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Show i. 'on "Common Clvlhty" . i.7 tr" ,UDD0d to know the law better than laymen. When a New Jirssy vice chancellor says from the i .v "con,mon civility U the law of the land" common people, un-.?. un-.?. . "" '" wl11 no' venture to Uks Issue with him, but they will "" 'h,lr "erot that the law of "" . . .' not "forced. There Is often a pslnful lack of th, cneape,t klnd o clTlllty In puhllo offices, at bargain counters, aad on street cars. The victims vic-tims do not sesm to have that legal re-drsss re-drsss which they expect where the lsw of the land has bsen violated. Ths vice chancellor went on to defile de-file "common civility,' saying that "oas pirson haa no right to speak to another person unless he first gets bis consent people who are bubbling our with questions or views and who wlih to open conversstlon with strangers stran-gers will please bear this In mind. They should begin operations not by remarking that It Is a pleasant day, hut by saying, "Have I your conasnt to talk to you?" At this point "organised labor" and ths vies chancellorpartcompany. These remarks of his were made apropos of a strike In a Paterson silk mill. Non-unlonliti Non-unlonliti have taken the place ot oslon workers and the latter have tun reasoning with the former, sometimes some-times quite violently, to Induce them to quit work. In such n case the vice chancellor deems It only civil for the man who wishes to do the ressonlng to get the consent of the other party. The lawyer for the strikers asked the court how this consent wss to bs obtained and was told that his clients could write a letter to the mill-hands asking for leave to argue with them the question of stopping work. This Is a delightful suggostlon. Nothing could be more dignified than for striksrs to write polite notes to those who havo taken their jobs, saying to them, "Come, let us resson together." "Organised "Or-ganised labor," however, does not sgree with the judgo on this question ot "common civility," If all walking delegates and pickets thought about this mstter as he does, controversies between union and non-union labor would be conducted with a degree of politeness and decorum not always found In courts and congresses. |