The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29
barometer of Public Opinion


states formally made a declaration OF war. DO
you remember that day comrado1 VINO will
ever forget ~ DO you recall tthose OF you
especially who werc unmarried and aged iS
10 800, how sou spent the next few weeks dis
Guessing with your friends and relatives and de-
batting with yourself whether wou should enlist
or not2 Then along In the first week OF June
you were called upon - rosistoT, and the great
fact Jumped right square up In front OF you
that you were confronted with n hitherto un-
thought - and unrealized duty. How after
Registering ZONE OF you decided TO volunteer,
and did go. while others less free or undecided.
waited FOR the draft In attempting to enlist
you found you had a bad tOnsll or the remains
OF stone-bruise on your heel and you cussed
Uncle sam because he wouldn't take you, and
then when the draft came the examining
board merely checked up your two eyes.
and legs and passed you without murmur.
ask you what was IN your mind then as TO
DO you remember the winter Of i9i7-19is
before you went across2 Those OF you who
camp In the sunny CaroinaH' Can't you
Just those tents weighted dOwr with
snow and icicles, and do you remember the
stove-some etove Say IL that stove couldn't
eat up more S-inch sticks OF wood than a squad
could cut you can shoot me Remember the
famous dough bell solution2 How you gargled
II by the gallon and swabbed the old trachea, or
whatever II Is inside your mouth. with iodine
TO stave Off the meningitis. few yes few.
went west that winter, remember that2
Tho writer wasn't here during tho FLU" time
20 ne only knows what he heard and later has
seen In the ccmesres but lots OF you remem-
her that too. Now those OF you who went across
and was i'm tho "big stir" Remember those in
spcctons preparatory to your leaving and all
tho junk you were finally saddled with. And
The boats. say can you ever forget the boats?
other so free and easy like, maybe you had
those things In tiers like stretchers. IL or Is
high. down Ia the holc--oh. | know you
member the hole And the chow, some chow.
some combination Catfish and pruncs one
morning and succeedingly for the next ~ morn
ings. Then tho "subs' and the final landing
in England or France the training and gradual
movement toward the Stir" But OF all recol-
lections what IN most vivid now? The first
whistle OF a fiye-nine or nine-five. or the big
lights at night as they pierced the gloom In
search OF a hidden Jerry plane? What
your thoughts then? You didn't discuss what
YOU were expecting when you got home. No.
YOU never gave II a thought and you wouldn't
And finally when the big show was over and
all your thoughts were OF home and getting
you finally sighted the "Oid Gar standing out
side Little old New York facing the east,
wasn't you feeling Ike the colorcd drattee
from old Alabama who upon glimpslng Her
Majesty" said: "Missus Liberty this am twice
u agln you'll halter turn round" Wasn't bonus
hunting then, "Hcy Buddy"
The writer does not favor a cash bonus Some
or you Will not agree with me, and to those
VII say: Do not be misled by the proposed con-
upon which vou will shortly be- called upon 70
vote. This proposition II passed viii never pay
cause 1t is aimed and directed at certain indus
tries and occupations whose members will fight
It In every court and you know what Il means to
OF this proposed law are simply fishing for the
votes OF you who want bonus They have not
told you that under It's provisions only about
one-third OF the people ot this state will ever
pay dime, consequently those people will fight
il and they should DO you think that II a
bonus Is paid each and every taxpayer OF this
state should help pay IL? They, the trainers, of
this insidlous proposition know i viii never be-
come a law. That during political campaign
Is Ito time to attempt such a movement. except
as political appeal. And right here the writer
desires to add that he is n democrat now has
always been one and expects 10 die one. but he
is not going To place stigma upon the soldier
something he knows In not conscientiousy and
plainly placed before the soldiers This Ia not
written in an attempt to help John Fields nor
TO hurt Jack Walton unless the defeat OF this
tallacious amendment should Save such effect
one or the other The writer Is opposed 10 most
republicans politically by heritage. II would
be unnatural for him to vote the republican
ticket. He only sees the many stumbling blocks
tona!i;y OF this amendment may be attacked
ranging from what Is gross earnings to who
/ are .oil and gas producers. He realizes that
pending the years OF litigation necessarily at
tendant TO such judicial construction the soldier
viii get nothing SO II We must raise money
! TO reward patriotic fervor, II our Consciences
| are not murdered by thoughts OF those who
sleep in Flanders Fields" II we believe that
I thcy--the dead-countenance the fifty pieces OF
silver per month that propose to hand
! their surviving relations let II be at time
when politics Is forgotten: when personal ami
mostly and political hatred share part In so
sacred an undertaking, and let the entire citizen
| ship OF this sovereign commonwealth partici-
venture, Read this proposed amendment boys,
discuss It and Its features with your banker,
! preacher, your lawyer or some business man
| Of your community. When you have done this
tho writer feels sure you Will grasp the full pur-
port Of just what he is feeby attempting to con-
| vcy in this article. You may say Il don't give
| a damn who pays II. just 80 l get it," but honest
! now boys. you weren't thinking Of blood money
over In line now, were you?
Tulsa, oct. Is, l922. ROBERT NELL
Who John Fields Is.
| Editor World: During the past two months
| I have met hundreds of people, both democrats
! and republicans who wanted to. know some
| thing about John Fields, Most OF these in
quiries come from people who had read my
! articles in the oklahoma Farmer and knew that
| l was should be well acquainted with the
| editor OF the paper,
| l become acquainted with John Fields more
! than twenty years ago while he was director of
| tho experiment station, At that time | was de-
| velop!ng farm out In the western part OF the
| state and needed all the information I could get
| In regard to crops adapted TO that part OF the
/ state. would Write 10 the experiment station
| for a little advice on the best feed crops TO
plant how to get the best result in growing cot
| ton wheat. oats or clovers and | always re-
ceivcd a reply direct from Mr. Fields stating the
! crops TO plant. how 10 cultivate them and the
| best methods OF harvesting them. The answers