The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-25
sunday, AJu-iI 20. 1920.

Good friends may multiply
marry. WfJ
children born on this day viii rise
rapidly In life These subjects oi
Taurus usually have perseverance
and initiative.
lCopyrisht 1890 by the Mcclure Ncs'papr saGah
wrote "A Tulsa friend that return
engagement would hc played here
FOR Tulsa Is tho easiest picking ~
all the places | have HIT Please
note the hard-boilcd professionalism
Of that sentence.
do not mean to say that tns
countless number who are asking
for gratuitics for one purpose or
another. tho grand total running in'i
billions OF dollars, realize that they
are doing nothing more than h"tp
additional burdens on the purchasing
public. / rather suspect that they
have never thought OF this phase "
tc matter. that they would, I'm tIe..
dispute it on first thought. But 81 B
the simple truth.
Not only because Of tho trcm"u.
dous sums that are being wrun ~
from unwilling hands and imm.I
ately charged back against the Yns-
ness. but because Of the thodsknd7
and thousands OF otherwise idleland
unproductive people who are On.
gagged i'm conducting these drives
I'm Easy Illustration.
4 normal business Is organized f1r
the purpose Of taking care OF itsot
and paying profits TO those financing
1t. 1T follows that IL the expenses
Of that business are increased, and
the number Of people its profits must
sustain are also increased, and IT, IN
addition, its working force is also
reduced in numbers, that three fac
tors will certainly become apparent.
The wage scale will be increased, the
products will cost the consumers ot
those products very conslderally
more, and the line OF profit mate
rally increased TO take care of The
much larger number OF dependents.
That, in miniature, IL the present
situation with respect to the nation.
IL it were possible to so on collecting
these millions and billions, either for
salaries to useless governmental
agents and boards, or for upllfts and
reIicfs in various quarters OF the
world, from the multitude Of wealthy
people well able to make such douy-
lions. If 1t were possible to continue
the work in this manner, looking
only AT the trial balance Of the ma
tion, without imposing constantly In-
Crcasing burdens on the average
citizen through reduced production
and increased prices and profits
then we should refrain from crit
cism.
But that isn't possible. Not every
man or woman is contributing d.
rectly TO these drives. but certainly
in fr Dr. |.
uting to the payment OF every SUD
scription made Commerce befvx
the load, but only up TO that poAD
where 1t can be unloadcd on the u -
mate consumer ~
The open road 10 national coh
tentment runs through the plain y
rigid economy which lies just over
the hill on which men learn TO say
no TO the professional fund-raisor
No man who travels that road ever
suspects that Coutoutmcnt can o'
had through the more acquisition n,
funds And all who do travel n
know beyond all doubt that every
expenditure not made in produ.
tive way adds 20 the cost Of lWInS
and moving and having a being.
Our government under the mo-f
unscientific and outragcously cA-
lldN dAdHL liN - NNtl4l fN'l wv lHNA OK
demanding S5.0OO.0OO annually IN
the way Of a direct tax.
Now comes tho oX-soldicr, or SON"
Of them, we hope and believe less
than a majority OF them, and de-
mand bonus. which means fur'h.r
taxation by at least $5,00O,O00 before
II Is over. IN addition. states. CoIn.
ties and municipalities are piling rne
taxes higher ana higher. All this.
is direct and fixed charge on COM
merce and industry that finds fore.
blc and unappealable eNprosslorkhn
the counter whore the ultimate cCH-
sumner comes In contact with the IN
ished product
Every dollar paid labor IN any
form, every profit whether one -
many, is NQuidatcd on no same sunt,
And Of this we must not complain,
! for it has become the fixed policy M
the nation 10 pay high wages, n -
10 the distinct advantage Of cver
one that this be continued on an ape
/ prC'idting scale High wages o.-
| fuse prosperity and wealth. and thN'
/ is very much TO ho desired.
But every dollar given lu charity,
whatever, the form, Is an additiont
} burden, Just as much as though 10
were paid in the form OF taxes. And
| II the charitable donations be ua'
willing, as We before suggested, 'h'
! fun amount is instantly and directly
| charged against the business to o'
as Instantly and fun hqu!datcd on
IN" purchasing counter
| would not be understood as cone
demning sentiment or charitable im'
/ pulses What | insist on is COM
mon sense and practical Cousld"r''
I that no