The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-03
THE RAILROAD RATE INCREASE.

Tho raise In rates granted by tho interstate
commerce commission hits tho country sauaroly
between the eyes 1t doesn't help much to be
advised that the various state commissions Will
be urged TO order similar advances in intra.
state traffic And we wonder how the cost of
living is over going to como down II tho govern.
ment engages itself constantly in the task Of
pushing Il up higher.
But raising = family Is expensive. All the
world knows that II susie is fused UP in a
new SILK dress. hasA.hsele Boots kid gloves
ane the lhtesa iHs nnt sarasc'. ,anrly because
ssc sHs rnEat hur''ilf q 1'UisEurs ey ssEgans for
5Ns thnES Iu huHit stfiart MS sF'ot-.sa ~
eAhrsst niF'ft fur fhur, if sulht vAo h.ls szsi
as rpna riEiu Furit Az GODS and Ban
~ ms sae en1,uf v,Iil tu,o aisr'ars ire family
~ hs lrr'i aslBsG uI to g. lls-r Win the girls.
then the basT and rrss--tbs7"ye sol 10 keep up
abpszrAnees toe. And finally. ~hsn the whole
family "a ali. ~ up and on parade pali have TO
negotiate another loan and file a second or
third mortgage the old place in order to feel
lit to go along with his own folks
All because pa didn't say no to Susie and
mean It,
Giving things to people just because they want
en- is one of the serious matters with this old
world. Lack OF discipline in family affairs; the
irabnity or reluctance, OF parents to say no and
force children to live within the means OF the
family bread winner has bred a population that
Is now turning to government TO have its de-
mRnds met.
We hear much about social Justice" and 'liv-
ins wages" etc, But who has heard anybody
means or tclliAg the mob that It can't have its
cake and eat 1t too"
Government itself has caught the fever.
Everybody's doing II. The American standard
OF living has to be construed az a motor
that provides the most expensive form of
transportation known to man, ralment that has
been luxury in every age, tho theator at least
once day and at least 16 hours In which to
spend what Is earned in eight less
It must be a continuing process without ef-
fort, too, For nobody believes In saving in tho
morning that a pleasant ana peaceful evening
may be enjoyed.
! Naturally when the government turned pa,er-
nalistc and begun buying fine clothes for sue.
| because she kept tho family in an uproar in.
stead Of putting her to bed until she behaved
| ntTheH, IL ulunt solve anything. The other
members Of the family are entitled to az much
AS Sue, she could have been told firmly but
! decently 70 go out and earn her clothes money:
that dad was only two jumps ahead OF the
| sheriff at best But dad deliberately took on
plenty of trouble through his inability to en-
! force discipline
/ Therefore the advance in all railroad rates
II was absolutely necessary. The end n't.yet
/ Not by several billions OF dollars. For aner
! the railroad owners have been taken care OF and
/ everybody there made happy, another family
! next door must be fixed up. For haven't theS
/ got TO keep up with sue?
/ I'm probably he the coal miners next. Their
the steel workers, and the shoe makers and &c
on. They've all got to be fixed up so they
won't be ashamed to go In sues set. Ana theil
rights are the same as Sues; their case fully a,
good. Dad don't believe in corporal punish
ment any more; says it's cruel and unnatural
So hen so on borrowing and worrying ant
r.ortgaging.
We the people, are dad