Questionnaire on Economics and Political Issues, 1920

QUESTIONNAIRE ON ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL ISSUES, 1920, Advisory Committee on Policies and Platform, Republican National Committee (Ogden L. Mills, Chairman), hardcover, illustrated with tables, graphs, and charts, 1920. BOOK CONDITION: good. The text block and illustrations are in very good condition, with no tears, dog-ears, or marks. Pages are age-toned. No bookplate or signature of a prior owner, but the seal of a bookseller is affixed inside the front cover. Not a library book or remainder. The blue cloth boards are in good condition (shelf wear, bumped corners, faded and bumped spine). 10 x 6 ¾, 272 pages, 29 ounces XX FOREWORD: The above questionnaires have been prepared by the Committee on Policies and Platform of the Republican National Committee, for the purpose of ascertaining public opinion and of eliciting such facts and data as would enable the National Convention to frame the party program and platform on a sound and constructive basis. Some 100,000 copies have been circulated. The response has been most gratifying, and much valuable data has been received. We republish these questionnaires in pamphlet form because of the numerous requests received for complete sets, and in the hope that this analysis of the many complex and novel economic problems which confront the country will contribute to a better understanding of the fundamental factors and may arouse fruitful public discussion leading to sound solutions. Nothing in the questionnaires should be construed in any way to indicate the views of the committee or the sub-committees, the purpose being merely to elicit information and to ascertain opinion. XX Broadly the questionnaires focused on these subjects: Industrial Relations and the Problems of Capital and Labor, International Trade and Credits, Limitations of Federal and State Control and Regulation, The High Cost of Living, Banking and Currency, The Immigration Situation, Agricultural Policies, The Merchant Marine, The Regulation of Commerce and Industry, The Railroad Problem, Federal Taxation, and Conservation of National Resources. XX Warren G. Harding, the Republican candidate, beat the Democratic candidate James M. Cox in a true landslide, 16.2M to 9.1M.…