Show Student Wins Republican Prize 4 4 q rr A J. J 4 J Award Made for Platform N lt EWT YORK May 22 Carl Carl Smith Joslyn Josl n 21 old a Harvard lIar university uni- uni student residing at nt 40 street Springfield Mass is is time the winner of the tho Walker Blaine Blame Beale prize for the best hest proposed platform to tho the Republican national committee for tho the corning coining presidential campaign according to word rece received d in Salt Lake yesterday The Tho prize for tho the writing of or the I most logical Republican party platform platform platform plat plat- form was wa offered by hy Truston Bealo Dealo former United States minister to Per Per- I sia sin Tho The Judges of ot the tho contest were President Nicholas Murray Butler Butter Columbia college former United States Senator Albert Alhert J J. J c and former former for tor- mer Ambassador David Jayne Jane Hill The Tho second prize of or was a awarded Howard B. B Wilson 25 5 a student student stu stu- dent at the University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania of or 2137 Catherine street Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia and the third prize of oC 1000 was given to W. W P. P Smith University I of oC Michigan student of ot Ann Arbor I Michigan Tho The winning prize platform follows 11 Ity By CARla RI S SMITH JOSL YS Republican party assembled assem assem- THE I bled by Its representatives in national convention renews moro marl its pled pledge co of or faith to those principles and Institutions of or government Jo established by the tho founders of ot time the American republic It Il reaffirms its allegiance to the tho consUl constitution 1 lun of the tho United Unito l States unit and will do 10 It I utmost to that tIme tho guarantees of ot personal and civil liberty therein contained iwo firo In In no wa way impaired It de declares do- do clares dares its ItH b belief lIer In a n. self con trolled democracy a ft government of laws not of oC men in which the lawn lawi are arc Interpreted tc by a free tree And independent Ju judiciary ju- ju of safeguarding the rights of or minorities and un un- un- un swayed b by tho the passions and loud prejudices prejudices s of popular will At ibis critical point In tho the nations nation's na nn- na- na tion's history we turn with re ren renewed re- re n wed confidence confidence- to the tho l lessons of ot the past for tor instruction as to the plans and policies poUch ft that arc are best bost adapted for lor tho the future national Continued on page pago 1 12 STUDENT WINNER i OF V VALUABLE E GOP PLATfORM PRIZE 1 r ra a. a Yo Youth th 2 21 Years of Age SupS Supplies Sup S plies Valuable Plank Pank Panki i Material l ti V Continued from Pare Page 1 w welfare Sound constructive S statesmanship looks loois for Cor guidance not to the evanescent hopes of ot the future but to the record of ot maas maa's struggle In the past with tho the over over- recurring problems of or state and society No Xo political party part can af afford l a- a ford to disregard utterly the wit wI- ibm dom and experience of or the tho a ages es S S We Ve believe o that that one Is most surely sureh destined for tor success which rests Its case caso on the accumulated tea teachings of or tho the past ast and derives Its Inspiration for achievement from the memory of or what other otherS men like c minded have havo been able S S. S to to accomplIsh S American Go Government S. S Wo We aro are unalterably opposed to toS S an any form of or government which seeks either by bp violence or by b- distorted distorted dis dis- propaganda to supplant those Institutions of or free freo and representative representative rep rep- c government which area are aro a embodied In tho the constitution of oC tho the United States s. s Contemporaneous history affords we c believe belle ample evidence for tho the contention that a system of ot government go under uner which S pow power r is vested ested In th the hands hans of or those accustomed ill to Its use which arrays class against class an and promotes hatred and bitterness bitterness bitter bitter- ness among amonS' them which abolishes private property p in land and en entrusts entrusts en- en trusts trust the work vork of at production to groups of or men who aro are u ither either b by Inclination or previous training to administer il Its functions tune tune- that that such a t system cannot and will not prevail pre The Republican parly party stands now as alwa always s 's for law and order orderS S tin ln In government It believes that t lasting progress may be bo mast surely sure sure- ly 11 attained b by tho the peaceable lc and orderly processes o of lc legislation and the free expression of or public opinion So Ion long a as It has In charge chargo tho the administration of or national national national na na- na- na affairs neither not noi- an any of its dif m ill disguised kindred kindred kindred kin kin- dred will ever gain foothold on these shores horel America seeks peace under liberty and tie tho Republican party part numbers none but loyal loal Americans within Its ranks rank Trent Treaty and I League cane De of ot N 1 Wo 10 favor the tho Immediate ratification ratification tion of or the treal treaty of 0 peace with such reservations as will Ul furnish Adequate safeguards to the tho sov- sov p and antI independence of tho the United States It should be made mado o 5 apparent to the other ratifying powers power that tho the United States re reS retains retains re- re S an absolute right to withdrawal withdrawal with with- from the lea league of oC naS nations nations na na- na- na S after aCter giving g due and proper notice of ot tho the same me that this naS na- na S inn assumes under tho the covenant 5 of ot tho the league no obligation either cither 01 legal or moral to transport ort its solS sol sol- S and sailors for service abroad or In any case to mobilize v vor or withhold Its economic resources at tho the recommendation o of or the tho S. S coUncil of or the league unless s' s Conf Con- Con 5 f gross cress In tho UtO of or complete of or action shall so authorize author author- ize Izo that no provision In the tho covenant covenant cove cove- nant of the league o of ot nations shall shan 5 bo be so interpreted as l In any way to invalidate tho the letter or the tho spirit of or the Monroe doctrine that under no circumstances shall shan theS tho the S assent of ot the United States to the terms of the tho covenant Imply p a a. re- re of or Its traditional at- at 5 towards purely American questions or require the slon of its o policies regarding such vt questions or other matters of a a. do domestic do- do nature to the tho tribunal of or thi tho lea league uc for decision Va object most mOlt strenuously to Article X of or tho the covenant of the lea league uc of 0 nations believing that I It tl would not only entail the virtual virtual vir vir- tuat surrender of or our national soY sov- S but would Involve us In controversies between nations in if which we could have luve no immediate or vital concern To allow ourselves our our- selves thus to be bo drawn Into tho the Intricate web of foreign diplomacy would be In direct contravention of the best beet and wisest counsel handed dO down n to us tie by the thc fathers 5 of this great republic j The Tue c covenant for or a a. league of ot nations Is further dew dok dc- dc w k in that It makes no provision provi pro don sion for tho the future status of oC In InS In- In S law but delegates S rights and prerogatives properly belonging to the constituent memS members mem mem- S bers hers to a super national authority which In the exercise of ot Its powS powers pow pow- S era ers and functions under the coveS covon cove cove- S nant n nt is to all Intents and anU pur- pur a a. self ruled and corporate entity No society of or nations can canS S hope to endure which does not rest S on the tho foundation of a a. law of ot nations nations na- na established by voluntary 5 agreement and having for its V. V sanction the tho common purpose of ot tho the nations responsible for tor Its cre cro- S atlon We Wo propose the addition of an amendment to Article XIV S of or the tho league no covenant providing for tor an international conference to meet at stated Intervals for the the the- S. S purpose of ot revising and elaborating ing ing- the existing body of ot v lawS law S 'S We Yo also recommend the tho nt und r. r tho league of ot naS na na- na- na S ion tion of or an International tribunal tribunalS S S of Df Justice to bear hear and decide upon S all 11 dl disputes utes arising be- be w. w I. I tween nations that are subject to th the Jurisdiction of ot the league By d this means the rule rulo of law rather than tho uncertain Influence of ot discussion and recommendation recommendationS S would bo be substituted for tor th the rule rulo t- t of of force torce Nations would gradually S be led to abandon n Irrational and methods of settling their differences and the achieve achieve- S meat ment of a a. lasting r peace would be made mad possible High BIh of The high cost of living Is the most Important domestic problem pressing for solution The Tho dented rise In prices during the past few tew years which ha has J affected every household throughout th the nation IB le attributable to certain very ery definite detinUe causes Lessened productivity due chiefly to war warS war S S wasta wastage c oppressive taxation and repressive rep legislation laUon currency ex ex- and Inflation of ot credit op on- crating directly to decrease the purchasing power of ot the dollar dollar- private extravagance and waste S creating a a swollen demand for tor high h goods Increased cost I oC ot production and lavish wartime wartime war war- time timo expenditure by tho the government government govern govern- ment mont have all had their part In raising prices to nn an artificial level le from which they must speedily bo 10 reduced to sate safeguard tho the interests of oC national welfare as tho the surest and most effective remedy for the high cost of ot living tho the observance on tho the part of oC every individual group of or Individuals and tho the government gov rov- of ot the tho simple and fundamental fundamental funda tuna mental laws laW's of ot economics Production Pro must be Increased all Ill un unnecessary unnecessary un- un necessary restraints on business and Industry should be bc at once re ro- ro moved Waste and extravagance ctr must be bc curbed the tho habits of oC thrift and anal Industry should bo be cul cUl- Costs of or production must mut bo be lowered industrial disputes and discontent should be kept at ata ata ata a Credit and currency p Inflation must he bo reduced tho the volume volume vol vol- ume of oC bank credits and the circulating cir dr medium should be bo gradually grad grad- ad- ad diminished In all Its phases tho the high cost of or living lIvInS' represents nothing more orin In Interference In- In than the tho violent operation or ot with wit tho the normal operation oper atlon of oC well known economic laws Jaws Prices can bo be r reduced both for the producer and the tho consumer only b by allowing these laws II to take tolo their natural course and by softening softening soft soft- ening where necessary ar the asperities asperities asperi aspen ties of or their operation T abor and und Industry Increased productivity Is based pi on tho the harmonious and effective co operation o of labor and In industry In order that these two factors of or production mo may perform their Joint function with a a. maximum of oC economy and antI efficiency It Is essential th that t tho the conditions under which the they areto are aro to operate co be determined In a manner which shall least prejudice the Interests of or tho one or theother tho the other Workers are entitled to toan toan tonn an nn wage e. e to reasonable hours of ot labor and to healthful conditions of ot employment Capital Capital Capi Capi- tal should receive a satisfactory return on tho the money mone which It has Invested All AIl Que questions relating to working conditions should so far faras faras faras as possible bo be settled by hy conference confer confer- once ence between employers and em em- rather than by b. by resort to coercive measures which servo serve only to stir up ill m will and discontent While administrative machinery for tor the prevention and settlement nt of ot Industrial disputes s has become increasingly necessary It should sl be recognized that this offers no fundamental solution to our labor problem Industrial peace pence can bo be brought about only b by a new sense of or responsibility on the part of or employers and workers to the welfare wel wel- rare faro of ot the community Cessation Cessa Cessa- ion tion of oC work for whatever cr cause In industries nd services which aro are vital to the needs of or orthe the public inevitably means acuto acute suffering anti and Inconvenience and can In no wa way be bo condoned Wo o 0 favor or the tho establishment of oC industrial commissions in tho the public public pub pub- lic lie service industries to hear and pass Dass upon matters of or controversy contro which aro are brought ht to their at at- at Such bodies should also have havo the power to Inquire into conditions in their respective In Industries industries in- in with a view to suggesting means whereby greater economy of oC production and Improved workIng workIng work- work in Ing conditions may bo be effected l Employers and workers throughout through through- hout h- h out tho countr country must bo be brought to a realization of oC tho the common Interest which the they have havo In maintaining main maln- taming hl high h standards of or production production tion and to a n. sense of ot tho ho obligation obligation obliga obliga- tion which rests upon them to set- set tb their differences In a n. peaceable peaceable ble bie manner guided b by tho principles principles ples plea of oC Justice and mutual con con- Economy We condemn most emphatically the wholesale and reckless ex extravagance cx- cx tra of ot tho the Democratic ad adminIstration administration administration ad- ad ministration in Its financing of ot tho the recent war Never before In inthe tho the history of or tho the nation were tho the public DubUc funds dispensed in so lavish a a. manner and with so utter a disregard disregard dis dis- regard for tho the Interests of or thep tho the p people e opi e. e The Republican party favors a a. program of ot tho the most rigid national nation nation- al economy so far as that may be bo found consistent with tho ho Immediate immediato Immedi immedi- ate ato and pressing needs of oC tho the country as a means of or counteracting counteracting counter counter- acting the the Inordinate expenditures occasioned by tho the war It pled pledges Its support to the thc l law w providing for tora a a. budget system of or approprIations appropriations appropriations and will do Its utmost to Lo in insure insure In- In sure uro that those offices of the government gov JO that are arc charged under tho the law with tho the duty of or preparing in lug ing estimates making revisions and Independently auditing departmental departmental depart depart- mental accounts shall shaH not evade their responsibility A business administration in national finance Is too ur urgently needed to stand de defeat do- do feat cat at this time timo by tho the efforts cUorts of or unscrupulous government officials or local political Interests National r economy ha has also an nn application quite quito outside the field of 0 government So finance Tho The time limo has bas passed sed when wo we can continue continuo to exploit our natural resources b by the wasteful and destructive methods hitherto employed We must husband our resources and andIn andin In cases where these cannot be re replaced replaced replaced re- re |