Show ono Suco cufal substitute for february itaf somewhat surprising chat the agitation igi tation in favor of abolishing by means of just we the die raco of amerlean literary piracy should have been until lately carried on almost exclusively by those sup plied to be directly interested ti amely writers and publishers only lately have there been signs that the clergy abe guardians of both private and public morals take any vital interest in the sub eject or that the people ay large fare aroused to the national dishonor di honor 13 u t the stolen books with ch the country is deluged are read by the country dow many 1 an 1 our citizens are alive to the b ful fact that Ameri dau pirates and the american public have for gen orations erat ions been living upon stolen literature congress bas beeh blamed for its but who among us can escape reproach who buo D us a a to t g empty to r ig lit this dij ti wron 0 t i wipe out this durn ble n disgrace mr lowell in presiding over tile ay sit autho re re A dings in new york last november added to the num berof his admirable say bogs in favor of international copy rig h t he repeated two for innate phrases of his own on this ljubic t used by him in his notable address to d committee of congress Cob gress there is one thing bet ter than a chea book and that is book honest y come by out authors are the only workers among us who are forced to men who receive no wages at all in the course of his chickering hall andreis ad dreis a which the above watchwords were again given out air coaell said to steal a wok I 1 have bou 9 lit is theft to steal a book I 1 have made what is that in referring to the effect of the ab sence interest national copyright upon the county large be puttee question whether it be pru dentin s allow its liter or a great part of its liter to be chade fol it by another in other words to allow the shaping of its thought and ther e foro of its character to be done by but the deepest word of all was tbt 1 I prefer that the ment should rest not upon in terest and expediency but upon honesty and justice substitute for justice has ever been discovered noth iniz with the last bog quality of justice justi cp these are golden words the key note ofa great national rearm or to take another figure of light be the of a new era of justice a new era in the liter of the english speaking race the man who is most constantly begging pardons cares the whether he ever gets them some binen are accused of being tight when in act it Is their pock et books that are full most boarding house keepers are philanthropic they would like to see consumption cured A man rumor oil break is leg to an maybe is nee k de day artith |