Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-19
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IU6 AuAdu 5iGSIdM fiUu.t OD-
iects to making the public only an
quail partner with capital and Ia
Or. IF Uncle Sam goes into com
nation of that kind" 1t remarks
he is going in as boss, not as a mi
lority -tockholGer to take whatever
IS handed him - The Salt Lake
Herald (Rep) thinks that under the
scheme "thG Constitution, which
guarantees that private property
SHAH not be lken without just con-
pensation, is to be set aside as Oh
so'ete," but Il predicts that the plan
will probably cause but little in
forest. The soil of America is not
adapted to that SORT OF tree" The
aame authority thinks Mr.. Plumb did
we'll TO exclude the farmers from his
1lan-'jf his scheme of general COZ
iscation does not Succeed he doe
not want TO starve to death"
Both the Buffalo Evening News
tRep.) and the Greensboro Daily
News Qnd0 see political significance
in the publication of the plan at this
tine. What Mr.. Plumb has done"
avg the former, as to write q po-
tical platform. a platform for use
,his year -. j. is an aTbitl Gus at
J"'sg Il aHi = The LABOR vote." Bo.A
papers seer e anticipate that it viii
be one OF the plauhs in MIR. Bryan's
.Hocted platform. Both the Omuha
Bee tRep.) and the Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune CRep.D compare the
Plumb idea to TIE consolidation plan
put forward by Directo General
Hines OF the Railroad Administra-
ton. The Commercial Tribune de-
clarcs that the mes PLAZA out
Plumbs Plumb" and terms 1t com
Wandering of private property. E.
much after the manner OF come Eu-
rOpean autocraCy."
Newspaper opinions favorable to
the plan seemingly are few. The
Detroit News (Ind.), however, finds
it carefully worked ont" and saye
''the logic of it makes a strong ap-
peal" But. 1t asks, what is to be
come OF the losses? There are
times when there would come from
any of these Industries a zeal finan-
cial loss. How is this to De dstrib-
uted2' The New York World
(Dcm.) thinks the scheme would
possibly be great success" but
that "it might be prudent to test it
on small scale" before applying it
to all industry, or even to the rail
road system. The st. Louis Star
(lnd9. though fearing that private
initiative would be destroyed, finds
this to say in favor OF Mr.. Plumb
and his plan:
ultimately what is good in it may
be utilized and what is bad winnow-
ed out. The immediate value of the
proposal is the stimulus it gives to
constructive study of the industrial
proL N, By setting forth some
thing concrete md fundamental Mr..
Plumb has forced ahead OF the gen
eral mass Ct econe lIc Students, bust
ness men and politicians, who for
the most part are taxing In plat
tides and meaningless geenralities.
Inc labor and capital question
henceforth will center on concrete
ans, with the Plumb proposition
ho ing the center of the stage I'M
I'll or unless displaced - another"
And the Arizona Republican GRep.)
though far from approving the idea
entire, says this: There are few
things IN this world wholly bad, ana
there may therefore be found IN the
llumb plan a good principle. Es-
peoiaiiv has the roft-shariag prin-
cipie been found to he goo one
me. properly applied"