New-York tribune., 1920-02-21

| and to shippers, while affording to
the owners of the railways fair re-
turn upon their investment.
The returns must be sufficient to
attract the large amounts Of capital
needed for further construction and
development in order that the needs
r OF the public may be met. Above all
else, the public interest demands
stable, consistent and constructive
policy toward the transportation sys-
tens, on which the country's pros
perity so largely depends, rather
than policy of restriction and
starvation.
Merchant Marine
Run By Private Capital
MERCHANT MARINE: We be-
lievc that boa, the national defense
and proper care for our foreign COM
merce require merchant marine Of
the best type OF modern ship flying
the American flag, manned by Amer
lean seamcn, owned by private CAPT
tai and operated by private energy.
We believe it to be sound public
policy that government aid be given
to promote the establishment of per-
manent overseas service on specified
routes that will make satisfactory
provision for carrying the United
States mails.
SOCIAL ADVANCE: We rccog-
nizc that health, housing and educa
tlon are essential to that satisfac-
tion upon which free government
rests. We urge that prompt study
hn f-iu {o
tecting and promoting the health of
the people, of providing better and
more adequate housing, particularly
IN large centers Of population and
for families with children; of en-
couraging land settlement through
cooperative effort, and of improving
the schools of the land, with refer
encc to providing thoroughly trained
and properly paid TEACHERS.
We invite attention to the neces-
slty OF giving careful study to the
question of clearly establishing the
respective Jurisdictions of state and
Federal governments in all that re-
lates to labor laws, public health
measures, the construction Of public
works and the promotion of educa-
tlon; In this study consideration
must be given to the benefit to be
derived from national uniformity on
the one hand and to tic danger which
necessarily arises from overccntral-
ization and bureaucracy on the other.
Trade Prosecuted BY
Federal Commission
FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS.SION:
We charge that the Federal Trade
Commission as at present constituted
has deliberately prosttutcd it's
proper function. 1t has prosecuted
trade instead of promoting trade.
The large industrial units should be
under the administrative supervision
of the Federal Trade Commission.
properly constituted, and should be
told in definite terms what business
practices are and what are got per-
missible.
1t is essential to the prosperity
and employment of the people that
the country's business, both national
and international, be promoted and
developed. That this can be accom-
plished with effective control in the
public interest is evidenced by the
history of the national banking sys-
tenn.
MILITARY POLICY: We are op-
posed to large army Of professional
policy of small standing army, with
a trained citizen reserve, subject to
call for service only in case Of dec
laration of war by Congress.
The training Of citizen soldiers
should be under national supervision
and its control shared by citizens
who are not officers in the regular
army. The purpose Of this training
should be not only to provide u
trained citizen reserve, upon which
the nation may depend for defense
IN time of need, but to promote the
health Of the youth of the land, as
we'll as to instruct them in good
citizenship and in useful habits OF
industry.
This would be a return to one Of
the basic principles upon which this
government was founded as declared
by law during Washington's admin
istratl.on-namely, universal obliga-
tion to serve in time Of war and q
universal obligation to be fiji to serve.
1t is the direct opposite Of mlitarsm.
Shocking Administration
OF immigration Laws
IMMIGRATION: The recent ad
ministration of laws relating to i'm
migration has been shocking in the
extreme. More important than new
legislation is correct enforcement of
the law that now exists by able,
industrious and conscientious Of
iicials. who fully understand its
significance and purpose. The ad-
ministrative staff should be adequate
and thoroughly competent
Congress should at once make
available for the use of immigra-
tion authorities the evidence in re-
lation to criminals to be found N
the police and court records of the
localities from which they come.
The general physical requirements
for males coming to America to per
form manual labor should be raised
and made more definite.
All aliens should hereafter be re-