The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-02
TfE MEs DspAroH RICHMOND VA, SUNDAY OCTOBER 1910
make It easy Tor ali men to DO

to make 1t easy for all men to do
70 do wrong always brings a pen
is h not yiIsga aGoh Is a rst ANYTHING when
AS rule they take all tho law
g DOES t ye sa tlhaf Maca aG ay ses h
az heart Lawyers regard the eva o.
thing from It's infraction.
inal class. since their instincts Isl net and
activities are In the line Of exploita.
ton and not creation or production.
laws, we deserve the punishment which
we bring upon ourselves as much az
did the, client who wanted. something
for nothing In the days of King Ar.
attorneys soaked him with bill for
seryiees that took tn the fellows breath
And the precedent still survives
Note the case which came UP in Cam
den last week where the bill brought
In by the attorneys was $4,000 in an
900. The lawyers collected the $4o.-
900 and kept It, giving credit on &c.
count. leaving q balance due OF
Also, remember that gentle and self.
sacrificing attorney In the Harry Thaw
DEMANDED 100000 s more eA for si suboe
ming witnesses in the tenderloIn
Even the Judge blushed scarlet and
passed the law wolf the cosmic crul.
David Harum said a reasonable num-
| Der OF fleas on a dog Is all right.
Also. we might say there is no OBJ
lection to having reasonable NUM-
Lawyers should be represented in Con-
grcss. but lawyers should not be Sc
lected to represent all the rest of US
because. God knows, they. don't
half OF its members lawyers. we are
inviting session OF delay. procrasti-
| nation, bubble, stipulation, graft, OK.
aline and needless expense.
A lawyer by training and by instinct
interested in keeping folks from do.
ing things than to get other things
done. His mind works negatively; and
to block the opposition consumes 3
big part OF his time. He is welded tc
PRECEDENT. Also. in spite Of his boast.
4 ed respect for law, he is an expert In
the evasion Of law.
He Is on the side OF expense, MOI
! income.
It isn't tho lawyer who makes the
waste places green and causes thu
desert to blossom like the rose.
Tho lawyer knows only one way t.
make money. and that is to get yours
vests, creates, produces and makes
tons OF grass grow where there was
one ton Of sage brush before. The
business man drains swamps. irri-
4 tunnels, mountains, makes good road!
and sets the unemployed to work.
4 The business man takes some moth
Ing. and makes valuable thing ou'
/ of It.
AS long as 1t is the rule and Gus
tom that we shall be represented a
governed BY iacubi and sucubi.
The ACTIVITY Sx and m mb
!. the natural flow and trend OF trad
Is paio for by the people at terrific
cost.
u once there was a band OF pirate,
Adriatic from pirates They collect
ed from each vessel that passed thu
"Tarifa" to pay expenses.
In self-protection the merchants has
to combine and drive the self-stylet
protectors" from the seas. And j
the merchants had not combined, In tn
Hanseatic League. piracy would still
be regarded as legitimate and beau
tiful adjunct to civilization Men al
ways justify themselves in all they do
THAT country is governed best tina
is governed least" said Thomas JEFF
ferson.
Jefferson was a lawyer, but he wa
one OF the other kind.
For the commercial lawyers. who's
work is to protect commerce and Sc
that trade moves along safe and lie
gal lines. no word OF criticism ca
be raised.
The shibboleth OF the law shout
be Getting on, getting on! tn,
business lawyer removes obstruction
from the channel so the ships OF pro
gress may pass. His endeayors are al
away from litigation. not toward Il
He compromises and works for peace
Revenge is out of his orbit Get
ting even" Is not for him, and chea
and transient legal victories have 70
him no lure. He Is on the side Q
creation and production, not dealt
and dissolution.