Arizona republican., 1910-07-18

| error and irregularity, which in turT bring enemies. among whom 'solt
 can enjoy no substantial happiness. { The intelligent self must be awakened
 to the larger and general demands {" the social well being of all-
 This Self Love" therefore. which Blackstone calls the universal prin-
 ciple of action" has two sides, selfs . needs and the needs of society. Since ! however, the needs of society define l the welfare of self, we shall employ i our time in the discussion of society 1 the larger side of mans good.
 Organized society. the governmen; ] of state. receives it's charter of au thority from the social unit. the citi- zen upon the terms of honesty, safety and social justice. If anyone of a given community lives dish"nestly it is the chief business of the state to remove that one a'. a disturbing ele- ment To grant the exercise of Gis- honest conduct he becomes an in- finitely serious matter when all so- ciety is considered Some few or many are certain to suffer a loss of 1 those dues absolutely necessary to their happiness. This, of course, must disturb the peace of the many. And 1 in the jostling of society from it's | legitimate fastenings some ore is sure to be hurt. even if there be no loss
 of life If a citizen, by those tricks which are sometimes employed in .he name of business. succeeds in gain ing control of one or more of life's
 staples and hold them in retail. at FaR ,l, innate commercial cost, he becomes meddler with the laws of God, d dis
 turber of the peace of his fellow men,
 and violates the law of his citizen
 ship If you take one more step and
 consider the modern trust. or selfish
 corporation, in the place of the citi-
 zen, you will index a situation that
 holds on to this age with effect to
 disturb or damage the race, greater
 by so much as they are larger.
 If you will now take one step
 further and add to those abuses of
 the governments trust that whole
 sale license for immoral indulgence,
 you will have a condition that ob-
 tains in modern society, with such
 power to hurt and injure that there
 seems no end to its havoc and ruin.
 It would take a thousand volumes to
 tabulate the instances of it's injury
 to our fellow men. Its story would
 be an endless recital of suicides, in-
 sanity, robbery, murder, incest and crimes unnameable, even to the
 lowest and most heinous. damnable and hell-like of all, that of making traffic of unfortunate and helpless virtue. These and other crimes make such an endless catalogue of sOr- rows and suffering as would melt the heart of stone. But by one way or other they are allowed to con- tinue. If not by the indifference Of ignorance. by the helplessness of per init and license. And by such sale | of indulgence in our blindness we mortgage the future against the peace 1 and happiness of our children
 It is very plain to be seen that | society should be held re- | sponsible for what takes effect over | the welfare of its citizens. Further | it is a principle employed ia our | courts that what a responsible party | does by. or permits to be done by | and through another, he does by him | self So organized society. into whose hand a multitude of citizens have placed a care over their common good, becomes responsible for, and. in fact, proprietor of, whatever it per mits or licenses to he done. This ruling is as true as the ;freefold prin- | ciple of government is true Indeed. | this was the ruling of the fathers of