The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-10
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'uuics'ug the inevitable Dr. q phrase CONF
posed OF terms which accurately describe the
unyiodiug opposition Of railway workers and /
miners TO the dcharon movement which IS
seeking 90 operate within 'ho zouo OF human /
employment
Much can be said on both Sides of these CON
tsn.crsles. Hut after AN has been said that /
could be saId, both for aud against tho stand !
taken by union leaders, ono uuoltorablc fact un-
scaihcd by both argument and evidence would |
Tomam-HWnge reductions there must be.
II viii be q considerable term Of Years before
the country forFcts tho ccstasy--or tho
imagined costaay--ot that war period wherein
wages ceased TO be wages and became graft; or
recover from tho ~ effects of IT, ono OF the
reactions TO the period are now experience
ing In tho prcjudccd demand Of cx-scrycc mon
that the government voluntarily pny them a
bonus as an offset to the excessive wages which
the stay-at-homcs took by force OF crcum-
stances or politics or both.
The unanswcrobc argument OF the soldier
bonus advocates is that which declares tho gov
cruueut owes this bonus to them In order that
tho men who entered the army may realize n
compensation OF reasonable adequacy with the
enormous wages and salaries realized by those
who did not cntcr the army
Looking back to the period Immediately fol-
A l'NlHB tn' d'Nuhl lAkhllNk p'llbu OF lHN war;
recalls that labor at that time, although
realizing bcncfactious never before experienced,
even more dissatisfied more restless and
trucucnt, than at any period OF It's history
4 either before or since. II could not be made
to understand that its unreasonable and con-
3 sc!encolcss demands was vital link In the
endless chain which Vas constantly forcing
living conditions higher and higher, Every in
crease In salary granted or decrease In the daily
output arbitrarily imposed, sent values In
search OF a new altitude record and widoncd
rather than narrowed the gap between wage
scales ana commodity prices.
Tho dollar, with no thought given TO It's mar
kct value or purchasing power, was accepted as
tho sole standard OF value; ana when the great
e buylng strike was at last nuuguratcd and the
immutable laws OF economies demanded their
full forfeiture for outrageous violation, labor
with a blindness that must always be incxcus-
able and faulty that must always be lncom-
rrehensiblc placed tBclf in the path OF tho only
hopeful tendency OF the period and dcclamcd
that IL would not do its part towards bringing
about a speedy return to normal conditions
ana sensible prosperity.
II is the recollection OF the ecstasy of gratt
wages consequent upon tho close OF tho war
which now impcs labor leaders TO intlict upon
themselves and their followers stn greater
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