The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-25
STRAPHANGER IS
A QUEER ANIMAL
Always Averse to Making
Room for Incoming Pa
irons Of Street Cars.
REMAINS NEAR EXIT
Various Ways Suggested for
Relieving Congestion of
Human Freight.

u Ia amusing 10 note tho bee
ha,lor NJ u largr maJoriy of r'op'"
whom thry grt ON 1 crowded street
car However much of u Ecutloman
or lady person may "' o. other
umos. YOU must catch them in hu'h
an emergency to see how thin is 'h'
veneer Of civilization uud how near
We are yet 10 the age wucu thD H
vlyal Of the fiitosf was th, rulo ul
existence. \ New Orleans street car
gyttcm has hired specialist ."
study out some uf those Problems
ana find "a way io UrHu passengers
10 habits of confederation iui me
company aud for the public iih
first problem has boon how To get
people TO move forward Whcn tnoy
enter the cur and leave tho lttcut
arrivals room To stand.
The same problem exists loo Tulsa
with this difforcnC" rs most of our
ears are uut-mHn affairs. The qu' s-
ton is to get late outrics 10 move
hack from the entrance and l"nNo
room for moro. II scduS 10 Ice a
part of human nature for at"
entry TO stand as near as possible 10
the door of entry aud hr ready To
lump out quick when his dcsiiut
tiOn Is reached, even though that 10
Is or 20 blocks. tho result W. tha'
those who come still later must
either stand on their toes or else
rudely squeeze back 10 The rear
whcrc there H. moro room. Thr
logical way would he for him 10 go
as far back as there was room and
let The man who comes later nave
fair chance at standing room, tut
the public ~ strangely contrary
sbout this matter. The motnrmAn
In not altogether hlamclcss. for hc
will continually cry out for moving
bHcS even when the car is loaded
over its share and the back doors
ore bulging with tbe load Ills slp-
ean is that there is always room for
one moro.
Some may say that the Sim crow
law has something to do with this.
for white people may hesitate to
crowd the negro section. lIut this
is not an alibi The white folks will
crowd all sections on occasion. even
TO the exclusion Of the blacks just
the other day II funny incident Illus
tratcd this Two white mon aud a
negro girl had the extreme back
scat Another negro girl boarded
the ear and went to this seat, where
she tried to squeeze In next to tho
girl OF her color. In doing so In
such marrow space she very nearly
vat In tho white mans lap This
individual at once took the hint and
vacated midst the smiles of his fel-
low passengers. II tx certainly Just
that. as long as the law confines the
colored people to the rear seats.
they should have the best right TO
those seats.
ono suggestion TO remedy tho
crowding To tho front IN that the car
floor he made like "a moving side
walk, always rolling toward the back
door. 40 that the passenger would
have to keep walking forward 20
Keep from going out at the back
window. But this IL no better for
him than if ho walked, except pos
sibly In bad weather. Tho best sug
gestion Is that a campaign OF edu-
cation bc put ON To awaken the man
illness of the straphangor and tench
him to regard the rights of others
AS equal To his own. Tulsa men are
good about one thing they will not
often sit white a lady ls standing.
and the Tulsa womCn--or at least
u few OF them are Considerate
enough to refuse To accept tho seat
offered 10y an old or tired working
man
Most street car patrons would
agree that the proper remedy Is "a
larger number OF ears going their
way. But this would not suffice.
We have soon It tried too often. Let
the ears run IN pairs. as N often
done. and you will find the average
citizen viii break his neck trying TO
enter the first car while tho latter
car will catch only those too late for
the first or tho few who are wise
enough 10 know how to avoid the
rush. That we need more cars. or
bigger ones, * apparent TO an, but
what we need most is an unseltlsh
regard OF one man Tor the welfare
and comfort ot his fcllows SELFISH
ness is al the bottom OF all the
trouble