The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-11
DEAD TIMBER
AND DEFLATION

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.k,,t the advantages OF coming
W. carly and OF their own accord
,J those advantages are great!
-. snell the difference between
l,rv and defeat. between abJect
,.S,,rr and triumph over adverse
Iaar,npstances which will save their
.onu,,tion II not their pride. Per-
.oratiy 7 believe that there VIII be
, somc Improvement In general busI-
,ess conditions in the late tall-but
mat improvement VIII not IN my
unlriou be marked enough to bring
op,. ioy to the jazz dancers. The
eefv nnos who will be able to get
ny uourishment out OF 1t will be
'hoee who take Il firm grip on the
,iut- Of their affairs right now. put
80 prow of their craft straight
,rt, The wind and steer with their
cyos wide open, shaping their course
.i.4r az the rocks Of debit"
mad Times for Easy Itrsigncrs.
Tho present Is about the poorest
,inc this country has ever seen for
,hoao men--and their name Is legion
who are sensitive and touchy as
,o the treatment which they receive
from their employers and business
n..ngi3'rs. In this class are many
Ni mar htu ablllNN NIb llftN'
Leep accustomed tn high pay. The
narccntage of producers In this
GROUP Is high and 1t includes a large
nnmbcr of men of brillian talents,
1-pder normal conditions they are
NOT only able To deliver the goods
but to change from one position or
line 10 another with acrohatic agil-
itv and poise. AS "A result they have
acquired the conviction that they
can quit any position at the drop
Of the hat. step into a better one
and make good.
This conviction has almost in
vardhly fostered an attitude of in
dependence which makes them
touchy as yoke mates, rescntful of
suporvison, intolcrant of criticism
and tcmpcramentally untitled For
plodding teamwork when the pun on
the neck yoke is hard and steady.
The favoritc phrases in their vo-
.abulafy are: I'm not treated
right" and "l'll not stand for it,"
In the employ of a certain large
railroad is a man OF this type. He
holds an executive position of con-
siderable Importance and is there
fore not under the jurisdiction of
the national agreements and Is un-
affected by the pay cut ordered by
tho labor board. But it was inti-
mated to him that 1t would be
necessary for the executive force OF
the road to make "A salary cut.
His instant answer to this sug-
gestion was: "l'll not stand for 1t.
! haven't been getting what I'm
worth. I've stuck with the road
when | could have got more else
where. But when it comes to TAX
a put--npvprth
Though this man has not yet re-
signed he shows all the symptoms OF
being about 10 do 80. His record
a. an easy resigner is high. and h,
is able to prove that with one OF
two possible exceptions he has bet
tered himself at every move.
But this time" remarked a
friend. hes going to Jump from the
frying pan into the fire unless he
acts upon the advice which his tru.
est friends are offering him. For
one thing. he forSets that he Is con-
siderably older than he was when
he made his last change: that he has
passed the point when an addition
to his age counts as an advantage
1t il scarcely possible to exagge-
rate the happy-go-lucky state OF un.