The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-13
JUDGE lands
SPEAKS BEFORE
500. CLUB Men
Denounces Socialists, War Prof
Neers, Tax Dodgers and Others
in Lecture.

Judge keneSaw NJ. Lands OF Chl-
cago spoke to more than 500 men
at the After Dinner club meeting
last evening. 1t was the largest
crowd which ever attended an
after dinner club meeting. The en-
tire space of the third floor Of the
Commercial club was filled with
Judge Landis' audience. The fed
eral jurist who fined the Standard
Oil company $29,000.000 or so has
been making things unpleasant for
the anti-government agitator and
the fake promoter. He denounced
the socialist party, the class war
propaganda, the war proflteer. the
tax dodger and . few others.
Industrial forces are at work
which are aimed definitely at un-
dermining the United States and
human liberty. declared Judge Lam
dis. He pleaded for united opposi-
ton to those who seek to over
throw the government, advocated
universal military training, tax
on stock dividends, higher pay for
postal employees and soldiers and d
better chance for the man of small
means who seeks to enter bust
ness.
THE United States Is funda-
mental to your lives" said Judge
Landis. ut would be a tragedy II
a substantial change came into the
government of America, Perpetua.
ton of the welfare of the race de.
ponds on perpetuatlon of the Unit.
ed States of America, The CUES.
ton OF liberty On this earth is In.
volved. Unless we win there will
be none of this thing called human
liberty. l want you to recall the
spectacle OF April. 1917. Remember
the Argonne. Chateau Thierry ant
the boys who fought In those bat.
Ties,
Within 80 days the convention
which will nominate and elect {
president and determine the
policies of this country for the nex
four years will have met. But 1t 4,
almost impossible to get the eiti
zens interested in the presidential
election. The man who is asleeI
during this presidential election
and has to be hauled to the poll,
to vote ought to be hauled to Jail
I'm afraid we have dropped
from the high peak Of idealism t
the subbasement Of material sell
fishness. Three years ago WI
would have been unanimous fol
some kind of universal training
There was one thing during the wal
We can be proud of-the gallantr,
Of the individual man and officer
Today the average man wants tn.
soft pedal put on the military
training question. There are JUS
as many of US today who have the
characteristic weakness which
brings on war as there were three
years ago. There ia nothing In the
League of Nations that has made
men over.
Get behind your congressman
IN Or0er tnat an enectivo tfalnins
system be put into the laws of this
country, to give the man who mex,
fights for you at least fighting
chance"
Touching on the man who saw
In the war q big opportunity Il
make money, Judge Lands said
II wish I had command Of all tn,
adverbs and all the adjectives O
all languages in order that l Nigh
give you a faint notion OF the con
tempt / feel for the man who want
ed to get rich out Of the war.
want to live long enough to see thu
men who made money out Of tn,
war driven so far into the out
skirts Of this country that oni.
men without morality will asso
ciate with them"