The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-04-08

clean out these pettifoggers who have
no visible means Of support except
causing unnecessary litigation for the
purpose of skinning their clients, and
who are well known to the profession.
At the present time any man outside
Of the legal profession will tell you to
keep away from the law and to keep
away from lawyers or you are sure to
come out at the small end of the horn.
Why is this, If the profession is clean
and pure; and yet it is the boast of
the more honorable and worthy lawyer
to say that it is his desire to keep the
profession pure and clean. If this Is
the case, why then do you not take
some steps toward cleaning it-make
general house cleaning-and why are
acts suppressed that will tend to this
end? If it is your desire to see the pro-
fess1on clean and pure, take this mat
ter up; help to push It through the
legislature and make 1T a law. It is
impossible under present conditions to
reach any lawyer who is guilty of an
illegal act In the so-called practice Of
his profession. 1t is almost impossible
to disbar him from practicing, for any
crime. A case Of that kind cannot be
taken up in court in the ordinary man
ern because there is no law providing
for it. Is it not time to make law
covering that ground? I call upon all
honest attorneys to take this matter up
and call upon all citizens, business
men, labortng men and the public In
general to Join in crusade against this
class Of pirates.
At the present time the conditions are
as follows: A merchant has given
credit and his bills are not paid; the
bill Is placed with one Of these social
ed lawyers; it is collected and nine
times out Of ten the merchant never
receives a cent of his money, or if he
does it is after months or years of
chasing after the pettifogging lawyer
(who has collected it and used it for
his own benefit) with ten times the
work it would have been to collect it
from the original debtor.
Business men, what use have you got
for such confidence men as these? Is
it not abut time that you knew in
whom to put your trust, and is it not
time you had protection in cases Of this
kind? On the other hand. who fs safe?
Can any man go to his place of busi-
ness in the morning and feel that he is
safe while 10 many sharks are hunting
for opportunities to cause trouble and
litigation, who have no other means OF
support but this, and who are utterly
unable to do legitimate business to earn
q livelihood and must resort to tricks
Of this kind And why do they resort
to tricks Of this kind? Because there
is no law to protect clients and they
we'll know this fact and take advan-
tage Of It.
AS 1 said before, let a crusade be
started against these pettifoggers that
will drive them entirely out Of the
business and then citizens will be safe.
I ask the general public to take this
matter up either through the newspa-
pers or call a meeting to consider the
matter and act on It from q political
standpoint and to prevent any attorney
from being selected to an office that
will in any way prevent the passage Of
such bill as herein stated, unless he
gives his consent In public to support
such a BILL Weeks Of time OF the legis-
lature are taken up with matters OF far
less Importance, while months of every
year are taken up by our district and
municipal courts. at 4 heavy expense
to the citizens Of every county, provid-
ing means without cost to the petit
fogging scoundrels to carry on their ne
farious trade.
Fellow citizens. do not let this drop
until something IL accomplished.