Section thirty two of the Art of Public Speaking Appendix A. Fifty questions for
debate. One has labor unionism justified its existence? Two? Should all church
printing be brought out under the union label? Three? Is the open shop
a benefit to the community? Four? Should arbitration of industrial disputes be made
compulsory? Five? Is profit sharing a solution of the wage problem? Six?
Is a minimum wage law desirable? Seven? Should the eight hour day
be made universal in America? Eight? Should the state compensate those who sustain
irreparable business loss because of the enactment of laws prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating drinks? Nine? Should public utilities be owned by the municipal pality?
Ten should marginal trading in stocks be prohibited? Eleven Should the national government establish
a compulsory system of Old Asian insurance by taxing the incomes of those to be
benefited? Twelve? Would the triumph of socialistic principles result in deadening personal ambition?
Thirteen? Is the presidential system a better form of government for the United
States than the parliamental system? Fourteen? Should our legislation be shaped toward the
gradual abandonment of the protective tariff? Fifteen Should the government of the larger cities
be vested solely in a commission of not more than nine men elected by the
voters at large? Sixteen? Should national banks be permitted to issue, subject
to tax and government supervision notes based on their general assets? Seventeen? Should
woman be given the ballot on the present basis of suffrage for men? Eighteen?
Should the present basis of suffrage be restricted? Nineteen? Is the hope
of permanent world peace at delusion? Twenty? Should the United States send a
diplomatic representative to the Vatican? Twenty one Should the powers of the world substitute
an international police for national standing armies? Twenty two? Should the United States
maintain the Monroe doctrine? Twenty three Should the recall of judges be adopted?
Twenty four? Should the initiative and referendum be adopted as a national principle?
Twenty five? Is it desirable that the national government should own all railroads operating
in interstate territory? Twenty six itsirable that the national government should own interstate telegraph
and telephone systems? Twenty seven is the national prohibition of the liquor, traffic
and economic necessity Twenty eight Should the United States Army and Navy be greatly strengthened?
Twenty nine Should the same standards of altruism obtain in the relations of nations
as in those of individuals? Thirty Should our government be more highly centralized?
Thirty one Should the United States continue its policy of opposing the combination of railroads?
Thirty two? In case of personal injury to a workman arising out of
his employment, should his employer be liable for adequate compensation and be forbidden to
set up as a defense a plea of contributory negligence on the part of the
workmen or the negligence of a fellow workman. Thirty three Should all corporations doing
interstate business be required to take out a federal license? Thirty four Should the
amount of property that can be transferred by inheritance be limited by law? Thirty
five Should equal compensation for equal labor between women and men universally prevail? Thirty
six Does equal suffrage tend to lessen the interest of woman in her home?
Thirty seven Should the United States take advantage of the commercial and industrial weakness of
foreign nations brought about by the war by trying to wrest from them their markets
in Central and South America. Thirty eight should teachers of small children in the
public schools be selected from among mothers? Thirty nine should football be restricted to
colleges for the sake of physical safety? Forty should college students who receive compensation
for playing summer baseball be debarred from amateur standing? Forty one should daily school
hours and school vacations both be shortened. Forty two should home study for pupils
in grade schools be abolished and longer school hours substituted. Forty three should the
honor system and examinations be adopted in public high schools? Forty four should all
colleges adopt the self government system for its students? Forty five should colleges be
classified by national law and supervision and uniform entrance and graduation requirements maintained by each
college in a particular class. Forty six should ministers be required to spend a
term of years in some trade, business, or profession before becoming pastors?
Forty seven is the y MC losing its spiritual power? Forty eight is the
church losing its hold on thinking people? Forty nine are the people of the
United States more devoted to religion than ever fifty does the reading of magazines contribute
to intellectual shallowness? End of Section thirty two.