The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-01

ton And they will succeed ID their
job only as they succeed In the indi-
viduai tasks of solution faid upon
their shoulders And more than that
they will walk through absurd exrradi-
tion foIderoi as fireman goes through
a wisp of smoke
Crime will De against society. not
against a county or city or state.
Prosecution viii De Dy society. not by
dependent for q living upon the votes
of a few communities Crime viii be
a high menace 70 the decency of life
the administration OF business and
the sancFity OF the home. Ii viii De
treated as such Then solution will
ne sure in the vast majority OF cases.
Then prosecution viii De genuine and
speedy and efficacious. Then change
OF venue will temper justice with
mercy ana -mercenary" with justice
Until then the country viii sTagger
along under ever-increasing police and
prosecution COSTS II viii carry the
endless burden of county bonds and
county taxes And by every indica-
ZION. crime Will constantly Increase
How many OF Americas great cities
are solvent today? Why?
America. with the most outrageous
murder RATE ever known 10 a civilized
land is in my Judgment, the most law
abiding nation on earth This is true
because America stands for more ride.
uIous and philharmonic laws than
any other country Technical legal
expressions are the fruit of Iegalized
lawmakers iustifying their own ex-
tsrence. They have specialized 70 such
an extent thai their complete success
is the ROM of common equity and av
erage comprehension. Strictly speak
ing. nor a single American is free
from the tainf of criminal activity.
He may speed in his motor car
crimel He may not sound his horn
A crimel He may run wire TO light
his chicken coop and forget hat he
should apply for permit A crimel
I could go on forever.
Millions OF laws govern Americans
and the greatest of the legal minds
have not the slightest ide Of most
of them. nor their import A favorite
court procedure is TO face a situation
requiring adjudication, then cast back
as far as necessary for a precedent
By which 70 Judge il In this age,
when the machine and science and
invention nave altered the whole
course of human life, legal lights ire
quently cast back for precedent TO
the judgment of men who never
dreamed of a norseIess carriage. who
read By the light of a tallow candle.
bathed in an iron rub. let their teeth
decay as the years passed and because
Ii travelled . miles an hour damned
the railroad train as device Of the
devil for the destruction of man
This must pass America will throw
off this yoke of archaic habit The
people. fed up with Main street muir
ders. idiotic legal subterfuges and
outright corruption. viii assert them
selves. They viii put a direct ques
ton. They will want and they viii
get a direct answer.
You will be entirely safe In the
demonstration that when they do
GET il it viii come from one no less
than Uncle Sam himself When the
beard Of that gentleman bristles with
Indignation and his mighty biceps
writhe for a whack ar the desperate
who is the national problem and the
international disgrace, things viii hap
pen. Not until theni
Scotland Yard offers a lot America
can learn. Half as efficient as the
New York police. IL is twice as effec-
tive. Mussolini offers G ponderable
thought 10 Americans. Undertaking
government when his country was
crime-ridden and virtually hopeless of
deliverance. he has cleaned il up. pol
ished it. renewed its public pride
He offers IL as a sample Of what cen
tralized power can do when IL comes
TO decapitating a monster spawned
in ignorance, nurtured on the milk
of murder, trained to the brass
knuckIe and the blackjack, and fat
tened upon the lethargic and some
what hopeless incomprehension of
great people with too much faith in
those who have usurped the powers
of their local governing functions
Can a copl Call a cop by all means
But may God grant that be viii. fig
uratively, wear striped trousers,
spangIed coat. a faring plug hat and
a flowing beard. Then he win be the
COD who viii spell deliverance for
American business and home life. He
will be Uncle Sam
&C. 1893. by North American Newspaper
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