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Show TOO MUCH LAW. From tho Detroit Froo Press. It would be unreasonable to suppose that the sentiments expressed by Judge Coxeof the United States Circuit court at New York would meet with the full approval of members of the legal profession, pro-fession, and yet 'the force of his assertion asser-tion Is all too apparent to those whose material prosperity does not depend on tho very conditions which he deplored. Judge Coxe declared that the troublo with our legal system Is "an overproduction overproduc-tion of law," and In support of this theory the-ory cites the fact that more than 14.Q00 statutes aro made annually In the United Unit-ed States, The need of the hour, he Insists, In-sists, is the suspension of special legislation; legisla-tion; a decrease In foolish legislation rather than an increase in tho number of the Judiciary, and the granting of but one trial and one appeal. |