The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-22
(Official City, State and County
Newspaper)
Foreign Representatives
SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS
g. BREWER
uncorporateO
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTO1
The Old. Old Story


infamous New York gangster, was
broke" when he was killed by un-
derworld enemies, serves to emoha-
size anew the old, old story that crime
doesn't pay. Here is an underworld
king" whose coffin will be paid for
by the charity of friends. He was
put on the spot several times be-
fore death finally came to him. so his
occupation could hardly have been q
pleasant one and the money must
have been his whole object. Yet he
failed miserably in that.
Older folk, of course, have seen
often enough how these things work
out and the prospect Of easy money
offers less temptation for them than
for younger folk. This is proved by
the tender age at which the average
criminal enters our prisons nowadays.
Statistics show it Is somewhere be-
tween ~ and q years.
The difficulty, therefore, would
seem to be, not to prove that crime
doesn't pay, but to convince our
young folks of the fact. Every Amer
lean father and mother IS an i'm
portant factor in this important
process of education. It Is respon-
sibility which cannot be shifted 70
churches, schools or any other agen-
cy or individual. Others can help
but the responsibility of parenthood
Is inescapable.
Considered in this light, 1t seems
the greatest need Of the nation IN
solving its crime problem is wise and
sincere fathers and mothers with an
understanding of their own children
and a desire to develop proper char
acter traits in them.
For the temptations of "easy
money" obtained by shady methods
are very real to the young man Or
woman who lacks educational. social
or family background. He sees 9TH
ers, no better educated and no wiser
than he, making an apparently good
thing of life. He sees such persons
having a good time without much
work. It seems easy. He hears that
he is fool to stick to Job which
may be onerous at times when so
much is offered to the bold practi-
cally for the taking.
Unless he realizes both that some
things are wrong In themselves and
that crime doesn't pay, the young
person may fall when temptation
comes. If his first few escapades art
successful and unpunished, he has
ample confirmation Of an opinion
that the authorities and the gray.
boards are all wrong
He becomes a full-fledged crinlina
without realizing that every success
in his illicit enterprises brings neare
the inevitable day of reckoning.
Both the big shots and the hang.
ers-on of the underworld illustrat,
the truth Of the old adage abou
crime. There have been none bigge
anywhere than AL Capone, who sit
now in a jail cell awaiting his almos
certain transportation to fedora
penitentiary for a long term of years
It seems almost as certain that tn
great Capone fortune, built upon
foundation of blood, vice and wrong
doing, is melting away. When Ca
pone regains his freedom it probaol
will have vanished.
Only Capone has been moro i'm
portant figure than Diamond, VIII
now has taken the other route. tray
eled by so many before him. A mis-
spent life comes to an untimely en-
because Of the very things by whic
he hoped to profit. Lite was as swet
to Diamond Is to anyone. It was h
own fault that he did not live to er
Joy It..
These are things which need to
pointed out to the youth Of Amcric,
for the crop Of criminals which v
shall. have In 1942 Is now in I'll
formative stage. It consists Of u,
boys and girls between 10 and ]
years old.
The Importance of a King
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