Show APPEALS TO ASKS THEM THE TO BE HONEST IN THEIR profession 4 1 rich men buy immunity u alty by employing the Brai brainiest niest to find loopholes in the la law I 1 I 1 new york april 22 united states supreme court justice david J brewer pleaded forfi higher standard of ethics in the legal profession in an address addre gs before the ethical culture so po clety in carnegie bail ball yeste yesterday raar justice brewer in beginning hla hits remarks said that no profession was BO so often and eo so wrongfully attacked as waa was the legal profession and then he added it U 1 strange th aLthere be ao 0 lucli criticism ka f the we bar we roust must remember that the wisdom of the lawmaker can devur beep keep pace pate with the ingenuity of trained minds seeking to evade legal limitations the old saving that holes may he be I 1 ifould found in every law meana means simply that ian an ingenious lawyer can often find either in the statute itself or in the mode of enforcement some sonie way to escape from its penalties it Is this which provokes the frequent remarks that tho the law so seldom reaches the rich tor for the rich can pay for the brainiest brai niest and the brainiest brai niest can moat most certainly and abd quickly discover the means of evam evasion lon As against this I 1 appeal tor for a higher standard of ethics I 1 appeal to every lawyer to put his I 1 heart alongside his head to mix his conscience with his brains let him have abe courage to lay my to his client it may be legal but it Is dishonest and I 1 will have bayo nothing to do with ILI it la Is s asking too much of the profession |