The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-15
ALI ron ONE AND ONE FOR ALI

ALI ToR ONE AND ONE FOR ALI
The railroad strike Is rapidly demoustratne
that there is In this country no such thing as
class capable Of functIoning FOR Itself alone.
either In a beneficial or detrimental manner
Az in the beginning Of our experiment with pop
ular government now; we all go up together
or We all so down together
The tying up OF transportation Is bringing
millions OF dollars OF loss to the fruit growers
OF our Pacific slope. And the crops provided
there by bountlful nature are wasting in the
fields. the labor necessary 10 harvest and mar
ket them Is idle. entaillng loss Of immense
proportions to those who depend on the artistry
OF their hands for the neccssnrics OF life.
when train IL cut of It In not only the
men who usually operate that train that suffer
a loss Of wages; In various ways and Industries
other laborlng people arc thrown out OF en-
ployrnent. There Is not an Industry or vocation
In all this wide land but Ia suffering ~ a re-
suit of the strike The oil industry suffers, ag-
rculural interests auffer and so throughout the
entire list.
The interdepcndence of people in the United
States is perfect. lie who breaches class con-
sciousness is a traitor to his country and to hIs
fellow man. How utterly absurd to seek to set
up government by. for and OF either the labor
ing man MS such or the farmer Rs such. when
It Is perfectly patent to every thinking person
that every factor of our social system is abso-
lutely essential to it's tolerablo balance what
would this country be with ali farmers or all so
called laborcrs? Where would tho farmer mar
ket his products or the laborer find employ
ment for his hands?
Tho farmer tls the soil and produces food
the while the laborer tolls in manufacturing
plant, lumber region, cement works or mines
The exchange of products In their finished
state the trading articles ot food for arti-
cles OF manufacture, each sheor necessity
constitutes what our halr-brained theorists de-
nominate in an opprobous way the capitalis-
tic system. In each instance vastly better than
60 cents on the dollar goes TO labor And all Of
the intricate machinery of distribution and sup
ply is necessary and worthy.
The strike now raging. II the issue should
be permanently Joined and the contest permit
ted to go to its ultimate. whore peace could only
como with victory and the final determination
OF a point that has been lodged and ovaded for
ages would work irreparabe damage TO society
as whole hut to none more than 10 labor. For
within n very few hours after transportation
ceased every pay roll In the nation would be
nbuiished Thus thc brothcrhoods or rail en-
ployes have 1t within their almost instant power
to innct the most grlevous injury upon labor
It has ever sustained, And they are damaging
II evory day. Already the ,delicately attuned
machinery of distribution and supply has been
seriously disturbed; 40 much so that II the
strike should end tomorrow no power on earth
can prevent higher food prices, higher fue
prices and higher clothing prices
on the farms OF the republic great crops are
maturing or are stored in granarles. The In
reference with transportation has caused re
serves at distributing centers to run excessively
low. Likewise manufactured products and fuel
So that n the rail employees should win the
every point in tho strike and return to the
normal activities tomorrow. before the winter
Is over they would he paying vastly moro fo
their own necessities OF life than II they had ac
cepted tho reduction ordered by the labor boart
and contributed willingly and patrloticany thei
mite towards the return TO normally and th'
interests OF all the people,
There can be but one justification IN eco
Monies for the strike, either mine or transpor
tation strAo. II the lobornr people really scol
their own best interests under existing govern
ment then the strike Is without rhyme rca
son; but n they indeed seek the destruction O
the government and the complete dissolution q
our Industrial system, then they can Justify It.
In this country all classes go hand IN hand
To seek to establish the superiority OF one o
10 single one out for especial distinction owe
the others is like unto the various parts Of
mechanical coutrlvanco becoming Involved (
n similar controversy. Each wheel and car
and lever has its proper part to play, The mC
tor OF that wonderful conrrivance known as N
automobile supplies all the power It Is true; b'
the transmission, the universal Joint the dffe
entail the tires and the cooling system each ha'
a part in the final demonstration equally as in
portant
All for one and one for all--that must be II
motive Of every succcssrul grouping OF mechal
Teal principles o. social tacLors