The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-16

In nio oo0e1., You cant get along
without him. He can get along with
out you But II. there were no pro-
ducts 20 eat this city would rot on
homes would be sepulchers II there
Wa no food. He Il the boy that
KEEPS something In your stomach.
And - he rotates his crops. Now
listeh! Beans. peas, aifaifa-they
ar@ rich n risreEsnQny foods. Listen,
sss ASlv-
zen than they need for themselves
ard they deposit It In the ground and
increAsa natures bank account. Corn,
vhe4t, max. rye. potatoes-thcy take
css q the q. srosnS more nitrogen than
the pockets 0f nature. 30 the far
mel rot4tes hts crops, and he turns
under these things that are rich in
n~itrogSnous foods. He don't break
. law. He simniy complies with 1t 30
he AN give you something to eat.
That 10 what he does to the world.
Oh. there are difficulties. Til ad-
NIT that All sorts Of crime IL on
the increase. Listen to me! We
lead the world in crime. There are
lots Of things that I'm not proud OF
thing that's good. and I abhor every
thing that's evil. ana 1 hope that when
] stand up here and preach the gospel
Of Jesus Christ to make drunkards
sober. to make Nbertines pure. to
make b~lasphemers pray. and Sabbath
decorators keep the law Of God, I
am working for the good Of my ma
ton and Of my land. and for you.
We lead the world In crime. There
IL . murder every hour Of the day and
night In nj land. We have averAg-
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the past seventeen years. In Ger
many there IRE I'VE murders to every
million Of the population: in England
eight; in Canada twelve; in Italy.
fourteen; In France sixteen: in Bel
GUM seventeen; in the United States
OF America eighty-one.
Lead In Crime.
We lead the world In crime. And
I tell you, craft, - one Of the papers
said, has a strange hold on religion.
Investigation elbows that It permeates
seemingly everything. Sometimes
contractors have been charged and
convicted of securing contracts by
graft. charging the state, or the city,
or the nation two or three prices.
A friend Of mine told mo he found
his chsuffeur was getting a rakeon OF
thirty-ave cents N every dollar that
ANV SO0tA SAp@ ~ Wy e6&AAASk - AS
chine At the garage. A friend OF
mine.. q preacher. told me that an un-
dertaker offered him . rakeof for
all the funerals he could turn his way.
A man said he'd like TO be q Christ
ian, but he couldn't do It and pray the
way he was. neither could he leave his
business for It becomes 30 involved.
he had reached his present stage OF
prosperity by trtkety and intrigue.
80 A. -aA-A- -f-> -sN~ I-~H>e
who was supplying a great bakery.
found out that acid was being pa. in
the milk to aus It to p~rematurely
sour. because my friend refused to
come across with s per cent for his
rAkeoff. Graft seems toN permeate
everything. statesmen have to treat
prospective customers to wine sup
pers and thester parties to get them
to buy anything.
Oh God knows. The ~superinten-
dent Of schools told me that the rep
offered him q rakeoR OF 70 per cent
}if he would get the school board to
buy the books from his firm. ]
out In Gan Quentin peniten-
ltiAfy and I saw some OF the burglars
walking through there an onNkcts.
Senators have been charged with buy
Ing ssata In the United States senate
Church members rent their property
for saloons and houses OF Ill fame.
have got - much respect for he ga
l ~toonkeepeF ~ have for the man
loon. He 10 a. good n you are. In
directly you are living OF the pro-
ducts Of vice and OF the liquor bust
ne@ In the land And SO on we are
drifting. 4:
Another thing: Graft Is destroying
religion and morality. Graft. spoils,
and special interests. sir. have a
strangie hold on our cities and on the
state. The liquor interests dominate
and they have their representatives
to prevent the enactment Of any Law
tear loose from their dirty grip which
they have held for all these years and
yearA
Adulterated foods! DR.. A. Fl. Bus
by, the pure food specialist who as
sisted DR.. Wiley. whom l regarded Al
one Of the best frtnds the American
republic EVER had-Doc rot the hook,
He sid there are 100000 infants die
annually from impure food. It IL one
Of the most intricate problems We are
up against nowadays. Something
becoming shOrt-lfved anemics - they
arc drifting on.
why. It IL alleged that many times
mud IL vanished with eggs and sold
as coffee. and that grain waste from
the brewery = boxed and sold FOR
breakfast food glucose for maple
syrup. and clay and sugar favored
with tar products o candy, cotton
seed OH for cream cheese.
What 10 the Of all this crime,
Now. wait . minute! Oh. my socaals
istic friend! He comes to me ana he
say. ''Bill, why its on account Of the
increase Of poverty among the work
Ing people. and poverty produces
crime. That's the reason" have
no disposition to quarrel with my .
cialistic friend. although / am not q
socialist
Poverty Produces Crime.
Now. I viii admit. my friends.
win admit this much too. that power
fty producer crime. But hold 0ni
You are forced q admit that crime
| produces poverty. And X you dc
away with what produces crime. you
win reduce crime 70 . minimum. and
thres.fUurths Of al the crime commit
ted IN thia country 10 committed BY
men while under the infiuence Of hq-
nor. There h the worst enemy to
humankind. When You drive NE -