
ser and hardship, with months on III
y Journey Think ~ the weary tim
our %grandfuthcrs were obliged to wa.
for message from home whether bus
, less or otherwise Consider the lu'
!, INV and speed with which we can :
40 the great Panama Exposition
+, Sun Francisco today, and when we a
4 rive there. n need he, thing OF o'
% neing uhlc to call mp our friends
- the east and hear their voices and IA
with them ma II they were In the vel
y next room To- M with the door alar.
D II was n customary thing among Of
Il grent graudfathers to go farefootcd
six DAYS I'm the weeks, even In the q
q les. because they could not Nffo,
IL shoes They wore the coarse hon
spun clothes which the poor childr'
r. In our cities would scorn today. The
10 streets were m.lighted and dangero
o nj night The tRllow candle and I
little OH lamp, which would be e.
dence ~ extreme poverty today, we
" the rule In the day OF our ~grandfat
ers.
" Discomfort Spurs Progress.
y These vast improvements In the *
IA dltlon ~ the average American cits
"A came under am economic regime VIII
nj individual enterprises and initial
NJ were unrestrained so long as there "
m fair play II IL true that In spite
all this, thousands Of intelligent a
right minded people are discomfort
m and insist upon a change. II Ia "
he that this should he 30. Absolute G
tentment would mean stagation,
or IA discomfort which spurs on progr'
Nc hut II need not he revolutionary {
NJ content. II need not he discont
n which would speak III Of the brit
u which carried US over. The IA