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WOOL QUOTATIONS

BOSTON. Mass, May 12.-Wool-
Ohio and Pennsylvania f1eeces: De-
laine washed, 62@65; delaine unwash-
ed, 56@58; ss blood combing, 62062c;
y blood combing, 5S@59c; Michi-
gan and New York fieeces: Fine,
unwashed, 45@46c; delaine unwashed
53G45c: II blood unwashed, 54@55c;
q blood unwashed, 61@62c. Wiscon-
sin, Missouri, and average New Eng
land: Il blood, 56@57c; IS blood. 5Sc;
u blood, SIG 53c. Virginia. Kentucky
and similar: u blood unwashed. $50
sec; IS blood unwashed, SO q 64c-
Secured basis: Texas, Fine IL months,
$1.35@1.4O; fine eight months, S1.25
@1.30; California: Northern, $1,000
1.S5; middle county. s120@1.25.
BOSTON, May 12-The Commercial
Bulletin said today: Further Govern
ment orders for clothes and blankets
caused a renewal of activity in the
vol market this week, especially on
medium to low secured woods. which
advanced 507c a pound. Buying in
the West keeps on steadily and prices
tend to strengthen, the proposed tariff
legislation being considered factor
of strength. Manufacturers are busy,
new contracts being largely on Gov
eminent business. Civilian cloths are
not being purchased extensively"
PHILADELPHIA, May u. - Wool
quotations are: Ohio and Pennsyl-
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM suTELEGRAN SATURDAY

vania fleeces. delaine washed 62@65c;
Xxx ana ABOVE washed 56057c; half
blood combing 57@58c; three-eights
blood combing, 61@62c; quarter blood
combing, 59@60c; delaine unwashed,
56@58c; common and braid, 4SG50c;
Michigan and New York feeces, de-
laine unwashed, 52053c; half blood
unwashed 53@54c; three-eighths blood
unwashed $4,000; quarter blood un-
washed 57@59c; common and braid,
48@4ac; Wisconsin and Missouri,
three-eighths blood 57@58c; quarter
blood 56@57c; braid, 48049c; black,
bury, seedy colts 45Q46c; Georgia,
50@ SIC; Virginia, Kentucky and SINH
lar. half blood unwashed, 55@5Sc;
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PRODUCE MARKET

CINCINNATI, O., May 12-Butter-
Creamery, extra. Acc; centralized ex-
ira, 39Rc; do firsts. 36c; do seconds,
33c: dairy fancy, 33c: packing stock,
2S@23c.
Eggs-Prime frst, 32hc: first 31h;
ordinary first, SIC; second, CSC.
Poultry-Breilers under Ia lbs,
43645c: fryers over liz lbs, soc: tur-
keys, 19c; roosters, 15c.
Potatoes Michigan, S9.00@950;
Wisconsin, $9@9.50.
Sweet Potatoes $225@2.50 per
hamper.
Cabbage-$5O0@70O per crate.
Onions-Spanish, S400@5.O0 per 100
ID. crate; Texas, s1.50@2.25.
CHICAGO, May 12.-Butter market,
unsettled; creamery firsts, 500 SIC
Eggs-Receipts, 27,737: market higher,
firsts. 1924 @33h. Potato market, IN
changed, receipts, Is cars.
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Traders Are Cautious
in New York Stock

NEW YORK, May 12.-Operations
proceeded with extreme caution in the
first haH-hour of today's session. Deal
ings were the lightest of any recent
similar period, offerings being limited
almost entirely to the usual market
leaders. Fractional gains and losses
were about evenly distributed at the
outset but heaviness soon developed
in Utah Copper, Texas Company,
American Telephone and Baldwin Lo-
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SAINT LOUIS, May 12-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 4,500; higher; lights, $15.60@
1910; pigs, $9.75@14.25; mixed and
butchers, $15.65@1625; good heavy,
$16.2O@16.35; bulk, S15.75@1625.
Cattle Receipts. $50; steady; ma
tive beef steers, $7.5O@13; yearling
steers and heifers, $S.50@12; cows, Sc
@11.00; stockers and feeders, $4,000
$1,000.
Sheep - Receipts. none; nominally
steady; lambs, $1561S.50; ewes, $3.50
01a.0O: yearlings, S12.75@19.75; clip
ped lambs, $13@14.S5.
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FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Corrected Daily by Edward
Cooper
SELLING PRICES

Asparagus. homegrown, 10c bunch;
Bananas, zoe to SOC dozen: Green
Beans, 15c pound; Beets. Sc pound !;
Cabbage. 15c pound; Cauliflower. 15c
to 35c head; Celery, 10c bunch;
Chives. 10c bunch; Cocoanuts. loo
each; Cranberries, 121ac pound: Gu
cumbers. 15c to zoe each; Egg Plant,
15c to zoe each; Garlic, zoe pound );
Grape Fruit. sc to 15c each; Kale. 15c
pound: Lemons. zoe to 30c dozen !;
Lettuce, leaf, 1Sc pound: head, 10c o
15c each; Lines, 15c to zoe dozen !;
Onions, green. 3 punches for 10c;
Texas. 10c pound: Oranges. 15c to soc
doz; Parsley, 10c; bunch Peas, 15c Id;
Peppers. green, sc each; Pineapples.
15c to 25c each: Potatoes, new, Sc
pound; old. s100 peck; Radishes, sc
bunch; Rhubarb. sc bunch, or 8 for
10c; Spinach, 1sc pound: Strawber-
ries, 15c pint box; Sweet Potatoes. SC
pounc; Tomatoes. 15c pound.
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LIVE STOCK PRICES

CHICAGO, May IL. - Hogs Re-
ceipts. 10000; market. strong. 10c
Ligher; bulk OF sales, $16.00@16.30;
lights, $15.201s1630 mixed. $3.50
s16.4O: heavy. s15.70@$1640; rough
$3.50 q $3.50; pigs, $10.50 @ s14.40;
Cattle--receipts. 700; market, stea-
dy; native beef cattle. $940@$13.70;
stockers and feeders. $750@$1035;
COWS and heifers. $6.65@s11.5O; calves
k950@$1425.
Sheep-receipts, 500: market stea-
dy; wethers s12o09s14.75; lambs,
$14.00@$19.0O.
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connective, those issues losing from
half a point to full point. st. Paul
was weakest of the rails, losing two
points. Reading and other coalers
also shaded. United States Steel lost
a moderate fraction. but rallied. Ship
pings. Industrial Alcohol and promin.
ent equipments were steady
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Dependable Market
News for TODAY
Quotations Stock Grain and Produce in Large Trading
Centers by Associated Press-Local Prices Revised
Daily by Leading Dealers.

KANSAS CITY. May 12-Hogs-Re
ceipts. 1000; higher: bulk. $15.75 q
1925; heavy. s16.20@16.35; packers
end butchers, S16@1625; light, $3.50
@1G.00: pigs, s12.50@14.75.
Cattle = Receipts, 800; steady
prime fed steers, S12.25@13 dress
ed beef steers, $9.50@12.00: southern
steers, $8@11.50; COWS, s6.50@10.75;
heifers, $9@11.75; stockers and feed
ers, sS.25011.00; bulls, s8@10.25;
calves, $8@1325.
Sheep Receipts. 500; steady;
lambs, $1450@19.00; yearlings, s13.O(
@16.50; wethers, $12@15; ewes, $11
QS14.50.
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EAST BUFFALO, May 12.-Cattle
Receipts, $50; slow.
veals-Receipts, 500; slow; 5000
$500.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; slow and
strong; heavy, $16.50@16.60; mixed
$16.40@16.5O; Workers, S1625 @16.50;
light Workers, $14.25@15.50; pigs
$13.5O@14.00; roughs, SLABS @14.50;
stays. $1200@1300.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 500;
steady; clipped lambs, $9.00@15.35;
yearlings, $9@12.50; wethers, S11.25Q
11.50; ewes, s5@11; mixed sheep
$1100@1125.
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, May 12.-Closing quo
tations on the New York Stock Elk
change today follow:
American Can, 41A.
American Locomotive, &C.
American Beet Sugar, 91%
American Smelter, 97ss.
Anaconda. TIA.
Atchison, 99h.
Bethlehem Steel, 127.
Canadian Pacific. 1854
Chesapeake & Ohio, Sc
Great Northern, Pfd., 1047s.
Lehigh Valley, SOS.
New York Central, S6%.
No. Pacific, 991a.
So. Pacific, 907s.
Pennsylvania, SIS.
u. S. Steel, Com, 116.
U. S. Steel, Pfd., 117B.
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A postmorter,, held on hen that
Gied near Rochester. disclosed ten
full-sized soft-shelled eggs in her
body. People condemned her for
keeping products out OF circulation.
and thus adding to the high cost Of
living.
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three-eighths blood unwashed, 62@63c
quarter blood unwashed, 59060c.
indianapolis Representative.
Sales

the last half Of THE Stickit Minister
in forty hours.
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MEAT PRICES
Corrected Daily by John Maher)
SELLING PRICES

Bacon. 35c to 40c pound; beef steak,
soc pound; beef roast, 23c to 25c
pound; smoked ham, SEC: compound,
22c: boiled ham, 6Oc pound; dried
beef. COO pound; fresh pork, CSC to
soc pound; lamb, Csc to 4Oc pound;
lard. Csc to Csc pound.
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A shipment Of new potatoes in
South Bend caused drop in the price
of old ones from 81 to $29S.
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CINCINNATI, O., May 12.-Hogs
Receipts 1900; market, strong: pack
ers and butchers, 55061620; com
mon to choice. S9.00915.25; pigs and
lights, $S.5061450.
Cattle: Receipts 300; market steady
Calves: Market, s7.00@$12.00.
Sheep: Receipts 100; market
steady.
Lambs: Market steady.
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MISCELLANEOUS

MTSLELLHNEO JUS
Beans, Navy, 22c pound; Lima, zoe
pound; Kidney, 20 pound; Honey, 22c
pound; Popcorn, 10c pound; Walnuts,
California, 35c pound: Sassafras. &c
bunch.
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CINCINNATI, O., May 12.-Wheat
No. 2 red winter, $333@3.35; No. 3,
s3.2503.3O: No. 4, s2.9063.10.
Corn-No. 2 white, $1.70a @1.71;
No white, s1.70Q1.7O1a; No. white
s16S@1.70: No. yellow. S1.67; No. 8
yellow, $167; No. yellow, $3.50
1.66; No. 2 mixed, $1.67; ear corn.
s1.66O1.70.
Oats-No. white, 74@74kc; No. 2
mixed, 73c.
Rye-Range, $1.90@2.12.
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GLEN MILLER PRICES

PRODUCE
Corrected Daily by Edward Cooper
Old chickens, dressed, selling Soc;
young chickens, selling 35c to Acc;
country butter, selling ACC: creamery
butter. selling 45c: fresh eggs, selling,
35c; country lard, selling csc; pOta-
toes. selling, $100 a peck.
FEED QUOTATIONS
Corrected Daily by Omer Wheian.)
Paying-Oats, zoe; corn, S1.55; rye,
$3.50; clover seed. S9.00@10.00 a
bushel. straw. $500 a ton.
Selling-Cotton seed meal, S4S. 90 a
ton, $3.50 a cwt.; middlings, $4,000 a
ton. $3.50 cwt.; bran, $4800 a ton,
$3.50 cwt.: salt. s2.25 bbl; Quaker
dairy feed. $4,000 ton. s215 per cwt
WAGON MARKET
Timothy hay-$1S.00.
Mixed-$17O0.
Glover hay-$16.00.
Alfalfa-s20.00.
Straw-S9.OO.
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INDIANAPOLIS. May 12.-Hogs-
Receipts. 5000. Cattle Receipts,
, 100 Calves - Receipts. $50 Sheep
: Receipts, so. Hogs-Best heavies,
SIG 1SM16,45; medium and mixed,
k15.s0@ 1925: common to medium
lights. s13,75@ 1890; good to choice
I lights. S15,90Q16.15; roughs, s14.50@
$685.; best pigs. s12.75@13.50: light
pigs. .00@1250; bulk Of sales, SIG
01s.25.
Cattle - Prime corn fed steers,
12.50G13.15; good to choice steers,
k12 ESQ 1875; good to medium, Sits
T12.25; good to choice steers, S1225
G12.75; common to medium, $11.75G
1925; 1925; good to choice cows. $S.75
$1,000; fair to medium cows, $7.75@
s.35: Gamers and cutters. $5.50@775;
good to prime export bulls, s7.25@1O;
good to choice butcher bulls, $500
$50: common to fair butchers, $1,000
1925.
Calves-Commcn to best veal calves
ssM12: common to best heavy. 5000.
Sheep-Good to choice sheep, $3.50
n13.00; common to medium sheep,
,10I12.25: lambs, market. strong;
good to best lambs, $15@16.50; COM
mon to medium lambs. S10Q13.75;
earrings. $11914.5o.
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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

CHICAGO. May 12.-The range of
futures on the Chicago Board Of Trade
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CHICAGO, May 12.--Wheat: No.
red. $40; No. 8 red 1881; No. hard,
$337@3.3Sk; No 3 hard, 1882.
Corn No. yellow. $1.67@1.68;
No. yellow, $1.641a.
Oats: No. white. 1914; Standard,
72A @74A
Pork $3.50
Ribs: $2O52.
Lard: $22.37@22.47.
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PITTSBURGH. Pa. May 12.-Hogs
Receipts, 5000; market, steady
aeavies. s16.35@16.40; heavy workers,
s16.00Q16.25: light workers.. $14.50@
1850; pigs. $13.50G13.75.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. 500;
market steady; top sheep, $11.50; top
lambs, $500.
Calves--Receipts, 200; market, soc
.igher; tops. s14.00
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TOLEDO, May 12.-Wheat: Cash,
s3.46
Cloverseed: Prime cash, $10.75;
Oct. SLIT: Dec. $11.57.
Alsihe: Prime cash, $11.50; Sept,
$3.50.
Timothy: Prime cash, 1910; Sept.
sos.
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Glass. Clear glass Conaphores equally efficient IN
giving long and preventing glare but lack the added
advantages possessed by the Novcl Glass of eliminating
backgare and penetrating fog dust. We strongly
oTnmend the Novol.
Easy to Install
You will find the Conaphore easy install. Simply
take out the glass in headlight and the Coma
phore in its place Sizes made to fit all In
derng give model and of and diane
of headlight glass All progressive deal
sell Conaphores. Put pair your today.
If your dealer cannot supply you. write
PRICE LIST
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PHILADELPHIA, May u. - Wool
quotations are: Ohio and Pennsyl-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-20
SUGAR AS A STIMULANT

Sweet are the uses Of adversely. but
1t Is not so we'll known that war has
particular uses for sweets as food for
the soldiers. Sugar has generally
been looked upon mainly as necessary
in the domestic economy OF the ma
ton and incidentally used in the
manufacture of CONNECTIONS, but until
this war its value to the red-blooded
ewarriors who storm trenches has not
Aeen recognized Sweetened sub
stances for their daily use is neces-
sary for their efficiency. This demand
IS the cause of the scarcity Of the
saccharine substance in the homo
circle. and the home circle should
cheertullv abide the Inconvenience so
occasioned. when ii is known that
self-denial goes TO strengthen the
boys who are battling for our safety.
We shall in time become moro
reconciled to giving up our laundering
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IN THE PATH OF THE HUN

No doubt many In this country
shake their heads when they read Of
the outrages committed by the Ger
mans; they cannot bring their minds
to accept these stories as tho truth,
ami think that their relation Is merely
for the purpose of arousing feeling
against the enemy. So it Is that the
story that comes from Poland would
be unbelievable if 1t were not issued
by tho Food Administration. published
in the governments Official Bulletin
and vouched for in high quarters. It
Is the story told by +. c. Wolcott. who
went to Poland to investigate year
ago.
In Il formerly rich country he found
that hundreds Of thousands OF Poles
had died Of starvation. Mr.. Wolcott
discovered the $50 miles between
Warsaw anE Pinsk to be covered with
the bodies Of half a million civilians,
their bones picked clean by the crows.
with their usual thrift the Germans
were collecting tho larger bones to be
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Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON.
PIKERS.

ErcSwax K Elink"n make Goud soup.
which SOUP they largely advertise; and
when | lind my spirits dro"p. Oily 4
can, and feel them rise. b"cswaN "
BIinkcn spend good yen 10 Introduce
their helpful broth. and so. wherever
there are men. their product cuts Il
good wide swath. | buy It by the dozen
cans. consume il morning. noon ana
night: [ eat il out of pUw.S anu pans
and always Mnd it strictly right nome
times when am needing soup. hy bees
waN and his partner cnnn"d. t"ddlc 10
the grurcr'S coop. and ASK linn Tor TINS
famous brand. Sometimes IN" grocer
SAWS "OdStiSh. | do not keep he Lees
WIN line; ! know il il n famous dish
hut here Is something just rs line. t'h
then | pull tho Eroccr's nose. AMI d"tllS
stand him on his head; such pitEn. as
you may suppose. will always star: III"
seeing red The advertiser strives TO
make his products merit understood
then comes the imitatnr'S fake which
he nronnuncr.> us, as good The ming
they wisely adveriI';" is SIM III" safest
Thing TO get, thu men who make !. are
TOO wiz 10 fool their customers you
hot
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miIled into fertilizer. but finger and
toe bones lay on the ground with the
Undiscovered and rain-soaked cloth
ing" In this region a million People
had been made homeless in SIX weeks
OF the German drive OF August and
September, 1916. In the midst of such
situation of starvation and death tn!
Germans ordained that every able
bodied Pole should be carried to Ger.
many to work. thus swelling the hosts
OF the three million slaves which, &C
cording to a French contributor to the
Atlantic Monthly, they have collected
from Belgium, northern France, Ser.
bia and Rumania in order to release
that many Germans for their armies.
All this Is now fairly we'll known.
What is not yet so we'll known is the
extent Of the deliberate German pol
icy admitted by German officials. In
Poland General Won Kries told Mr.
Wolcott that Germany was destined to
rule the world and that everything
must serve to that end. His only re-
greet for the situation in Poland was
due to the possibly unfarorablc effect
OF tho spectacle upon German SOL
diers. Otherwise Polands plight
could only be regarded as an adran-
tage to Germany; for, with the popu-
lauon starving, with the able-bodied
men sent to work in Germany, with
German fathers for practically all the
future children born, with the bring
ing In Of German working people az
fast as possible, in no great while
Poland would automatically become
German province" In Belgium
General Won Kissing admitted to Mr..
Wolcott similar general plan. and
the same policy is pursued in Serbia
and Rumania-
Hero in America we have ever
been so safe and free. human rights
have 80 long been sacred. that even
now we cannot imagine OF admit the
possibility of the results that would
follow our defeat in war by such a
people a. the Germans in this conflict
have proved themselves to be-. Vet
all the testimony Of American obserV-
ers in wrlthing Europe goes to show
what would betall US If tho Hun
should conquer.
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PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM

- The Protestant Episcopal church
las represented BY the influential New
York diocese. has come 20 two i'm
portant conclusions which show the
practical character OF its patriotism
which addresses itself to the com
mendation Of the country at large
The first act displayed the true cour'
age Of the church in declaring for the
absolute prohibition OF the liquor
= traffic during the war. for the obvious
reason il we are TO have true con
= serTation Of our resources, no favor
S ties should be played. II was true
:. stand to take. not from any emotional
s aspect, but the practical.
s But the convention OF the New Y ork
: diocese did more. It was consistent.
: II did not ask that restrictions be
placed on others and maintain certain
rights and privileges for itself. For
years past the Episcopal church has
been engaged in constructing one OF
the greatest ecclesiastical structures
In. the world. the Cathedral OF St.
John the Divine. Ground for the
building was first broken in the COS,
but the structure is not near compile
ton. The diocese OF New York, how:
ever, has decided to suspend constuc-
!, ton work, on the edifice for the period
. Of the war. so that skilled labor highly
important to the government might
be released for the performance OF
duties essential to the successful
prosecution OF the war, In these things
the church has not only been cour-
ageous, but patriotic and practical
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HUNT CONTINUES
FOR MISSING BANDIT

NEW CASTLE. ia. Nov. la--onc
hirhwayman Of tho four who held ~
Superint cndrnt y. ID. Farrell anu Ilni''-
keeper George James "f the Johnson
limcSl one company ~ EdcnhurS. h"a'
here is still being sought. Three 81 IN"
bandits have boon accounted LOT anu n.
int about $4,000 Of IN" stolen payroll
has been recovered. Provo DraSkuvlch
is the lone r"Inainlng hiEhwaymaN
sought. officials state. and his chpIuT"
is bclIcycd to h. a mntlrr OF u short
limo. or the three accounted for. iht
body OF one. Natl Gallo. is in n local
norgur Moyck X"rlir is in the Sh"n-
ango Valley hosrita'. and raul k"vak
is In the Mah0nius county jail AT
youngstown. whr-r he was placed foi-
lowing his capturr III East youngstown.
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tons. nor by the adoption OF certain
rxpcdicnts The gradual and steady i'm
provcmcnt OF all social conditions and or
all social aud governmental tnstItu-
tions. and the gradual elimination or
conditions which impede progress arc
the only sure basis OF future progress.
There apparently liz no ono single
cause of delinquency. MANY things con-
tribute to- delinquency and many forces
work together to prevent 1t. and to CT
feet the rehabilitation Of the delinquent
as Sclf-supportinE. self-controllcd
member of society. Also, there is no
ono method If treating tho offender In
order tn effect his rehabilitation.
Changes in social. governmental and in
duStrIal organizations profoundly affect
him. Some changes tend to eliminate
him. while others create new crimes
and oftcnScS and. as a. consequence. new
classes Of, or an additional number OF
offenders.
At present we cannot exactly deter
mine how far the offender directly IS
responsible to society for his ShortcoW-
ingS We must assume that hercdity
is partly responsible ard that environ
rncnt is partly responsible: that IN one
man perhaps the hcrcdity influences and
IN another man perhaps the environ
mental Influences are chiefly RESPONSE
bic for his downfall. Society is not
, without resources. however. in dealing
with these strange children OF tho
world 1t has resources other than the
law and the courts.
We know that society, through the
adoption Of proper preventive measures
may insure to children Yet unborn Il
decent birth and 4 happy childhood
leaving no room for the perrcrSions' OF
1N,.-
nature which have produced tho elder
: brother of the street and the hrotncl.
The forces Of society. therefore. must
deal with the offender kindly. firmly
and intclligcnuy, lie SHOULD be pun
ished for purposes OF rrproof and in
structon In righteousness; his blood
should not he contaminated. his body
destroyed. and his spirit broken and
hrutal.xed. His criminal tendencies
should be curbcd and his social impulses
quickcncd so that his case may serve
as warning to others. He should he
trained rs a child In school. treated as
4 patient in a hospital. nodded as an
apprentice in his trade. SO that he may
hn able 10 take his place as n sclf-sup
porting member OF society, either In an
institution under the control of others
or In the outer community under self
, control.
AS between the individual offender
and society there can be no compromise
and no surrender 10 the offender. When
ever the purposes Of society and the
purpose OF the offender cross. the Of
fender must give way: but II Is an un-
wise society which destroys any one Of
it's children unless nc has asSailcd the
; very foundations Of the social structure.
In our consideration OF society's
agencies and methods for dealing with
the offender VIC should exercise intel
ligcnt discrimination SO that we may see
beyond the symbols which describe the
realities. and discern the realities them
selves. These realities are mon: not
monsters: disease not demons: buildings.
not caves: and evolution of good and
evil, not special creation OF both.