Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-02-17

These words were we'll said. Justice
delayed II more than Justice delayed:
IL Ii Justice impaired. Time Is Of the
essence Of the matter. Hardness Is u
vital defect In Anglo. Saxon Justice, AMI
Is not Offset by resultant regularity or
precision. Ambassador Chonte calls
attention to 1.-THE Inevitable tendency to
elaborate procedure and unnecessarily
multiplied appeals" Everybody mp
prcciates this tendency. The lncrcns
ing cumbersOmeness Of our general
system Ii not SO generally appreciated
outside Of the profession. II II begin.
ming to stand out. however. rs tho most
obduratc fact about TINT system.
Codes have slmplIfed procedure. but
the determination Of their meaning
has only Increased adjudication and NJ
the cumbcrsOmeness. The decisions Of
the judicIariey Of the Federal Govern.
ment. fOrty.Ave States. aud Great BrIt.
ain. pillng up In volumes. ycaS by year,
are battling as a present fact and appal.
ling In the prospect. Furthermore.
along with this goes q tendency to
shift the practice OF the law from n
matter Of principle to one Of prece.
dents. Diversity OF tribunals lends In.
evItab!y TO diversity OF Interpretat ton.
ana the search In the vast stOrehOuse
of cases becomes one for parallel
cases rather than for the unrnvcling OF
tangled principles. The freedom aud
elasticity Of the law thereby decline,
while Its certainty II not enhanced but
diminished. People feel more and more
that "yOu can't tell anything about
what the conclusion will b. from II
trial ut law" The disposition to effect
reforms In the system OF justice Is
greatest In the unpr0fessiOnai class
The knowledge OF how to do II. how
ever. resides chiefly within the profes.
sion. or the need there IL and long has
been no lack OF evidence. We naturally
look to those versed In the law 10 make
that institution u more speedy. facilt
and reliable m,a ans OF social justice
The American Bar Association ha'
large responsibilities In this matter
and the letter of It's hOnored President
surely deserves Its "earnest attention '
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There are tri>ks ~ all trades" Ii
an adage that Is year by year becoming
more out OF date. Aud for two reasons
Business men more and more generally
are coming to recognize the truth OF the
proverb. Honesty Is the best policy
Greater aud ever greater Is the number
OF concerns doing business on the merit
OF Its products or merchandise. Pos,
slbly the subtle influence of tho depart,
ment store is here ceable--the on.
forcement of the "money-back. IL. you
want.it" policy. Again. retail mer,
chants cannot be deceived or fooled
as In the good old days. Competition
has forced them out OF the old. easy
going rut. They take nothing on trust
Quality, cost aud all other factors OF
value are relentlessly slfted. The buy
err. except In rare instances where style
enters largely into the question Of price
Is apt to know pretty nearly as vel
as the seller what the mercha nd st
ought TO bring. Thus, to-day, goods are
usually found to pretty nearly answer
their descriptions.
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Every new invention eXcites thu
wOrd-makers. A few years ago TIT
adoption OF the electric chair In place
of the gallows for the killing Of Grim
lnals called forth the Informed "elec
trOcute" and "electr0cutiOn." Aftel
ROntgen made his discovery dozens OF
attempts were made to construct q
word from Greek roots to express tn.
process aud the result but popular
common sense discarded them all, anC
ROntgen's own tentative Trays" Is al
that has vigorous survival. And nov
MarcOni's device for telegraphIng with
out wires Ii greatly exercising those
who wOuld add to an already overload
I'd vocabulary. Photography" "undlg
aphy." "teleradOgl Apply" and Othe!
still worse cOmnOunus are suRpeatad