The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-17
Tulsa, March II
The Profilccr Highwnyman.

Editor world As the nerve of conscience eeSs
profiteors grows more astonishing and the greed
OF spectators becomes unbounded, and, as 1t
seems. there is no one to say stop. it seems high
time TO intensity our protest at the bar OF pub
lic opinion. The patience Of the public has
about gone it, limit as well as their buying
power. The shop windows present such stag
gorinE prices that people are discouraged to go
i'm to buy, and they turn away mad actually
mad at the nudaCity of the commercial spirit
,xhibited by the ever mounting prices Profit
mougors don't stop to thing how bad protteer-
ing is, and what menace they are to the
economic equilibrium of the business world
They seem on the high road to Kill the goose
that lays the golden egg In their mad plunge
for greater and ever greater profits making i'm
miucnt the formation " purchasing leagues and
cooperative societies hy the suffering public as
a protection against their headlOng disregard Of
the prluciplc.o of live and let live.
How bad is profitecrinE, Mr. Editor? Lot mo
crack the nut ana let them take logical look
al IT, Tho hEhwayman mcnaces my life by
brandishiug gun In my face tn give up my
last penny then he let's me 20 and recoupo my
depleted purse But the speculator mcuaCes
my Ufe with market manipulation and corner
ing OF the things | must have in order to i've
and holds them out OF the market or at such
hirh nrices maj / cannot huy lin / an, starved
To- tho point Of all disregard for the true value of
things. and In my desperation dsgorge at his
figure and give all that have for morsel To
up is different from that II the hiEhwayman in
hat h is continuous and instdious, and does not
between the two, the proftcer. II seems will have
tho a eater sin 10 answer for, because his evil
is moro far-rClching, but CondOncd more than
the hiEhWayman because more aCCus-
toned 10 his methods.
Is 1t expected that people will meekly CON
unue to give up every penny they get for the bare
necessities while the merchants and food spcc-
uators pile up inordnate fortunes just such
conditions ns these are what produce disCon-
tent unrest holshcvism and revolution. And
these very prohtccrs ar" the first to howl at the
reds ana rlN lt the radicals Thcy create con
dttious uuharable, then dccry the inevitable
results.
We found that food control was a good thing
during tho war. why ls a good thing droppcd
like hot rock after tho war We need price
regulation even more now than then why dld
the people give up food control and price reg
uI7N"n ana turn the who" task of provisioning
IN" nation into the hands of financial hue.
cancers What is governments fur NJ it Is NOT fp
look out for The interests of AN the people We
send mon 20 regulate these things for our hcst
good. and Co mako and execute laws that will
secure 20 tho citizens conditions that will mir.
lister comfort peace, prosperity and content
wtnj hui II we want anything really done we
must lnhuEuruto vruSadps and arouse puhllp sen -
tWcui to compel the measures we want
II th"rc is anything that is getting plain 20 tho
mass of rho people. 10 ls that there Is limit o.,
jn' Itnl gi d m'r, ,h'nt or any one who trafftcs
in commodities. Co iN prices that the public, hly,
io pay for their supplies While 10 has fhi,s f.. p
h''h shhm'iu.\ neglected, Do rs really a fuu,.
u"n 'l E'L''nmrni Any hing whatsoever that
mcnlges me WeNhe.nE OF the people pcrtains 10
the function of government to regulate II mo
merchants are going 20 make such a bad lob Of
II u viii he taken ow OF their hands II is i'm
lhrlr power TO lvugthon their tenure oD tn, f,h
of provisioning the people. n they will he ,n,
tent 10 make profit that does not ca, IN nh
'hh resi- ol u0. one mat Will sustain them I'M Ifa
wu.n H. ,rtsohHo'r amount for "a rainy day. that
Will he what is Just for their services "A. -, a..-
lrhuiur, but n not. they will hasten ,b Il,.
when the people will take over the very irnpnrt5
anu NolN oI supplying themselves with mos
Tulsa, March 10. 0'1ii'i'l'