Show ALARMING INCREASE OF CRIME bmw intelligent observers speak ol df the alarming la increase crease of crime in the united states in spite of the growth AWu W catlon they are met by the op bp ti assertion that the pi population has increased very rapidly and therefore it must be expected that the criminal statistics will show big figures but bat an official who Is said to be a reliable authority ou on this question warden mcclaughry of the jollet joliet penitent penitentiary lary has announced in a public lee lecture ture that during daring the last hot thirty years the criminal class has increased twice as last fast as the population he places the known criminals at per persons pons anore ore than tha u f a L third at of whom are u under it oer 20 and ha half i f of them bat t is are under 21 years old only uly ow ona tenth of the whole number are in confinement this to is a serious condition of affairs and the gravest item in the bill bellof f particulars is ia the alleged of of juvenile depravity readers of the daily news AS published in the papers and ably in the dispatches roust must nave via observed the tre frequent quent com n fit a I 1 crimea rime by very young youn per b both ol 01 regep the dime novel is de b atha good ft del of his but is t clew clear that we ma amb 0 depper deeper than into the inside of books I 1 whether hather yellow youaw be backed eked or red 0 for it causes of this criminal tendency wey inn in it wa young the outlook to hi not pleasant if this Is one of the results of the boasted civilization of thi the age to Is it ko sug cestive ketive of something radically wrong fu a that civilization would it not be as well to look for the tha roots of its detects instead of reveling so much III ID of its iti it i blossoms if a young mor in mon on wale male or female goes ts lathe bad it Is the custom among a 4 ca certain rz class to lay the blame ou on the reb religion of the p parents re t 4 it matters not hai this rel ig 1 n its leich te chi insa ogg and buffit s u t is vigorously vigorous hostile to arlala ahat h hat counts for nothing g vi ith its detract ore we do not lay the increase of er crimeni aag the door of any particular roll reli gib bat that there is little room for forb ing of the superiority of cehris ear civilization when crime is iacre toe 4 with increased facilities for forth tb aaion of that civilization augat t clear enouf i to cause a little more bb tin mality and does pear in in the light ot of tile lue fact that tha te children ildren eh growing up under ita foster lag ing carp care in a laid land of frel free schools and religious opportunities and lostau eions are exhibiting in ab so manyin many in stances a marked and terrible crim loil tendency the lack of restraint upon the tae atif maln go generation aeration in this country is one s source of evil to society Childr enari permitted permitted to do pretty much as tay please and liberty is suffered to ran nemond legitimate bounds P parents who are strict in the gover government anim bt their offspring are accused paig tyrannical and so many are allowed to 10 run at loose ends that any restriction placed upon a boy or girt girl is asre dented because ot of this general laxity the absence of practical moral and abil religious tuition in the common school system has also much to do wa he prevalence of crime which la 0 to be an accompaniment of a decline to in baith la ith and a decadence of the spirit of devo devotion tiou A laek lack of profitable employment lg ig another cause of vice if every ever hoy y and girl iu in the country coul conla something todo to 10 lo for which wages could be obtained there would he be far less lawlessness lawless niss and fewer cewe r inhabitants of prisons tiff SUs los h s one of the pressing lecessi necessities e 0 tte times in utah idleness Isi eness Js ia a crit breeder we have an immense loreg ile population with few avenues vt I 1 id austry we need factories and wn shops their establishment wo would af a far armore more striking loom I 1 opportunities and attig than any amount of glittery glit glittering terl an g I 1 allo ments meats to catch outside capi capital 1 educational and industrial establishments lish ments should complement each other teach the children good principles as well as rules and 11 figures ures pad and then provide the youth bilth jtb wort work this will prevent much evil and it will be found cheaper ebe aperto to do this efian to pay for the be care of paupers haupers and the punishment of offenders outside of the brigham Youl gAW academy and College where is the adval advanced leed educational establishment endowed by a utah capitalist and nhep is ia the industrial institution not built solely for the purpose of making k mone monea investments for fai nt aie employment of young people it 1 they th ey onla zin v paid pa id expenses would he be 0 of f advy advantage n age t to the community y win h honor ailor t to 0 those who thus asyl the means entrusted to them by divine providence and would cert certainly atall oft bring them the reward of those who lay up treasures in heaven |