, 1879-01-11

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the least cost will produce the most In an houF'a
labor Is, under the severe but natural laws Of
competition In tradc, tho best known and most
popular, bccausc tho most practical. But while
this rule applies with effect TO al branches OF
mechanics and to every dcpartmeor OF domestic
economy In which the important question OF
money.eettlnE and snving Is tho subject Of con.
troyersy, II latlentably falls Of practical 1orce
when applied to tho question Of law-rcfoFn1.
That our laws aswstten arc nystitcd, tnuzzlcd,
and fnanaccd BY share Ut legal !nfricacles, de-
nied dtstlgured, and distorted BY cunning tricks
and other disrenutahle practices Of the "learn-
cl and eloquent" a'trocates Ut what Is, when
stripped Of Its deception and made plain and
purc, onc Of tho highest professions studied oy
nan, no one doubts whose unfortunate expc-
rience has led him with grtst 10 at attorneys
MILL.
think II tafc to say that ninetenths OF the
littgauis VI this city arc business men, who arc
engaged IN konle way In trade or manufactures.
~ class, they arc practical, aud mans Of them
wc1l educated, aud yet they furnish tue great
bulk of fuoI upon which the hungry corlno-
rants OF the law subs!st. ..-
Chicago Ia tho mercantile tra,lc-asl this
assertion I. true OF any other city Ut pronincncn
in this cotntry-tlat has not ita ER-salarcd or
hrayv-co,nmtssionpd law Hrni to do sllae xnY
man calling himself q business Hnn should be
able to do for hl1nself, ur hts boukkecuef ur
travelling salesman 10 competent to do for
hirn.
il given into the hands of jawyera Is, TINT there
orc 50 1sIAsiy small. Mcan ponts Of law discus
hiun, useless, but used by attorneys 10 n;lsslate
md destroy the truth. ana to .prulong the suit
fur tie financial benefit of the !aWfcr, flIat busl-
ness men have no tlme tlor INCLINATION tu study
tho Inc art Of chccknlatinR by other than
squire business way thu dishonest debtor, anu
1tis hy "wnya ttat aru dark Ald tricks that arc
vnsn " that ~ lnauy thousand pcttflocgcrs tlnd
| u living. ..,
profession fur Information upon slu,plc business
matters, when, In a thousand euRes to one, tho
exercise of the rigid rules Of common sense
| would kolye the proGul and sure the cost Ut
sut. Is a libel utnn aur cutntnu',-Scfiool edutae
tin; ani the tciur!n nj the laws will not llnye
out The iaud IL Il Inv Department III wlrh the
| ,uutI! Of our cNuntry are tauVht, ms they nrc
| Instructed III the condensed boaks OF history.
| lnstcati of tnaking the Law tISc;n: studr. aud
cuIsnctl only to tic young tnan or woman VITO
| hnA n taste fur tha rr.I!esstpil, 1t sfI1uld bn
mnt1c compulsory. II for no other reason .hln
as Il h!gta-!ight of danger ulirul for the rising
young VI this generation.
/ continue to a limited extent tn br. necessary
eylt, fur there arc cuiscs En which the ne.hca
of tue law ran On!y be untan9lctl " cx1cri-
enced students in 1cgcr.3rtna.n. but IN prot1or-
ton As tho people rcforW our present lawh and
complicated rut:s Of pt8tttcc lnto nlnra pFac-
ttcal nnu comprehensive snape will the demand
ior thc scFytrcs of thIs dlstltEulsAed c!ass ot
our ct[zenx gradually diminish.
Out Of our present administration OF the code
there has grown powerful, arlssocratic, uu.i cx-
elusive profession. ~ u larger degtee than u
ssto tic rnd [so n,.,rh that tho administration
Of justice Hnr br kept puro" Cooper and
others oil Blatgctt), Is there such rush
to tho ranks ot thn profcsslon, but