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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05
Our Existing League Of Nations.

kAnsAs City ftAr,
President Wilson's guildhnll speech
Saturday may be given to various
interpretations. II gives reason to
hope. however. that he In coming
10 the view of the League of Nations
that has been urged for n long time
hy practical men. including Colonel
Roosevelt
The president does not say IN so
many words that the league must
he founded on tho present alliance.
hut this In a fair Inference from his
statement that there must he "a sin
gle, overwhelming. powerful Eroup
of nations who shall he trustees of
the peace Of tho world"
Such a group exists In Britain,
France, Italy, the United states and
Japan. II has undertaken for the
present tho trus,eeship for the
worlds peace. This alliance is y
going concern. The conferences that
will shortly begin In Paris will bc
an incident In the activities OF the
League NJ Nations.
The functions OF such league
must necessarily be limited nt the
OUTSET II II were TO attempt too
much II would break down. Under
the circumstances n loose sort OF or
The world In not yet ready for n
superstate. The differences In cul-
ture and ideals are too great but
out OF tho present ASSOCIATIONS OF
free peoples may be developed n
frame Of mind. a disposition OF the
heart. which will he a powerful bull
wark against injustice and against
war
Does n leagus 80 limited seem
pale In comparison with the splcn-
dor OF thu dream OF n great world
state which shall maintain peace
forever II should not Already
this existing league II accomplish
ing n worthy task The United states
is usipg its influence to maintain
peace In both the Americas The
British commonwealth. mlsnamed
tho British empire. IN sponsor for
peace over one third of the worlds
area Japan may readily assume "A
similar position In regard TO eastern
Asia, while tho rteadying influence
Of France and Italy on the CONT
nent Of Europe Ia igong TO he n pow
erful factor for peace. particularly
In concert with British sea power.
Here is the nucleus NJ peace
league that should capture the imag-
lnation % the world II In n league
founded on community ~ purpose
and a working agreement In ideals
and based on power which In the
only puss bio foundation for peace
In the present stage of civilization.
Along some such line as this II
may he hoped the president will see
his way clear to work IN co-opern-
ton with the statesmen Of the peace
conference, out of such co.opern.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05

of fours and corn meal are stili
greater. Wheat flour. white. i7st.
wholc-whedt = and graham flour.
?'s !. rye flour. 2l5s: buckwheat
f1~ur, 22o mixed flour. 2+5.5, and
earn meal. 27T.s.
Tn" department OF agriculture
suggests extension Of tho time limit
Tor government purchase ~ the
1912 crop beyond June |. 1920 u
also recommends that II be empow-
cred 20 purchase existing warehouse
facilities or Ia acquire others II
hints nt tho need ~ much larger
appropriation Inquestlonably II
VIII he needed, even IL congress RciE
promptly In the passage Of "a tariff
that WIN exclude NIL foreign wheat
uhiil N" consumption ~ the domes-
tc crop raised under the guaranty
Not the least problem viii be the
uncertainty ns To future wheat crops
for " world prices fall below our
guaranteed price. ns they doubtless
will we must consume our own
large supply. besides the product OF
the abnormally large new crop.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05

degree OF order has been secured
than at any time since the r"vulu.
ton, that the power OF the holshc.
Wiki Il constantly growing. ana that
disturbances have been no mora
than must b. expected with any
revolution.
We need the facts as 10 Russia
We need to let the soviet govern.
ment make any defense II can mako.
We need 10 know all the facts con
ccrnlng any proposal II has mada
for peace. Even though the bolshc.
WIKI may not have made an offer
,that satisfies the European dlpIo.
mats II may furnish mn entirely sat.
lsfnctory basis for peace with
America. why do We not know what
tho bolshrvlkl purpose' Are thor
terms so terribl. that they cannot
even be made known 10 us' Docs
not tho administration think tho
American people Will more readily
support whatever action may prove
necessary against the Russian pee.
pie II II knows all the facts than II
efforts are made 10 keep them IN tho
dark
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05
whnt the pSc,ors Did for the Army

n"irpit tfee If"sA,
Surgeon General Gorgas, address
ing an association of life insurance
men, remarked that the greatest les
son to be learned from the war IN
the impor'nnc, OF sanitation which
he says In the third leg upon which an
army In the field rcsta rho flrnd-
l1hly ingenious weapons devised for
the conduct OF modern war have
been TO some extent ncutralized by
Inventions for evading their deadly
effects Inttl the last four years the
greatest loss In war generally has
been due To disensss pr. Wood
Hutchinson asserts that until within
the last 40 or 30 years tho loss In
battle has never been more than n
flfih aa great ns that resulting from
disease, II was not battle. nor even
ccld. that defeated Napoleon's Rus.
sian campaign; II was spotted ty-
phus, disseminated through that In
sect the American soldier refers to
aa "cootic."
Tho world war was the FIRST In
which medical profession was given
free hand, and the result In seen
In making the disease rate In camps
lower than among civilians, tho saw
Ing ~ 90 per cent OF the wounded
and the sending of 40 per cent OF
them hack to the lines within 90
dnyS. II has been a triumph for san
Hatun ana antirepuc surgery Even
the enemy has recognized the doc
tors value. paying him the compli-
ment Of regarding him assthe equiv
alent ~ 500 soldiers and 30 tnstruct.
ing snipcra The German real In de-
r,roying hospitals may thus be ac-
counted for.
The record performance of the
Japanese In reducing through sani-
lation the death rate from disease In
tho Russo Japanese war has been
dls'anccd by army doctors In this
mos, recent conflict Typhoid fever
the great army plague has been
n nearly wiped out that on the
HritiHh western front there were but
1000 cases among nearly 5000. 900
men IN two. years Watchfulnrss
over the water supply. the rclcntless
warfare Rgains, the fly. that active
distributor OF disease germs. ana an.
useptic surgery have vastly lcis,ncd
the perlls of war.
"dch incon,roverthle facts should
make clear to the civilian public the
great Importance OF sanltDt ton and
impress upon the community mind
the necessity NJ certain reforms es.
peciRllv In housing the avoidance OF
overcrowding and the deadlincs- Of
the fly
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05

first moves taken ny the railroad ld
mini-'rn,lon.
"lf the Rn,"fnmrnt continues ia
operate the railroads fur i've years
they viii never be- given back to
thrir owners. IN my opinion
'bi,c any party IA" control ~ "a
vast Industry HE the railroads. rm
plolinF 900. 900 men, fpf five yrnri,
and It would he Impossible 10 hr'tk
that control sny this ~ true uf
my party II /. the human desire
iu expand nni gather mur" power.
THIS ls true ~ tho unn In hH iuIi.
department heads 81 ~" cavern.
neni The htnd uf rfrty govern.
rurnt department IL constantly tryt
ing to expand thr operations - hlH
department. broadening hla powers
and obtaining supervision ~ more
people
proHid'ut approved his suggestion.
but IN hls nddtrn tu congress br
fore leaving Tor France rfoaidcnt
Wilson said hr had reached uu de.
cisIDn IA regard 10 tho railroad prot
len There II nomo conflict In the
tvu statements
Nj Eiuonds said tho government
shuulh n.o tg hands OF tho ran
roads ana the business activities ~
the country and permit Initiative nnd
onergy 10 have their nll sway
Economic conditions Justify an
enormous activity In manufacturing
after peace In declared Tho world
IN practically bare ~ food and
clothes and iron and steel Tho need
to be supplied In the greatest the
world has ever known. ho said
ono ~ tho great mistakes made
by the railroad administration was
tho cutting OFF of all support ~ th.
hand and industrial departments of
tho railroads All development work
that had been stnttod 10y the roads
was stopped and ihe forces ~ ,he.e
departments werc dinorgnnlzed. II
will tAho "a long time for them TO he.
come rrhnbilltntod even after tho
roads arc returned To private man
aEemont Tho development Of Gait.
fornia has been due largely to the
annual expenditure of some 1900.
600 year which the Cnion Pacific
railroad spont In publicity and de.
vclopment work. ana the Southern
Pacific was doing almost ~ much
All tho southern ana southwestern
railroads combined we're spending
about 100000 . ycnr. yet this was
'ut Off by Mr. McAdoo. s,id Mr. Ed.
nonds. and the development OF tho
'outh was given n setback.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05
MEANS PERMANENT CONTROL

In n recent Interview published In
the savannah. tGaD News. Richard
~. EdmondH. editor " the Manu-
facturers' Record and ono ~ the bcst
informed men In the country. gave
his views upon Mr. McAdoo's plan
Of keeping the railroads under COVE
srnment control for five years
longer:
II am absolutely opposed to gov
ernmcnt ownership or control Of
railroads except for the period made
necessary by tho war" he continued
when that necessity for govern
mcnt operation Of the railroads shan
have ceased. government control
should be rclinquishcd.
"If the railroads had been permitted
90 do the things that the government
did upon taking them over. tho ne
cesslty for taking them over
wouldn't have existed The railroads
had asked permission to Increase
their freight rates 10 per cent. but
this was denied, yet the government
Increased the rates 25 pcr cent The
railroads had asked for permissiou
Ia pool their business ana share the
earnings. they we're not permitted
10 do 80. but this was one of the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05
Amc~sS~n Wheat Problem.

", I,oui, Olohrs D~tnorrut
America has wheat problem on
l,s hands somewhat different from
that which compelled emergency
lesislation NJ the outset Of the war
our wheat supply II easily double
that of last year A government
survey of commercial stocks actu-
aily reported In December showed "a
percentage Of 2o6l percent ~ those
n year ngn. The Chicago board Of
trade figures the visible commercial
supply at nearly six times that Of
last year white Rradstrect fixes Il
at four and one half times
The grain corporation. organized
under the food administration. with
a capital Of siSOOO0. 900. is main
tanning the guaranteed price. being
greatly aided by the export demand.
Hut there " no certainty aa TO the
continuation OF this demand. for.
with shipping released. Argentina
and Australia will be able To- send
vast wheat supplies to Europe
America has great stocks ~ other
cereals and also of>flours aud corn
meal Compared with last year. this
other cerep stocks show the follow
inr percentages Corn. i29 percent;
barley, HOS percent. rye. i5i , per
cent The supply of oats In short.
with sac percent The percentages
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05
TIE SEVENTH I.pGvsIATURE

Tho seventh Oklahoma legislature
viii convene next Tuesday. All the
rocks have been rolled out Of the
road. presiding officers have beeh,
picked ana the choice chairman
ships have been spportloned, % there
10 nothing loft for tho members 20
do but knuckls down on the job.
10 far a. surface indications show.
This promises 10 be the sanest isGis-
lature the state has enjoyed. Fewer
fool propositions have been pro-
posed In advance of the sitting than
has heretofore been the rule. and
there 10 some prospect that . ma
toriiy OF the members will sndsavor
70 Get necessary legislation out Of
the way and adjourn by the time tho
sixty-day life Of the body expires.
Tho principal projects which have
been suEgestsd In road legislation
and . law that will adequately deal
with blue sky stock companies. Both
Of these propositions should be en-
acted into Law for tho advancement
Of the state knd pro,sction of It.
citizens.
Governor Robertson will recon-
mend n sac. o.ooo. 900 bond issue for
the Improvement Of state highways.
but he states that this amount Ia
merely suggestive and that he will
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Lipe Issues Of the Day.
REIMBURSEMENT Coming.

'h!on lAiof AdsnrAte
Every man IN America. whether
employer or cmployc. knows that
with IN. signing OF the peace treaty
In Europe will come "A reAdjuslmeni
IN wages ana prices
Don't waste time arguing with n
man who says the snme conditions
must continue Ms during the war ilo
IL n child IN intelligence
The men In the shipyhrds. the
mills, and the factories do not ex.
prct To get the hlrh wage from pri.
vate contracts that WAS handed ont
10 them during the days when the
government demanded guns and
munitions of war. regardless of cost
They know II can't be done. No
man or set of men IL going to oper.
ate mill or factory at IA loss for
any length Of time
Some of the leading packers and
merchants made rxr-vlous hhnders
when they announced In the news,
papers tho day after the armistice
was published that food and cloth
Ing would stay AZ the same old war
price. no matter II peace did come
such announcements hurt. They
are foolish and dangerous They are
foolish because they know when
wages c~in. down prices of food and
clothing must drop, They arc dan
erous because such announcements
from rucn leaders In business create
more anarchislic fccllns, and cause
more good. law abiding citizens To
SEQ red than all of the soap box ora,
tors from Portland. Me. To Port
land, ore.
In this time ~ abnormal prices II
should he clear TO all that nominal
wagrs' that ia. the amount OF
money In tho pay envelope are Of
less Importance than are what eCono.
mlsis call real wages" or wages
measured by the purchasing power
of money received II prices fall
short there IL no net loss TO labor
In corresponding decline OF nom.
inal wages |, In tu hc hoped. how
ever, that prices VIII fall relatively
moro than wages In amy readiuat-
ucnt IN the coming time. II prices
remain on tho present level. or con
iinuc To mount, wages one must as
sumo. will not come down
The whole question Of wages
prices, and the international labor
and commodities market is o. Gem.
pick and difficult a- 10 demand the
closest study The nations lawmak-
rrs have heavy responsibility ~
This time. since they should deal m
the hest possible manner with this
question AZ vital part ~ the recon.
struction problem Meantime em.
pluNers ana wage workers alike are
deeply concerned In averting fric-
tion by openly ana CONSIDERABLY dis.
cusring any points of difference aud
thus helping the nation To- pass To- u
pcac, basis without injustice and
with no unnecessary hardship
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05
\ Union Of Indie, fsion,

New yofs Times
The fault which the allies are
committing In the front of their new
enemy the bolshovlki iH the same
they 50 long committed In the front
~ Their old enemy. the German au-
tocracy They allowed tho enemy all
tho ADVANTAGES Of the offensive, and
merely resisted at whatever point
the enemy chose In turn TO attack.
u was not until tho allied command
was unified that the allies could do
more than hold the Germans off
similarly, tho holshcvist assault on
villEation has all the advantages
of the offensive The allies have
not yet reached the idea that saved
them froR tho Germans idea
OF unified command
II II cheering, Tor Instance 10 hear
That a strong allied expedition IL to
reinforce thJ1ne already In south
Russia. ana WAl occupy tho Ukraine
Not ~ cheering 10 read that this II
all, that military Intervention In
that country hy the allies on n larg.
rcalo such ~ the anti bolshevist par,
of tho Russian population desires
now seems further away than ever {"
The same old policy ~ iglti7. II tho
" ff'N'N 'lfl'N u lhlhf tNlAF hkRlUNN
Calais. hasten to hold and strengthen
Calais II they turn suddenly and at
tack at Netdun. hurry tn meet them
at Netdun; but content yourselves
always with rcpulsing the particular
attack and wondering what will be
dome next
Tn" fronChmnn quoted In Mr.
Durnntys dispatch this morning
paints the holshcvjki ns having
their opponents In Russia 10 tho
ground and 'o have begun to over.
run the llaltic provinces of Poland
and eastern Germany" while In Ger.
many proper they are gaining
ground so fast that a union of Rus
stan and German extremists will In
time lauUNh u Crusade for an
archy" The holshevlst westward al.
vance is~ made up partly OF propa-
Rnnda ard pattly ~ force so far
as II Ia made hy force II In virtually
unresss,ed There is not much use
In combating its propaganda. since
its argument could appeal to none
except minds So coarse that the very
aSioms ot liberty would he mean
ingle''s To them Tho argumcnt In
In brief. that ignorance should rule
and that knowledge should either
ile of consent 'o i've on INC terms
~ running the errnnhs NJ Ignorance
To n mind that does not instantly re-
jcct that theory there IL not much
use In presenting countcr-arEu-
ments
AZ for the fear that advance into
Russia would or might contaminate
the soldiers of the advancing force
hy bringing them into contact with
hnlsheVist argument. that merely
means only a postponemsnt ~ the
evil day. for the bolsheviki are on
the offensive and will bring that
argument homo 10 the west wlthou,
DELAY when they do. thev will be
stronger and more powerful than
they are now The allies can fghi
hp shcvism now. before It's toeth
have grown and run the risk OF
having N" cfudcr minds among their
soldiers dchnuched hy the argument
that ignorance should rule knowl-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05

lhNlWhfohh NFNh
Tho Sec etaiy ~ war asks for leg
hlhion authoriy the resumption
~ voluntary enlistment In tho army,
and the repeal ~ the provisions OF
IN" Selrctive Service act limiting en-
liHimentH To the period of the war
Unless some such action as this is
taken We shall not. after peace Is
proclaimed. have much of an army.
For Il will under tho law then h..
necessary To discharge all those who
enlisted or were drafted To- serve
during the war. There will he left
only those who enlisted In the regu-
lar army prior TO April I. and whnre
onlistments have not expired Mi.
BAKER SAYS.
This small number has been cut
down by asunllica and other visls-i.
tudes until the entire military force
of tho United states that can be re-
tain"d In the service Will he nbso-
lutely INADEQUATE and insufficient to
perform such essential military du-
Ties as policing the Mexican border.
garrlSonlng our lnsular possessi ons.
manning the -oacoast defenses Of
the United states, occupying perma-
nent posts and garrisons guarding
and protecting the large amount OF
recently acquired government prop
erty. and maintaining and operating
the camps and cantonments In this
country tn which troops returned
from overseas may he sent for
prompt demohlllm ton"
The new army. OF which we have
all been so proud. Is swiftly dlsap-
pearing Men are being brought
back from Europe In large numbers,
and soon they will he released nj the
rate OF 10000 u day. when we
adopted tho selrctlve conscription
policy We put "A stop 10 voluntary
| cnlistments
The need for such legislation ns
that commended In urgent II
would be wei. too. II congress could
bring Itself To authorize a regular
army OF 500. 900 men. the figure
agreed on by the general STAFF. Many
Of the men now serving with tho
colors would no doubt cnlls, II the
chance were offered BESIDES pro-
vlding FOR an adequate army. con-
gress and the war department
should see To II that the machinery
that Wa have created during tho war
IL not broken up. but rather that II
In strengthened and made even
more serviccahle, II is said that
congress will act promptly and Ia
Norahly on the recommendation of
the war department
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Iislllusionirc,l.

Louisville Courier Journal
For the past twelve years" 'ui
IA man who travels much. writing 80
the New York sun, "the people H..
ing ON the plains west .pf the VI Mi.'.
sourl river ana engaged IN ngricu
tural pursuits have given much tiu'
to damning the railroads and callIrs
for government ownership N"W
they have the longed-for guvcrnme
control and lind that the trains ni'
reduced IN number. run irregular
and Mt inconvcnicnt timcs, ~ mu
greater cos, and without parlicIlIr
regard to the convenience uf pA
scngers or shippers ur freight q
somewhat entertaining to ubsert"
the voltr face that has taken pln,H
among these people At last th"T
have received what they have lor.
asked fot-and are overwhelmed
with SORROW"
II would not he fair 10 say tn Ni
the measure " the gOvcrnut"n' 4
success IN running the railroads t'"
past year should be the standard 'F
" hitch permanent government opc' b.
ton should be judged. II has be-
year Of wnr conditions and : "
roads have teen conducted primnfl 50
for war purposes. II Il true. ncN''
thelesS that the experiment has = '-
illusioniyed many who thought th'f
were for government ownersNip
This dislllusionment has been ~p'-
rially strong In the west where ITO
siiment for government oNnr'-
ship was strongest.
II In the result. In part OF d
terioratlng transformation OF th"
service from private management To-
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when prrsidrnt Wilson landed IN
England he snld the war was worth
white noh only because 1t has sdfe-
guarded the world ag,lnS; unjust
aggression" hut because " has
united nations which ought ~ net
With each other In the perm incnt
maintenance ~ Justice ana rlght "
That indeed iA the function ~ the
Versailles conference which dis'in-
.yulshcs Il from earlier world confer-
encos They we're chilly concerned
with the division ~ the spolls ~ war
on the principle that TO the victor be
longa all he Chut~es to take Yet vic-
tory gives no rights to tho victor
VII ca he did not previously posserS.
although II may take from the beat
cn rights which he ought not TO lose
because he N beaten The Yer.
stillea conference viii he succcsst ul
above other conferences IN proportion
that II confines itself Go the dispen
aation az Justice and right" There
is u pilful record ~ world cAfer-
rnCes which dispensed wrongs 20
peoples N pnrtlBlity to princes and
poten,atrs The results have been
that The end of one war was the be
ginning OF another war. ana that
treaties " amlty were regarded ~
scraps OF paper to be violated when
Il would serve interests
They will be disappointed who
look to the Versailles conference 20
dispense Justice ana rieht through
out the world In weeks or months or
even ~ year or two vested wronrs
established through centuries can he
rcdre-ed only through generations