Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-23
sOME CEKTAIN RICm MEN.

| IN every community who feel that
, every attempt 10 make them pay their
| Just proportion OF taxes or 10 make
them contribute their just proportion
Of income TO the immediate needs of
| the government, constitutes oppr-s-
sion and outrage. They feel that rneir
sons are exempt from military service
/ because they arc their sons. They
/ feel and In some instances do not
hesitate to publicly proclaim the belief.
! that they are immune because of their
wealth, that nltho they get IA greater
degree Of protection from the govern
mcnt than any other class Of CITIZEN
ship, because they furnish employ
mcnt TO a number OF laborers or TO a
number Of dairymen or farm hands
they should not be called upon for
| their legitimate pro rata Of the obli-
cations OF the United States.
II has not infrequently been said
| that certain rich men have contributed
more TO the advance Of the doctrine
OF socialism than all of the Socialists
that were ever born. It is not infre.
quently' true that certain rich men.
rich men rather Of ccrtaH type. have
done more thru their stupid refusal J.,
see conditions as they are or thru
their stupid refusal to accept condi-
lions as they see them than all tns
propaganda that ever existed to crcav.
fo' u and insane prejudice against
wcalt.. as wealth Had these certaah
rich men recognized from the first,
or having recognized from the first,
conceded that they are entitled to be
taxed FOR the support OF this govern
ircnt Just in the same proportion and
I'm the same percentage that the man
In the stret, the man with the hoe
ana the man with the trowcl is tnxeC.
Ierhaps there might be different
feeling IN certain quarters where now
bitter prejudice prevails.
The man who has made his fortune
In this country. the man who counts
his money by the millions. who goes
not give to the support Of the govern
mont during the greatest crisis in Its
history, is, in the last analysis. almost
ns much OF an aid ana comfort 20
Germany and the German idea as the
miserable agitators of the / w w.
stripe II has been frequently re-
marked IN this community that n GER
tain class Of wealth has steadily AMI
steadfastiy refused To- contribute 10 the
fist Liberty loan and is hans.n.
back on the second Liberty loan 1t
is common talk among the well in
Formed that there IS a class Of wealth,
or rather wealthy class composed Of
a very. very few who have refused To
either purchase Liberty bonds in ap-
preciable amounts or to permit the
service of relatives in the army or
navy Of the United States.
one OF the greatest men that the
United States ever produced once said
that GOD showed what he thot of
money by giving 1t TO the men who
own IT," That was entirely too COM
lrehensive and broad statement
The better way IF expressing the SIT
ration in some parts of Oklahoma and
the United States might be to say
something like this: God has pun
ished several men by cursing them
with the possession of great wealth"
When the lists of the subscribers TO
the f.lbery loan bonds are published
II viii be interesting reading for A
lot Of people. And some of the faith
ers and mothers OF the boys who are
somewhere in France" of the bows In
tho environments everywhere throut
the land. Of the boys serving and about
to serve, will paste the lists of the sub
scribers to the Liberty loan bonds in
their scraphooks and years and wears
hence, when this war shall have be-
come but hidecus dream. and the
Violets and the lilies OF France are
graves. the lists Of the contributors to |
the Liberty loan bonds will he read |
around ,hc firesides.
Peter far a place on the list Of tho !
Iaberty loan boHds than OF any nank |
directory in the United States. And |
llEht mere be II SAID TO their eternal |
orodit that the banks are standing by ,
and doing a mighty work fer the sue
cess OF the bond issue Better far a |
place on the list OF the subscribers TO
the Liberty bond issue than riches and |
fine gold. Riches take wings and fly. |
A dollar has no sense of fidelity and |
ro fixed abode. But liberty is as un-
dying as the procession OF the sea-
sons, as vital as the spirit Of Chris |
uanity, and liberty needs The dollars |
right now. II the loan fails, IL the
is not up TO the mark.
Il the Huns get tncouragement out OF |
the situation, just wait for six months.
perhaps even less time than that, ana
watch the dollars with the big u APP
realing TO the spirit of liberty to res
cue them from the foreign foe.