| Show ENFORCE 1 MI oitmiiAMLS It Is frequently urged that the sup rcsilon of gambllcg and kindred vllt to an Imposilblllly In any municipality Dotwllhln log the statutory lequlrementn and that the b1 tbeliollco authorities of any city can do la to regulate these neces mary adjuncts of clvlllzittoo So far as the aim of the statute Is can erned the allegation of an Imposal blilly Is I not true These evils can be uppressed to the same extent that her evils are If there Is I the same egne ot vigilance In enforcing the ults against them and that Is the full extent of the demand upon the police eoarlment It Is I that the officers hall enforce the Isw equally all around 11 Is I that the criminal law which takes the vagabond known as a I tramp whether mado BO by his misfortune In Dot being able to secure remunerative employment Dr by him wlllul refusal perform honest bit gulf sends him to Jail for begging hall bo enforced with equal vigor against the policy shop proprietor ho Inveigles young people Into his schemes and starts them on the death pace which robs them ot honor anti mskes them a foe to the state Thor to B statute against larceny Vhat would be said I of a police department depart-ment which Instead of hunting down and bIDglug 10 unlbmnl thieves whooovr possible should seek to regulate their Filterings by restrictIng restrict-Ing them lo certain localities certain hours of certain clseees 1 of the people I who might pOliO Bufllchiut property I o Afford to logo some of U occasionally w lIhoul I thoroughly Impoverishing bin And what would be said of a department which urged In te I half ot such a method that stealing could not be suppreisod The probability proba-bility Is I that Such a department would bo charactirUod as knavish and In collation and equally guilty with those who committed the actual thefts Yet the fact Is that larceny Is not suppressed sup-pressed any more than gambling licit Iqior aslllnr or prostitution would b under similar eaomul Dr the laws 10 that which restrsim Moving at least to the extent that III Is not openly fashionable as some other ctlmta are The fact Is I that gambling and tile other crimes too frequently allowed I o flourish can be made through Proper activity of the police de parlmal as unpopular as larceny and the criminal 10 LbOss toPects would have 19 be as stealthy In such violations of the law as are ommlltedas Is an ordinary sneak thief And that Is suppression all that tile people demand or expect That much they do wautaod ought to have |
