Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-29
Lire Issues Of the Day.
Danger for the Country.

Manufacturers Hsrord
A. u recent meeting of southern
landowners ut Savannah y Davies
Wnrfirld Of baltimore, who In widely
known Hs chairman OF IN. Senboard
Air Line aud president NJ tho Con
tinrntal Trust company NJ baltimore,
made mn Impressive address ON the
attitude assumed by the railroad ad-
mlnisitation toward development
work by the railroads and pulntlng
out the grave dangers to which the
work is subjected nv a prolongatlon
OF government control of the lines
Of transportation The importance
OF his criticisms of government con.
trol or ownership ~ railroads and
the tendencies manifested at Wash
ington IN heightened by the fact that
Mr Wnrfleld has for many wears
been u prominent and leading drmp-
rrat and actively participated In tho
national convention witch nomi'
mated President Wilson In isi,
somc of the most striking eS-
prr.siona ~ Mr. Warficld In reach -
ing the conclusion Of his address are
as follows
"rh. people Of the country. aud
Of the south especially are To de-.
termine through the congress and
termine through the congreS
and through the states whether
the hest and most efficient
railroad service. and with II
the most efficient means for th"
development of the country and ~
business. can he hest secured through
individual initiatiN" and private op-
GRAFTON and ownership OF the rail
roads property ard effectively cor.
trolied and sancly regulated, or hv
means of an autocrncy set up hN The
government IN It's stead You hr"
now facing the most serious time
ever faced In our industrial and so
cial lfe
THE people must decide whether
an autocracy In our ruling and gov
ernins llfc shalt he built upon
tho dyIng emhers of the f"udtl
auotcracics that until nov alone
renmlned and were destroyed
! that the world he made SAT" Tor
| dnnocraCN. ur whether We shall W"
returned "a methods OF true Amer
! icnnlam under witch this country
/ prnspercd ne no other ever did ANA
/ that what freedom " human action
means IN tho NE ~ "A nation
/ IT may bee natural that lhos" IN
mower should wish to pcrpcipt"
/ their great powers but recently
granted tn them or ns many ~ them
/ A. the can hold liut such an hu
+ tocrncy as the congress was com
pcilcd under conditions of war io
4 temporarily set up was under
the stress ~ those very con
/ conditions and II may he safely n"
urvcd that the congress Intended "
tor no other purpose Take car" lest
We now ctvntr IN this country the
,rr, conditions Vhlch the life's blood
~ millions ~ men has been shed Co
destroy IN other countries
There are two schools Of Thought
In the country on the questions that
Will arise during reconstructiun
which affect Your iutrrerts and also
the fate ~ the railroads one stands
for the rights Of property and hc-
llcves IN safeguarding property, hi
/ the same tlmr guaranteeing To- the
people a. "A whole their full enjoy
mont of the benefits derived from
the success ~ the iniividIhl hut
without destroying his Initiative and
impuitinF hts rirht 10 personal and
business freedom iuSt NJ long ~ he
conducts himself with due regard tp
the rirhts Dni comfort ~ 9TH rs In
the state and naticn-, The other