The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-20
Barometer of Public Opinion
"'Thc Coming Issue"


Editor World: Your editorial in SATURDAY.
mornings world on THE Coming Issue" seems
to me. hit at the very heart of present day CON
ditlors You began by saying, when the Kan
agricultural council adopted resolution
calling for retrcnchment in the expenditures of
the public money, county, state and national
Il touched the coming great issue and then
you cay. "There is none comparable to this issue
which Is growing greater and greater each day
Nor can It be met by public officials merely
making GESTURE toward economy
In January, 1917, this country was trans
public to the mighticst Of military nations
There was but one will, thought That
20 drive back the hordes OF autocracy and to
win the war. Everything, our lives, our proL-
erty was offered willing sacrifice. Labor was
hired, transportation taken over supplies were
purchased to carry out our will to win the war
and the cost was not reckoned. This conditioL
brought about Wild orgy Of speculation ano
Initiation In every line Of human endeavor
Worse sull great cNtruvugauCe aud wastefu
habits were formed and look back We
after all that ere no better off ana IN
The great mistake that was made and for
which we are all to blame. was that we should
not only have conscripted our boys and our
property but all labor and manufactures az
well. This was not done so we had this wild
and foolish expenditure Of corporate and pub
lie money Ia one OF the most dangerous things
confronting us at this time. We have departed
from the simple republican form OF government
and our national state and city governments 1t
seems are being organized into great divisions
which are Just huge bureaucracy, com
mission Is appointed to do a certain thing and
then commission Ia appointed to look after
1t and another commission Is created to see
that that commission looks after the other
commission and so ON ad infinitum,
The commission form CT government In our
city has been organized into huge bureaus and
SO emascuatcd that its own fathers can't recog
n2e it, For Instance the health department OF
Tulsa costs more than the health department OF
the whole state OF oklahoma, II was Intended
to have one reputable physician TO direct sani-
tation. His orders were to be enforced by the
regular police
The engineering department is about three
times great bureau as II should be The
city should not furnish free engineering for
contractors We are told that one city emFloyc
gets more salary than the governortof the state
These are Just a few examples there are many
others Now | am not crlticzing the city Of
fcers | only Just pointing out conditions
as they are, The people are to blame for TINS
condition. II can only be remedled by making
retrcnchment and economy the issue and elect
ing business men to office who can and will
In the early days OF Kansas, people there had
hard struggle just to make living. Kansas
farmers knew that their grain when planted
would be boset by many enemies before ma
turty II their crops We're not destroyed by
the frost the cut worm, he blackbird the chinoh
pug the grhsshopper or the not winds, II nc
cyclone came along, II a hailstorm did not beat
IL in the ground. thon good crop was assured
Good crops did not always mean prosperity
Marketing conditions were such that they sold
corn NJ II and IL cents bushel Wheat at ~
cents a dozen Hens Is cents a piece, you
zee there was not much real money to be real
ICED even in good crop years Kansas farmers
have learned economy from the school Of hard
knocks. They are best fitted by experience tC
lead thu movement for retrenchment and econ
omy As rule Kansas farmers well TO do
They have accumulated what they have, not
by making much money but by saving a little
each year from their incomes. Statistics show
that rs per cent OF the people furnish the way
and the means for the other 10 per cent to
make a living. II these captains OF industry are
ruined what will become OF the rest.
The consumer pays the bill. is an axiom that
cannot he denied. The average man will ulti-
mately pay for all this folly and excessive waste
| In another
The only way TO bring about retrenchment
and economy is to make 1t an issue, Elect sue
cessful men to office who know how and will
do Il. Respectfully,
Tulsa Jan. IA. =. l.. HOLLAND.