The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-09

We must helm The people oycrscaa',
Europe .H our biggest customer No
must keep her going OF ihuuhAn"H
uf our shops and scprrH of our mines
must close There i no such thlnS
40 letting hor go lo ruin without
ourselves sharing loo the disaster
II such circumstances. face 10 race,
with such tests. passion must DO
dlsCnrdrd IasspurHrd a disregard
for the right ~ others have no
place In the Couuscis of free p'o-
I pie We ucad light not heat in lh'se
solemn lines OF fsclf-cNtwluauou ana
/ mviEg acN0n. There must be no
! threats Icr There be- only inlelll-
gent ruIEsrl and I,i th" best rca-
sons win, not the strongest brute
| force The world has lust destroyed
! the arbitrary force " military Jun
"a n viii i've under no other. All
| that Is arbitrary and cuercivc ia IN
/ tho discard Those who seek 20
/ employ 10 only prepare their own de-
utTuCtI0u.
We can not hastily and overnight
.rcyoluuonlzc all the processes ot
our economic lie, We shall not at
/ Tempt 10 do su. There are days Of
deem excitement and uf yNtraNaghni
D
OF the surface everyone who iA I'm
real touch with the silent masses Of
our ggrat pnuplp knows that the only
strong fiber and steady solf-conlrol
are stun there. firm against violence
or amy dist"mpcfCd action that would
throw their affairs into confusion. /
am Eercnely confident that they VIII
rendiiy nnd themselves. no matter
wHut The circumstances, ana thni
they viii address themselves TO the
u-ks ~ peace with the same dcFo-
ton aud tho same stllwart pref
crcrrc for what is right that they
displayed 10 tho administration ~
tho whole world in tho midst ot
war.
Asks All to Help.
And enter another confident
hope have spoken today chiefly
of measures of imperative regulation
ana Legal compulsion, Of prosecutions
and the sharp correction Of selfish
processes. and these no doubt are
necessary But there Are other
forces that We may count on besides
those resident I'm the department of
Justice We have just fully awakened
to what has been going on ana io the
Influences many Of them very selfish
and sinister that have been pro-
ducinR high prices and imposing an
intoierable burden on the mass ~
our people TO have brought u all
into the open will accomplish tho
greater part uf the result We seek |
appeal with entire confidence 20 our
producers. our middlemen ana our
merchants 10 deal fairly with the
people. II is their opportunity 10
show that they comprehend. that
. q o.. nj
they have their public interest sim
corcly a. heart And have no
doubt that housekcepcrs all over the
country ana everyone who buys the
things he daily stands I'm mend Of Will
presently exercise a greater vigilance
a more thOughtful economy "A more
discriminating care as TO tho market
I'm which ne buys or the merchant
with whom he trades than ne has
hitherto exercised.
Must Counsel Together.
believe. too. that the more cN-
! trcmc leaders of organized labor will
| presently yield 70 sober second
| thought and Ike the great mass ~
| their associates, think and act like
/ true Americans They viii see that
strikes undertaken at this critical
| time are certain 10 make matters
worse. not hctter--worsc for them
and for everybody else The worst
/ thing. the most fatal thing that can
/ be done. IA to stop or interrupt pro-
/ dugllon or 20 Interfere with tho DIS
/ trihution N goods hy the railways
ani tho shipping ~ the country We
| are an involved In the distressing re-
| suits OF tho high cost OF living and
| We must unite. not divide. 10 cor
/ rect a. There are many things that
/ ought 10 be corrected I'm the reln-
| uons between capital and labor, In
| respect of wages and conditions "
! labor and other things even more
/ far reaching, and !. FOR ono. am
ready 10 go into conference about
| these matters with any group OF my
| fellow coun'rymen who know what
| they are talking about and arc will.
| ing to remedy existing conditions by
| frank counsel rather than bv yio-
| lent contest. No remedy iR possible
| whllo men are I'm temper, and
/ there ran hc no settlement which
/ does not have AS is motive and
standard tho general interest
Threats and undue lusislcnre upon
/ tho interest OF u single class make
settlement impossible. I believe as
/ ! have hitherto had occasion to say
/ 10 the Congrrss that tho in1ustr,
and NE Of our people ana Of tho
world Will suffer irropprahlo dam.
] age n employers and wOrkmcn arc