The Glenwood post., 1919-11-15
Continued from Page one)
GRAND JURY WRESTLING
WITH GREAT PROBLEMS

Equ4Iy aS OaQ, SO Iar as tue cor
rupting of our boys is concerned !, are
the pool halls where minors ;ro al
lowed to frequent or congregste there
in, or to engage in pool, billiards. or
any game of skill or chance, or are ev-
en- permitted to loaf therein, and pass
their time, perhaps day and night, in
idleness and laziness and thus become
habitual idlsrs. LRziness OF idleness =
loafing is perhaps better express on
is just as much wee IS drunkenness
or opium eating. 1t destroys the MAJ
hood Of . man and the integrity II
his character. We have known our
share of drunkards and dope fiends.
We have seen those who were fairly
hopeless to shake off their vice and
emerge useful, honorable men. Accord
ing to my observation, however, per
son once really sunk in the vice of
laziness, or loafing, seldom gets out,
but remains the nearest to absolute
just as prone to the vice of laziness
and loafing as to any other vice, and
the vice Of loafing leads to others. He
is not gird.ng himself; he is not at
tacking the problems Of his life, he 10
loafing. There are no danger signals
along that road. There ought to be.
There have been few warnings, repro
bations, inhibitions. So 1 believe tina.
it is cup to you'' to turn on the
brakes and apply one of the inhibi-
tions to this loafing, if there is any
such, and to strictly enforce the law
just cited to you touching pool halls,
and thus help the youths OF our coun-
try. And in this connection, in all pro.
liability there are others, older persons,
able to work and support themselves
in some honest and respectable calling,
who may be found lettering or strolling
about, frequenting public places, lead
ing an idle, immoral or profligate
course Of life, or not having any visi-
BILE means of support, and these are
commonly called vagrants, and, as
general rule, become addicted to their
lazy, loafing habits by being allowed
in their youth to frequent, congregate
and loaf in pool halls, or like places
If you find that any of the offenses
above enumerated have been commit
ted within the period of limitation it is
your duty to return indictments
against all such offenders.
The fact, if it be a fact, as it is
said, that q great many of the viola
tors Of the law have left the cvanty
because of your meeting, should not
prevent you from finding indictments
against these offenders, il any, upon
proper proof presented to you, because
they can be found, and if not found,
the capiss, or warrant, upon your pre-
sentiments will be held to await their
return.
Experience teaches US that unless a
strict enforcement Of the laws be had.
violators thereof become exceedingly
bold, and crime, rampant, throttles the
law and shaekles the law-abidinR. And
in this connection, I wish to call your
attention to 'be high cost Of living
which prevails in your jurisdiction, as
we'll as all over the land. The great
world war first held the attention Of
all the people, and Afterwards its dire
results, with the many and difficult
problems arising therefrom, absorbe l
our interests, kept our minds occupied
and prevented effective consideration
of matter in which all the people
are SO vitality interested. Too long We
have remained quiescent and idle in
the enforcement Of the laws in this
respect, 70 that the profiteers and
other violAtors Of this most important
part Of the law have become more than
bold and rampant. Hydra-tainted AMI
hyofa'neaoed, tney nave thrown out
their poisoned tentaeles and fastened
them upon the commodities and neees-
saries Of life until the people cry
aloud in their agony and ask RELIEF
In the name Of the law, and I appeal
to you to make your investigations
most thorough in this respect, FOR /
assure you that, a. mythology teaches
us, if only single head Of this alleged
monopoly or conspiracy or combina.
tion which 10 said to be throttling the
people be cut off, two more will rise
in its place, unless you apply the red
hot iron Of the law with all its force
to the wound and scar it we'll. And 80
you are advised that under the com.
mon law ,as we'll as under the statutes