The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-21
NATIONAL rvrrNnrrrurs.

NATIONAL, ENrENDlTi UIS
Thee be nothing which plays quite such
havoc with mems rcoaonlng proccsnes as etatis-
ucs We navo observed this before We OBJ
servo It again. Statistics should bo handled
with - great deal more care than tho highest
explosives. because they do moro damag g,--tre-
mendously more damage A self-ccntcrcd statisu-
can-and that means gentleman or lady
altogether diShoncs-cnD make statistics do
things which thGy we're never intended 10 do
ana which are as foreign 60 their true mean
ipg as anything tho slight Of hand performer
ever undertakes Your slight Of hand performer
pulls rabbits out Of hat That is not mcnoc-
Ing Your statisucian forces deductions from
the figures he presents which scis nation by
tho cars and generates "a half-dozcn relief or
ganizntions. That Is peril OF the gravcst kind
The world at tho present time Is running like
scared Jack rabbit from tho latest domonstra-
tion OF the disarmament proponent Tho sta
tlstics set forth have scared most people into
funk It is pointed out, and proven by sta
tistlcS that unless thore Ia agreement to
discontinue naval construction all peoples viii
bo bankrupt within given length OF time Ergo
naval disarmament Is the thing which must be
accomplished despite any conacausueos which
may follow the heels Of such dccision
Just wo are being told that the United
states army costs tho Taxpayers t4is OOO. 900
annually. And straightway your pacfist satisti-
clan points out what that amount OF money
would do In building colleges good roads and
founding hospitals Because the United states
government collects this amount OF money for
maintaining national defense, It is a great
peril But II one stops 10 consider. and In con-
sdcrng epcounters the fact that while the gov
ernment is spending stls,OOO. 600 for army pur-
poses, giving wide employment and affording
adequate defense methods, the people OF the
United states are voluntary spending $3.50 OOO,-
600 ON candy alone, one begins TO get at what
Professor Einsten calls relatively. which,
after an. IS the greatest menace the stlSOO0,-
GOO spent boy the government for an upstandinE
army or, tno t55oooo,OOO thrown away on
candy?
Nor is This ail Very Tar from ll It.ls but
tho beginning Talk, tho glganu, sum an
nually used Tor he army aud navy and match
II against the sum annually spent on tobacco In
us various forms. amusemouta OF the various
kinds Jewels, ana an similar forms or uuncc,s-
sary cxtrayagonco pure and simple oud what
result have YOU?
Talk OF national bankruptcy by reason of
the defense budgc, OF the government IN
absurd The smokers Of the United States alone
spend more than a billion dollars annually Nor
Is # waste, nor o. Ia national peril or the
slightest menace No moro than rs the army
and navy expenditures Every dollar so spent
goes to The upbuldiug OF tho nation ana widely
TO human employment TO the Joy Of living TO
meeting life's necessities Precisely as much
the money expended for sugar, flour or
coffee
There are billions OF dollars expended each
for luxuries. pure and simple Il is not
waste. 1t Is the finest thing imaginable. cx-
eepung in those cases whore individual clrcum-
stances make It imprudsnt There are billions
OF dollars expended each year for advertising
alone in America. IL might be urged that this
adds nothing to the value OF the goods sold
But 1t does contribute very substantially TO the
business OF the nation. OF the amount all, save
a very ordinary profit goes to the employment
and happiness Of a tremendous population. And
modern commerce cannot be conducted with
out b.
Tho false doa--lhe dangerous idea-is that
iaero is vast, lu any Of these expenditures
Evory dollar expended by the government on
is naw or army or national defense Of any
kind. Is dollar gvon labor in some OF its
many forms Each dollar SO expended con-
tributes It's fun share to national cmploymcpt
and prosperity
rms n'SarhaineRt business is an rtght g., ia,
way. but make no mistake on ma. -.
every dollar saved some indivicua, c,,,,.. :.
to suffer momentary hardship. To ,hs .