PRIZES OFFERED FOR ESSAYS IN ECONOMICS

Announcement has been made of four prizes to be offered for essays in the field of commerce and industry for the year 1923. The following subjects are proposed, although a competitor is not confined to the list. Any other subject chosen, however, must first be approved by the committee consisting of Pro fessor J. L. Laughlin of the University of Chicago, Chairman, Professor J. B. Clark of Columbia University, Hon. Theodore E. Burton, Washington, President Edwin F. Gay, New York Evening Post, and Professor Wesley C. Mitchell, Columbia University.

The subjects proposed for next year are:

1) A critical examination of the work of the Shipping Board.

2) The Pittman silver act.

3) The facts and underlying theory of the present German monetary situation.

4) The present position and future prospects of unionism in the United States.

5) The effects of a protective tariff on farm products in the United States.

6) The crisis of 1920 in Japan, the United States and Europe.

Two prizes, one of $300 and one of $200 are offered to those who at the time papers are sent in are undergraduates of any American college. Two prizes of $1000 and $500 respectively are offered to any other American without restriction. The possession of a degree is not required nor is any age limit set.

Papers should be sent on or before June 1, 1923, to the chairman of the committee, who will also send further detailed information concerning the contest.