The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-11
barometer of Public Opinion


able and srhoarly answer 10 the questions pro-
pounded ln my contribution 20 'Tho Barometer
Dog leave TO submit the following rcply3
Conadering the methods employed and the
evident ultimate objective of the different assoc
considerable difference. 90 quote your own
words. Ili cay there H. The shutting down
OF our oil wells amounts 10 virtual lockout.
lou say tho stiklnH railroad men left women
and children out at desert station 10 starve.
which d. not wholly true, since the great ma
Jorfy or them were merely on pleasure bent.
ana, In any event. there being left there was
simply a matter 90 Inconvenience. Your tool
dresser ana common Iaborcr who was left out
on Lease. with the adjacent lease shut down,
his wages shut OF, ana no place to seek en-
ployment and "a Wife and babies to feed, OF
taiuiy.
no, the gentlemen Of the professions and mer-
camille associations don't picket in the senRe
that picketlng among rough necks Is usually
'acnh" that he ought not try TO enjoy the fruits
OF another man's orsanzation and efforts Of
years, ana N he don't comply with the request,
knock hls block OF This Is language that the
meanest of ~ can undersand your lawyer or
doctor. or chamber Of commerce man, or mer-
canthe association man by whatever name you
choose to can him, since II IA simply a matter
OF vocahularly, and ! believe tho Bard OF Avon
was credfcd with having the greatest Of any
known writer, said, or words 10 that effect
That rose under any other name would smell
Not at ALL
II any OF these gentlemen (7) are accused Of
unethlcal 0 violation Ot working conditional
tbnbutl H"INE an attorney. he immediately
called "shyster.' every effort is made to ruin
him socially and politically. he II ostraclsed so
cialiy ana H. lucky II he escapes dlsbarment pro-
ceedlnBs Brute force asserting Itself? You
viii not have 10 go far back in tho files OF your
papor TO find an item where some OF these gen.
temen % have thrown INK wells at each other
ana engaged in physical violence incidentally
III state that you had better not go to a re
putable' attorney with an important case, un-
less you nave tat fee In sight, or share In
the damage suit l cant recall the word but
any reputable attorney can tell you what 10
~ Anyway, 10 his loot Is too much you can
so 10 the supreme court and tho 1ustices there
Will toll you how much OF It he IL entitled to-
Then, too, | cannot help but wonder how you
would feel innocent, and charged with mur-
der " some young squirt Just out OF law school
this nppretceshipD was appointed to defend
you.
The dear doctors! I don't need to tell you
what happens 10 the one who becomes unet hlcaI
violates working conditons) and buys three
men display ad In your paper telling the peo-
pie OF the results OF his studies and the merits
OF hts way OF practicing medicine. He is
'quack' and God only knows what all. Picket
Ing? Did you say picketing? Can you tell me
again. brute force; How far back " in 't the flies %s
Of your paper would you have to go to find
trimmed" by a regular doctor in your city on
tho public stroets7 Being more cultured their
cruelty is more refined. The dear doctors and
attorneys! l am here reminded of story:
certain old skin flint lying at the point OF
death, sent for his doctor and his attorney. The
doctor. probably vlslon4ng n last visit fee and
the attorney fec for drawing up a will
hastened to the dying mans side. Arriving at
ne .as .!:se, :hey "cre ;shc:ca into :hs sick
one of his hands and sit beside him on the bed
Visions of a fee falling the gentlemen alned the
man replied! Il wish to die as did the Savior,
! with thief on each side" / don't think you
! would have to make many calls over the phone
| from your office in your own city to find a
| doctor who would not go out on a case unless
| he was assured OF his fee + would like TO be-
lieve otherwise, but know that the above state
ment Is true.
| Some years ago the tobacco planters OF Ken
| tucky decided to strike" their fields Did any
| OF your paper during those years. Night-riders.
| Who said coming events did not cast their
| shadows before? Wen, that was in Kentucky,
! where every Kid, according TO repute carries a
! gun, Now. let's go down to Texas, one os the
! original "secesh" states (for the love OF God.
| anybody and see how our stad old southern
| planters got along when they decided to curtail
| (strike) the cotton production. Who can
man. noted for his chivalry and own peculiar
| way OF lounging In the shade OF veranda while
! he slipped his mint Julep, cutting his neghbors
| throat or shooting him in the back over the
| mere matter of planting a cotton field2 Brute
| force will out. Look in your files again
Isn't It pretty tough Mr.. Latta for a man
someone given his job, with all the perqulstes
--sovereignty for instance (things that he has
! years OF struggle) handed over to someone who
! has never made an effort or paid a cent TO ac-
| uulTe hdinef Brute force! liOu, why snOuldn I
/ they sometimes? Men only human
To argue part OF this question from a point
| with which we are both more less familiar.
! let us take newspaper composing room. John
| Doe, a linotype operator and Richard Roe. q
| hand compositor, hit town the same day for a
! nights performance on the paper. nupes are
! pulled of each nights work on the linotypes
| and record OF the number of Inches each
| hand composltor sets Is Kept. The scale Of
| wages is, we win say, 81 per hour minimum. II
! so happens that John Doe ana Richard Roe are
! men to whom their work Is pleasure, they
| have natural ability G am assuming that this
! viii apply equally well in other trades) and
| what to other men is work is to them merely
| play While John Doe is operating his ma
/ chine, In reality he Is down In Juarez with his
/ foot on brass rail and one arm hooked on the
/ top rail OF bar. while he Is busily engaged in
| hunting the bottom OF very thick glass. Rich
ard Roc, while he is at work IL off on a fishing
| trip up IN Wisconsin Michigan. Both these
! men have no realization nor do they care how
| much work they are producing. They take 10
! lt like a duck 10 water However, dupes are
| taken and records compared In the front office
| OF the nights work Mr. Business Manager, who
/ propaDiy would fit better between TWO piouEn
| handles, and who knows about as much about
the conditions OF the craft he Is trying to man
age as did Balaam's ass of the Hebrew language,
| rushes 20 the foreman and wants to know why
! all the men are not giving him that much for
| his money. He doesn't come to the foreman
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