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

parties, 60 chambers OF commerce
ell over the land ana TO trade asso-
Citations. The question IN carefully
stated by experts. ana the two
sides honestly and clearly presented
by the best minds In America. The
vote Is ef1lly tabula,ed and
made n matter % public record.
Then the record In laid before the
members Of congress. Each mem
ber can see how his home mef-
chants. bankers and mauufactu rers
voted upon any question and how
the country voted. or how any sec
tiou Of the country voted These
tabulations have great weight with
congress
Itvo Questions Now Pending.
This year tho chamber OF COM
merce Is considering rather seriously
five big questions These questions
have gone through the referendum
and when the national chamber
goes before congress. II will be able
To toll congress exactly what the
business men OF America think OF
these cues Ions Its agenda today
are something like this.
Firu-In the field Of efficiency
aud economy In government. AZ to
the budget. the national chamber
would like to zee tho president have
mower 20 veto Items and riders on
appropriation bills The chamber
" urging roclassification OF
government employees In Washing
Ton and Is interested In depart
mental organization. ana. while Il
has no attitude on the subject, eN.
cept I'm principle. II will have. n
the matter comes to a head. II
will vote.
Two-Forelgn trade. The cham
her Ia for further development for
the foreign and domestic commerce
bureau OF the department Of com
mercc. Also for further develop
mcnt Of the consular bureaus OF
the state department
Three-Finnnce. The chamber
has always taken a constructive
attitude on the bonus President
Barnes has JUS appointed "A COM
mittee 10 investigate and report on
forms Of relief for veterans,
Merchant marine. The
chamber is for a merchant marine
and some form Of a subsidy. The
policy OF the chamber In always to
stand for a principal and not for a
particular piece OF legislation. The
representatives OF tho national
chamber are striving to get a uni
form ocean bill of lading and to
have leglslation which will force the
government 10 stand damages when
It's public vessels do injury TO prl-
vato vessels
Faith In Coal Commission.
Five. The chamber also has an
Interest IN the coal commission and
believes II has an opportunity TO
bring order out OF chnos. Represent
atives OF the chamber also are Inter
rsted In the proposed legislation on
trade associations and In the work
ings ~ tho present immigration law
aud formulation OF a permanent I'm
migration policy. A national for
estry policy, n policy looking to the
reclamation Of waste lands. ma
tlonal waterway policy. all are mat
ters that IL working out SGT OF
treaties with South American coun-
tries on commercial arbitration.
Gases have already been settled out
OF courts, expeditiously and with sat-
isfaction to both sides. This ma
chinery is being carried through the
international chamber to European
countries.
The chamber has a committee at
work on a code OF ethics, and II re-
mains TO De seen WnttufT sutH u
code can be usefully put into oper-
alton. In the past the chamber has
initiated and sponsored such iegis-
lation as tho national budget. Fed
eral Reserve board, Federal Trade
commission, transportation act,
Permanent Tariff commission and
burcau OF legislative reference and
bill drafting.
Here IL O great organ OF super
government, not bad, but exceeding
~ helpful TO government. function
Ing within government, yet above
government; controlling government
rather than being controlled. In
this organization every business has
vote. not every man, as in a politi-
cal democracy. 10 follows the soviet
idea and based upon the fact that
mere numbers. mere. men, mere hu-
man beings counted and divided In
piles don't mean much. National
elections are OF no consequence 10
these per-governmental organiza-
tions, They go right on, above
parties and outside OF politics, maxi
ing sentimental, dominating legisla-
tion. They are the real government.
Organized for Prohibition.
Consider for the moment another
great American organization. the
Anti-Saloon league. IL n organized
somewhat ns the chamber OF COM
.nerce and federation OF labor
and the League OF Women voters.
and the bankers' association are or