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|olitic?U_Regeneration Seen as Nation's Great Need
Men With High
Ideals Wanted
-"As Executives
Moral as Well as Religious
Reconstruclibn Essential
to Get the Government
, Back Upon a Sane Basis
Witeon Party Wrecked
Victory Next November
Said to Depend Mainly
Upon Choice of Candidate
Totbc Edttor of The Tribune.
Sir: "Why ia a Republican and what
is ??Democrat?" And the answer haa
been given, "Because one is born every
minute." Sober thought convinces me
that. there is more truth than fiction to
that quip. It is a deplorable fact that
at the present time there are no clean
cut igsues upon which the two great po?
litical parties are divided.
1} appears that victory at the polls
nrxt November depends more upon the
pcrsonality of the candidate than upon
w!ia.t he represents. Also, we have be?
fore us thc spectacle of a party being
renA.asundor through blind devotion to
a nM&guided Iqader, who has abundoned
thejdeals he at one time professed.
History shows that. with one exeep
fion, a Democratic viciory has been
succeeded by "hard times." Verily, a
period of sackcloth and ashes.
But in 1916 the reverse was true.
Prosperity followed the chariot of vic?
tory. But what a hysterical, delirious
prosperity it has been! Wages have
increased 76 per cent and the cost of
Hving 110 per cent, and no man can
say the end is in sight. The world has
run, amuck. Europe is in chaos. Re
construction is the solution there?
work.
But, as I see lt, the fundamental need
>if this country is not reconstruction,
but a moral, reliffious and political re
generation. A return to sane thinking
and the sturdy Americanism of our
fathers, as typified by Lincoln and
Roosevelt, the elear and shining lights
of the Republican party, whose mem?
ory wo hold so dear. Let us have an
assemblape of statesmen, not). poli
::cians?men, high-minded men, whose
ideals will never feltcr.
PAUL R. GENTZMER.
70 Parkwood Boulevard, Hudson, N. T
Tair Pay for Teachers
Called Question Vital
To Interests of JSation
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What subject at this time is
more onportune. more worthy of con
eentjrated thought and some deefsive
action tnan the problem of education
throughout the country?
Tfyere is no need to repeat or review
for ..the public the reason . for which
such an astounding number of our pub?
lic school and university teachers are
deserting their classrooms, some for
the more remuneratlve future which a
nusiness life holds for them, and a
'ew, we are told, even for the foot
lights.
It seems that there should be no
callinp: in life more to be honored or
of more vital importance to the nation
than the teaching of our youth, unless
if be the ministry of the Gospel.
The teachers and leaders of thought
vho.are to quite an extent the mold
era ?/ of the America of to-morrow
should receive compensation on a pai
with the importance of their work. It
is my belief that the Republican partj
should adopt this vital question as a
narty plank and ^.'leavor to promul
gate. leerislation which will guarantee
to the future a citizenship of learnec
min'ds, athletic bodies and, before all
else, American men.
? - HAROLD THOMPSON.
Delaware County, N. Y.
-??-?-?.
Curb the Spending Spree
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ln order that prevailing higl
prices may be reduced, united actior
ia necessary by the producer, the. con
?urrter and tho government.
The supply of foodstuffs, clothinj
and other essentials should be mad(
entirely adequate to meet all demands
T'armers and manufacturers will fin(
j* profitable in the end if they subordi
:>ate eelfish considerations to publii
needs and utiiize all facilities for ban
r?r production.
The consuming public should b*
brought to a reaiization of the possibli
rlestructive consequences of its presen
^nonding spree. Education is careful
? ir.rifty buying will do much to stabiliz
?prices.
Finally, it appears advisable that th<
fovernment take these three measures
. Jfst, prohibit exportation until domes
tie needs are amply provided for
f cond, allow only a fair margin o
profit; third, ralse the immigratioi
parn sumcicntly to alleviate the labo
shortage. J. W, FRIEDMAN.
SO^New York Avenue, Brooklyn
Conditions of th?
Platform Contest
?Tha Tribune lnvitas you to wTite
planks for a Republican platform
and to write letters about planks
proposed by other readers through
ita columns.
Wox the best planks and letters
Tha Tribune offers these prizes:
?or the best plank.$50040
Fer the second best plank.. 290.90
Fer each of the eight next
best planks . 100.00
For the best letter s dsily
prize of . 1040
Por the best letter ln the
r whole competition ...... 100.00
*ha Tribune will make up a plat?
form of ten planks to be determlned
by your votes. The ten issues re
cofrring the most'votes will be the
pienko. The ten planks that best
wNporeee the chosen Issues wffi ne
?elected for the prtse awards.
? Each plank ls limited to 100 werda.
0? two planks ot lettem of equal
lajBjdt the shorter will be chosen.
iHrery plank and letter must beer
l&name end address of the aeodor,
although a nom da pluroe will be
pujjlishad if the writer deslrea.
The contest will etoee st rattnlgb^
April 80, 1920. MsnwMrlpte will not
be> returned.
jfhe judges ef the contest will be
three of The Tribune'a editors. They
will base their decisions on sound
thinking end bravfty, clearness and
strength of statement.
1 ' ?? .
What the CollegesThink of the Platform
Men and women of the leading colleges of the United
States will eontribute a page of letters and planks
for the Republican National Platform Contest in
THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE
To-Day's Prize Letter
To the Editor of The Trihune.
Sir: There are two klnds of prob?
lems before the American public, one
the impertonal questions of national
administration and international re
lationships, and the other the less
subtle, more intimate and stinging
problems that have to do with living
in comfort and security.
Of the latter by far the most dis
turbing is that of the ever increas
ing cost of the necessaries of life,
which have come to include food,
clothing, housing, fuel and transpor?
tation.
The complalnt, however, is not
against just costs, but against the
abnormal, infiated costs pressed on
the unwilling country by a sudden
cobrdinated greed of a majority of
the producers and distributors.
Acknowledgment must be made of
the weakness in our mechanism of
government that allows a small or
even a comparatlvely large minority
to infiict so dangerous a discomfort
on the greater majority.
The problem is. a three-faced
Janus. One face is marked by the
greed of open and lustful profiteering
in the necessaries themselves; an?
other by wasteful and inefficient dis
tribution, and the third, a happy,
care-free face, is that of spendthrift
extra vagance.
Obviously the attention of the peo?
ple is resentfully centered on prof?
iteering in necessaries, but in their
helpless unorganization the people
have bo far made no active attempt
to protect themselves. It is very
evident that aid must come from the
organized government. It should not
be possible to increase prices on any
coinmodities without due advance
notice and Federal approval.
Necessaries must somehow reach
the consumer more cheaply. We
rightfully boast that our cost of pro?
duction per unit ia for a great
variety of wares the cheapest on
earth, but our distribution costs are
often the highest. Between the pro
ducer and the consumer appears to
be a commercial quicksand which can
be bridged with money and yet more
money in constantly increasing pro
portions. This is due to three
causes:
1. Profits by distributors are out
of all proportion to investment and
annual turn-over.
2. Too cumbersome methods of
distribution hnve built up a vast
army of middlemen.
3. The physical difficulties of trans?
portation are increasing rather than
decreasing.
Since private distribution has
proved to be so unsuccesBful, it re
mains for the Federal government to
enter the field actively and without
delay. This would not be a radical.y
new or financially uncertain step, as
indicated by the success of the army
and navy ratail stores.
The problem of personal extrava
gance is undoubtedly the most diffi
cult to meet. Two obvious ways of
attacking this problem are, first, a
broad, active, persistent education of
the wage earner in economics and the
necessity of his cooperation in in?
creasing the purchasing power of his
money; second, a definite prohibitory
tax on luxuries. Factories might
well be limited to necessaries?peace
necessaries.
Finally, whatever laws are enacted
to decrease living costs must be easy
to administer. The mechanism of ad?
ministration must be adequately pro?
vided for. J. A. BOUGHTON.
Cambridgfc. Mass.
Consumers of
Nation Urged
To Organize
Co-operative Societies That
Will Work in Harmony
With Capital and Labor
Held Imperative Need
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: How can an intelljgent democ?
racy be developed unless the consum
er's interests are regarded as para
mount? The consumer is everybody?
every day?from cradle to grave. It
is the consumer that pays all the bills.
It is the consumer who suffers from
strife and from collusive arguments
between striving portions of the com
munity, and it is the consumer who
should decide these conflicts between
classes, because the consumers are not
a class and include all classes.
The consumers should orcanizc them?
selves to protect and advance their in?
terests. The consumers' organizations
should be voluntary associations, which
exist to supply their needs.
Having decided what they want, the
consumers should cooperate to supply
their needs, employing capital and wage
earners on a contractual basis.
. The Socialist proposes to control the
means of production and distribution,
such control to be offected by political
methods; but this does not reach the
source. which is, liberty of action by
consumers to produce and distribute
the things they need. The syndicalist
proposes to substituto industrial for
political action. This is a class move?
ment.
Trade unionism is a class movement
which proposes collective bargaining
and action?not against bad work or in
ferior product, but for better wages of
skilled labor.
Consumers' cobperation is voluntary,
proniotes reconciliation between classcs,
admits the rights of capital and labor,
includes everybody who wants to co?
operate; does not pi-opose to abolish
individual competition, but to compete
with the existing competitivc system
on equal terms-, and finally seeks to rie
%-elop the individual as a citizen. The
following plank is suggested: ''We urge
citizens to organize as consumers, to
supply their needs cobperatively, and
suggest that in the cooperative spirit
and by the cooperative principle all the
needs of consumers can be supplied, and
thi3 to tho benefit of all?men, women
and children?and to the harm of no
one."
Slogan: "Rout the profiteer and re
ducc the high cost of living!"
LEWIS STOCKTON.
35 Washinrton Square, New York.
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Some Suggested Planks
Among the mass of suggestions for planks in the Republican platform are ths following:
Improve Inland Water ways
We realize the practlcabllity of
our vast system of inland waterways
nnd favor their development for the
benefit of the nation as>a whole.
The work should be organized and
directed by a single cngineering de?
partment responsible to the Execu
tlve. and to abolish the evils of
selfish sectionalism funds should be
appropriated by Congress for the
work as a whole, and not, as at pres?
ent, or specfic projects.?D. F. H.
Homes for New Citizens
To provide homes for naturallzed
Americans with families, journey
men, laborers and workers through?
out the United States, $500,000,000
should be set aside as an appropria?
tion, to be advanced in amounts of
$3,000 to $5,000; the amount allowed
to be secured by a lien on the prop?
erty; payment to be 5 per cent per
annum for twenty years, to cover
capital and interest. ? H. Primrose
Corcoran, 11A Raleigh, Place, Flat?
bush.
More Help for Farmer
Bclieving that the Republican
party should be run on the principle
of justice and fairness to all, rcaliz
ing that during the war the Ameri?
can farmer proved himself to have
the interests of the nation at heart,
wo pledge ourselves to give to agri?
culture the same interest and support
accorded to any other industry,
recognizing the rights of the farmer
with the same fairness shown to all.
?L. M. Harris, Vergennes, Vt.
Rule By the Majority
The twofold pledge of democracy
should not be forgotten: One, the
will of the majority is the law of the
land; two, the right to agitate peace
ably must not be denied to minori?
ties. The Republican party pledges
its support to the constitutional
guaranty of free speech, free press
and free assemblage, for all people
everywhere; save only it will not in
vokc the protection of thc Constitu?
tion for any who' would discard it
and would seek by violent means to
supplant the will of the majority of
the people.?Elias Ble'chman, 56 East
122d Street.
Latin-American League
The Republican party pledges its
support to the consummation of a
league compact of amity and com?
mercial reciprocity with the Latin
American republics, that in the. un
derlying spirit of our traditlonal
Monroe Doctrine European polit?
ical agrgession may be diacouraged
and a better understanding between
us developed; that emigration and
immigration be stimulated; national
resources of the Kouthland devel?
oped; capital and labor righteously
protected; ciyil government stabil
ized, and soeial and commercial in
tercourse expanded.? Frank Avery
Skilton, 84 Hamilton Avenue, Au
burn, N. Y.
Stabilizing the Dollar
We pledge oursevles to the imme?
diate executlon of such laws as shall
stabilize our unit of value, so its
purchasing power shall always be
equal to a constant aggregate of pur
chasable goods.?C. P. Denslow,* 350
Weat Eighteenth Street, New York
City.
Curb on Lobbying
Whereas recent events have showa
the facility with which an amend?
ment may be forced through Con?
gress and state legislatures by means
of well directed and persistent lobby?
ing, we urge that the methods of
amending the Constitution of the
United States be so modified that
hereafter no state shall be held to
have ratified a proposed amendment
until it shall have been approved by
the voters of that state at a popular
election.?J. Lewis Pettiner, 1322
Bcrgen Street, Brooklyn.
Increased Production
We are unalterably in favor of pro?
duction as the better means of re
lieving the stress due to the high
coat of living; that it should be con
trolled prefcrably by a law limiting
exportations to existing promises and
contracts for one year, and that gov
ernmental aid should be extended to
all soldiers, sailors and marines who
have been honorably discharged,
whereby each may secure land suited
to his purpose through Federal loan,
protected by a nominal interest on a
mortgage, allowing not less than ten
years to pay off both principal and
interest.?C. F. G.
Department of Education
The Republican party pledges it?
self to advance the projeet of a de?
partment oi* education, separate from
every other department of the na?
tional government, with power to
provide a just return to the teacher
and professor in view of their vital
work in the democracy and with the
ability to provide a Sufficient npm
ber of school buildings, with all its
influence.?Austin W. Maclin, 1284
Bergen Street, Brooklyn.
Abolish Crying Abuses
Engendered by thc War
To the Editor of The Tribune. *
Sir: Unavoidable conditions were
created by the war, and there are in?
terests that are laboring to prolong
those conditions, utterly regardless of
the welfare of the vast majority of
the people. The Republican party-must
face the present and the future with
an unyielding determiuation to abo'iish
the crying abuses that the was has
left as a legacy. It has been said?
often with truth?that no attention
was paid to party platforms after a
party had gained power. In its next
platform the party should say distinct
iy what it means to do if returned to
power, and the successful candidates
] and other leaders should continue to
i battle for the promised reforms.
A. F. F.
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