Garland Globe | 1907-09-28 | Page 7 | Why He Wanted Law

WHY HE WANTED LAW. i t Man Had to Be Forced Into Paths of Righteousness. Congressman James E. Watson of tho Sixth Indiana district told a story while In town recently, nnent tho operation op-eration of tho pure food law, nnd Intended In-tended to lllustrato his expressed theory that mora people would bo good if they had to be. "It was whllo wo woro wrestling with the puro food bill at Washington," Washing-ton," ho said, "that I got a letter from iomc, written by a man from whom I bought a big quantity of mnplo sirup sach year. Ho urged mo to fight for Mo puro food bill. Now, 1 couldn't help remembering, to savo my llfo, that this man bought flvo barfols of brown sugnr at tho opening of tho mnplo molasses season. So I wroto him a noto suggesting that advocacy of a pure food measuro seemed odd from n man who bought five barrels of brown sugur before beginning tho manufacture of lila pure mnplo Blrup. "Never feazed him. Ho turned my letter over and wroto on tho back: 'I know It, but I wunt tho law to mako mo do right.' " Indianapolis News.