The sun., 1916-08-31
ELTHU ROOT WARNS
BAR TO Be PREPARED
Tells Association LAWYERS
Must Look Out for After
War Period.

CHICAGO. Aug. 30.-Eeener competition
In all economic activities is sure to be
ono OF the results OF the European war.
and lawyers. as we'll as other classes Of
citizens. must prepare themselves 20
meet II. Elihu Root, president o. the
American Bar Association, said to-day
in addressing the annual meeting Of the
association. Changes in the administra-
;ion OF justice. a l%esScning OF the over
head cost Of running legal machinery
and more stringent qualifications for adj
mission 10 the bar were sUmc of his
SUGGESTIONS.
Wien the wal j. over We shall fir.
ourselves in a very different world from
that which Witnessed the Austrian ulti-
uNltufn To Serbia. Mr. Root declared.
1T will lie "A world in which the greater
Part Of the nations return To the Peaceful
competition Of production and
with "A vast increase of power to compete
caused by the training of hardship and
sacrifice. Plainly. the neutral nations
who have neither endured tho sufferi1gs
nor achieved the rewards 81 this hard
experience may not look with indifference
upon these events
NO human power can withhold the
people of the United states from taking
part in the International competition
which will follow the return Of peace
II is not "A matter o! volition. II cannot
he controlled by legislation or by
change Of parties or by voting. The
United States must therefore be pre-
pared To- meet competition carried on
more effectively han ever before.
1t is plainly the duty of all Amcr!-
cams WhafpN.r shnir calling tn COW : o. Al, -
10y what means they can contribute
through either action. towards the PER
maneut higher efficiency Of the people Of
III" United states,
There is no body OF citizens 10
whom this duty should appeal more
strongly than to thy lawyers, because
the subject vitality affects the relations
between the individual and the State
regulated by law and the fundamental
conceptions upou which our system u;
government Is based
The underlying cause 81 the defective
administration Of the law. Nj. liuo'
said. WAS that the bar aud tn' people ot
til" country generally proceed upon =
false assumption as to their true re-
lailon to judicial proceedings.
"Cnconsciously,' he continued. I'VE all
treat the business Of udminist,ring
justice rs something 10 he done for
u 'sl' I'FAtdi "a Al'NAsii- ~
primarily as something to he done FOR
public service. The administration o:
law Is affected BY the general atiitud,
in which citizens think about what they
are going to get out Of their Couutr,
instead of thinking of what they can con
tribute To- their country.
'Our political system makes such an
attitude on the part OF the bar very
Iaturi! and easy. with our highly de
Vsloped iudiNidualism. ou: respect fol
the sanctity Of individual rights. our con
ception OF government a. designed t.
secure those rights. It Is uu.t" uatura
that Lawyers employed to asser, the
rights of individual clients and Loyalty
dtNotcd TO their clients Interest Should
acquire u habit 81 mui Ia which they
think chiefly ot the individual View %,
judicial procedure, and seldom Of IL,
public view of the same procedure.