The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-15
barometer of Public Opinion
Producers and Unionisn.


carried the statement that Governor Smith OF
New York had quit his fight on the prontcers;
admitted his office was utterly poworless to reg
ulhte the buying ana selling costs Of food sup
pies within the confines of the Empire state
Attorney General Palmer after conducting a
nation wide campaign against hoarders specu-
lators, cite, confcsses ne Is unable to solve the
problem of the high cost Of living. Either off
cihl does not attach sufficient censure to any
section Of the citizenship. whether incorpora ted
organized affiliated or unattached: but simply
aver that the remedy for the national malady
which threatens to engult the country In eco
nomic chaos, Is not contained In their executive
laboratories
II is fair to assume that lntcllccts which have
attained cmincnce in the study OF economic
phenomena have subjected the matter to acad-
emic research Yet in spite of II all no read
justment has been made. AZ an instrument of
lnsidious propaganda this subject Is pregnant
with possibilities. A short time ago the Tulsa
chamber OF commerce convened to consider the
cause of the present initiation OF prices and
with doGmatc finality makes the astounding
charge that the basic cause is directly attribu-
table TO the despotsm Of organized labor; and
that adoption Of open shop conditions would
be panacea for an our prohteeriug his with
"a high minded contempt for all processes OF
inductive reasoning. and Il am afraid bliss
ful unfamarity with the. logic OF a Golden or
II Bryce. this struttng aggregation OF imperu-
ncnt Hawkshaws. asks us to accept this solu-
tlon of the tangled problem In order that their
sinister capitalistic designs against union labor
may have the acclaim OF public opinion. Now
are all agreed that latitude and longitude
have very little effect on old III, C. l" or prom
toorng. but change Of venue for any question
Invariably leads to more profound reasoning,
therefore In the hope that may be freed from
any suspicion OF prcconceived bias, lot us marx
FOR a moment to the voice OF Mr. Cawiey' mem
bcr of the Drumright chamber OF commerce
quote from an interview given recently to the
local press lie discourses; 1T is the immu-
table law OF trade that high production costs
must mean higher prices to the consumer,
new era OF cNtravagant expenditure, developed
hy the fabulous wages paid to lahor cngdGeu
in war essentials, has had a bullish effect on
nrices and as long as money remains plentiful
roll ipf In
true enough. But he continues; the laporer
today commands wages so to 100 per cent IN eN-
cess of pre-war contracts, consequently ne II
snondinr more and buying the best Nhat
choice morsel of perfumed, meHtluous plaihey
Murdeherin' snakes, What a p1y ,s yav to
Versailles Had he done 50, democracy woulu
be safe for the democrats, the seas wonld be iree
for flivvers, and we could all sung 'o1 Hanc %
the King on St patricks day without having
our skulls cracked with a shillelagh Hut Mr,
Caviry's sins of omission win surely send him
To the devil Can 1t be possible ihai ne relrrs
to the Spanish American war wh'n ne aluu'S
to the fabulous wages paid TO 'aoo' omh,'',fii omh'fai
in war cssentials?' Now oil is a war essential
II is an essential in the efficient operation or
every modern commercial enterprise u IL Ihe
staple industry Of the southwest ana Wlthout II
Drumright wouldn't be ON me map ''s I uthva-
opment In being pushed with teNer'sn acuNlS'
and its value increases oS rapS tt osV rot,,,n
10 investors the wages paid to laborers in the
oil fields have advanced only II percent IN me
last two years, while the cost OF living mas oeeh
am connected with labor through sympathetic
rcuoyshin believe the principles of its con
stitution when sancly applied cannot fail to
benefit society. It's aim toward higher wages
shorter hours and humane working conditions
should be construed rather as u healthN sign or
national progress than stigmatized as h"lnous
attempt al profitecring. Organized labor with
AN its shortcomings, Is the only etiecilNc means
so Gar developed for combatung the predatory
onslaughts cf organized capital
Ry conruing itsot To its legitimate sphere,
it win always command the support Of "A gener-
ous public I'm the preservation OF IT'S sovereign