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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13

Eggs Fresh, loss OF, sc.
Poultry Fowls. 2JlSgc; brollers, 1bs1
lbs, G3c: hrollers LeghOrn, 2Gc
cocks. fGc; old tom turkeys, 55c. young
tom turkeys, u lbs aud up. 4Uc; youn !:
hcn turkeys. lbs aud mp, 80c: Gull thin
turkeys not wanted ducks. 1 Ibs and
MP, 23c, ducks, uuder lbs, zoe: geese.
10 lbs and ny. zoe: young geese, 22c
squads. IL lbs TO dozen. 50. guineAs, z
lbs per dog. 50.
Butter Buyers are paying GOGGlc foy
creamery butter delivered az Indianapo-
lis.
Buttcrfat-Buyers are paving 59dGOc
for cream delivered al Tndiauapolis
Cheese fiobhcrs selling prlcesl- Brick
s0at5fc: New York cream. SIC: WlscOn =
sin full cream, 3Im33c. Ionghorns, 3tQ
a8c; limhurgar, 32M33c: Swiss domestic.
coo. imported. SiQi00-
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
tBy Thomson ( McKinnOnl


There was nothing noteworthy in to-
days market. We hare had some irregu-
zlarfty as in previous sessions, but all
in ali the market displayed a fair degree
Of stability.
During the course of the day bank
stng conditions came 10. for some stten-
.tion because of the higher rates for call
funds, but since this is regarded as q
Temporary affair, the effect was not per-
seeptible
OF greater interest was the new financ-
ing by the Anaconda Copper Company
land this served the purpose OF again
directing attention to the poor position
/ OF the red metal.
There is still a burdensOme stock ex-
Iistence, and there is no indication Of an
Improved demand.
In steel circles conditions are rather
mysterious.
Trade reviews are pessimistic in tone.
but the big companies give no indication
( weakening in the price.
But If we may judge from surface in
ications, there is vast room for improve
nent in the business.
The rails have given a good account
sof themselves.
The recent reaction has been moderate
kersextent and with any announcement
FInrough a better money market a higher
level would seem logical
In industrials we anticipate some fur
ther temporary irregularity, though We
see no reason for any renewed liqufda-
ton at this time.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
In the Cotton Markets

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-weakness was
again the feature in the cotton market at
the opening today, first prices showing a
decline of 10 to ~ points.
The selling, which was quite general
and led by the South and Wall street, re-
Elected continued fine weather in the belt
over the holidays weak cables from
Liverpool. due TO hedge selling and fur
Their unsatisfactory advices from drygoods
and mill centers
a steady absorption of contracts by the
trade after the start, checked the decline
and at the end Of the first twenty min
Utes. the undertone was steady. prices
showing a net decline Of only about ID
points.
New York cotton opening-October,
2250c bid; December, 20.40c; January,
1850; March, 1880; May, 1886; June,
1310c bid; July, 19.05e; August. 1890.
Short covering on a more active scale
carried prices up about 40 points from
the low in the late afternoon, but the
recovery WAS poorly held and final prices
showed net losses of from 10 to az points.
New York Cotton Rance
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
Other Lire Stock

CHICAGO, Oct. 1S.-Hogs-R Receipts
G1575; butchers, s14.75@l5.75; packers,
. g; lights, $l4.y9@l5S3 pigs,
beeves, $$25a1s4o; butchers, sea1325;
Gamers and cutters. S375G675; stock
ers and feeders, $7.50G11.75; COWS, s. 20
eeeiPts, 1900; market steady; lambs.
S7-5o@13.25; ewes, $2.25@12.65.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 13.--Hogs-R Receipts,
1900; market, strong to 50c highert
heavy and mixed, $1625; mediums, $15.7J
916,25; lights, $15.25; pigs. S13; roughs
SD; stays, S11. Cattle-Receipts, zoo
market, slow, steady; bulls, dull calves,
$40. Sheep and lambs--Rece!pts, 500
market, steady; sheep, S150d5.50; lambs,
se@13.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 1s.-Hogs--Re-
ceipts, $500; market steady, 1Oc up;
workers., S16.50; mixed, $1650d1660; me
dunn, Sl6.50@16.G0; pigs. SIC; roughs,
800; market slow, dull. Sheep and lambs
Receipts, 500; market slow, dull; top,
S12. Calves-Receipts, 500; market SOC
lower; top. $3.50.
EAST BUFFALO, Oct. 13.r-Cattle-Re.
ceipts, 675; market slow and weak;
S109l4; cows, $2.5O@9.5O. Calves-Re-
ceipts, 200; market active and steady
culls, choice. scale. Sheep and lambs
Receipts, 1900; market slow and steady;
choice lambs, $12.5O613 culls, fair, $SM
-; yearlings, $SG9; Sheep, $5Q7.50.
Hogs-Receipts, 800; market active;
workers., SIPS; pigs, $16,70; mixed,
S17.25; heavies. $1I25Q1T35; roughs, $12
@14; stays. S9@11.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, Oct 13.-Cattle
Receipts, 1000; market, slow; native
beef steers, SO. 750l6.50; yearling beef
steers and heifers, $15.50@16.50; cows, so
@12; stockers and feeders $6@9.50;
calves, $1675@17S0; Gamers and cutters,
$3.50@6. Hogs-Receipts, 1900; market
25040c higher; mixed and butchers,
S15.6O@ 1880; good heavies, S15.50@1e:
rough heavies, S136l425; lights, S15600
1910; pigs, S13.75@15.25; bulk of sales,
S15.65@16. Sheep-Receipts, 1900; mar
ket, steady; ewes, 5000; lambs, SIG
11.75; Gamers and cutters, $1@4.50.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 49, Cattle-Re7
ceipts light, market steady; choice, S14
014.50; good, $11,50@12.50 30; fair, $11.25G1
1925; veal calves, $1S@19. Sheep and
lambs-Receipts light market lower !;
prime -wethers, $7.5OQ7 ID; good, 1915
67.25; fair mixed, $5.T5n6.25; spring
lambs, $12.76@1S.25. Hogs Receipts. -
doubles market very dull; prime heayies,
Sl6.50016.75; mediums, S16.50Ga6.75:
heavy workers., S16.50@16.75: light york
ers, $16@16.25; pigs, S18@16.25; roughs,
S13Gl5; stays, $8G95c.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
INp1ANAPoL1s CASH GRAIN.


Bids for car lots Of grain and hay at
the call OF the indianapolis Board CT
Trade were:
Wheat--Strong; through billed, track,
milling, No. red, $2.30@231h
orn-Steady: No. 3 white, 09eM$i; No.
3 yellow. 94@90c.
Oats--Firm; No. 2 white, 55l4@571c
No white, 55A@56%c.
Hay-Easy; No. l timothy, S21d27 so
No . timothy, s2e@265O; No. light
clover mixed, S25.50926; No. ] clover
mixed, S24Q25.
Inspections
Wheat-No. l red, cars; No. 2 red,
3 cars; No. 8 red, 8 cars; Ne. / hard,
2 cars; No. mixed, . cars; No. mixed,
? cars; sample, l car; total, 16 cars.
Corn--No. . white, SO cars; No. white,
8 cars No. 4 white, cars No. 3 white,
l car; No. white, / car; No. 2 yellow,
30 cars; No. 3 yellow. ? cars; No. 4 yell
low, cars; No. mixed. 3 cars; No. 8
mixed, cars; total. 102 cars.
Oats-No. l white, / car; No. white.
so cars; No. 3 white, cars No. white,
2 cars sample white, cars No. mixed
. cars; total, Il cars.
Rye-No. /, | car; No. 2, 2 cars; No. 4,
/ car; total, cars.
Hay-No. 3 timothy, i car: No. . clio
yer mixed, car; total, cars
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
Roosevelt to Make
3 Indiana Speeches

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Oct. 13.--TrankIin
D. Roosevelt. Democratic nominee for
Vice President, will make three speeches
in the First district tomorrow
He viii speak in the afternoon at
Princeton and Mt. Vernon and at night
in Evansville.
He will be accompanied by Mrs. Roose-
Welt
Elaborate preparations are being made
for the Evansville meeting
1t is expected that the vice presiden-
tial candidate will be called upon to adj
dress an overflow meeting at the Coli
scum.
The League Of Nations and labor ques-
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
Says Judge Nation
by It's Advertising

That the easiest way to judge ma
ton is to analyze the advertising of that
nation, said Don C. Prentiss, of the Shell
don Business Service. the principal
speaker at the weekly meeting Of the
Advertising Club.
The advertising standards of a nation.
he explained, are in direct proportion to
the ideals and standards Of people.
He said the recipe for trying times
is not to cut down on advertising but TO
improve the service of the establishment.
to make real statesmen and saleswomen
Of clerks; concentrate on sales promotion
and sales extension work
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
(By Thomson & McKinnon.)
Oct. 10


Wheat-The attitude of the Federal
Reserve Board was responsible for the
easy tone in the early wheat market 1t
developed that a fair amount of cash
wheat had been taken by the seaboard
apparently against previous sales abroad
This strengthened the market, inducing
considerable short covering. Advices from
The Southwest as to the Offering of old
wheat by the country were conflicting
II is TO be noted, however, that wheat
Tor shipment via the gulf was quoted
at pic over the December as against pc
early in the week and 29c ZONE time
since. 1t is stated that about 20 per cent
OF the North Dakota crop has been mar
keted. against usual 80 per cent on Oct
J. This Is simply confirmation of the
many previous items telling OF dissatis-
faction with the prices on the part of
the farmer. The Withholding Of wheat
IN no way increases the demand Neither
does 1t affect the ultimate supply. Apro-
pos OF the attitude OF the producer. il IS
Wei 10 remember that when corn was
around $l.50 the offerings from the coun-
try were distinctly limited. but after
prices had declined 10 81 and under the
movement was materially increased Best
obtainahle estimates show worlds sup
plles larger than requirements, from
which basis IL may be argued that prices
cannot be permanently advanced.
Corn-Qn the theory that the recent
severe decline IN corn prices had been
oyerdone there was a rather broad
buying power In today's market 1t is
10 De noted, however that prices have
scored only moderate advance and the
cash situation Is in mo way changed
except that there Is a modest better
ment of the eastern demand for deferred
shipment October delivery, which, OF
course, represents old corn, closes to-
night at a discount under the Deem
Der, a fact which should not be for
gotten. The total yields Of sll feeds
and the wonderful pRsturage, even at this
date, together with a decrease IN tue
mum Der of farm animals. ali argue for
ultimately lower prices
osts-Therc has been free buying OF
December oats By one house with east.
ern CONNECTION. Otherwise the demand
was local in the way Of short cover
ing. There is no evidence Of any for
etgu outlet for the surplus, and such
eastern demand as exists Is being sup
piled from interior markets.
Provisions Further export trade In
lard Is reported beyond this the demand
FOR products Is slow. Hogs are ex-
pected TO rule lower.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
Asks Adjustment
of Trade Commission

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 13-Grain deal
ers Of the country here today asked re-
peal Of the law creating the Federal
Trade Commission.
DR.. r. A. McGill, secretary Of the
Winnipeg Grain Association, said the
importation of Canadian wheat is not
the cause Of lowering wheat prices in the
United States.
"a wave of price reduction is sweep
ing the world" he said. This was the
cause of the slump in wheat prices.
'It was not due 20 importation Of
Canadian wheat.
Canada is not shipping cotton or
Fords to the United States yet.
Prices on those articles have slumped,"
he added
Resolutions adopted at the closing ses-
sion of the convention scored radicalism,
class legislation and class prejudice.
The resolution recommended con
sentative thought in business"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
Deaths

Sue Anderson Proctor, 80 9i5 w Thir-
ty-Second, chronic valvular heart disease.
Charles Z. Caldwell 80, City Hospital,
ureIaia.
Linnie Shackelford -. 2l14 Broadway
apoplexy.
Harold S Cook, .. 1911 Dreier Place.
castro enteritis
Da7id currnn. as, 1922 Ashland, acute
dilatation of heart
William Perry Hoover GO. 1868 Udell
chronic interstitial nephritis.
Lewis Leon Polly, 1 mo-, i406 Cornell
4hroncho pneumonia.
Mary A. CTum, 26, Methodist Hospital
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
GRAIN MARKET
CLOSES STRONG
Market Opened Weak, Due to
Large Selling Orders.

CHICAGO. Oct. 13.-After opening
weak grain prices on the Chicago Board
of Trade showed marked advances in
trading today and aii quotations were
higher at the close.
The drop at the opening was due to
large selling orders by commission
houses.
AS soon as these were carried out
strong buying power came into the mar
ket
Provisions were higher.
December wheat opened Off 15ac at
was off 1Ac at the opening, y$2.O2, but
advanced sac at the close.
December corn was Off Ac at the open
ing, at S6&c, but closed up nc. May
corn opened unchanged at 9OAc, closing
up &c.
December oats opened Off sc at soc,
later gaining Ac. May oats was off &c
at the opening, 6013c. and closed up Csc.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
cnIrAGn prnnrrr

CHICAGO, Oct 13.-Butter Creamery
extras 5Jc: creamery first. 52Ac; 1rst.
Laries. 4oGf55c; nrsts 5T'm5SFc Cheese
Twins. 23@sc; young Americas. 254c
Live poultry-Fowls 1SD24c; ducks. 2Sc I;
geese, Csc; spring chickens 23i5c ,
turkeys, 4Qc. ROSTERS. Zoe Potatoes
ceipts. 1id ears; Wisconsin and Minncso-
10. 81 e50ll. so.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
CHICAGO GRAIN.
ToLEnn CAsH GRAIN.

TOLEDO. Oct 70. 49, Close 49, Wheat -
Cash. &2li4 December S2.2S Corn-No.
yellow. 81 Oats--No. white, 59iz6
G0c Barley-No. .. Ole Cloverseed--
Cash. $3.50: October, $685. December.
s14 February. Sl4,2O March, Si405; Jan
nary, S14I6 Timothy-Cash (i1tS and
1870. s3.I5; October, $500: December.
50 %; March. $40. Alsike-Cash. $1d.T5 (:
October. $3.50; December, SIT; March,
sI7f0
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
NEW YORK LIBERTY BONDS.
CLEVEr.ANn pRonrCE
(By Thomson & McKinnon)

Extra tub lots. 64Q641hc; prints, $50
6o15c; extra frsts. 63d6511c; firsts. 62@
6215c; seconds, 57@@5sc. Eggs-Ohi0
nrsts, new cases, Gle; old cases, 00c !;
fresh gathered northern extras CSC; exera
contains 30 dozen. Pou,5ry-Good heavy
fowls, 33G34c: light stock, 25628c !:
broliers, 2S032c; old rooSters 23024c;
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
NEW YoRK Gall. MnNrr

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Money: Cali
money ruled s per cent; high. 10 per
ent; low, 8 per cent. Time rates steady.
all s per cent. Time mercantile paper
lwas steady Sterling exchange was
sssee<dy, with business In bankers bills of
I$3. 49St for demand.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13

POWDER PLANT BRINGS 9,4OO, 900.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-The director
of sales, War Department, announced to-
day the sale of the Old Hickory powder
plant at Jacksonville. Tenn, to the Nash
vile Industrial Corporation for $685.
COO. The Governments total recovery
from the plant was approximately $9,-
100000, comprised Of sales to other
Government departments of property
valued at $5,s90,O0O and the sale to the
Nashville concern.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
Honey and Exchange

Indianapolis bank clearings today were
$a,149,000, against s3.293,0CJ a week ago.
NEW YORK, Oct 13.-Foreign ex-
change opening today was for the most
l part lower. Demand sterling, s. 4SIa
Francs, 0657 lire. .0396. and marks. CLIO
l Demand sterling near the close was
quoted at S34S5s; francs. 065T; lire Ge-
&pand, .0396: cables, .0397: marks. 0I49
6 Rd Canadian dollars, 1880
NEW YORK. Oct. 13.-Commercial bar
Silver: Domestic unchanged at 99I5c !;
Foreign. &c higher at SIC.
LONDON, Oct 13.-Bar silver was 25sd
higher today at 56hd
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
NEW YoRK NETAI. MARKEr

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Copper weak
spot, October, November, December and
January offered at 17Ac. Lead dull;
spot. October, November and December
offered at 7.70c. Spelter weak; spot
and October offered at 7.30c: November
offered at 1850; December and January
offered at 740c
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
HAY MARKET.

prices for hay by the wagon load:
Hay-LooSe timothy, new, $27l30;
mixed hay, new, $26@2S; baled, $27129.
orn-Bushel, $1.25@1.40.
Oats-Bushel, new, 55@5Tc.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 13.-Spots opened In
small demand Prices were easier! Sales
totaled 5000 bales American mlddlings
fair, 21.T7d; good middlings, 10.02d; fully
middlings, 17.77d; middlings, 14.27d; low.
14.72d; good ordinary, 9.27d; ordinary,
SID. Futures were Irregular
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13

LINCOLN's TAILOR Is DEAD.
AYR, Scotland, Oct 13.-GeOrge Silker,
who was Abraham Linceln's tailor, died
here today, aged 102. He fought in the
Civil war.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
CH1CAGo sTooKs-
(By ThOmsOn 8 aLcKinnonl

(By Thomson & AcKinnon)
Oct. Is
Open. High. Low. Close.
Carbide & Car. co 60 59ss 500
LiDDy ...-..... u
Iontg Ward -. 2615 26Jl 2eH 26A
National Lea... 9M OK 9s4 ~9K
sears- Roebuck .1161s 1I6Iz 1851 1l6
.stewart- Warner. 81 81 3O% 30z
>eather..,. I5i%
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
WAGON WHEAT.

indianapolis -four mills today are pay
ing 81 for No. l red wheat, $197 for No.
2 red wheat, and $1.94 for NO 3 red.
Other grades according to their quality -
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
wHoLEsALE BEEF PRIors.

The following are today's wholesale
prices for beef cuts as sold by the In
diaHapolis markets
Ribs No. 2, SIC; No. 3, 24e. I4oins--
Me- 2. 2Tc; No. 3. o3c Rounds, No. q.
25c; No. 3, 23c. Chncks-No 2 16c: No.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
TwENTy sToCKs AvER,cr

NEW YORK, Oct 13.-Twenty indus
trial stocks averaged 800, a decrease of
.42 per cent. Twenty active rails aver
aged 1881, Il decrease of 10 per cent.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 13.-rotton :,

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 13.-Cotton fu-
lures opened easier, unchanged to 81
points lower and on some covering orders
advanced 3 to % points. Lower cables
favorable weather and heavy selling east
and here started another decline and
prices dropped to 80 below opening
levels.
The close was easy, net 10 to "a points
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
POWDER PLANT BRINGS SO 400, OOC

lions will be the basis of Mr.. ROOsevelt's
speech here.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
COTTON HITS NEW Low.

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Cotton futures
dropped to the lowest figures since 1917
on the cotton exchange here today. All
prices were below 20 cents. The last
price quoted on spot cotton was % cents
Monday The top price for spot cotton
vas 43Ac quoted In June of this wear.
The price has declined ever since that
date.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
cANcELLATInN or nIIARnEs q =

WASHINGTON, Oct. Proposed
cancellation OF charges for loading AMI
unloading live stock at the Union Stock
Yards Ia Chicago tdday was suspended
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
CLEARING HOUSE sTATE,rENr

NEW YORK, Oct 3.-Subtreasury
debts, S503 100; exchange, si.G27 iii Az:
balances, so, 2j0, 6T3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-25
MRS. HUMPHREY WARD

TT IS unlikely that the death of Mrs.
L Humphry Ward will inspire a
Robert Elsmere" revival. That novel
once the talk of the Anglo. Saxon
world, has, however, like its author. a
distinct place in the social and intel
lectual history of vanished epoch.
Analysts Of the late Victorian period
will turn TO Its pages as mirrors of
thought and rehectors of "radicalism"
which now seems tame.
II IL hard to realize the furore created
By that bulky thesis novel Of 1888, diff =
sult to recall the eagerness with which
such successors as David Grieve" and
''Marcella" were awaited. The efforts
Of Mrs. Ward to adjust herself to a
new order of high seasoning in fiction
ana a rash vrtuosity In graphing with
the weightiest problems were visible in
some later performances. But she had
not the native talent to fire character
isstson with life, although LADY
Roses Daughter did attain certafa
riridprss In a carefully contriyed way.
no (@iece OF Matthew Arnold. the
xr|3 lghter of che Rugby Arnold
4eva nss sfter thpt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-25

first memorable fash, evoked as tale
teller more respect than enthusiasm. In
English literature she is a figure OF
dignity and, TO be frank, of the sort
of sober restraint which passes for dull
ness today. Her endowment of the
creative gift was not large, while her
sincerity and intellectual conservatism
forbade Irritation with the sensational
and specious. II her fame is not
large, her notoriety is even less.
Nevertheless her appeal in certain
loyal circles endured for considerably
more than generation. 1t was some
thing to have published an anonymous
work, which Gladstone was suspected
of having written, even though Robert
Elsmere" may appear today as a
labored and perhaps ponderous discus
sion of religious problems in which the
general public has lost interest. Wells,
Chcsterton and the other playboys Of
propaganda fiction have set a new pace
in their craft. Mrs. Ward had neither
the genius nor the bold egoism TO imi-
tate their weather cock methods.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-25
JUSTICE FOR THE POOR

DIRECTOR TUsTIN'S announce
- ment that legal aid bureau will be
established in the Department of Pub
lie Welfare early in the summer is
formal and official recognition of the
importance of such work as has hith-
erto been done by private philanthropic
agencies.
1t is not easy for the poor man, un-
familiar with legal processes, to get
justice when he is brought up against
willy and unscrupulous men. This has
not been due to the failure of the
courts to administer justice. When
case is properly before the courts JUS
tice is done so far as it is humanity
possible. But the poor man and the
man of foreign birth with only a slight
knowledge of English and with no un-
derstanding of American institutions
have been the prey of swindlers and
INSCRIPTIONS pettifogging lawyers
They have submitted to injustice
because they have not known how to
resist. The privately maintained legal
aid societies in Philadelphia and in
many other large cities have done some
thing to relieve the situation, but they
have been unable to cover the ground.
The purpose Of the new bureau will
be TO provide without charge prelimi-
nary legal advice to men and women
who feel themselves unjustly dealt
with. These persons will be told what
their rights are. If necessary a law
yer will be provided to assist them, or
they will be recommended to lawyer
who will take their case and prosecute
it for reasonable fee.
Detailed plans for the operation of
the bureau have not been worked out, but
it is likely that lawyer representing it
will be stationed in all the minor courts
prepared to assist all of the unfortunate
who find themselves bewildered by the
predicament into which they have
fallen. And we suppose the minor
magistrates will CO. operate with these
| lawyers and do their best to prevent
the litigants from being bled by the un
scrupulous men who fatten on the mis-
fortunes of the poor.
Public spirited lawyers are talking o.
making an attempt to provide some con
stitutional method by which the admin
istration of justice may be simplificd il
the interest of litigants who cannot af
ford to fight their cases through to tn,
highest courts. If they can do some
thing to get rid of the laws delay anc
to make it difficult IL not impossible 70,
a lawyer in the pay of a rich client tc
tire out poor ltigant with just cas-,
1t will bring about a reform. the neeG
Of which has long been admitted.