The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-20

can bo compromised, usually they
ought to be compressed But iudif-
ferenccs over elemental principles
cannot be compromised
The Yltimatum delivered to tho
government by labor dospots was
ohoyod ana the Adamson law enact
ed IN the exact form ordered and at
the exact time ordered. II was the
most shameful and humiliaffur
event In the American history From
Il. have come many Of the indus
uiai plaques with which, since then.
the nation has been and ls afflicted
The next blow at the nations
transportation system was dealt by
the government itsclf We went 10
war shamefully unprcpared. and. n
a storm of confusion. excitement and
panic the railways gruvciy weak
eucd financially but with operating
forces still regcmentcd although rose
tive, were taken from their harrassed
and distracted owners and run byuhc
national administration
Then followed that saturnalip OF
mismanaEemcn which left those
properties bound aud gagged by
agreements, regulations and work
ing rules.
/ immediate action Is vital Mos
rates must come duwu. and cspc-
/
Ccsslties line fuel and tuudWufls.
and. therefore. since wages and
rates are insoparabio. wages must
also come down.
"Our whole economic system has
been Inflated to the bursting point
and general deflation was and is in
dispensiblc The farmers have de
/ f,ated, business men have detlatcd.
most other labor has debated or Is
debating. and railroad labor must
undergo that common, universal and
necessary process-indeed labor in
flation In the production OF the abb
Aoluto necessities OF human life such
as coal, housing, food and traBspor-
tation. Is one Of the principal cle-
ments in the high cost of living. and
normal wages In such industries Is
/ indispensable to normal prices.
THE Auamson law must be re-
| pcaled. the war time labor Classifi-
cations, regulations and so-cnlled
national agreements muct be abol-
1 ished. That curious cuntriver OF
/ makeshifts. the so-called labor
/ board, that tells the railway owners
/ how much they must spend, must be
connected with that other organ OF
our bureaucracy. the interstate com
mcrce commission, which tells the
I
/ receive. II railways are to continue
to suffer straighJjacket regulation,
at least let there be coordination be-
tween outlay and income.
The contract made by the gov
crnment with the railway owners
when the Lines were taken by the ad-
mlnistration must be carried out the
/ Indebtedness Of the roads to the gov
| ernment for improvements funded
and that OF the government 10 the
| roads pald-all Is provided in the
agreement. Thus railway insolvency
will be averted, hundreds of mil
/ lions expended on equipment and
/ bettcrments, scores OF thousands OF
now idle workingmen employed and
all industry vitalized
"In short the railway bin passed
by the house months ago. and held
iup I'm the senate. must be speedily
enacted into law. without mutilatiou
or fundamental change. Sound
business requires and honor de-
mands il.
mo need fear revival OF railroad
I autocracy; n new Industrial factor,
the automobile, VIII moderate rail
way earnings. Auto trucks and mo-
tor busses are already making heavy
/ reductions in short haul freight and
passenger railway revenue.
"If business is to revive, investing