The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-20
PUBLIC URGED TO ADOPT MORE
PACIFIC ATTITUDE TO RAILROADS:
BETTER HIGHWAY SYSTEM NEEDED

gress, numerically speaking. was
disappointing to the Tulsaus who
worked day and night 10 make the
conference n success. to the out.of.
town delegates II was a wonderful
gathering. 100 per cent successful"
Delegate after delegate expressed
20 General Chairman Gibbons and
Secretary William Holden their opin-
ION that had the convention hail
been packed at each session that less
than 35 per cent OF what was ac-
complishod would have been Sc
cured.
Thursdays session started late. but
10 started off with a vim that would
not be denied. General Chairman
Gibbons was in the chair and Rev.
John II. Abernathy, pastor ~ the
oklahoma Central university. dcliv-
cred the Invocation.
Carl Williams, editor Of the okla
homa Farmer q StoCkman, prcsi-
dent OF the American cotton Grow
crs' exchange and Of the Southwest
Wheat Growers association, was the
first speaker. talking on The Far
mer In Business" Mr.. williams Is
probably one OF the best informed
men In the southwest today on the
condition Of the farmer.
He declared emphat!cally that the
farmer realized now that his failure
was not due TO anything the city man
had or had not done, but TO his own
lack OF understanding Of his own
business. Despite this understand.
ing. however, Mr.. williams said that
some farmers were so angry that
they were allowing patent medicine
'politicians to fill them with promises.
This flirting with the politicians, he
said. often had n tendency to put
the politicians into power 20 the I'm
Jury OF others than the farmers
whom they quickly proceeded, TO for
get.
Patent Medicine Politicians"
lie said that this condition OF the
patent medicine politicians flirting
and promising the dissatisfied
farmers relief. leRislntively and
otherwise had injured North Dakota
and unless halted would hurt Okla
homa and tho southwest.
"Lahor's Part IN the Industrial
Development" was then taken up by
John Frey. editor OF the lnternation-
al Mnldors' Journal
John @. Lonsdale. president Of thu
National Rank OF Commerce, at ST
Louis. followed with paper or
Bankers Part in the Development
OF business"
Although adjournment was set fot
1850 O'Clock "A. m. the meeting was
held over so Prof. Irving Fisher OF
Yale university, could deliver his
mastery talk on Unstable Money
and Prosperity" at noon. This per-
mitted an adjournment at p. m,
for three group sessions.
The ability OF II. A. Black. presi-
dent OF the Black Hardware COM
pany OF Galveston, Texas, and vice
president OF the United States cham
Der OF commerce. TO come. allowed
the meeting to open at $3.50 o'clock
y. m.
NJ. J.. wilkinson. president OF
Scruggs. Naudervoort & Barney
Drygoods Co. and of the Retail Mer-
chants association OF st. Louis, de-
clared that his talk Outlook for
Retail Business" was to be SER
mon.
He made n stirring appeal FOR men
ana women to takS up the human
side OF life, become n brother and
sister TO their neighbors and 10 strive
TO make the world better for the
merchant, the business man and
farmer than 1t was today
we are measuring up too much
10 the dollar sign" he declared.
And 7 think It l. time that we be-
gan TO get down to fundamentals
and 10 help right things that are
wrong"
World Owes You Nothing"
THE world does not owe you n
living" Mr.. wilkinson said, but you
owe God Almighty something for
being allowed to exist I'm this world.
Realize this and strive to take ad-
vantage OF your opportunities as
merchants, as business men and as
farmers. Opportunities were never
so great as today. The country
needs leaders in every walk of life,
and furthermore the nation needs
real congressman and senators at
Washington to help our chief lead
err" This indirect criticism Of some
OF the nations solons provoked APP
plausc.
The speaker urged the public 20
quit Cursing the railroads. the mer-
chants. the manufacturer and
farmer, but to get acquainted with
them and when they discovered
something wrong. TO tell them about
H. so that the remedy might be ac-