The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24

Dear Dad: Yug have doubtless
decided that a. % lottor writer your
son Is proficient blacksmith. /
plead guilty TO an ,ho charges goa
have MAD. nEaiu't ur fpr my .W.urr
to reply sooner and pffor unly 'h"
time worn excuses "ucsley' a.d
too much husinoH' Tho f.r'.
named excuse ls porhnpa tho NOR.
truthful Gut when % fellow gets
homo after a hard days Wort down.
town. ho is not in a moot O. wu,n
letters and while he is 900 tho Of
flee thoro AFRO 20 many other mat.
tcrs engaging his attention that hc
puta OF his personal correspondence
until the last minute. Ilo docs the
same thing tomorrow and 'tr next
day and the next day. uu,I finally
hc becomes ashamed Of himself and
writes and then finds % Wasnt
such an unploamnt task nftor All
Since las, wrote you, q number
Of dcplofaulo events hag, happened
iu Tulsa Tho recent negro tplIWuF
g. ono ut them. ana was without
doubt ,ho most TAXED of ana "i''"n
about uuf1vorablo occurrence in thr
history Of Oklahoma. Ih" Dover.
cuN cna, was another. but lF tu3t
nnvoJs u scandal and 80 the courts
have wti'iou the final chapter. | do
npt intend 60 waste paper ~ dis.
,ussiug it There have been other
minor happenings, ucWH ~ which
has without doubt reached YOU
through the newspapers Att".
reading an ot those pp-cnllcd wild
west" stories Of Tulsa. It is not iui-
probable yod have decided this is q
primitive country where lynch law
sull rulcH. whore people are goy-
erncd hy scmi- -bnrbariC emotions,
and whore prcjudicc1 are strougrr
than they are In other localities IN
the United StatcA
Right at the beginning | want 20
disahusc your mind ~ any such con
oeptiou 1 viii furnish you with "a
hatful uf facts that viii convince
you this country ~ not substantialy
different from any other. section uf
these glorious United states. Bccau'o
OF tho manner In which the recent
negro uprising was played up" by
newspapers everywhere" and the re
pugnant ana disgusting comment
from the pens of writer's who ct-
hlbited "a most dcplorabie lack ~
knowledge OF human nature ard
passions and of causes aud effects,
II Is not surprising that Tulsa IL
looked upon by those who have
never visited 1t as the unROvorntd Il
mecca OF murdorcrs. Cutthroats.
thieves. hi hi-jackcrs and lewd women
"a place where vice and immorah,y
flourish like uncut weeds. unmu-
Tested by the law. Some writots
have even declared those charged
with the enforcement of law aid ay 4
abot the criminal element.
Now, Dad, you knew nae u NUM-
Der Or years before / branchcd o1t
for myself. You know my early
tcachings--that | was instructed 10y
you in my hoyhuud to respect the law
TO choos" my associates with care
and foresight YOU knew me inti-
mately enough, even If you haven
seen me Tor year, to realize |
would not likely Invest every cent |
possessed at the outset. ana continue
To invest the greater part Of the
profits from my business In any
community that IN not law abiding
and which II not pcoplcd by men and
women who are good citizens. Whit h
is only another way of declaring
that II Tulsa were the law -hreakif X
city 1t has been pictured 10y some
highly imaginative writer's, | would
not bc here any longer than IL nee
essary 10 catch the next train cast.
The fact that am proud nt tho
right to call Tulsa my home should
be sufficient guarantee to you ths
nll of those conCuctrd storles and
premature comments about "Tulsi
after the ugro uprising are without
foundation, moro especially thOg
YOU have read In eastern newspapers
that boast OF the high salnricd an
blainy writers on their staffs
Let me assure YOU that the cauHe
OF the uprising was not white mob
ns has been stated so positively hy
these newspapers. while | person
ally would refer to 1t as "A protective
organization rather than mor
anyone may apply The appcllntior
he desires and the facts are not
changed At any rate the angry an
armed whites were the effect OF thi
uprising and net the cause. \ negr
fired the first shot, You know Hl
well as | that the firing of that shU
put hot fury into the hearts ot tn
whites. II waa only a natural con
sequence that they should arm
themselves ana engage In nCtlv
warfare with the negroes. Some %
them lost their heads II ls true
but ! 0m surprised there was no
moro pandcmonium and NOR
deaths Tho whites were seized l.,
an uncontrollahlc desire to teach TIA,
negroes "A lesson.--aul they did II,
make no attempt to defend the act
ot those who set fire to the home
OF Innocent negroes But when noBr,
suip"r7 "u'" shooting ut th,m trou
hous.tops ana windows 1t is not 81,
surprising that the homes wcr,
burned. Tn, !Dutluu VIA uuWar