The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
sooTIEGGlNG AND CRIME.

B~ootleeging like smuggling and i
variety of other occupations. is Il
evil crime. 1t is the law prohibiting
the thing that marks it a misdemean.
O.. Because of this many think i
perfectly consistent and in no sense
wrong TO engage in these disrepu-
table lines of work. provided YOU can
keep ont of the hands of tire law.
From their way of looking nj II, the
wrong does not consist in selling bad
whiskoy without a permit. but TIN
SIN lies in getting caught II il
Evidently the presiding judge sees
more than a mere infraction of tn
civil law in the eases before him.
and in netting oul punishment upon
the offenders brought before him III
accordance with his convictions. II
some. and especially to the offend
Ing ones. the judges recent sentence
appear uuWarrautedly severe. Herr.
tofore bookkeeping has been largely
regarded IN Richardson County as Il
capital joke on the authorities. E,i-
IDENTITY it has passed the funny stage.
and viii hereafter be taken mo-
seriously
In whatever way YOU look at it. il.
is a contemplate business. entirely
below the dignity of any self respect
ing man of dcceney and sense. AMI
Il is perfectly in accord with justice
and the duties of a judge that this
contemplate business that violates
every rule of decency and right should
be discouraged. and that the offend
ing ones be punished severely. We
cannot help commencing the grand
jury and the court fer the yieor viii 4
has been displayed in the prosceu.
ton of these cases The open "a
soon is TO our minds bad enough how
ever the saloon makes "A p%retcnso i
keeping the law, while these joints
openly and f~lagrantly defy every Law.
They have long been plague spots
in Richardson county. and the Ions
suffering public in the various com-
munities will feel gratifted Tor the
general cleaning up.
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Boosting new industries Is "A two
sided proposition. There are phases
of progress and growth that are
not always to be desired. In other
words a town may be the poorer for
having added a new industry. The
coming TO d town of a new factory
means more to the town than bring
ing in of n number of new families
and a larger nome consumption. II
has "A moral significance. This is
chiefly determined by the character
of people employed. Falls city has
been fortunate in this respect Rail
roads insist upon their men being
efficient and dependable. 7 his re-
quires them to live clean and sober
lives. lntoXicants are practically
forbidden. as are gambling and idle
loafing. even the use OF tobacco is
being discouraged. As "A result rail.
road employers are coming to repre-.
sen a high class of labor. Wher.
ever they go they viii add strength
10 the cause of deooucy and right
And any town will be the better be
cause of their presence.
a
\ sewerage and n strictly hyeieni.
water system costs money also. To,
much money 60 SO we think. Bu.
did you yer stop to figure the los:
YOU are taxed to bear, in drug ac
counts, doctor bills. undertaken bills
grave diggers charges and even tn,
tombstone agents claims.
y
1t costs money 10 pave streets an,
public highways. 1t aught to. Al
really good things and things WORT
while come high. \ substantial roa
bed is a luxury that must be pat
for to be enjoyed.
The Personal Liberty cry a
Jim Dahlman and his ilk is an oil.
time Worn Chestnut out of dat
and out of place as an argument to il
fluence sober thinking Nebraskan,
Mayor Dahlman will need stronge
bait to land his big fish.
The moral fight now ON in Amer
lea is a very real one, aud man
of the tactics resorted to are wa
measures. That some of these mea.
ures should entail more or less hare
ship is inevitable.
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Wan measures are necessarily NOR
: or less arbitrary. and imposes lin.
tations and restrictions upon the per
pie, which under normal condition