The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-07
HAS THE DRIVE" BEEN DRIVEN our?

The esteemed New York sun and Herald
thinks It has and brcathcs sight Of relief II
says.
Tho drive came In like the "jaEz" In
the early days Of the war, when patriotism
was at rcd heat II first showed Itself in
connection with the sale of the initial
Liberty Loan. Then II was an apologctic
symptom OF hys,eria with n dash ~ i'm
budcnce and ga thrown In hut by the
time Of the second Liberty bond issue II had
come to be menace, an ovcrbonring,
tyrannical thing that would take the shirt
off mans back II he didn't give up"
Indeed before the last of these Liberty
Loan drives was completed the great irre-
sponsihlc number of Dive artists had the
country SO frightened so cowed, so hone.
lcSsly buncoed that II was all ones lie was
worth to appear In a theatcr or In any
other public place where he could he
shamed into buying or browhcaten into
subscribing.
Some men there were. brave souls. thank
heaven who stood their ground and
handed II back" to the impudcnt holdun
drive artist. But such men were few From
sheer intimidation most men would dig up
the coin At the point Of the hayonet or
would make subscription for bonds far
beyond their financial capacity 10 carry
Government bonds at hundred cents on the
dollar that are now worth eighty cents and
trflc more.
This drive business was a yyona,rfui
opening Tor rouEhnecks and tho men VI loud
voice and adamantinc check They gloricd
In tho chance 1t gave them for notorictv
ana hS drlNo guCCCtdCd drive fhCN wa Np1
powerful IN their audacity and immcasur.
able impudtncc
But the Liberty Loan drives were not
all We had tho Rcd Cross, the Y NJ G. A.
the knights OF Columbus the jewish re.
lief societies. the Intcrchurch WnrId
movement the Library association, wei
nigh every college in tho land ana millions
OF other Institutions. In word. the iutOIcr-
able drive man has covered tho country in
timidatng and lashing the people into Civ
ing until the drive has become thing OF
IHF A r. md
American citizens.
True. an true, OF course The crimes com.
mittcd In tho name Of patriotism during tho wal
by a dcspouc autocratc. tutolcraut and profit
gate administration may now be spoken OF
though At the time they could only he rcfcrrc,
TO In memory
II. Is good time to remember them. too
The manner in which povcrty-strickcn citizen,
were forced TO oblgato themselves 90 load nj
on hundrod-cont bonds that Instantly startc,
down and are still falling, was only a part " ,
system of oppression In which petty councils o
defense We're the other and worse part WITH
"a Little Baker, Little Daniels and Ri.
Wilson issuing orders that no man dared t,
question, not even the other GO ordinate branche
Of tho government the spitcruuy small mind
and smaller capacities that cluttcred up tn,
various boards Of defense had their opportun
ity with the result that tho trcest rovcrumcn
In ho world became the most iniquitously un
just and dcspotc, while the average citizen be
came nothing short Of slave
We say II is well to recall these things now
We thank the esteemed sun for quckcning on
memory II makes it easier to remember wha
we are seeking TO rid QUO country or as W.
hear Mr. Cox cxtoltug the beauties of Wilson