The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-22
'i'liI.. \IIiji.-NrEN Policy.


TO ;hr Editor Of he Labor World:
W!rn Lrl,rIi>r tnrrv Deliberately
shot and Killed actor Porter IN TrHaS
u few years ago. Ike rpi~,n!r was W'Hr-
! " tlis.ll>~rI. Since then The SNORING
ct citizens ~ detectives has grown
NOR. common. and IT,. people seem I"
',r getting accustomed 10 it. In Il
daily paper nf recent date is printed a
report rl lie shooting OF one citizen
f;,llii> ard The vomiting OF
Two others by detective James
boyle, in New York City. Doyle
had been drinking in Il Sill
loon with Il Woman. and refused to
leave W mem il came time to close up.
THIS o. rurIrncr brings two evils
prominently inro notice. namely. the
detective evil and the social evil.
Both enjoy unusual privileges in Du-
hath under ne TruclSrn ahministrl-
ton. Thr Nidr-oIirn policy is very
elastic. 1t gives ielrctive> rNtranr'Ii-
nary opportunities and powers. and
II allows crooked Wriiltn to drink in
saloons. to l,rrInli,iIla1r tnr streets in
y drunken condition. and to make rN-
nih;lionS Of themselves in ways shock
ing to Ike common sense OF dtrrnrN.
! lave hrar,! the >aloonkerpcrs them
selves complain OF these things. They
are the CREATES, sufferers because Of
The custom Of Blaming everything
upon tin rUmSslIrr. In Chicago the
rules rcHlIntin street walkers are so
strict that. in his zeal 10 enforce them,
il policeman arrested Il travelling man
caught kissing his own wife. In Dulul h
the stree; walkers have been given an
inch, and they have taken Il mile. They
no longer cunfinr their pcrambula-
lions to the hours "wi,cn good men
SIrrp." Dnt now make hot II night and
day hitlruu>. They are not regulated.
Like rats. their numbers have been
increased until they crowd one an
other. and to obtain :, living they must
venture forth from their dcnS in
Eload daylight. The saIu,nkceprrs do
no: ik" ii: II" penpl,. generally feel
di~graccI by i.
Vt the |a>i ::;,v:;nG Of the Humane
Society. in High School Hall. Mayor
!rllrI>rn told with tirtsonHr rcitrra-
,ion) how ne had needed his grand
mothers good advirc and had prayed
all his days that he might not end his
life ON The "yn|I,,S" He should not
Ia kr TOO selfish a view OF tilc gu1owS.
While at his ,le>u1iunS he should re-
mrmhrr that there are others. And
that his Widr-oren policy is Il great
rrlmr-brrrtirr. One of The crimes being
IN | I t.ilrI wv h,
policy is the crime uf murder. which
is punishable with death on the gal
lows. The Stacking death of Kane
from :: du>r taken at Pauline Bair's
popular Resort he TT her night may
NOT have been Il murder. but it reflects
no credit upon l'rurI>rn's wilr-oprn
policy. which is dangerous to the pub
lie peace.
Tine testimony ntAiny taken by the
New York City investigating Commit
ice shows What the Widt-uprn policy
is doing and has dome to begct crime
in he metropolis. and suggests what
we may expect. though ON Il smaller
Scale in Duluth. W:d,-oprn policies
are ne same The world over. They
are Invita- IONS to :ht criminals TO
come from all quarters and whoop
things mp, and make business good.
When the costs ri in>r>ti ga inc COM
m;i1rr> and criminal prosecutions are
figured mp against the Benefits which
the business men reap from Il wide
open policy. il is ALWAYS found thai
tn" luxury doesn't pay for itself. The
increase NJ crime in -. Louis county