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Contest
Economie Evils
Traced to Huge
War Expenses
Inflation of Credit and Cur?
rency Is Blamed for
High Cost of Living, and
Waste Also Is Condemned
One Way to Obtain Relief
Legislation Favored That
Will Guarantee Adequate
Return to Rail Owners
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The problems which will be of
euatest importance during tho next
four yea" are, as I see them, economic
problems, and it is on these issues
thst the Republican party should take '?
a definite and determined stand.
The problem at present of primary |
and most pressing interest to the aver- |
age voter is the hijrh cost of living, i
The ori?inal cause is the inflation of ?
credit and money in circulation, made j
necessary by the huge expenditures
and consequent borrowing of the gov- j
?T.ment to carry on the war.
Xow that the war is over, the gov- j
ernment should adopt a policy of strict j
economy, and this means not only do- !
ing away with all the new offices ere- i
atea during the war, which are no |
Umper necessary?many of which were i
of doubtful necessity even during the >
war?but it also means doing away I
iv;'.h the waste of the p'op!"'s money
through "pork barrel" tncii is.
To ?iiar? against waste in the fu- i
turc, a budget system similar to those ;
used in foreign countries and many of |
our American cities should be adopted! ,
If this policy of curtailment of gor
amment extravagance is followed out
there will be a surplus in the Treasury :
!u reduce the existing inflation. Only.
by thus strikir.g at the i*oot of the evil ;
can any great or permanent relief be j
hoped for.
The policy of the Democratic Admin- :
[stration in respect to the railroads has i
beer, an unqualified failure, which can- :
not be remedied by merely returning
-.he roads to their owners. There must '
be legislation which will guarantee to
the owners a fair return or. the capital
invested, to the employees a living
war?' and I tl n nublic ?oo? service
at the lowest possible cost.
We car.not. rid ourselves of the germ?
cf Bal hevisnx, I. W. W.-ism, and the !
other isms by expelling Bolshevists and
I. W. W.'s from the country or by
any form of direct legislation. The one ,
way to strike against these diseases
in not to aiiow a field for ,thfm to :
Sourish in. to exist. Laws .should bo;
enacted that will do away with thu j
cause? of ill feeling and strife be-'I
tween capital and labor.
And '':-;*.. immediate ?tens should be I
taken toward the creation, operation !
and protection cf a mercantile marine ;
great enough to care for tho whole com
merce r'f this country?a problem which l
the Democratic Administration has j
failet so ve -r?most a3 completely as j
it has failed to solve the problem o :
the railroads.
CLERMONT CARTWrt?GHT Jr.
To-Day's Prize Letter
To the Editor of Tha Tribuno.
Sir: No one factor in our social
ltfo touches mor? closely upon the
fundamental problems now bcforo us
than that of transportation. Wo have
come to realizo that thi3 subject is
one which involves the intorMation
ship of highway, waterway and
possibly air service, and that only
a3 ouch of the units is developed to
its fullest extent can we hopo to see
a true spirit of nationalism developed,
unnecessary enormous wastages in
transportation costs eliminated and
the common defense fully provided
for.
At the present time wo have a
Federal aid net, which requires the
distribution of government funds to
forty-eight separate highway depart?
ments and placing no limitation upon
the mileage to be selected for im?
provement.
We have two and one-half million
Legion Coniniaiider
Builds His Plank
Upon "Tolerance*"
Liberalism and Sincerity
Other Great Essentials
to Republican Success
in 1920, He Declares
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Three things the new Republican
platform must, contain: tolerance, lib?
eralism, sincerity. Those three qual?
ities will make or break the planks.
There Ie* too mac* calling of names, a
forgc-tfulncss that there are more points
of agreement than of disagreement
among rcil Americans. Our country i.
? ration of men who work for the joy
of creating--90 per cent of them are
loyal, whether their work be done in
the mines or the banks, whether they
direct the fortunes of a big corporation
or drive a trolley car on Grand Sireet.
Loyalty, to them, means a belief in
our form of government, a belief ahio
in orderly progress through evolution.
Imi ricans in all walks are sound it:
liean and spirit.
The present struggle, so called, is
the inevitable struggle for leadership.
hi r...i.*5 struggle the party which holds
firm to the unwavering faith which Lin?
coln had in tho common people will win
the right to leadership. Let u? then
hold fast to tolerance.
ROY DICKINSON,
Commander of the East Orange Post
American Legion.
Moral Training in Schools
To the Ediior of The Tribune.
Sir: The surest way to obviate de
?r-netive radicalism r-nd develop a
citizenship of such quality as to safe?
guard our country is to definitely edu?
cate the children in right conduct,
'.noughts and feeling.
To that end we propose the intelli?
gent ose in all public schools of a code
of l?orals such ns that prepared bj
Willirm J. Hutchins, of Oberrki Ohio*
miles of highways. Obviously we
cannot hope to improve thorn all at
onco, nor can we hop? to arrive at a
national highway system so long as
the administration is left in the hands
of men who by virtue of tho oiliccs
they hold must consider intrastate
needs first.
With these conditions facing us, it
would seem that tho time has come
when we should have a national com?
mission empowered to lay out a na?
tional system and further a concen?
tration of the national funds upon
roads of national importance, thus re?
leasing state funds for the improve?
ment of selected state highways and
county funds for similar treatment
of the county situation.
Moie than a L?iion dollars is now
available for highway construction in
tho United States. Is thev?^ any other
phase of domestic governmental activ?
ity which so much demands an intel?
ligent, economical and broadened pol?
icy as this? PYKE JOHNSON.
and accepted by the National Institute
for Moral Instruction, of Washington.
F. MILTON WILLIS.
1947 Broadway. New York.
Conditions of the
Platform Contest
Tho Tribune invites you to write
planks for a Republican platform
end to write letters about planks
proposed by other reeders through
its columns.
For tho best planks and letters
The Tribune offers these prizes:
For the boat plank.$T>00.00
For the second best plank. . 250.00
For each of the eight next
best plonks . 100.00(
For the best letter a daily -~
prize of . 10.00
For tho beet letter in tho
whole competition . 100.C3
The Tribune will make up a plat?
form of ten planks to be determined
by your votes. Tho ten issues re?
viving the most votes will be the
planks. Tho ten plank.i that best
cxprer.s the chosen issues will be
selected for fhe prize awards.
Each plank is limited to i?O words.
Of two planks or letters or ecjual
merit the shorter will be chosen.
Evory p'mnk and letter must bear
tho name and address of tho sender.
althonc-h a nom do piume will hi '
i
published if the writer desires. ?
The contest wili close at midnight, j
April 30, If 20. Manuscripts will not ]
be returned. \
The judtro* of the contest will be !
throe of The Tribune's editors. They
will base their dscisions on sound
thinking and brevity, clearness and
? strength of statement. ;
Porto Rican
Asks Liberty
For Islanders
Self-Determination or State?
hood Seen as Essential
to Give People Rights
as Continental Citizens
Called "Living Cemetery"
Residents Lack Opportunity.
It Is Held, Possessed by|
Others on Same Footing
To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Two outstanding solutions are
?elf-evident in the settlement of the
main problem concerning the people of
Porto Rico, to wit: the right of self
determination or statehood.
Without representatives in Congress,
a voteless commissioner at Washing?
ton and a limited sort of citizenship
granted by the Jon?s-Shafroth act, we
Porto Ricans are not on the same, level
as the citizens of continental U lited ?
States or those of other nations.
Having recently returned from the
island after a long absence a rare op?
portunity was presented mo to noto
the great strides made on the lines of
education, while from the standpoint I
of opportunity and the welfare of the '
nnjoiity of 'ho peopie tho place has |
rightly been *??>????.?cd a "living cerne- i
tery."
It wan Roosevelt who first told Con-j
gress the time had come for the child
to wear long p-mts. The Republican j
party, to which he mostly consecrated'
his true spirit of American manhood, j
should follow in the footsteps of one j
of its noblest leader?, and since a Re- j
publican administration and Congress j
"ill soon be called upon for a settle?
ment of the many problems before the i
people, I know 1 voice the sentiments
of my fellow c:;/.ens when I say that
it should add one more star to the |
great American constellation or allow j
the BorinQuencs to work out their own ?
saivation under the protection of the:
Monroe Doctrine, to which it would |
then be entitled. JUAN CHICO.
258 West Fourteenth Street, Man
hattan.
Roosevelt's ideas Sought
Efficiency ant? Lofty Mea?N Are !
Needed for Platform
To the Editor of Tho Tribune.
Sir: Had he not been ca'led down :
'?The Long, Long Trail," my platform
could bc.-;t have been written by him i
?horn I consider one of the greatest!
Americans.
And. wore I vain enough, I would at- i
mpt to write a platform using as my |
todel the practical efficiency, tne lofty I
deals, the love of righteousness and i
iprh sense of duty to all mankind,
trivc-n by the undiluted Americanism, j
-i'ttvr- and fearlessness and tern
i red by the clear foresight rnd cool j
ndgment of our departed and beloved !
ex-President, Theodore Roosevelt.
A. WALTER MUR?.-OCK. ;
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lou can take him from us, but
? the University President said
'HTMIE President of a University was speaking to the
JL President of a great industrial enterprise:
."You have made an offer to our Professor of Chem?
istry/' he said. "Of courue you can take him if you want
to; we can pay him hardly half of what you offer him.
"But do not foiget this?if you do take him from
us, you cannot expect us to keep on sending you the
well-trained chemists who have meant so much to your
business in the past." ?
This incident happened at Princeton, not Cornell.
We publish it in this scries of Cornell advertisements to
emphasize this vital truth:
The constant loss by university faculties of their
ablest men through the r>itifui inadequacy of salaries is
not the problem of any one university. It is America's
problem. It means poorer doctors, poorer lawyers, poorer
chemists, poorer engineers and less progress for America
in all years to come.
PRINCETON and Cornell, Harvard and Yale, Am
herst and Williams, and the rest?they are all trustees
for the America that is to be. In presenting Cornell's
great need, we speak for the others as well.
The gain of one is the gain of all: "the rising tide
lifts all the boats."
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Some Suggested Planks
Among the mass of suggestions for planks in the Republican
platform are the following:
Placet Tax on Immigrants
All aliens entering this country
who at the end of a year have not
mado application for 4*i*r*it papers"
for citizenship shall be taxed a
stated percentage of their incomes,
and for each succeeding year of
such neglect, the aforesaid tax to bo
progressively increased. Also, those
who get first papers and fail to ap?
ply for final papers at usual time,
or, applying, fail to nrss the requisite
examinations', together with those
who at the end 01 live years have
made no application for lirsc papers,
shall be deported forthwith as un?
desirable persons.?lKrold Channing,
i>20 East Seventy-seventh Street.
American Li be i-lus Sacred
Wo condemn nil attempts to de?
prive the American people of the
personal liberty which our fore?
fathers sought and obtained when
they emigrated to America to escape
the oppressions to which they were
subjected in England and on the con?
tinent of Europe and for the pres?
ervation of which they shed their
blood under the leadership of Gen?
eral Washington in the War of rhe
devolution. Oppressive sun ptuary
aws nre foreign to trie genius of our
government, and their imposition
:,hould be resisted by every means
at our command.?IL G. Chase.
America for Americans
We favor an efficient and effective
immigration law which will "strain"
the incoming tide of immigrants and
remove the undesirables. Thi3 wo
believe to be preferable to waiting
until they have scattered throughout
our country and started their de?
structive and dangerous work and
then endeavor to ''extract'r and de?
port them, an expensive and unsat?
isfactory method at ?> it? best. L?t
us have an America for Americans,
or those who will speedily become
such.? II. W. Bigelo'.v, Liberty, N. Y.
Radicalism and 3t IshevUm
The Republican party voices its
continued and supreme confidence in
our form of government, which pre?
serves to its citizens, untrammeled,
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap?
piness. The Republican party de?
clares eternal war on every monster
of radicalism which has for its pur?
pose the undermining of our form
of government. To grapple with this
menace and to overcornu it will be
the first duty of the incoming Re
publican administration; placing the
country's welfare above political
vantage, and government by and for
Americans above partisan design.?
D. H, Upjohn, 103 North Thirteenth
Street, Salem, Ore-.
Fair Deal for Farmers
We recognize the importance of
the farmers and other food producers
to the welfare of the nation, ami we
pledge ourselves to treat, thorn fairly.
We recognize the inadequacy of the
present system of distribution and
we pledg.: cr'-eivoi to remedy it;
to eliminate profiteering wherever
possible; ..o a> ?: ra -.? xno.-o just and
equitable d ? U r. of pronta, thus
benefiting noth producer and > on
sumer. ? Smith C. McGregor, Stam?
ford, N. Y.
ALoHth Dual Citizenship
i-i order to claim undivided loyalty
and allegiance of the i;<,000,000 voters
in the United States of foreign birth
and extraction we pledge ourselves
to work for the recognition of Amer?
ican citizenship by ail foreign gov?
ernments;" thereby abolishing dual
citizenship. No one can serve two
master.?. In the absence of treaties
between this country and many for?
eign powers citizens of the United
States are not recognized as sach if
business or plecsure brings them to
their country of birth or place of
nativity of their purents.?Samuel M.
Aucrbach, 833 East 176th Street.
International Friendship
The Republican party recognizes
the bond of similar culture and ideals
of democracy and liberty which bind
this country with Engla'nd, France,
Italy and the other Allied nations,
and advocates the strengthe ?ni? of
th< se friendly relations to the ut?
most, at the seme time avoiding th'.'
petty misunderstanding's and dis?
putes which endanger them.---Rcl,ind
Patmodo, 9 Summit Street, East
Orange, N. J.
A 500,000 Army
We urge the maintenance of an
army, fully equipped in all its
branches, of at ?east 500.000 men,
ar.d the establishment of .1 naval
power equal t^ ,"'
naval powers, excepting Great Brit?
ain.?Wade Hamper? >. :......_,.. .
Laws on Maternity
We advocate more enlightened
laws concerning maternity and in?
fancy, uniform divorce laws, equal?
ity of labor conditions and the en?
actment by the nation of ay r?p
quatc child labor law.?Wade Hamp?
ton Thompson.
"Labor and Capital" Seen
As Most Vital Question
Repitbli ana Urged to Select a
Candidate Who Understands
Industrial Situation
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The biggest issue of the coming
campaign will be capital vs. labor. The
Republican party must choose a broad
minded man familiar with industrial
j conditions. The last year has seen the
?failure of the capitalist to look upon
his employees as partners in his busi?
ness. The capitalists should place
labor on a:: equal footing with capi?
tal, not financially, but strive to uplift
conditions of labor, such as promoting
healthful surroundings, eduction,
efficiency, insurance, factory conditions
end lastly a mutual understanding as
friendship between employer and em?
ployee.
The greatest asset for labor would
be the enlistment of every workingman
in the country as co-worker with capi
? tal. Strikes and riots would not pre
I vail if capital and labor would arbi?
trate conditions and v.-?i^-?r neutrally.
In conclusion, the man chosen to lead
thi** democracy must call together the
capitalists, agriculturists and labor to
bring about closer affiliation. Then the
period of unrest will be solved.
EDWARD F. MATOT.
383 Herman Street, Buffalo.
Independent Vote to Pick
Next President, He Says
Party With Biggest Appeal to
Ma?ses Will Be Returned
Winner, If Belief
To the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: Neither party can win with
its "regulars," the loyal party men.
It is the "independent" vote which
i swing-, many elections. It is to this
?element the candidate must address
I himself, and the arpeal must be of suf?
ficient merit to git results.
It was the unattached v>te which de?
cided the elections of 1912 and 1916.
and unless the Republican party re?
nounces the po'icies which proved fatal
? i a these camoaigns the blunder will bo
repeated in "?020. W. S. S.
Westfieid, N. J.
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! World Is Not Prepared to
Accept Unqualified League
To the Editor of The Tribune:
Sir: Looking at the learjue of na?
tions from a political and practical
viewpoint, wo find that all leagues of
. the p?*Kt, even the P-Mipor.nesian
. league of the ancient Greeks, wore an
absolu e failure, so far as tne preven?
I tion of war is concerned.
rhe minds of the p*.ople? of ti.e
i world are not prepared for such a
i tremendous proposition, and for this
; reason the league should be adopted
: with onlv such reservations as will
j fully protect our own country.
ALFRED YOUNG.
L Valparaiso, Ind.
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On Washington's Birthday
Let Us Remember Washington's Faith
Ther?? were more brilliant men than Washington in
Washington's clay. There were men better trained in
war and statesmanship.
Neither his natural ability nor his training made him
great: it was the greatness of his faith.
All ihrongh his letters runs one high
note?a supreme conviction that he,
and his country, are instruments in the
serviceandthekeepingo. Almighty God.
The world is suffering for many
things these days; but for nothing as
much as its need of Faith.
It need?. Washington's strong sense
of stewardship?his conception of life
Stewardship Calendar
Fabruary
ChriBtinn ftewardahip E.Jnoat'onai
Period; February 22 .Stewardship Ac
knowtodginent ijuiiuay;
February 29, Life Work Enlistm? nt
Sunday;
March
Pre-Ee'tf-r Peri.xi for the de?penin??
of th?.* -i;iiricual Life. Evanj-riliim and
the EuUotnicnt of Lile Re*.;ru;ui
April
Ajiril *. Ea.'.rer Suiday. National Jo:n
ttie-Chuicn Sunday
Sunday, February 29, will be National Life Work
Enlistment Sunday On that day the call will be
sounded for greater spiritual life and the enlistment of
tens of thousands of young people for special Christian
service.
Next Sunday, February 22nd, has
beenset aside asStewardship Acknowl?
edgment Sunday. The ?oai of the
Churches is tin million Christian
Stewards regularly enrolled in the holy
habit of giving of the first fruits of
their income. ^H
and all its possessions as a great trust to be adminis?
tered in the service of men, under the guidance of
Almighty God To deepen the conviction and service
of men and women, the Evangelical Churches have set
aside February, as Christian Stewardship Mdftth.
Ten million men ard women admin?
istering their lives and incomes as a
God-given trust?such a group can
transform America?!
Will you be one of that ten million?
Will you, on nest Sunday?Washington's Birthday?
prove your stewardship by dedicati*-gafirst proportion of
your incometo the Kingdom of God through your Church?
For full information and helps for Pastors. Sunday School Super
Mtendehts and Women s and Young People's Societies write the
Stewardship Department
ment
ofSt?rth America
The Evangelical Demominations Cooperating in the Service of Jesus Christ
45 WEST 18th STREET, NEW YORK CITY