Show december 19 THE CRIME INDUSTRY 1 crime C ri m 0 Is 1 now oneff oneat our ar falling industries an industry which la unaffected by ilard hard times br or taxes or any of the other banes banea ot f legitimate business likewise it is a publicly Y owned industry to thy the degree that the public pays the bill which Is said to total a year accord according ing to the committee on outside the home and school in aro a report port to the white house conference 0 on ja child health Healt hand and prote Protect c loh the population Is estimated estlina fed to be and it Is unquestionably growing flowing the state of illinois alone haq laws baw s designed to prevent crime e and many other states arf baly equal or exceed this record recard witnesses a flood ot oi now new legislation 1 and in the meantime the cri criminal minai class goes evenly about its business busine as j seemingly growing more mor 0 prosperous and secure it Is jilt a coincidence that the the age la likewise tile fhe age in hi which law id w passers land and crime reformers have flourished to on ian unprecedented degree like allour all our other problems that of I 1 crime will eventually be decided by the public the people through their thear vote determine whither whether ww we shall have a constantly increasing volume of laws or whether we will go back to fundamental laws that prosecute the criminal without putting good citizens at a the past few years idars have proven that restrict lv e sulp stuary legislation lai la more often ahan han not a boomerang J |