The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-08-30
That Is One of the Things Needed,
Says Elihu Root, to Enable La~.
yers to Cope With the Econo
mic Changes Coming.
KEENER COMPETITION
SURE AFTER THE WAR
Attorneys, as Well as Other Citi-
zens, Should Prepare Them.
selves to Meet II; Address to
Bar Association.
my Evening Herald tcascd wirel


! Chicago. Aug 3u.-ktcncr Cump"il-
! tiuu in an economic activities is sure
/ to be one of the results of the Eurup-
can war. and lawyers. as sell as other
classes Of citizens. must prcpurc
I themselves To- meet u, President Enhu
/ Root oi the American Bar association
said today 80 addressing the annual
mc.t.ng of the association Changes
: IN the administration 81 Justice. a
l lo-scuing of the overhead cost of rum
ntug legal machinery and more
stringent qualifications for admission
to the bar were some Of his prcpart-
/ tory suggestions
When the war is over Wc shall tind
| ourselves IN a very dincrcn, world
from that which Witnessed the Aus
I trian ultimatum 70 serbia, MIR. Root
declared ~ viii be a world IN
which the greater part Of the nations
I return to- the peaceful competition "l
product ana commerce with a vast
increase of power 10 compete caused
/ by the training uf hardship and sac
/ rincc plainly the neutral nations
[ who have neither endured the 8uner-
: ings nor achieved thc rewards Of iha
hard experience may not look Win
, indifference upon these events
In the amazing developments "i
| these years there are lessons Tor uf
/ L, learn which We must not ignore.
. There are lessons not mcr'l, 40 To
submarines and arruplaucs and high
! explosives. but as to the whole cnctt-
I I'VE capacity ot the nation by which
/ IT maintains its place aud p;".i'7e ''
/ the world IA peace as ,u war SO hu-
man power can withhold IN, pcupi"
OF the United states from taking part
i'm tho international competition
/ which viii follow the return OF p"ac'.
II les not ID matter ut Nulitluu. u c'n-
NOT b, controlled JOS legislation cor hF
/ change Of parties or boy '"tn- The
] Ilrnit,d states must Therefore b." pre-
unr.d tn meet competition carried on
more effectively than over before.
Duty ut \mrri"ai's.
"it ia plainly the duty oi al Amer
/ ,caus. whntc,er their ,hll,ns tp con-
/ slider bv what means they can con-
tribute through oIthor the Increase or
/ the conservation uf power 10 ih'f
own fields OF action, towards the per
mancnt higher efficiency of the people
of the United states
"Thorc is NO body of Ciu2ens to
whom this duty should appeal m"fu
s,r,uply ,hhn 20 the lawyer. BECAUSE
IN. subject vitality affects IA" relations
b.,orcu IN, individual and the state
r,ul,lated by law and the Fundamental
conventions upon which our system
nf Government iS based.
1.he underlying cause of the defect
i,. administration of the hw. Mr.
/ uno, said was that the bar ana the
.,p,, of the country generally pro
c,.1 uuou "A false assumption as lu
thc,r tru, relation to judicial pro
co.dturs
..,.,,...,.,i,u.i,. ho continued we
-, -, "a, business of administer
'' -. 80 .,,p,.thing To- he done
"H ,,,a,.. n.pout instead of trcatlnp
'"' p',l,. a., .,m.,hinu to hc done
,,,iii. s.rylc,. The admins
y" =, t,,, ia Affected hy the gen
,,t,,d. ia which ,itizcns think
20 10, ,hoy arc going 10 get out
"""u' ,,nn,,, instead of thinknr
o, Inv,' ,h.r c,, contrlbut. ,a hc.i
o,untry
,.., .,.,.,, makes such
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N''s ''''.,,a, t,a., iduali,m. oui