Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-15


! less than two out of every 100 are
| brought to justice. Crime costs the
people of the United States every DAY
| $500, 900; every hour whether we
are asleep or awake 100000. III
! We could stop crime for nine
months we could pay off the en-
tire national debt. In 1909 II was
| found that the total crop of wheat
| raised in the United States, added 10
| the total amount received Tor the Wooi
| produced from all of the sheep ralseu
| in the United States, added to the TO-
tai amount received from coal only
! equaled the cost of crime for the same
year
What Crime Costs Iowa.
IF we fail to become interested in
| the cost of crime in the United states
| because our proportionate amount may
| seem too indefinite and uncertain, we
| may be interested in receiving some
definite figures as to part of the cost
| of crime in our own state. The records
! in the office of the board of parole for
| the year ending June. 1910, show the
| expense Of criminal prosecution FOR
| that year alone 1851. oOo04. This dld
! not include the expenses incident to tho
! county attorneys office which were
s12S.569 81. nor die it include the salary
| of the judges of the supreme, district
or superior courts: nor the large
| amount paid in maintaining the police
| department, the city marshal and night
| watches in towns and villages: 1t does
! not include the expenses of the office OF
/ the attorney general. nor the cost OF
/, operating the office OF the fire mar
! shall which carries an appropriation or
$4,000 annually: nor do the amounts
] previously referred to include the SAL
AIRY and expenses of the hoard Of par
ole or any part of the expenses due to
the board of control or the cost Of OPP
Grating me penitentiares or the re-
formatories. a large part OF the time
of the inspectors in the food and dairy
department is devoted 10 the enforce
ment of the pure food Law. 4 consid-
! cradle part of the time of the phar-
macy commission is devoted to the en-
/ forcement OF the law The time of the
J labor comm issiorer is largely spent IN
| the enforcement OF the law relating to
| industrial conditions and the conditions
of labor. The same ia true Of the new
| Industrial commissioner. A large part
of the time of the federal district
courts is taken up in prosecuting boot
'eegers and white slave cases-there
being more OF these than all other
cases combined. include the cost OF
the federal court because each citizen
Of Iowa pays his nronortinnate amount
of enforcing the United States laws as
| We'll az the state laws.
What Law Enforcement Means.
The enforcement of law means some
thing more than the prosecution of
bootlegsers. gamblers or white slavers
important as these things may be- II
means something more than enforcing
the law against trusts and monopoiieS
to the end that me poor may a9t he
robbed in the purchase OF the neces-
sa-ies Of life. Ii means something
more than prosecuting the grea trans
portation companies for pooling con-
tracts and arrangements. II means
something more than enforcing the
compulsory education and child labor
iaws-thus on the one hand prohibit
| ing the undue working of children Ct
/ tender age and on the other hand. re-
u!Iiring them to receive an education. 1t
means something more than prosecut-
ing-th wife deser.er who brings chill
dren into the world without their re-
quest and then deserts them and their
mother without means Of support II
means something more than the pro-
lection Of the home the prosecution of
the rapist or seducer and the prose-
cution OF the burglar and pickpocket.
II means more than the enforcement Of
speed ordinances SO that human be-
ings ma & be safe upon thn streets and
! highways. or the passage and enforce
ment Of laws for the protection Of pas
sengers at sea SO that calamities such
~ the sinking of the Titanic will not
again happen.
1T means all this. but in addition
il means the highest degree of individ-
ual civil liberty. where each man is
sovereign, unto himself and his home
rs his castle. L means the doctrine OF
equality, not physical or mental equal
ity, but an equal right TO worship God
according TO the dictates of ones con-
| science and an equal right to live out
ones life in his own way. and an
equal opportunity to engage in any ac-
tivity or enterprise without artihclal
barriers or interference 1t means the
| e1imna ton of the slums In the great
icnies. 1t means that poverty Is not
t6nly q n3fional disgrace but national
! crime and must be eliminated. II
!
cities Vt means more Fairgrounds. II
means the industry must be human
| lied and the employee must be pro-
/ tected: that he must have living
wage, a. co:atortab bile home and an OPP
portunity to educate his children. 1t
I means the fitting of every child FOR
| the race OF life; that is to say, 1t
means Industrial education as we'll as
( cultural education. The net result OF
| which is a stronger. virile, happier.
more contented people. with the power
of self government and capacity for
real democracy.
| How Brought About!
MANY factors will contribute 10 this
| end-the press. the school and the
church, will play an important part,
but it is certain that this consumma-
ton can never be reached without as
a basis or foundation We have an
honest fearless. judiciOus. enforcement
Of the law Of the land. 1t Is certain
that there is a direct ratio between
a lax enforcement Of law and the char
Iacter and extent of crime. and the oD-
verse is true that there Is a close
relation between an aroused public
conscience, passion for justice,
iouickened moral sentiment and the
fearless. impartial enforcement OF law
The union of justice, Of high ideals and
;iaw enforcement /. of divine origin and
what God hath joined together no man
can put asunder'
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