The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-19
Union Labor Not Only Class
That Requires Higher Wages


While union labor is dru lHdluE a
constant advance IN wages aud to "A
lJrga extent this Ia connected with
ircreased err cheney and shorter
noIrs. the gent middle class ~ oar
people. compr sing teachers, W nLSr
tc.a clerks ana those OF small fixed
income based on former aCDuWu,a-
TONS or Inheritance, are suffering
moro han any other For the latter
there sr"fps tp Doe put lnl' chance
for a change Tor th' hrtt"r, since
b is difficult 20 change fixed invest
mrnls In way Whrh viii ylc.d =
larger income and SGT ue thorough
J.. s.fu. 90 make up the difference
between the present cost OF living
and former prices.
There are millions OF people In
this country, who through inheri-
tanoes or small accumull',ous after
long years ~ IA ~, had small
income which was sufficient for
their actual needs under The old
conditions prior 10 he war, but who
today fiud their incomes practically
ca. IN half
Teachers Get BcGgnrly Salaries.
There are millions ~ others. IN
Guiding teachers and ministers.
whose begRarly salaries are a dis
grace TO the country. and clerks
and others whose compensation hRs
boen In no way advanced In FecpinE
with the higher cost OF living
II Is "A lamentable fact that tho
American people 40 little nppre-
ciate their responsibility to their
own children and 70 the future Of
this country that the teachers con
unue on salaries small enough under
former conditions, but which today
are beggarly In comparison with the
work which they are doing and the
cost OF living, Surely the people
~ this country do not fully recognize
tho fact thai In doing this they are
planting In the hearts CT hundreds
OF thousands OF teacher feeling
OF Injustice. and this feeling Is jus
titled by the conditions under which
they labor. How Ia It possible for
teachers to properly train children
when they feel they are being rob
bed by the community, while the dav
lAborer and the bricklayer, and tho
hodcarrier, and the carpenter. and
all other labor u receiving steadily
advancing wages7 with such a
feeling " injustice TO them II is
scarcely Possible for these teacher5
rot to become tainted with the 30
ci1listic and bolsheyiStiC spirit OF the
hour, and surely no teacher with
that feeling IN his heart can possi-
bly, do Justice TO the training OF the
children OF this country upon whom
It's future must depend.
Every community which IL falling
TO advance the salaries OF teachers
In proportion to the cost OF living
lie guilty OF an act OF injustice for
which It Ia impossible to atone.
Preachers Also Poorly Paid.
Ministers OF the gospel are suffer
Ing In the same way, II the salary of
every minister In the country was
over night lacreased from so to 100
per centTThet, woullgstill be reCeiV-
ing less than their dues. Today 80
per cent OF them are working under
conditions which leave such mar
row margin for caring for increased
cost OF living that their thought and
time must OF necessity be largely alb
sOrbei In these financial burdens.
when they should be free from them
In order TO give their entire thought
to the great work which they are
seeking TO do. The church which
IN uuueIphylNE ltS ministers IL ROD
ing him OF that to which he has n
right and no church which " guilty
OF this form OF robbery has uny right
to expect the blessing OF tho Al
mighty upon It's work.
To very large extent men and
women In clerical positions have not
received an increase In thcir salaries
commensurate with the increased
cost OF living. II IL true that a great
many employers may not be able to
do this. but wherever Il is possible
there should be an increase in keep
ing with the cost Of living and the ef-
ficiency OF the workers, II is prob
ably "A fact that the bank clerks OF
the country are more underpaid than
any other class ~ clerical help In
any business. These men are In po-
Rltlons OF great responsibility. and
yet very large proportion ~ them
are held down To salaries which must
| of necessity create spirit ~ unrest
and OF unvoiccd hostility 10 capital
Army and navy officers never re-.
ceiyed salaries at all commensurate