The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-09
TULSA DAILY WORLD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1921

curtin bttbIu'H btNhIhUL VIZ VIII
Rtarve to death.
Farmer pillar Of Society.
The farmer rotates his crops oh,
don't laugh at the old rube when he
hits 10 down tho street with his bird
tail whlskers and hts oversils stuck
in his boots. You can't get along
without him. He can get along
without you. But II there were no
products 10 eat this city would rot
on her foundations, and your palat-
ial homes would be sepulchers if
there was no food. He is the boy
that keeps something In your
stomach,
And so he rotates his crops Now
listenl Beans, peas, alfalfa--they
are rich In nltrogonous foods. Lis
ten, they take out Of the air more
nitrogen than they need for them
selves and they deposit It IN Tie
ground and increase natures bank
account. Corn, wheat. flax, rye,
potatoos--they take out Of the
ground more nitrogen than they do
out OF the air, So they PICK the puck-
cts Of nature. So the farmer rotates
his crops, and he turns under these
thiuga that are rich in nitrogenous
foods Ile don't break a law. He
simply complies with It 80 he can
give you something to eat. That ~
what ne does for the world.
Oh, there are difficulties. III ad-
init that. All sorts OF Grim i9 ON
the increase. Listen 70 me! We
lead the world iu crime. There are
lots OF things that I'm not proud Of
IN my country. l am proud ot
everything that's good, and abhor
everything that's evil, and 7 hope
that when stand up here and
preach the gospel Of Jesus Christ
10 make drunkards sober. - .1ake
libertinos pure, to make bla Bptem-
crs pray, and sabbath desc ,rators
keep the law Of God, am working
for the good OF my nation and of
my land, ana for you.
We lead the world In crime.
Here Is murder every hour OF the
day and night in our land. We have
averaged ten to fifteen thousand 4
year for the past II years. In Ger
many there are five murders 20
every million OF the populations: In
England eight: in Canada 12; in
Italy IA; in France 10; in Belgium
II. In the United States OF America
eight lone,
We lead the world In crime. And
! tell you, graft. as one Of the papers
said, has "A strenRle hold on religion,
Investigation shows that Il perme-
atcs seemingly everything. Some
times contractors have been charged
and convicted OF securing contracts
by graft, charging the state, or the
city, or the nation two or three
prices.
4 friend OF mine told me he found
| his chauffeur was getting rake
| OFF Of 35 cents on every dollar tha,
/ he could charge up against the ma
/ chine at the garage. A friend OF
| mine. a preacher, told me that un
undertaken offered him rakeoft
/ for all the funerals he could turn
[ his way \ man said he'd Ike To
| be a Christian but he couldn't do 1t
| and pray the way ne has. neither
could he leave his business for II
/ because II becomes so involved. He
l had reached his present stage oi
/ prosperity by trickcry and intrigue
A friend of mine, milk dealer
/ who was supplying n great bakery
/ found out that acid was being put
/ In the milk 10 cause 1t to premature
/ ly sour, because my friend refused
/ to come across with five per cent
for his rakeoff. Graft seems to per
meate everything. Statesmen have
to treat prospective customers e
wine suppers and theater parties tC
get them TO buy anything,
Oh, God knows. The superin
tondent of schools told me that th'
representative Of a big publishing
house offered him rakeoff of q
per cent IL he would get the schoo
board to buy the books from hi
firm. l preached Out in San Quen'
tin penitentiary and l eaw some o
the burglars walking through there
D hA
charged with buying seats in th'
United states senate. Church mem
bers rent their property for saloons
and houses of III fame. | have go
as much respect fur the saiuut
keeper as | have for the man tina
will rent his property for a saloon
He Is ns good as you are. Indirectly
YOU are living off the products o
vice and of the liquor business IN
the land. And so on We are drifting
Special Interests Ruinous.
Another thing: Graft is destroy
ing religion and morality. Graf
spoils and special interests, sir. hav,
stranglshold on our cities and OF
the state. The liquor interests dom
mate and they have their represen
tativCs TO prevent the enactmen
OF any law that Will give the peopl
a chance to tear loose from thei
dirty grip which they have held 70
all these years and years,
Aduitciatei foods. DR., i. II. Bus
by, the pure food specialist who as
sisted Dr.. Wiley, whom l regarde
as one Of the best friends the Amer
lean republic ever had--Doc got tn
hook He said there are 200. 900 in
fants dies annually from impur
food. IL is one of the most in
trlcate problems we are up agains
nowadays Something must be don
to keep this nation from hecomin
shcrt lived anemics as they ar
drifting on
why 1t is alleged that many time
mud is vanished with eggs anC
sold as coffee and that grain vast
from the brewery Is boxed and sol
for breakfast food, glucose for ma
pie syrup, and clay and sugar flaw
ored with tar products for candy
cottonseed oil for cream cheese.
What ia the cause of all thl
crime? Now, wait q minutel on
my soclalistic friend He comes {
me and he hays, Bill why it's Of
account of the increase In pnvert
among the working people, and pov
sTty PRODUCES crime. That's tn
reason I have no disposition &
quarrel with my socialisuC friend
although | am not a socialist
Now | viii admit, my friends,
viii admit this much too, that pov