Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-28
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A. mirht have been expected. al.
Tor The government had found u
advisable as war measure to tako
over control " the railways. thero
are not wanting mon who are en-
c0urnEri to advocate that the ar
rangumeut po made preuauent
There hnNo boen advocates of fedcrnl
-owncrahlp NJ railways with uaaf1r
many years, but thoy imyc urrn 80
far from public sentiment That they
have not had the courage tn cham
pion tho idea with any great
amount of courage or expectation
VI "a confederate hearing Rcwdcs.
those who felt this ways have uocH
mostly confined within the pnlr of
that rctuEo of oroCutucs. tho s0g,pl-
lot party and tho very uamo W that
"rPnnizhttop has done much 10 dis
count their prohchings with pph1r
minded people Sow hpwryor We
have big and hm.ny men lbr soma,
tor johnson openly advocating gov
ernmcut OWnotahp la the halls Of
congrosH. and however much ,yo
may ho opposed to the .pnu. th"
public now is compelled to llso 10
na serious issue
II ls the argument ~ Mr John.
son and others that, ae We hnyo made
q temporary oversight OF transpur-
nrlon d federal right. It is not inllss
that the idea be followed 10 IT, log
ical conclusion" Iut the tart m
thnt permanent government control
IN not necessarily u logical conchis-
Ion at temporary control Tho uet
ccpinnce Of "a radical step as & wise
war measure docs not uecossa ilv
infer that It would also be- wise 90
mako control permanent To begin
with, tho object pt temporary con-
troll whs 10 insure coordination ~
effort for war purposes Tho nation
was where It could not permit zeal
ouSies and competitive stubbornrcsH
to hinder the effective service need
cd Tho reasons that mndo this
control advisable 30 not follow FOR
an Indefinite time or for oil cir
cumstances
II may be said that such plan
would make for better efficiency
and that grebtS suryice 10 tho pub
lie Is an aim worth STRIVING f1r Per-
hapH So hut also II must hc romcm
bered that this great nation was
built up to it's present prosperity by
the theory that each individual was
entitled to reach high grades of ser
vice and prosperity thru his own
uals have been necessary TO carry
IN great enterprises that were too !
big for individual capacity Yet It |
does not follow that we have
reached condition when lndlyldual |
enterprise Cor lta corporate form) |
has failed to do what the public re-
auIred and should be fenced oft hy
government control. even n that
control secured more economical
and pprposoful management sol
are not yet rondy 20 gi'o up our
IDEAS OF the right of c,diNrs to ~
AZ much az tugy yts able to con- (
tribute TO tho ngion's pr lpcr!iy
We are not pendy to accept that dei-
fled prusslan conception OF eific- |
iency that would sink the encour.
aEement or individual iaitiatlve In /
a fntuous belief that the govern /
ment Is our parent and that we are Z
It's children Paternnllsm in many |
ways has grown upon us. We have 7
come to think Of the government |
as offering Il panaccn for all our |
wrongs aud solurAon for all our |
problems The longer we hold on !
90 the notion NJ individunlism ns
the essence OF democracy and shuu |
tho ways Of utter Capitalization thc /
longer We may expect 20 be- a happy I
and prosperous people.