Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-03
About Thieves.

ABOUT nleVcS.
mong the meanest men in the
id we usually rate thieves. But
1t the msanest sort Of thief is the
we wish to speak about.
business man embarks in trade
town that is not center like,
laps, Chicago, st. Louis or New
k, and with the courage Of the
ieer irontiersmau he endeavors
'ugh brains, courage, honesty and
istency to draw some profitable
ness from his neighbors, giving
IL many accommodations and
tlly a return OF their money
ugh other means. He builds up
industry with standard goods,
uading you Of their worth through
istent advertising. lie lives
ng you, stalking his reputation on
honorable dealings and his invest
on the purity and worth of the
% he offers.
at another house affair off by the
an voice of printers ink begins to
,per, snakelike in your ears, about
per goods. He persuades you to
chase of him, to give him your
earned cash in return for his
ltituted and inferior merchandise.
only are his imitation goods fic-
rus, but they are dangerous as well
GU and your loved ones. His can.
groceries, fruits and vegetables
rank impositions, his clothing is
e in sweat shops, often carrying
germs of highly dangerous dis
5. He is actually the meanest
OF thief that exists. lie takes
dollars that rightfully belong to
merchants you see advertised in
E local papers and sows contagion
i'll health in your family, at the
time making a cry about the
ID pennies or the robbery perpe-
ed upon you by your nelghbors,
home merchants.
Increment of law comes second
bedience to law, Only can people
'appy when the laws are lived up
i every respect. This is true in
iral law-it is true in civil law,
the Coast. When there is nc
Hence to law there should be en-
ement Of law. J. F. Longham, a
on keeper OF some sixteen years
erience at Chehalis, Washington
vent to this expression:
The saloon business has most oil
undesirable features as the result
on-enforcement of law. A man
es into a saloon and demands the
Is there on sale. lie stands there
consumes them, and when he il
BILE to walk, or is beyond his own
rol, in mind or body, begins to
'e the proprietor or the patrons
ounding. Then goes out unmo.
I'd. A law to arrest every drunk
man should be passed and en-
ed. The saloonkeeper is the only
chant in the United States who
Tor the privilege of conducting
ness and is the only one who is
protected in the conduct of his
ness. He is expected to keep an
rly house, yet is not given author.
~ law to enforce the law and
arrests, if necessary. What the
IN keeper needs is not tax laws,
the enforcement OF laws now on
books"
lch is true. A spirit of despera-
m and rowdyism exists around ga.
sslmply because people want to
w off" and exhibit how smart"
are and what little regard they
for law. The law should be en-.
I'd, and with every license granted
he sale of liquor a star should 20
it and a commission be made
alive composing that saloon keep
nd each Of his bartenders deputy
IFS for the preservation of the
y and the enforcement OF the law.
curse, it would mean that better
would have to be engaged in the
oh business; out That Is Just what
eeded. If people want to show
gard for the law, thsn let us get
md make them have it. There
Id be no dives then.
strange feature in the 53rd an.
report Of the Children's Aid
'ty is that which reports more
more insistent demand of child
homes for orphans to fill them.
the past three years, says Secre-
Brace, "the applications have
several times in excess of the
Der OF children the society had to