Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-19
BucklNo THE n. c. OF L.
Increased Production, Waste ELM
inatlon and Discrimination In
Buying the Only Remedies
BY GEORGE NOx MCCAIN
TNlIERE is no end to the solutions

By uEOkGE NUA MCtAlN
TNHERE is no end to the solutions for
l. prevailing high prices. The trouble
with all of them Is that they do not
solve. Now aud then an opinion from
an expert is voiced.
j. =. Crutchfeld. vice food admins.
traitor for Pennsylvania during the war,
has decided views upon the subject.
The American people should wake
going TO solve the problem of high
prices" says Mr.. Crutchfeld. "1t
was possible to do so during the war,
but even then 1t would have been i'm
possible had we not had behind us the
patriotic spirit, and the willingness to
sacrifice, of the American people,
There are just three ways to bring
prices down to normal level /: Increased
production, elimination of waste. and
greater discrimination in the purchase
and use Of food.
THE American people have been ac-
customed to getting what they want and
when they want it in the way Of food,
regardless of its seasonable character.
The scarcer a certain, article is the
greater the demand for it. And this is
true of all classes.
"A striking instance Of this was
shown during the world war in 1918.
During the previous year there had been
shortage in potatoes. Everybody
wanted them. The farmers were urged
to plant more. potatoes. They did so,
and the marketable crop in 1918 could
scarcely be disposed Of. And yet they
were an all season food selling at very
low prices.
The gscat American public can make
its own prices il il will only exercise a
pn a .,f al ;,t al
limit itself to the purchase of seasonablc
varieties of food. Then see that none
of the food is wasted.
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE is in the
~ midst Of campaign to complete its
81 900. 900 endowment fund. The OK
penscs of the ."drive" have all been
provided for beforehand and will not
come out Of the amount secured.
This is merely preliminary to the
statement that it has the most dstin-
guished advisory committee connected
with that work of any of the numerous
educational drives now on in the
country.
No less than thirty eight colleges and
universities have launched campaigns
for Increased endowmcnts.
On Swarthmorc'S campaign advisory
committee appear the names of Herbert
&. Hoover. \. Mitchell Palmer. Will
liam {. Sproul. President Joseph
Swain, Isaac II. Clothicr. Robert y.
Janucy. +. Lawrence Fell William
Hyde Appleton. Morris l.. Clothicr.
LuCrctia HlankcDburg. Elizabeth Pow
oil Bond. Carolina III. Worth and about
twenty more prominent people.
The war played havoc with Swarth-
morcs plans for financial advancement
When the work was suspended S525,-
GOO for endowment purposes and 500.
600 for hnilding purposes had been
secured. The aim of tho present drive
Is to secure enough additional sub
Srrb'tionS TO make 81 .000. 900 and thus
secure the additional gift from the
General Educational Board.
CWARTHMORE is a select college OF
~ the first rank. This is apparent in
III" fact that the board Of managers has
limited tho attendance to 80 men and
80 women.
There is n long waiting list of both
sexes.
| know OF instances where the chill
dren Of former graduates have been
enrolled for admittance twelve years
in advance.
As to its rank. justifying the above.
! il is entered among those Of the first
class by the General Educational Board.
the graduate schools of the leading
universities. the United States Board
of Education and other similar
standardizing institutions.
Being a Friends or. more nopularly.
Quaker. educational institution, it has
put forth its claims directly and vet with
becoming m0dcsty. Its modcSty is
pEIDppI thp fact that IL j.. e.,
81 10000, which is just equivalent, in
present times. to the 81 .00U, 900 desired
in 1914.
Wesleyan. another Of the thirty eight
asking aid, with An endowment Of
$4,000 and 1876 students. seeks
$4,000. 900 additional. and Brown. with
an endowment of $4,000, 900. is trying
for $4,000. 900 more.
With becoming modCsty also the
Swarthmore committee has set forth
some facts worthy the consideration of
men Of millions who may be interested
in the future of American youth.
There are in Swarthmorc fifteen de-
partmentS. Since thr beginning Of the
world war four heads of departments
have resigned. three of whom have taken
up other work and one has gone to an
other institution at greatly incrca sed
salary. The teaching personnel Of an.
other department, with six on its staff
includes only one member. the head Of
/ the department. who was on the staff
in 1914. Still another department has
changed every teacher except two in
that time.
| WITH the dircctness, the aye. aye"
w and may nay" Of the Quaker. the
! Swarthmorc committee has put forth
little bulletin based on a question
nairc sent to heads of tho college de-
partments concerning their present
| salaries aud the effect Of high prices
upon tho standard Of instruction aud
/ living. Here are tho facts.
4 Professors and instructors without
/ exception report that they have been
! forced 10 practice the most rigid econ
omv. and that they purchase food and
clothing OF an inferior quality and much
less Of both.
Without exception all have found it
necessary to reduce materially the
| amount OF entertaining Of students in
! their homes. which is one Of the chief
assets OF small college.
Owing to demands Of household neces-
sity many have discontinued member.
! shin in social and educational clubs.
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