The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-15
Barometer of
Public Opinion
tmcriru L. Never Selfish.


barometer o' PuhHr opinion rsfcrrihg 10
m1 letter AusssurF NJ Lewis I AN happy
q" tAJ nat although cur marion may hav'
mu'. 81 the Ans0 Saxon blood Hul u
hss not no hud Of government Nn,ch
'toirany had. snd W. are not going "a
have such a government Looking into
ihe 'nt0fy Of governments. you will find
iHAi . Tree people do not Gcek "a fkhi
"'Aef people without rsuse Washington
ADVISED that ~ keep out ~ other men :
qU-f''t and do what is rignt not shos
TOO much sympathy shore i might dfss
"a 700" auArrels II W. tUilu~ th.t policy
49, need never foar becoming IKE Ger
many sn 4, Tor tslishness let me- Ak
Who 10 the mote saifIsh ths man who goes
out into sVefJ land aud neg cots his owl
'. .r 20 DO ~Hu boo IL nn Y"n hone i"i
'ho protection o' his own and instruci'
On" oitar man 30 s.so build hIs own hone
ara crowd" Tor hls pcop,,' SHai Ne srai
our young men out 10 Nrlu others While
thty neglect their own sse,thearAi
"heh would you prefer mao Who
bui ls IN his own. county home sl'h
y p.rassnt surroundings Tor bis family ot a
man Who boats up and iowu the word
EHafllnR tho honos of others While hI'
divided by evil Aud dispuie,i Who ~sf'
Co." 'e.tlsh men IU GormsnJi Were h"'
no mon who made homes and cared iUi
ihtlr families or were they 'ne men Nh'
''Hf up Ahh uH" 10 tNf NuI.l louh'IE -
ihtlr puAs"tsIUuS IN Africa ASIA, aud ur
tho Islands OF thr s-aa.d .u.p tbs far .audi
Of other mrEl say That 10 you shul
- m"fI'A 10 became selfish them send l.'
boys in magnificent vessels 10 |ook over 'h'
world and upon tho fertile l,Uds of .iuci
mrn. iHto our God Ne owe ono dgty u
pi'mr wi prior to al others 10 iA that y,
make Itr avn homes and teitle our yS-
problems irN Tho red man. the .h'b
man and al ofhofs pwr unto tod the ,Am'
duty
Whenever people ueglrrts that duty ~
pleasure a. II may be- to them by quartc,
inE ln their own house or win 0thcrs ~
SON" other race steps l1 aud takes 'hrii
pace TNe red man made his squaN do
ail tho hard work rHise hIh corn, skin th'
Of tho rod man. You vcrc uegligont in ihii
land, you let the timber grow mp and rot
down While your hAhies frofo In the cold
Dakota you made your wife wade IA The
icy waters Of the Columbia to pull water
weef with her toes to iced You and her
babies while You waited for tho salmon
Ia run In tho spring And God said OF the
rod man, you were a good man TO youi
friends and divided your last mesI riih
tho traVeler and you Owed The Great spirit
but love alone eill not save you | will
open lour lsnd Ia the white man. Nov
God says To- the white man, lie trne IA
your kIud and don I shlr. be honest with
the black man the red man, also 10 tht
yellow man bus ~ a. things don't neglect
your o~n home or Ill trun 1t 70 son'
other fellow
Scfshho. is1 tho roo, Of evil when Il
finds expression in any act which cuts OF
the Nuc 0t production Aud the supply ol
Necessities Nhnu people resolve TO pro
trrt themselves from the aggression. O
others 'onK enough to improve and perfect
their own Kind into better people, after
which they will he able 10 show by example
and Instruction W nthcrs that which the,
also can do, then such is not solfshn"Hs
ard IL certainly IL fnii wrong since II
trAmples upon no mans rights
Al fot the survival Of tho fittest, let me-
say that uoN viii take cars OF that aud
tod N always culting out those who violate
his laws, whether done by intention or ig
norsncC. They msy gct by IN the first ~
second generation. yet II Will crop out N
tho race aud the family weskens and dies
out That 10 the Law, and man cannot
change H.
As Tor the sword which Christ men.
toned, we Will never get peace ~hic vi
spil over with expressions of .ovs for so
called hesthen people and send our so,
dicrs into their quarros in Gods name
Too much love breeds contempt, and cspo
cislly when . man regards Others moro than
his own. II we are determined TO thrust
our sword into the nations OF other people
doing ~ IN the name at thristisnity. thet
the time shall come when those nAtions vii
thrust their sword into our nation t4ftcl
they have learned to make and use ons)
ana thry uay do ~ N the name of Mo
bamnrdanism NJ buddhlsU II wc wan
10 teach hcAthen We should first begin al
home Jesus taught uS. and should teach
here iiil va ean dispose OF some OF lhs
dominating ego OF our own heads before wc
send out to teach htothcrly love by ma
tiousl power Jcsus AAld " give unto
A,.ar the things which are tarssr's and
unto God the things which -srA God ;
brrautrg to attend 20 oure-~r husiursE NJ
our own and that those who we're called
10 preach should do 80 as teachers aud
not by domination nor by the awe OF inter
national power
uHder bushsl. and never viii free
country Hiding our light is not What We
want We want to save 10 from being eh
unguIshed Others have copied eNerD phase
thri chose and no one objected but Tor u'
toy ~ out and force our light upon others
will mean a rcscnou Whereby future ern
erattnns will suffer for the acis Of th"it
fathers Who are the best men % 0ur
nation Are they men Ike ThOUas Fdis"r
who builds for the benefit Of all Who MI
ar men who talk Nof the heart Of tho
world and are willing TO plsce debt oytt
our future gvncratiouA 10 enable US 70 dir
into the business OF every other eounir,
Who is the urNt noishbof' lhe ono Nhn
mtuds his owg affairs srj is "a gentlemanly
friend beyond that or the man who attends
in csery ncighhorhood quarrel How do
family feuds ,riss--hy family leagues, or
hy following the basic principles oi tho
Washington polcyt The race prob'cm B.,
an important problem. vet IT Is not DIT.
hcul, one Tho red man has always heon
an American aud, the black pan has been
an American for long time and any
American policy win not hurt either Of
them
God created certain natural Law. which
govern the races and he gave them d,i.
icreui instioris tie created feeling OF
hsNAe hc'wtcu the raves so that they
would hold each other 10 decent respect
lust as ne created rcprlliug force between
the stars ~ that they would not smash 70
Fe'AUr or mott into one. tie also made
iAis race feeling 20 kerp the races from
melting into one That rs = repelIirg force
Thcn an attractive force is created by 4
business or labor relationship hetwrcu
tho individuals W the races which keeps
them from fighting Zach needs the other
In business yet each di-'ikes the other
ir race fecliar hence each Is held al re
spr-tfti distance a. they should BE- The
white man srt NO ration here for me
rroto< ION 81 iis citizens from tho slvcbtut
cts % tho outside world and true Amrr'
an policy vii never hurt he rcst - ih'
world ~li'c IL Wi give protection 10 ihos'
whose homes are here
Yours truly
Tulsa Nov. Il. 2 WEl.b'