| Show we need an annual supplement to the decalogue in these latter days by EDWARD A ROSS in sin and society tho sinister opportunities presented in this webbed social lifo life leave inive wen been seized unhesitatingly because such not yet bacomo infamous the alie rann man who picks pockets with a railroad rebato rebate murders with nn an adulterant instead of a bludgeon burglarizes with a jakeo IT instead of a cheats with a company prospectus instead of A deck of cards or scuttles liis ilia town instead of ilia hia ship feel on oil his brow the brand of a malefactor the shedder of blood tho the oppressor of the widow and the fatherless long ago became odious but latter day treacheries fly no skull and cross liones at tho tha masthead our social organization lias has developed to a it a stage where tile tho old right its is not enough wo need an annual supplement to ilia decalogue the growth of credit institutions the spread of fiduciary rel relational rela tiona ationo the en meshing of industry in law the interlacing e of government and business the multiplication of boards of I 1 inspectors boneff beneficent cent as they oil all are arc they invite to sin what gateways they open to greed I 1 what fresh parasites taley let in fit on us I 1 how idle in our new situ situation 1 aaion to intone the old litanies I 1 the reality of thia close knit lifo life is not to bo be seen and touched it must bo be thou thought glit tito tho sins silis it opens the lie door to are to bo be discerned by knitting ilia brows browa rather than by opening tile the eyes it takeo imagination to see BOO that bogus medical diploma lying advertisement ti and fake testimonial are arc death dealing instruments it takes imagination to see that savings bank wrecker loan shark and investment Ewi swindler in in taking livelihoods liveli hoods talce tako lives jt it takes imagination to see that the business busin cea of debauching debau ching voters fixing juries seducing lawmakers and corrupting public publia is like pawing through the props ofa of a crowded grandstand Wl iother wo wa like it or not we are arc in tho the or ganic phase and tho the thickening perils that aliat beset our bur path th etui can bo bet beheld only by tile tho minds eye |
