The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-13
TYING SHAM" RULES
THE WORLD TODAY
.nvwHERE COUNTERFEIT
SvD ro1TND IN THE PLACE
=" or THE GENUINE.
.,vo1T ALL ALONG THE LINE

of the Industrial Civilization
A9 g,s Been Shattered, Declares a James IS
pa Reck, the Solicitor General OF
The tn United States.
aryrrNNATI, O.-Revolt against
'l;tion and authority has sprung up
aa'o onIy against the political state but
i@ on art, poetry and commerce
~ ~, +be age has become "pre-em1-
i'4 A.. one OF sham and counterfeit,
I,., s N. Beck, solicitor general OF
OIL United States, declared before the
,n.rican Bar Association today lie {.
' Dts IN The Spirit of Lawlessness.
0Tbo statistics of our criminal courts
,,.,ent wears show an unprecedented
.sartb in crime" Mr.. Beck said. But
n. revolt against authority is not con-
..d TO the political state; In music
ln'g ;,ndamental canons have been
s.om rr,' aside and discord has replaced
|no now Its culmination-jazz-is
/ nu Sn the plastic arts the criteria OF
.,nty have been swept aside by the
s ,ari cubists, vorticists and other
a,tI bolsheviki. In poetry, beauty
Y {s .bvtbm and nobility of thought have
Van an replaced by exaltation OF the
Ss,,oeoue and brutal.
i an commerce the revolt is one
r,inst purity of standards and the IN
s srt, Of business morals. Who can
KTpaion that this is pre-enfinently the
4 ~ Of sham and counterfeit!
Morale Gets Hard Blow.
! Two OF the oldest empires in the
rnd-China and Russia-are in a
rshsr OF anarchy" the solicitor gen
ri said and in even the most stable
Iore-nments the underground rumb-
rgs Of revolution may be heard. But
Tfi11 greater significance to the well
HI Of civilization is the complete sub
#f,ion during the world war OF nearly
4 the international laws which have
Fen built up. This fierce war OF eX-
ymination has put us back-tempo-
rily. let us hope-1,000 years.
The morale of our industrial civil
Ration has been shattered Work Tor
kork's sake, as the most glorious PRIV
i sge OF human faculties, has gone. The
sversion to work is the great evil OF
BIZ world today. The whole history OF
he mechanical era is a persistent
sruggle for more pay and shorter
aOurs, and today it has eliminated in
1 orld-wide ruin. In my judgment the
Economic catastrophe OF 1921 is lar
heater than the political-military ca
srophe of 1914"
Mad Race for Pleasure.
\ Accompanying the indisposition to
ork, the solicitor general continued,
S been mad desire for pleasure
uch as has not been seen within the
Htmory OF living man.
& Man has danced upon the verge OF
social abyss and even the dancing
as reverted to the primitive forms OF
rcvi.ized conditions" Mr.. Beck de-
bred.
Speaking OF newspapers, he deplored
BE increase of the "ephemeral and
rNial, saying that pages were devot--
to sport, while literary, art and
husca reviews and scientific discus
Ons are omitted or given little space.
Too Many Laws One Cause.
Undoubtedly there are many con
fbuting causes to this worldwide
EVOLUTION against authority" Mr.. Beck
continued Thus, the multiplicity OF
RVs does not tend to develop a law
Bding spirit. A race OF individuals
beys reluctantly, when they obey at
any laws they regard as unreaSon-
BE or vexatious. Nearly all women,
instance, are involuntary SNUG
as They deny the authority OF the
sae to impose a tax on Paquin
pgn The laws delays and laXity i'll
&ininistration breed a spirit of con-
8npt and too often invite men to
liz the law in their own hands. -.
| may seem undu!y pesslmlstlc,
Beck said in conclusion, and /
suggest no remedy, but there are
any palIiatives for the evils | have
sVuSsc0. O reklndle IN men the love
81 work for works sake and the spirit
discipline would do much to solve
problem. The law and our protes-
n can defend the spirit OF lndivld-
Sm The tendency of group moral
Is one that the law should combat.
this spirit of individualism the no
FSt expression is the constitution OF
United States. About the individ-
the coastitution draws the solemn
Ce OF rs protection. 1t defends the
EtggTlty OF he human soul. r.
Inc constitution was our fathers
Son, That vision still remains with
American people and they have
yet lost faith in it. Let us, as in
prefers and guardians, do all that
Us Hes to preserve this inspired Wis
Oh or iathers."
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