Show THIRTEEN BILLIONS FOR crime according to wade ellla ellis of tile the american dar bar associations crime commission costs the united states a year we have murders annually 50 times the number recorded in great britain since 1900 our murder rate has increased per cent the causes t f crime are many and foremost among them mr air ellis places our multiplicity of laws which by simple mathematics has increased the total of 0 crimes every new law breeds new criminals decreases respect for society and places new burdens on our courts of justice it Is a disheartening fact that the great majority ot of our citizens take crime more or less as a matter of course what Is needed Is an active public consciousness libat wll will force a simplification and reform of our laws and legal system and oppose the tendency to pile more enactments act ments on oil the already bulging statute books too many laws touch the good citizens and tall fail to discomfort the criminal the sole test tor for any law is whether it protects society and punishes or reforms ate underworld we must return to first principles in our war against crime |