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New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
Emergency Force to Curb
Strike Menace Advocated

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Republican party should
stand unqu -lifiedly for the systematic
recruiting and training of emergency
forces to cope with the strike menace
in essential industries.
It should recommend the purchase
and maintenance of motor trucks to
handle perishable commodities in case
of need and the instructing of volun-
teer minute men to serve as truck
drivers and emergency train crews as
ways OF carrying out this project.
REX A. COLLINGS.
133 North Maple Avenue, East
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
The Full Dinner Pail

A slogan of the Republican party
always has been and still is "a full
dinner pail and square deal for
the laboring man." and we guarantee
to both labor and capital recognition
Of their respective rights. We be-
lieve that strikes should be discour-
aged. If not prohibited by law, as
they invariably result in widening
OF the difference between employer
and employee, resulting in financial
loss to both and to the general pub
lie. We favor the settlement of all
differences between employer and
employee by courts of impartial
commissioners elected by the people.
W. NJ. Creveling, Amarillo, Tex.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
President Must
BE a Game Loser
10 the Editor of The Tribune


SIR; In addition to crystallizing
p0o!lc opinion and Offering candi-
yates TO carry it out it is the func-
'on Of political party to harmo-
A''e the different branches of gov
ernment after the election. The
s'''itioas and stimulus of loyalty
70 'hs psa'fsrm and ideals of ono
,af'y Hnst asrve to assuage the dif-
'essase' Of policy and plan that
arse between President and Con-
xrsss.
!" the voters of the country are
.">'sassd with the legislativs-ex.
'sas'vs hostility and friction which
70 markedly impair the govern
as workings to-day let them re-
s"Oer that difference Of party is
as principal reason. The Republi-
e party should make a strong sp-
81 Tor the nations support not
~ OF the President but also OF
II - s1cssional nominees.
..a. saere are times when CONGRESSES
Msics must differ from those of
-. President. The elections Of
- were an instance of this. The
uics OF the electorate must some
a. ss constitute a downright re-
ation Of Presidential policies.
sportsmanlike President he
."hg in representative govern
so. VIII yield to the will of the
se's az expressed at the polls To
~ az way TO the popular decision
q. not be termed treachery to
A., party for no party can exact
,,,. ,,sAlty to the country as the
''s OF member hip.
.. G. W. FRIEDMAN.
y Sew York Avenue. Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
Public Health
Secretary for
Nation Wanted
Department With a. Cabinet
Officer at Head Demand.
ed to Promote the Physi-
cal Welfare of Americans
Bureaus Are insufficient
Increasing Number of Wom.
EN- in Industry Given as
Argument for Plank
10 the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sire OF the letters which have ad-
vocated change and repair in govern
ment appearing in The Tribune not
fifty have mentioned the word health.
The Republican party surely has not
forgotten it, 1t is interested in the
physical wellbeing Of the individuals
which make up this nation, for only g
nation of sound, healthy men, women
and children can maintain the highest
standards.
Thousands of dollars worth Of liter
ature goes out from Washington each
year with good advice concerning the
raising of cattle. None leaves that
same postoffice with an atom of advice
or information to aid in bringing IN
a family.
Are we going to allow our govern
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
Issues
Are Unchanged
By Final Rush
ku.,ndreds of Letters Now
! ! in Mails Will Receive
Full Consideration for
the Many Prize Awards
announcements on May 9
conital and Labor and For
eign Relations Run Close
for the First Honors

me Tribune's National Republican
.tfnrm Contest closed last midnigh.
IN a recorded vote of 6,623 and more
!. h. counted as the mails arrive. Some
Avs must elapse before all votes are
ENLISTED, It is expected. however,
-, The Tribune will be able to an
,ounes the winners and the prize plat
form on Sunday, May 9.
Among the multitude Of planks and
,.,ters which swamped the Platform
rant..t department at the lsst moment
v,rs many thoughtful and helpful
,,ss It is regretted that space cannot
4. provided for their publication. But
n communications posted before the
.ssiug hour anywhere in the United
yates will receive full consideration.
Yesterdays heavy vote failed to up
., the standing of the ten leading
wuss. If the same ratio is maintained
|. The bulk Of the mails remaining to
{ counted the ten-plank platform OBJ
slsed from the consensus of Tribune
mdsrs throughout the United States
nuld embody the issues of capital
i labor, foreign relations. American
sion, army and navy programs, COSY
living, constitutional reforms, Boil
,gism, education, conservation of ma
.,oal resources and social legislation.
The first nine of these issues appear
I, be secure in their positions. But
.er tenth place administration reforms,
|@ votes, and taxation, 205. are close
yn.estants with social legislation,
vhich up to date has polled 217 votes.
Here is the result OF the incomplete
,s.s on twenty seven issues:
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
agreements in Industry
Are Declared TrsDiolotc

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; When labor cr capital repudiate
contract obligations the rights and
aaapplness of every citizen of the
Iuaited States are jeopardized. The
7E.publican party should recognize and
ipprove the justice of a strike for
lnaerment Of conditions and where
public welfare is not threatened; but,
FSa matter of equity, should urge
fsgisiation making it criminal offense
Etn drastic penalty for either labor
capital to cancel agreements or in
fay way interfere with the welfare
pt the general public.
:, MARGARET F. MAGEE.
Newark, \. ].
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
Development of Water Power
To Save Fuel Is Demanded

Mo the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the conservation Of our nat
Eral resources it is most important
aaat power be developed from streams
slni order to save fuel. The energy
(Which is now being wasted has been
fslmated at many million horsepower.
i ihe development Of this water power
Fou!d give employment to countless
Plumbers and at the same time have a
fendency to diversity population, a
gsang much to be desired at the present
stime, when the natural tendency is
Toward the increasing of population in
ysArge cities. MAURICE KANN.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
Deflate the Currency

One OF the greatest causes Of the
high cost of living is the enormous
and unwarranted imitation of the cur
rency. Since 1915 the amount circu-
lated has risen to $50 per capita, as
against $50 before 1852. We shall
endeavor to slowly contract the cur
rency, that business may adapt itself
gradually to a safer finaicial basis.
We shall also endeavor to retrench
wasteful expenditure and reduce tax
ation-M B. Bell.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
Well Qualified Cabinet

We promise that under the next
Republican administration the Cab
met will be composed Of men spec
tally qualified for the tasks thew
are to perform. The Postmaster
General will be man whose life
work has been in the postoffice. The
Secretary Of War will be chosen
from among those who have devoted
years to military affairs.-Frederic
W. Johnston, 1884 Anacapa Street,
Santa Barbara, Calf.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
Naturalize Alien Women

To avert the danger to the ballot
because a foreign-born woman can
attain citizenship by marriage to an
American citizen and the woman suf-
trage amendment extends the vote
to those who SO secure citizenship,
We pledge ourselves to enact a law
requiring every foreign-born woman
married to an American citizen to
comply with the same naturalization
regulations as must other foreign
born men and women.-B. NJ. Solo
mon, 1923 Hunts Point Avenue, the
Bronx.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
An American Language

The word which names our army
and navy, our songs and poems, our
currency and consulates, our flag and
victories, should also designate the
language we Americans speak. There
fore, in favor of no-reservation Amer
icanism, We will support the slogan
We Speak American, using every eff
fort to secure popular, literary, jour-
nalistlc and official use of the name,
the American language, for the lin
gulstic medium in which the Declara-
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
Streng Conservation Plank

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: None Of the many subjects
which have been covered by your
splendid army of plank writer's is ahead
IN Importance of the "Conservation of
our remaining natural resources"
[ urge that strong, unequivocal COR
servation plank lie close to the front
of the Republican platform.
CHARLES T. ROOT.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
An Era of Protection

The only period Of genuine pros
perity in our history as a nation have
been those when genuine protection
was accorded to our people by law.
All others have been periods Of
languishing industry, commercial!
crises and public discomfort.
An administration that cannot
protect its own people, whether in
the matter of life, liberty or prop
erty, fails to fulfill the primary OBJ
Ject of all good government and de-
serves to be incontinently driven
from Office. - William Davidson,
Litchfield, Conn.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
Stabilize Liberty Bonds

We believe Liberty bonds should
be stabilized at par value. To this
end the Republican party promises to
initiate and support legislation which
experts deem most wise. We believe
such action will tend to restore faith
in an administration at Washington;
s. faith which recent months have
seen vanishing within the souls Of
many patriotic Americans.-S. n. y.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
Some Suggested Planks
among ne OF suggestions for planks

tion of Independence was originally
composed, the language national in
the United States and its dependen-
cies.-Dwight N. Briggs.
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EOOn PRICES.

remarkable feature of the market
situation is that the price of wheat has
been advancing since the removal of
the government guaTantee and the up
ward trend mas not ceased with the
selling of the new crop.
But foodstuffs promise to be lower,
particularly II Europe is in a fairly
self-sustaining position. and does not
bid so high for our food products as to
cause over-exportation from this coun-
try. Certainly If Russia were in a po>
sition to resume exports of grain. there
would be no doubt about the status of
the worlds food supply.
Argentina has come pretty close to
the line of over-exportation. and the
government there not only has levied
an export tax on wheat and flour, but
is trying to buy back part of the wheat
crop already sold. However. our win,
ter wheat crop and our spring wheat
prospects. together with our carry
over from last season. promise an
exportable surplus far IN excess of the
outgo in normal pre-war times. Thu
food situation. therefore, may be con-
sidered highly satisfactory.
Much of the existing scarcity would
disappear with a more rapid and ef-
ficient handling of freight shipments.
Production has been checked TO an
unbelievable extent by delayed deliv-
cries and lost consignments. With an
improvement in transportation. we un-
doubtedly would have another factor
tending to reduce prices. particularly
in raw materials and foodstuffs
/ Grains ether than wheat are showing
a tendency toward lower prices
Cheaper corn should make for cheaper
beef and pork. Mess pork and lard
/ futures now are quoted lower than al
any time in two years.
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Questions-Answers

Q, What is Queen Anne's Bounty'e-
= A This is a fund set aside by Queen
Of the Church Of England. In 1918. .ifO
liyings were augmented, beside benefae--
tons and N o grants made to the , extent 81
fund at that time was more than 100000
pounds sterling.
ming the English ChaRnel?-M- V. 5.
A Captain Matthew Webb in 1879 sue
eeeded in swimming from Dover TO Calais
in 81 hours and IS minutes. On September
9Th and 9Th, 1911, Thomas VIM. Burgess. an
Fnglishman resident In Paris. swan from
South Portland. England, to lie Cnatelet
France. The time was p hours and 30
minutes
q. How did Punch and Judy shows
4 The origin Of puppet shows Is lost in
antiquity. They we're known to both the
Greeks and Romans. 1t is significant that
Ths woid hSdsr Tie eSarsers
Puhch and Judy were well known in Eng
land in the seventeenth century. and Punch
can be traced TO Italy Of the late sixteenth
Q. What can be done for ehigger bites?
a. Cbisssrs. also called tiggers and red
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is therefore necessary to dig the insect
out with a needle which has been sterilized
by passing 1t thru flame After lex-
posture to chiggers the body should be
iathered and washed. This often prevents
Q. What part of the available sugar is
used for candy and drinks?-(i. A c.
A According to 4 late statement COM
piled by Herbert Hoover. over one-third
| Of aur sugar Is used by the candy. sweet
drinks and other manufacturers OF non
essentials.
Q. What Is a keno goose Hi. F.
4. Kens Is 4 form of lotto used in
gambling. in which numbered balls are
taken one by one from the spout Of a re-
ceptaele called a keno goose.
q. How long does it take pOstoffice to
! pay YOU for money order that has been
/ lost ~. L.
A. The postoffice department states
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Dorothy Dix TALKS
Cultivate Graciousness.-1.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman wripar.

OA~NAOAShNoo---As
Not long ago a man, who was the
father of five sons. died and in his
VIII he gave many instructions as to
how his boys should be brought UP.
Among other things he said:
Il wish to lay particular stress upon
my sons being taught gracious man
ners. Boys are not liable to realize
how far social qualities count in life.
No man is likely to go far in the
world unless he is popular with his
fellow men and women, and knows
how to get on with them. Tactful
coaching in youth makes all the diff
ference in this respect. and altho
do not want the boys TO make a too
conscious effort to be popular. I do
want those concerned with their train
ing to keep an eye on this part OF
their education, and to see to it that
they acquire that suavity of demeanor
that will make them pleasing to those
with whom they come in contact"
1 do not know how much money
this father left his boys, but 1 am
sure that the most valuable bequest
he made them was this advice about
acquiring the fine art of graciousness.
For grae3ousness is letter of credit
that the whole world honor at sight;
it is the magic that opens every door;
it is the charm that makes friends,
and disarus enemies, ana that causes
every one to lend a helping hand up
the LADDER 10 It's fortunate pOSSeSEOT-
What we vaguely describe Nas per-
sonal magnetism, or a winning per-
sonality is nothing more, nor less,
than raciousness, the ability 10 do
the nice thing in the nice way, and
to say the pleasing thing in the pleas
ing way.
without graciousness even the vir-
tues become as dust and ashes in our
teeth, and kindnesses to us are an Of
Tense against us.
Haven't you had people do you a
good turn in such an insulting way
that you hated them for it? Haven't
you had people give you things with
such an ungracious manner that you
longed TO throw their gifts back in
their faces?
And haven't you had people refuse
you things with so charming q manner
that you went away sorrier for them
because they couldn't oblige you, than
you were for yourself because you
didn't get what you had asked for ?
That's the difference between gra-
ciousness and ungraciousness.
There are people who cannot give
you a pocket handk erchief without
making you feel that you are a
pauper; who never do you a kindness
without making you realize that ii is
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LITTLE BENHY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE

Pop was wawkine up and down and
thinking in the parler before suppir.
and / went in. saying, G, pop, you awt
to see Gladdis coming up the street.
WY, is she wawking on her hands?
sed pop.
NO sir, 1 sed. she's got on a new
dress and the skert is so short G gosh.
you awt TO see it, pop.
Do you meen to tell me a dawter of
mine is axuilly wearing one Of those
nigh tide dresses. zee gods, and for
this we have Children. sed pop. WITCH
jest then Gladdis came in the frunt
door and started TO go past the parler.
Pop saying. Gladdis. can : bleeve my
eyes is that RELY you?
Who elts would it be. Kristofer
Klumbus? sed Gladdis
Wattir. wattir. sed pop. And he sat
down and leened back as If he thawt
he was going to faint. and I quick fell
down on the floor as II thswt 1 was.
saying. Wattir. wattr. is that you.
Giaddis. I thawt it was Charles Chap
lin.
o. you are so funny its a wonder
you don't die laffing at yourselves.
there's nuthing the matter with this
skert. nuthing at all, sed Gladdis.
Who sed enything about your skert2
sed pop, you must have a silty con-
shents. wattiT. wattir. Me keeping On
rolling GROUND on the floor like a
persin trying not TO faint. saying.
Wattir. wattir is that you GIaddis, 1
thawt it was Robinson Crusoe.
The ideer, I never saw sutch a
buptch of old maids. there's absilootly
nuthing rong with this skert, sed Glad
pop calling after her, Who sed there
was? Wattir, wattir, and me calling
after her. Is that you Gladdis. wattir,
wattir, I thawt it was Billy Sundey.
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palachians This spirit o. reprisai,
which often loses sight of the origi-
nal cause of disagreement. is far re-
moved from the plane of noble war
fare for the right 1t is petty and mis-
chievous, like the temper which nags
and irritates.
Magnanimity is a mark of all truly
great minds. Heroes are always chiV-
alrous. Nobody can afford to nurse
personal enmities perpetually. for they
turn the milk of human kindness sour.
1t Is not the men who fought in the
great war who are loudly declaiming
that they will never forgive Germany.
Only half a century has passed since
Americas terrible internecine strife,
yet today the bitterness has gone, OK
eept as some inept politician tries 10
revive it for ignoble purposes. No one
is great enough to live regnantly who
Is not also great enough to forgive.
So important is the lesson which
stands out as primary teaching Of
the episode of Davids mercy towards
Saul. that Jesus declared that our very
hope of forgiveness from heaven is
pillard upon the quality of our own
spirit of forgiveness toward those who
have wronged us. Forgive US . .
Are Amy Persons sacrcd?.
Our iconoclastie day has little of
David's respect for~the man in nigh
| office, or for the Lord s, anointed. We
seem to delight in flouting all sancti-
! ties. Because a minister is a minister,
he is the filter subject for gibe and
| Jest. An invariable penalty which att
taches to the holding of high Office
| is that eminent officials are lampoon-
ed and berated and criticised. No po-
sition is so lofty that IT receives inl-
munity from mud. We gloat over the
downfall of rulers, however ancient
their line.
Do we do we'll in this2 Is not the
! Bible teaching that Caesar is to be
honored because he is Caesar? Are
not rulers to be held in respect? De-
mocracy's cavalier ways with digni-
taries SAVIOR little of the attitude Of
| David, who spared King Sauls life
because he was the Lords apointed
China, tho a republic, retains its ex-
emperor in state and dignity. Presi-
dent Roosevelt once publiely. rebukeo
| q group of boys who hailed him as
Teddy" he reminded them of the
respect due his office. King Saul may
be far from. meeting our Approval
in his personal life; but he is tbs
king.
Rich in meaning for our own day
is this dramatic incident in the vii
derness of the Holy Land, where a.
the present time there is sporadic
| fighting. 1t carries the message o.
the knightly soul that remains chiv'
alrous in spite of all temptation
Ito descend to base reprisals. 1t be
speaks the value of adversely and per
secution IN the development of a grea
spirit. 1t reminds us all. high anf
How. that we are ever within danger
of death. Most of all, it points gu
the royal way to win an enemy, al
we'll as to overcome him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-16
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger)

The column has an interesting COM
munication from. J. P. F., who writes;
II thought 1 would write you a few
iines.-I am thinking of writing a poem,
and 1 thought 1 would ask you If you
would care TO publish il if IL in your
opinion contains merit 10 be worth the
time and space, if not please return
the same to me"
We refer to the matter here for the
purpose of commencing ]. P. F.'s at
titude in the matter. He merely is
thinking about writing a poem. He
hasn't done 1t yet. The quality of re-
straint which marks his ambition is
so unusual that we take pleasure in
complimenting him.
The trouble with poetry in this
country, we go on to advise J. P. F..
is that the man who cannot express
himself dramatically, clearly or
comprefiensively in prose is the enc
most likely to attempt 10 do it in verse.
Allan McCurdy's Characterization of
the Democratic party as. "brazen" will
strike-a responsive chord in the pub
lie mind. 1t is a point exceedingly
well taken. There has been in the his
tory of political parties a no more
andacious piece of effrontery than the
Democratic plank on the subject of
artesian wells.
The party's claim that it discov-
cred oil in Oklahoma will also. we
imagine, strike every reasoning man
as a malicious and poorly calculated
fling at the people.
Mr.. McCurdySs comment on the
bold attitude of the Republican party
will also impress those who follow the
details of the Republican convention
Il takes a bold political party to de
mand free air for everybody; but the
Republicans did it.
Both parties deserve rebuke at the
polls. The trouble is that all of those
capable and qualified to administer
the business of this country are IL
one or the other.