The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

 aud come to such conclusion as we deem just But, of course, our du- lies are different It is the courts duty to determine all questions of law involved il the case. and to set tia them sIual1y and for good as lar as this case is concerned It is your duty to accept tho law from the court as correct, and to determine such questions of fact as may be submitted 60 you honestly and fairly. without fear or favor.
 The courts detarmiuattou as to what lhe law is applicable 10 the casa h"-n= tried, IS final and should gov .r1 Sou completely on questions of law. and the reason for that is this. All tho courts decisions and de rutuatiuns arc made nartcrs of record. and if either party considers himself aEgrigved thereby. he has inc right Of appeal to a court constituted for tha very purpose of correcting CT POTS s1 the courts below.
 our duties are even moro import ant than mine. because if I correctly glhUit Co you a question of fact. and you make m error in tho decision of that question or fact, there may be no remedy
 Ton have noticed. no doubt. that counsel do not always agree with the court or each other as 10 what the law is. nor do counsel always agree as tu what the testimony is or has b1N1. As to what tho testimony Is that has been offered to you, you are Co Hn governed by your own recoIIec- tlons, aided possibly by counsel call ing to your mind this question or that or this bit of testimony or that: but in the Inst analysis you are tho Judges of the fact. and you must trust your own recolIectfous as to what tho testimony is. given by the witnesses upon the stand
 All arguments as to the admissIb- ihty of evidence and controversies be Tween the counsel should be wiped or erased from your minds, in the final consideration of the case. It is not a matter of what occurred prior to this, between the court and counsel, or between counsel them solves The matter is now up to you to finally deterUline the questions of fact that I submit to you, and those alone
 Let Us now consider for the mo mcnt the article in question, and what it meant. and how it was or should have been understood. including the word Anarchist" and although you have frequently heard the editorial read during inc trial, insert it here for your convenience.
 Ford is Gn AnarChist'' ''
 'Tnquiry at the Henry Ford offices in Detroit discIoses the fact that eTn- ployes of Ford who arc members or or recruits in the national guard will lose their places. No provision will be made for anyone dependent upon them Their wages will stop, their families may get along in any fash ion possible. their positions will be filled, and if they come back safely ard apply for their jobs again they will be on the same footing as any other applicant This is the rule for Ford employees everywhere.
 'Juformation was refused as to the mum ber Of American soldiers unfOr- innate enough 10 have Henry Ford as an employer at this time, but at the Detroit recruiting offices it was said that about seventy-five men will pay this price for their services to their country.
 "lIr. Ford thus proves that he does not believe in service to the nation in th- fashion a soldier must serve it. If his factory were on the south- eru and not the northern border we presume he would feel the same way. We do not know precisely what he would do if a Villa band decided that the Ford strong boxes were worth opening and that it would be pleas ant to see the Ford factories burn II ! fs evident that it is possible for a mil ' .Haas 1.4a- border To be indifferent to what hap pens just north of the Mexican bor- ! der.
 "If Ford allows this rule of his | shops to stand he will reveal himself | not as merely an ignorant idealist but ! as an anarchistic enemy of the na- | ton which protects him in his ! wealth.
 "A man so ignorant as Henry Fort may not understand the fundament- ! aIs of tho government under which [ he lives. That government Is per | nitted to take Henry Ford himself ! and command his services as a sol 1 dier # necessary. II can tax his money for war purposes and will. Il l can compel him 10 devote himself to ] national purposes. The reason fl ! did not take the person of Henry ! Ford years ago and put 1t in uniform | is. first. that 1t has not had the com ! mon sense to make It's theoretical un- ! iversal service practical, and second 1 because there have been young men | to volunteer for tho service which has ! protected Henry Ford, for which ser vice he now penaIizes them.
 'IIe takes the men who stand be- | tween him and service and punishes l them for the service which protects ! him. The man Is so incapable oi ! thought that he cannot see the ig- l nemy of his own performance. ''Fhe proper place for so deluded 2 human being Is q region where nc l government exists except such as he l furnishes, where no protection is af- l fordad except such as he affords ! where nothing stands between hin !, and the rules of life except such de- | lenses as he puts there,
 "Sueh a place, we think, might bt
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