The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-01-12

about the whole world going to the
bow-wows. No one knows what Eur
ope is going to do, it is true, but
the average thinking American knows
in his own heart that America is not
going to go so very far wrong. 1t
which, in some cases, are more or
less serious, and which demand the
thoughtful attention of all good
Americans. We have radicals and we
have eccentrics. We have people who
take little or no interest in the affairs
of their nation, and people who work
themselves up to a fever heat over
everything, seeing every little cloud
through magnifying glass. But, al
SO, we have the great mass of law
abiding, home loving citizens, who
revere the Stars and Stripes: who
know right from wrong and who. in
the final analysis, will see America
through any period of unrest and
seeming uncertainty. We have abid-
ing faith in the big majority of the
American people,
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This morning we picked up news
paper, and turning to the editorial
page found an able and somewhat |
lengthy editorial on the tax situa-
ton. 1t was well written and all
sounded logical, and made us wonder
how the editor found the time to dig
up all the facts and figures used.
A little later we picked up another
paper and found the same editorial
gracing it's editorial page, without
any credit to anyone. Then we
wondered how in thunder the two
editors had found time to compile
the editorial.
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Henry Ford makes $264,026.41 a
day. We are glad we are not Henry.
We could never have nerve enough to
take day off-American Lumber
man (Chicago.)
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LINCOLN'S ADVICE TO LAWYERS.
The sensational and long-drawn-out
of perjury case in Spo-
kane makes very pertinent Abraham
Lincoln's code of ethics for lawyers,
writes William Goodyear in the Pull
man Herald. After his death there
we're found among his papers some =
loose, undated sheets in his own hand u
writing that he had evidently pre- Il
pared to use as the outline of all
address, to lawyers or law students. y
rhe ideals set forth in these notes
re well worth the careful considera- a.
ion of every practicing lawyer, law -
tudent and young person who aspires =
0 some day enter the legal profess
ion. The notes were in part as Z
blows:
Discourage litigation. Persuade :.
our neighbors to compromise when +
yer you can. Point out to them how
ne nominal winner is often real 70
,ser-1n fees, expenses and waste or ha
me. AS a peacemaker, the lawyer tn
as superior opportunity of being ps1
ood man. There will still be bust 70,
asS enough. Never stir up litigation. sic
worse man can scarcely be found Th
IAN ono who doos +bis Who can no Nc
sig
ore heaiiy d lienu 'han ne VIM Ia ella
ftr., W. no orc IF =
eeds in search of defects in titles, ha
herein to stir up strife and put CO..
oney in his pocket A moral tone In 1,,,
light to be infused into the profess -
on which should drive such men out
it.
/" There is a vague popular belief
at lawyers are necessarily dishonest.
say vague because, when we con-
der to what extent confidence and
'nors are reposed in and conferred
ION lawyers by the people, it APP I
ars improbable that their impress
IN of dishonesty is very instinct and
vid. Yet the impression is COM
universal. Let no young {
an choosing the law for calling .
r a moment yield to the popular be-
f. Resolve to be honest at all
ents; and if, in your own judgment,
u can not be an honest lawyer, =
solve to be honest without being Y
vyer. Choose some other occupa-
n rather than one in the choosing
which you do, in advance, consent
be a knave." =
f such code Of ethics should be III
opted and adhered to by every law
there would be no such cases as
sensational one which has been on
il in Spokane and none of the u