Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-12
ASKS ROTARIANS TO GIVE SUPPORT
 ID AMERICAN BOND PROGRAMME

v,aot for law. There were more than e5oO unlawful homicides last year; hot less than 5000 in 1920; iH@no year dur ing the last ten years did the hummer fall below $500. In other words. dur ing the pagt ten years, no less than S5,-I ooo of our citizens have perished by po.- son. by the pistol, by the knife, or by some other unlawful and deadly instru- ment, Burslaries have increased dur inr the past ten years 1200 per cent.
 The committee says the popular View Ahat crime has increased as result of the war is not correct that the propor- tional increase in crime from 1Sl6 to
 1922 is no greater than from 1910 to 1916. They say crdme has been stead
 fly and rapidly increasing since lSSo.
 The committee says further they unanl-
 mously agree that our vast amount or
 crime is due; more than to any other
 cause, to the fact that criminals escape
 punishment. In Canada, justice is sure
 and swift, also in the British Isles. The
 committee recommended first that swf
 and severe punishment be meted out for crime second, that first offenders only,
 be eligible for probation, and neither
 probation nor parole be permitted 10 those convicted of homicide, Burglary. rape or highway robbery; third, that
 manufacture and sale of pistols and cartridges be absolutely prohibited ex- cept for official use.
 Now comes the American Bond to help every other helpful agency in do- ing the necessary task which is-what?
 To build public sentiment to a point
 where a dominant Uncle Sam shall cheer law observance and promptly punish all violators of all laws. How? By agita- tion and education. Wendell Phillips of ten said Agitation is the marshaliing of the conscience of the nation to en-
 act and enforce it's laws" Bishop Fow- Ter said Flash a ray of light into a l rathole and you have spoiled it for rat 1 purposes" The American Bond proposes with your support and that of other | patriots, to turn on the light. By ton
 que, pen, printing press and from pulp
 and platform, we will agitate until pa i triotic conscience is marshalled not only | to back up, sustain, and render it DO litically safe for public officers to d. their duty, but shall demand and com. mand them to put the iron hand upor
 the iawbreakers-high or low-with re | tribution as swift and dreadful as tht 1 thunderbolt
 l In these ways, we plan at least ter year campaign of educational Worls First, the American Bond committee with s. S. Kresge of Detroit, as chair man, and fifty captains of industry asso ciated with him, will appeal by mail t i the manufacturers and business men to cooperate by careful individual ob I servance of law and by activity to gai
 law observance in their respective com
 munities. I represent this committee il Norwich and here today, as it's secre tary, in this statement and appeal. Set T end, hy circulation of hundreds of ton
 of literature, printed upon the presse : of the American Bond at Westervill, Ohio. By the truth in print, by tract.
 by cartoon, by picture, by booklet, book : and other means shall the light be SOW ed everywhere. Third, the most hope l full branch of service to build futuI public opinion is in the schools. By aC
 dresses on loyalty, to the children, | : question box exercises, by helping II troduce the code of morals for childre !, and the character education prepare e by the research committee at Washih; ' ton. of which the commissioner of ed, I cation is chairman, and by direct teacl : ing of patriotic principles, we shall c, : operate to train the citizens of tomo 9 row to go out strong and determined Q fight the battles of peace, to save tl : new America of the future from u . bolsheviki and the reds, and to put 9 rout, deportation and destruction, a r the criminals and traitors to the natic a and the flag.
 s In closing, Dr. Russell called up, c the Rotarians to assist in this call $, God and the nation, and invited ali r repeat with him the foundation patr ' otic sentiment of the American Bon j. The Americans Creed.