The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-02
From u Gold Chcyrop Man

Editor World: out Of the verbose dissertations
on the subject Of soldier bonuses emanating
from the pens of your many correspondents one
gathers after much scrutiny. that their main
idea In attempting to obtain a bonus ia TO
ascertain whether or not the easy going old
American public cannot he worked for lust that
much more such absurd phrases cropping out
from time to time In articles THE little
drain on the taxpayers pocket" Keen those
niue excess profits untouched" and others of
like nature betray type of mind which con
Germs itself specifically with It's own individual
case without giving thought to the broad % -
phcation of the principles of economies i'm 10
vowed IN the controversy.
To meet war expenditures this year. the treas.
utN must raise $500, 100000 over the above
present incomes from taxation. this without Civ
inc cent 20 eN service men. FinanCers and
economists are agreed that the fundamental
basis tor'thc high cost Of living is the unpre-
cedcnted and oppressive high tax rate in force
at the present time. why, then. increase the
burden in such critical time as this when the
blow would fall on the general public and affect
groups who are certainly unable to withstand
further increases when IL is considered that
the proposed bonus would benefit hut "A small
fraction OF the body polite and work great hard -
ships on tho remainder, It Is time to give this
matter full debate and examine II I'm every detail
before making the country again submit to
further leNiCs It's income.
Everyone must realize that to get the country
back sound economic and financial basis.
a policy OF rigorous retrcnchment must he in
auCuratcd. Present debts must be amorti2ed
with all dispatch current expenditures must be
Curtailcd and an cN-scrviCe men should con
slider themselves In honor bound to assist, rather
than to grasp this as an opportune moment for
intlmidatlng politicians into further raidng the
public treasury for their benefit
The war Is over. Let forget about 1t and
get down to business. Long years Of peace and
plenty should be ahead Of us. There are op-
portunities galore for all able bodied men.
Never was there time when ability, ambition
and honest labor were more literally rewarded
II behooves all men who have in mind the bonus
cat best temporary cxpedienD, to keep their
Thoughts on the task at hand and do a little
nlnuWlnE rather NdiulV n flor
. corporations which viii surely embarrass the
republic in its struggle for reconstructon.
of vigorous measures for nsurnE greater care
for our wounded and incapacitatcd soldiers
cannot be emphasized too strongly while his
suggestions regarding the extension of land
grants and other schemes uf like character Will
be endorsed by all ght-thinknE Americans
But II is no doubt fact that at the present
moment tho great body Of the taxpayers are in
no mood to extend cash bonuses TO men who are
able to work and who, IL they will by adopting
a program OF thrift, diligence and enterprise.
can achieve that success and competence which
is the Americans inalienable privilege.
And. mark you well, The very man who gets
the cash bonus viii. In the end, pay It back many
fold In tho way Of taxes and increased prices.
The underlying law OF accounting, that for every
credit there must be an equal debit, Is as in
exorable and incontrovertbe in this instance
as in the balance sheet of national bank
There have been many utterances OF more
or less yituperative nature launched al an and
sundry who have seen flt to oppose the bonus.
in this and other cities. Particularly have ed %
tors, lawyers and other publicans suffered in
this respect This class bears the stigma OF
being in league with the politicians. grafters
heeers and others Of like kidney But do not
the proponents OF the hous live In a house OF
glass? Haven't sthey scarced the life out Of GER
tain members OF congress for fear they will lose
the few votes involved.
In conclusion, it may he cogent for me to re-
mark that | am neither lawyer a silver
tongued orator nor do | occupy "A position of
public trust. for all of which am duly thank
fui as | note that many OF your correspo dents
look with great distrust anyone in this
category.
was 81 months IA the service ana have one
gold CheYron. X, NJ. q