The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-03
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THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

In his message to the sixty SIKH congress the
president delivers a typical Wilsonlan essay.
whatever doubt there may have been con-
oerning some Of the uttoranocs that came from
the white house during the presidents i'm
notation, none whatever exists concerning the
authenticity OF the message delivered Tuesday
n bears the imprint OF Woodrow Wilson. not
only In It's phrasing and beauty Of cons'ruc-
ton but In ITS reasoning ana the delicate
adroitnens with which the author evad.s crap
piing directly with any Of the larger issues OF
the day.
Tho president referred to the peace treaty only
Indirectly and then In only mildly rerroving
way-such as the teacher might reserve for tho
primary class. This was according to plan"
and expectation, on only two points did he en-
tend hmsef-thc general financial ana com
meroial situation. and the existing condition OF
unrest" Those who expected him to seize tho
opportunity presented and couragcously point
the duty Of the citizen In the labor capital CON
troversy will be disappointed, The very much
larger class who merely hoped that he might
do So viii also bc deeply disappointed,
There is nothing Of the Coolidge, or ollie
Hanson or Leonard wood. or Judge Anderson.
or Theodore Roosevelt In the Wilson character
blood courses through those placid veins. In
stead Of even indirectly uttcring the You dare
not and you shall not" with which these men
met their great opportunities Mir. wilson with
the very social structure wobbllns because of
past governmental flabbincrs says to the CON
gress IL seems to me that in dealing with this
situation congress should not be impatient"
II is vastly instructive to read the presidents
own words on this subject.
The oaussa OF this unrest while various
and complicated, are superficial rather than
deep seated. Broadly, they arise from
connected with
l. The failure on the part OF our gov
eminent to arrive speedily at a Just and
permanent peace, permitting return to nor q
mai conditions GIcrc ~ The one reference
to the srnsic's failure to rauy the peace
first. seeks 10 hold up as the principal cause
for industrial unrest.
. Prom the transmission Of radical the
ories from sec'h'nE European conters pend
Ing such delay,
:. From hesrtlcsy rrof,oerng resulting
in an increase In the cost of living. and
4 Lastly from tho Vaccinations of pas
Hionate and rnalrVolcut Hrt'alnrs
There Is, perhaps in aU th, public service and
among nll the pubIIcists OF the republic not
another individual hu, would have put the
presidents fourth cause the firs, ~ an Per
haps not another would have characterized the
causes" ss superficial rather than deep seat
ed with tho return to noimal conditions"
continues the president 'lnis unrest win rapidly
disappear"
which is tantamnunt 10 saying that when
The patient is well hr Will be- better an asscr-
lion that al least crcumvenu dispute because It
is undsputable.
In referring to business conditions IN general
the president reveals himself ro less attached
to the tenets OF free trade than of yore II Is
again Instructive to follow him uurrnNy:
II we want 10 sell We must nr prepared
to buy Whatever. therefore. may have
been our views during tho poriud ~ the
Frowth OF American business concerning
tariff legislation. WI must now Rdjus, our
own economic life 20 a changed condition.
The provincial standards and policies Of the
past which have held American business
il in a straigh huacket. must yield and give
way to the needs and eSigencies OF the
day in which we live. The recent war has
ended our isolation and thrown upon us
great duty and responsibility.
Can there remain lingering doubt In the
), nd of any man that It is indeed Woodrow
wilson. the academician, the ultra free trader,
he apostle OF the new day" who Is speaking
II such doubt exists II can be resolved b,
ttty. .arb. Tinted states desires fCr