The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-02

tho reason for nfic months 1h'
| fourth reason tho league would i'Oi
wars, he cOfr Iudr 4, ls that u pro
vidcH universal a g1rmlm'r' or q
/ least reduction " armament
Cox told Of bs yis,i with Irr.i
dent Wilson two tuou'hR ago "Frofi
| dent Wilson was aE much a vi'ilu
/, of THIS war as thr po d.cfE whf
Fought in tho fr,rit line trenches and
were wounded" hr Haid. in v',ak M
OF the prceide Dt'a physical ana
moutnl condition.
Ia h.H speech at oklahoma city
Cove, nor cox ~ VI
cart Ietlnalr Iiaman cost
"rhc nations OF tho world IN
cluding America have passed
| through tho great ru crsis HuDo fho
ldtttu ~ time T. De- human ,o.'r OF
tho world war hH W. boon too nwful
tp guutcniplttc Tho bodies Of TO-
600 600 dead viii mako the sol. of
France forever rucrcd Ana the
many time ten million disabled viii
carry through llfc Tho pid memorials
Of their vaipr poor broken bodies
and oyps that soc no moro. The
human loss Is appaiL uR. but the ma
torlal losp ~ daEgcs Ing Tho war.
which lasted over four years aud
which involved both tho soldiers and
tho citizens 81 nearly an tho nations
In the world. cout directly and In
diroctly--throuPh loga OF property
ana productivity mot less than
f3G0 900 00O, 900. ~ q result tho
whole world has uttered financial
shell shock, and pc rhnps II ia not al
together surprising II the world dopH
not recover It's econ omic honlth I'm n
month or q year
we blamed and !, rstiy, tho trading
proiltecra who made private fortunes
out Of public disast cr. What shnll
W. cay to those political prufitoors
who are striving TO I:ratify personal
revenge aud win part Jsan advantage
az tho cNpouae OF hunIa suffering?
by refusing to TAtify Tho treaty of
pence and join tho league Of ma
t.Ous they have thrown oalr times out
OF Joint When W. should be cnjur.
ing n period OF unpdoccdnntcd pros.
perlty nt the same timo that we were
helping tp rcmnko "A broken world
we have been forced TO Mt idly by
while all EUROPE cruInhlcs In chaos.
And ~ for ourgoEcs. we arc made TO
suffer, as producyra of raw maccri-
ais. the losses incident 10 tumbling
prices.
Can't Pick Cotton.
You cotton grow,us Of Oklahoma
know what mean. The president
OF your state board Of agriculture es-
hmates u quarter Of a million bales
of low grade cotton will not he
picked because the price has fallen
to $35 and II costs $40 To put a pale
Of cotton on the market.
You wheat gruwcus know also
what ! am talking about The price
of wheat has already fallen below
the price formerly fiNc,i by tho gov
ernmcnt without "A parallel decline In
tho cost at bread TO thc consumer
and the producer stands to loso on
his crop. | am farmer and know
somoth!ng about tho cost OF produc-
Ing; nor can agree with the state
mont OF Senator Harding. in tho con ,
greasional record. page b26s. July 10.
1917. and again on July 81. az re-
corded on page 1850 OF the record,
when he said thn: wheat can be
profitably grown for 81 IA bushei.
While. as consumers OF FINISHED d
products, we are not permitted to
reap the rewards Of n decline that IL
past duo In the cost Cf living. Tho
depression In the dcmend for raw
commodities IL. of course, due TO tho
instability Of foreign exchange ard
TO the inability Of Europe to obtain
necessary credit for the reason that
financial security rests on socia. 10
curify, denied TO the rest OF the
world by our refusal 10 COOPERATE
In tho establishment and mainto-
nance of order.
Cheat Producer. Exploit Consumer.
" he large consumers In the
United States are taking unfair ad-
vantage OF closed foreign markets
by cheating tho producer. on the
vno hand, and exploiting tho con-
sumner ON tho ether hand.
Make no mistake Tho recover
OF social sanity and financial sta
blily, with the Bpocdy ratification
OF the treaty Of peace. will not, by
opening the markets of tho wur-lf 10
our surplus raw products, moan u
check on the present tendency to-
wards a legitimate decline I'm the cost
or living. And the reason why Il will
NOT II because the democratic party
ana the democratic candidates are
pledged tn measures for the control
or arbitrary profitecrong on the par,
or those who cynically and sclfishly
refuse 10 recognize that prevailing
prices should bear some relation 10
rcost of production and distribution.
There must he elimination OF the
pNramiding turnovcrs. Gambling and
Spoculauon In food products and tho
necessities OF life must stop. We
pledge ourselves TO legislation TO
that end. We also will sec to II that
hcirding OF food products and stor-
age TO control prices will stop.
DO not be misled by designing in
tercsts. The cost OF living ~ AN IA
s&a IN this campaign but the league
Is the paramount issue for the reason
that we cannot hopc FOR prosperity
untli we shall once more have pcaco
ana permanent peace viii mean an
abiding and increasing prosperity"
Twas Real Rcucpaion.
"lf New York CIV gives Cox Il
more enthusiastic reception than has
Tulsa, II will have TO 20 somo," was
the declaration OF one mcmbe. OF the
Cox party hto Friday night.
The special train remained IN the
local Frisco yards until about 2:bO
O'Clock Saturday morning when II
left for Kansas City.
GoNCrnor Cox Will make an ad-
dress in Miamt at o'clock Saturday
morning, another at Joplin Saturday