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FurtherPmtgcti?Daof^Children in Industry Is Demanded
Laws to Guard
Childhood Joys
Find a Friend
Employment of Boys an<^
Girls of Tender Age
Branded a Direct Blo\?
; * at Nation's Interests
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Although much favorable leg
~ iglation has been enacted by the vari
ous states as a result of protests
against the employmenr^of child labor
the situation is still far from satis?
factory. Many states have done lit?
tle or nothing and in others unscrup
ulous and avaricious parents and em?
ployers have found little difficulty ir
evading the laws through false state?
ments and indifference to responsl
. biiity.
This practice not only robs the chile
' of the legitimate joys of childhood
stunts its development, mentally, mor?
ally and physically, but deprives the
nation of the sort of citizens that we
need; the sort of citizenship which in
rolvea a longer period in schools anc
on the playgrounds than is conc?d?e
the children of the poor in many states
Every child should be kept in schoo'
until the age of eighteen, unless it car
be proved that they are learning i
profitable trade in a factory or office
in which event they might be allowed
to leave school at the age of sixteen
Even then no growing girl or bo>
should he allowed to work as man>
hoar? * day as an adult, but hours
should be regulated according to age
till the twenty-first birthday has beer
passed.
By adopting such a plan any loss ir
production occurring during these
years would be more than offset by
the increased productivity of future
years. An added advantage would be
the development of better citizens.
There is not the slightest doubt ir
the mind of any fair-minded man 01
I woman that the exploitation of chil?
dren by greedy manufacturers is k
. crime against the nation and human?
ity; a crime of sufficient magnitude
to warrant immediate and drastic ac?
tion in the next Congress.
A crime against a nation should re
ceive national recognition, and a Re?
publican platform should contain s
plank providing for the abolishing oi
this evil through national legislation
Law*: should be passed with penalties
?sufficiently severe to deter offenders
ARTHUR BAER.
19 West 129th Street, New York.
-0
Liberal Policy Toward Women
? To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The policy of the Republicar
party toward women voters should b<
liberal and educational. They shoulr
be encouraged to participate in all th<
political activities and practices con?
nected with our form of government
including holding any office that the\
arc qualified to rill. There should b<
a campaign of education started to en
large their knowledge of government
affairs and to show them the practica
workings of our form of government
, and a!so to show what the Republicai
party ,-tands for, and what it aims t<
d?, and wherein it difors from th<
other parties. WM. EATON.
Malta. N. Y.
To-Dav's Pri:ze Letter
* To tte Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Tho Republican party will
have a chance in the making of the
new platform to do one of two things,
it will put in the platform those
| planks which are most necessary to
good government, and those planks
only; or it will make its platform a
' bait for votes, inserting those planks
j which catch a few votes here and a
few there until the result is a mean?
ingless jumble.
The growing independent vote ia
i a notice to the great parties that
platform makers had better consider
national welfare rather than the
chance of being elected. An election
victory is not always a party suc?
cess. Any one who remembers that
the Democratic party gained the last
election upon the plea that "he kept
us out of war," and who now ap
Republican Stand
Against All War
Favored as Issiu
Immediate Adoption of th
League of Nations, Wit
Lodge Reservations, Aj
! proved as Firm Polio
j To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: America for the Americans is s
j excellent slogan, but this country cann<
! disregard the necessities, policies i
I activities of the rest of the worl
: Therefore, while avoiding any foreif
] relations which would entangle th
nation >with intricate disputes, tl
power and influence of America shou
jalways be exerted to prevent aggre
sion and future wars, and to stabili
l or equalize as far as possible the ec
I nomic conditions throughout the wori
! Such a policy must in the end bene
j this country.
The league of nations witn the Lod
j reservations ( to which no other nati'
j seems to raise any serious objectio
should be ratified forthwith, and t
i door opened wide to a gradual dete
j mination of all pending questions a
| rapid reconstruction in this count
| and abroad.
Free speech and pr?s? most certai
; ly. but with reasonable limitatior
| stringent laws are more than ev
. necessary to control the pernicious a;
tators who make fat. livings by deh
ing the masses with false doctrir
and fatuous promises. These dishc
orable trouble makers call for serie
attention.
THOMAS ROWLAND JORDAN
--?
! Better Legislation Against
Child Labor Recommend
i To the Editor of The Tribune.
! Sir: Legislation should be so dire
i ed toward social betterments that ?
time will 'come when there will
longer be poverty to relieve or tears
dry. There must be no double standi
preciates the conditions in which the
party finds itself to-day, will agree
that a defeat at the polls four years
ago would have served the party far
better than a victory has served.
Mr. Root, at the Republican State
Convention in Saratoga two years
ago, suggested that his party might
better die in the right than live in
the wrong.
If the Republican party will select
from its ranks that man who it
considers to be the best man for the
job, if it will adopt a platform fitted
only to real national needs, if it will
say to the voters that it would rather
stand by that man and that platform
and lose than win with any other,
then will the American voter behold
a new thing in American politics and
vote accordingly.
J. J. ELLENWOOD.
in dealing with the habits or conduct
of the sexes.
It is reprehensible that children of
tender years should be forced or al?
lowed to toil daily in our essential in?
dustries, and we demand the enactment
of laws to eliminate this flagrant and
unwarranted custom.
Greater efforts should be directed
toward Improving conditions of health
and raising standards and increasing
opportunities for education.
C. A. LEMMERS.
Budget and Efficiency Commissioner,
Capitol Building, Denver.
? '
2 Terms Called Enough
For Any U. S. President
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Republican party is called
the party of Lincoln, and as such it
should endeavor to return the govern
! ment to the people, so that we may
! really have a "government of the peo- j
! pie, by the people and for the people" ?
! ?a government which is directly re- I
sponsible to the voters, to the citi- j
i zenry. And no man, no matter how j
brilliant he may be, even were h? a j
Roosevelt, should be elected President
more than two terms.
There are many brilliant men who |
! are capable of assuming the guidance ;
! of the ship of state, and these men !
j will give a better administration, espe- ,
! cially when they have noticed the fail- |
I ures and shortcomings of two succes?
sive administrations.
JOHN MAZZE1.
Give Labor Share in Profits
i To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The forces of labor and capital
are pulling in opposite directions,
j Harmony is lacking. Why? Because
1 labor does not share the profits of i
! capital, but merely receives wage for j
i work. So long as this continues labor
?and capital will continue not "pulling" i
! together. If labor were given a divi
| dend or share in tW profits of capital
I in the way of shares of unissued stock,
| or this *lacking, additional stock could
; be issued for the laborer, then a far
: different relationship would exist be
; tween labor and capital.
I JULIETTE A. JACOBSON.
67 Pineapple Street, Brooklyn.
Honest Patronage,
Fair Dealing and
Free Press Upheld
Enlightened Capitalism By
Means of Federal Control
Law Is Advocated As a
' Repubiican Party Policy
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Horace C. Coon, in his prize let?
ter of the f>th inst., tells us what is
needed to bring our mental attitudes,
our expansive philosophy, our under?
standing of social and economic under?
currents up to date, viz.: "A benevo?
lent and enlightened capitalism.'* And
although he says the spirit of Theodore
Roosevelt will lead us to victory this
year, he repeats, "we must think of an
enlightened and benevolent capitalism
which is synonymous with the new
'republicanism'."
This would be excellent if the think?
ing people could iule, as we believe
they should; but it is illusive and fal?
lacious, because politicians never con?
sult thinking people.
What we need to get straight is that
our immense national wealth and pros?
perity have had to fight their way
through the ranks of all sorts of po?
litical faiths in order to progress and
he assets worth while. Our govern?
ment, which Mr. Coon confuses with
our people, is being gradually adjusted '
to run according to the rule that our
forefathers laid down; for, be it known
to Mr. Coon and our platform judges,
this country never has yet been run
according to that rule.
A benevolent and an enlightened cap?
italism !
Let me tell you how to get it.
Enact a Federal control law, a three
in-one instrument, defining the limits
of exploitation, the right to strike and
the rights of the people for redress
and protection against, disorder and
loss attending labor troubles that are
incidental to a lack of benevolent and
enlightened capitalism.
Thinking, plain thinking, is inaction
in these days.
We want more stress, greater em?
phasis, finer moral support of our free
press; greater publicity given our free i
press; more liberty for its greater work
of universal education, and, finally,
honest patronage and square dealing. !
CHARLES PRANK GARDNER.
Blames Government for
Much Feeling of Unrest >
Connecticut Man Asserts U. S. ;
Admitted Immigrants Because
They Were Cheap Labor
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the past, immigration from
Europe practically has been unrestrict
ed. Vast multitudes of .immigrants
flocked to our shores. They lived mostly
apart by themselves, going to their
own churches, reading newspapers in
their own languages, speaking their
own tongues among themselves.
No effort was made to Americanize
them or to encourage them to become
citizens. They were regarded as cheap
labor.
During the war thousands of them
used their foreign citizenship to gain
exemption from the draft and worked
in our industries for high wages while
-("Turning to HIM")-.
During this?the Lent of an Abandoned Christ
Is Civilization Coring In? The Entire World h An hrferno ol Bolskeoism?oi Marder, Skating, Hypocrisy, Lust.
Famine, Sickness, Pestilence. Death. Is an ignored God scourging the human ruteo to remind all
thai He reigns supreme? Is Religion a hopeless failure? Is Christ lagarn
''asleep in the vessel of the Church " ?
**We await the day of revenge." **T would sacrifice ten millions of Hves." ?'Peace is HteH.~ ""God free Ire
lane and punish her enemies."?S-Vess quoted sermons and prayers by prominent clergymen In New York and
elsewhere. But contrast this and all each tongue-souled utterances with the-following from THB HELIOTROP1TJM :
"Let the Universe be disturbed by tempests from every quarter, let
armed battalions close in deadly fray, let fleets be crippled and destroyed by
?eets, let the law courts ring with endless litigation, and still this is my chief
business in life, to conform myself entirely to -die one and only Will of God."
For many years bei Great Britain, the Continent and America, educated Fi-oteetanta?
Catholic? and men and women of no creed at all have turned to the Heilotpophxm, It has
comforted f$*o*UKttd?f so? too. wit! te aolaos ana ??rrengfne? vom and your*?especially in
affliction and bereavement. A* a tonic for Will and though* ?wen the mercenary pagan
will find it worth p baker's dozen of the book? that aim ne hiraer than the fatt?iung of a
bank account, if, because of prejudice?Inherited or acqrulrod you object to the im?
primatur of an Amaricen Cardmal, the endorsement of a Belgian priest, tear out the
offending page, then yen will have still intact an inspiriting classic that will elevate
t)he mental and spiritual make-up of any ene whe-s* sanity-hasn^t gane at wist.
THE HELIOTROPIUM
(Turning to Htm
By JEREM?AS drexelius, s. J.
Th*y mdjf worein the Wlteroo/ civilization thatdeaU solely and oycceisfunuwtth the DtVlNVWUJj and
your uHO?that jinks fhs two. Your WtU~~Go#9 Will* The God of o?d? of the Old Testament and the New,
the God of ?few and ?ent?le?your God whoever and whatever you mag be. The God that men, women and
palpitear patitktam have tossed aside, forgotten?the God that sex-brmned ?ction-theologian* have?estroyed,
setting 900 in Hie place their own carefully copyrighted Gode?all "Unite," but as palpable, powerful and
responsive to the human.misery of the day asa dei?ed London-fog.
" Cree?fT' No! "CotdroverdalT" No?~Ju$tGodand Yo?!
' Hft-lr^"45T"**?*'"?wTjwe'W
IL G. WELLS? writing ?o tbe *ppmlMng ooodffiom, say?:
to another Poem. Tfcey mignt very w-ett look to HIM
to Us?
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Ja%SS?at3SSSSESSJOi.
??a e^m?ulUk
rSa, nun.
wfB W? to look
of looking
?W? OOtTftCt
umm the Atlantic. tW haw? bat to look ?d and they wO? seo WM. And until
they ?V look tn^ and aoe HIM this world Is no Mm* aWn a lafegitr*
THE DEVIN-ADA?R COWPANY, PaUkssn, 4? Rfth Awnae, New York
A Ptolate who atefers ploty to MbUf Itjr? ?
?ad soul* to
thorn to
only moa
weed is is* nanr own giiwispnaaisa aso ?1 to
? to ?a ?ne m flu? ?iwulmty Ckw?assa*n?sd
PS?
American ettizena worked twenty-four
hours s day, If required to, for from
$30 ? month up, risking all and in
many Instances giving all that Ger?
man militarism should not dominate
the world.
Since the war we have seen the alien
an easy prey to radical agitators. The
foreigner is not altogether to blame
for this state of affairs, for in him
America has neglected a great oppor?
tunity. She has failed in a great duty.
The Republican party should pledge
itself to the enactment of such laws
a? shall bring about a restriction of
immigration so that undesirable aliens
will not be permitted to enter our
country, and also laws that shall pro?
vide for the Americanization and nat?
uralization of such aliens as are al?
ready here and those who may come
in the future.
MONROE W. KNAPP.
95 Maple Street, New Britain, Conn.
I?11 ' ' ' ?.?*
Conditions of the
Platform Contest
The Trfbane Invitee yon te writ?
plan-? far a Republfoan platform
and U writs letters ?boot plank?
proposed by ether readers through
ttl OSlO-KM.
F?r ?M b_rt plank*, ami letter?
The Tribun? offers tbem prive*:
For the best pleo*.fsetvtt
Paw the seesnd Wat plank.. 2HJH
Fw each ?f the eight nest
ha?? planks. 1MJM
Fer ?M heat letter n dally
petse of. 1MI
Fer the beet letter ta the
whole competition . IHM
The Tribune will make up a plat?
tem erf tea planks to be deter-minei
by your votas. The tea iaeaaa ie
coMng the mee* ?otee wfll he the
planks. The ten plank? that beat
exprese the ehoeen isanee wtll be
selected for the ptrtse awards.
leoh plank la limited to 100 words.
Of two planks er letters of equal
merit the shorter will be chosen.
livery plank and letter moat bast
th? name and ftddroa? of the sondar,
although a nom da plttme will b?
published !f the writer desire?.
The contest will close at midnight,
April BO, 1990. Manuscripts will no!
be returned.
The judges of the contest will b?
three of The Tribune's editen. The?
will base their decisions on sound
thinking and hrerity, clearness and
strength of statement
?
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Some Suggested Planks
Among the mast of ?uggest?m? for plastics in the Republican platform are the following:
A Curb on Legislation
The obligations of the legislative
branch of the government are to the
whole nation aa are those of the
executive branch; they are not to
the individual state or to a political
party. All Congressional legislation
should be molded for the benefit of
the nation as a whole, not for the
particular benefit of any section or
state, to the- detriment of other sec?
tions or states.?H. G. Chase.
No Usurpation of Power
This republic is a government of
checks, and balances and of distrib?
uted powers, and it cannot truly
function without a faithful observ?
ance of this principle. We condemn
the usurpation of power exercised
by the executive during the Wilson
r?gime and pledge ourselves to re?
store to the different branches of
government their true constitutional
power. ? Richard Marlowe, Realty
Building, Elmira, N. Y.
Fair Division of Profits
Th? growing unrest among all
classes of labor could be allayed by
a division of profits by the employer
and a recognition by capital, the
head, that labor, is the body of a
concern, the two being in effect part?
ners.?-.-. G. H.
Respect National Honor
Resolved, That a proper respect for
our national honor and for tbe good
will and esteem of other nation? de?
mands of us, a fixed policy in our
relations with Mexieo; s policy fixed
in principles of justice to all nations;
a policy that insures the right of our
citizens to the protection of their
government, consistent with the
Monroe Doctrine..? W. E. Thomas,
161 South Arlington Avenue, East
Orange, N. J.
Control of Education
Whereas, the very life ef our re?
public will depend more and more on
an educated electorate; and,whereas,
notwithstanding vast endowments for
the establishment and maintenance
of schools, there is still an appalling
percentage of illiteracy among our
people, due largelv to a lack of uni?
formity in the educational systems.
We therefore favor an amendment to
the Federal Constitution providing
for the unification of the public
school systems by bringing them
under the suijervision of the United
States Commissioner of Education.
?Henry D. McBroom, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Transportation Plonk
We advocate the creation of a dis?
tributive clearing system to provide
a swift and adequate transportation
for necessities to any part of the
country where by reason of weather
disturbances or other causes a deficit
shall exist of sufficient magnitude to
affect the retail cost of such necessi?
ties.?C. Costlelgb, 201 Clifton Ave?
nue, Newark.
Control of Immigration
We believe that the desirable im?
migrants who come to America for
economic betterment are an asset
when tbeir numbers are not large
enough to oversupply labor. We be?
lieve that proper laws are necessary
for the complete control of immigra?
tion. We favor the deportation of
all aliens who attempt or encourage
the change of our form of govern?
ment by unlawful methods, but wel?
come those who come here with a
sincere desire to become Americans.
?Louis Lengyel, 27 Cedar Street,
Saranac Lake, N. Y.
Running True to Form
The party of Lincoln and McKinley
is irrevocably committed to the pro?
tection of American industries, insti?
tutions and ideals. Capital and labor
muat be insured against cheap for?
eign competition by reasonable tariff
laws; the Constitution must be pre?
served inviolate against insidious at?
tacks from within and without; the
flag, with all it symbolizes, must b?
honored and rev red by all who seek
shelter under in beneficent folds.?
John P. Waters.
Administrative Economy
The Republican party always bas
stood for protection and the safe?
guarding of the principle of the best
good for all the people. It therefore
pledges itself to a sane, competent
and economical administration.?G.
M. Miller, 516 Court Street, Reading,
Pa.
Harmony in Industry
The whole structure of the nation
and the welfare of its people lies in
production and distribution. . The
farmer, the manufacturer, the mine
owner, the transportation companies
and the men and women employed by
them are all entitled to a just share
of profits. Some method of bringing
all these elements into a more inti?
mate ajid friendly attitude toward
each other must be provided. To
bring this about the Republican
party pledges its early and best
effort.?J. N. K.
"Swivel Chair99
Sinecure Assailed
To the Editor of The Tribun-. ?
Sir: The people of the United
States have the right to expect the
same economy in government ad?
ministration that is exacted of them
in their personal affairs. Not only
is there a demand for the bndget
system ot expenditure, but there
must be elimination of unnecessary
"swivel chair" occupants of gov?
ernment departments.
The statement that "publie office
is a public trust" must be made as
true in fact as it has been in theory
since the phrase was first coined.
Manufacturing positions for politi?
cal workers is a practice that should
be designated as a crime against the
electorate. C. A. LEMMERS,
Budget-Efficiency Commissioner.
State House, Denver, Col.
N
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TOPICS OF THE DAY
"If The Literary Digest chose the four words most frequently printed in the newspapers of
the United States and Canada in the last three months they would be: 'Pay the teachers
-Saskatoon (Canada) Star.
more.
What Organized Labor
Thinks of Prohibition
Labor-leaders know the views of the workers as well as politicians know the wishes of their
constituents, possibly better, for unionized labor makes its wants known in no uncertain man?
ner. Consequently, when The Literary Digest wished to learn for its readers the attitude of the
workingman regarding prohibition, inasmuch as we could not ask the individual union worker
because there are about four million of him, we asked their duly elected officials.
In this week's number of THE LITERARY DIGEST?March 1 3th?a surnmary of the
very interesting replies is published. Approximately thirty per cent of the 526 replies of labor
leaders inform us that a poll was taken on the question at the regular meeting. Replies came
from every State in the Union, and they reflect a considerable sweep of opinion. ?
"Why don't you 'sick' the prohibitionists on the profiteers?"; "No man has a right to dic?
tate to another what he shall eat or drink except the doctor;" "There have been more deaths
and murders in the period since prohibition went into effect than there were in the same period
last year; " are a few of the many replies against prohibition. "Money which formerly bought
whiskey is now buying happiness for the workingman's family;'' "Men have more of the good
things in life since the dry law went into effect;" "Since prohibition is in force the workers are
capable of clearer thinking and do more of it," are typical expressions from the many leaders
who favor prohibition.
If you would learn from first hand sources the real opinion of the workingman upon the
subject of prohibition you will do well to read THE LITERARY DIGEST this week.
Other interesting news-features in this week's "Digest" are:
Our Stake in the Adriatic
Where The United States is Concerned in the Clashing Interests of Italy and
Jugo-Slavia in the Territory of the Adriatic
What to Hope from the Railroads Sir Oliver Lodge's Mission
The Steel Trust Finds It Pays to be
Good
Lenine's Puzzling Peace Offer
Bainhridge Colby's Appointment De?
nes Tradition
Labor Awakening in Japan (Direct
Translations from the Japanese
Press, with Reproductions of Orig?
inal Illustrations)
Canada's Voice in the League
A "Soviet" Confession
Germans Welcome in South America
Rockets to Explore Mars
The Dubious Nobel Award
Chinese Plays, Real and False
Europe's Need of Spiritual Rebirth
Russians "Standardize" Religion
Geography's Debt to the Missionary
Paths to the Presidency?From
McKinley to Harrison
World's Paper Currency Now Seven
Times the Amount in 1914
Herbert Hoover, "The Man Without
a Party"
Best of the Current Poetry
Numerous Interesting Half-tone Illustrations and Reproductions of Humorous Cartoons
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