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Show BUSINESS MEN PED They Are Held Responsible Respon-sible for the Graft in This Country Chicago, Feb. 17. "Business men of this country are chiefly to blame for the political graft and corruption so widespread throughout the nation," i.;-ld Julius Henry Cohen, lawyer, of New York. In an address before the riiemt?ic of the Chicago CiedUnicn's association at ihelr annual banquet last nlht. His subject was, "Business i and Politics." "We hear u great deal about the graftlug legislator and tho brlbo-tak-lug public officials In those-days." said Cohen, "but, gentlemen, I want to ask you who makes this graft possible and who offors those bribes? We have In Chicago and New York two specific Instances. In-stances. "In my own city wo havo a legislative legisla-tive acandal, In which a member of the legislature is accused of accepting accept-ing $1,000 as a bribe for his vote. My friends, bridge companies are not run by legislators; they are managed by business men. While we have grow n commercially powerful, are we becoming becom-ing morally great? I think not, and tho chief reason why we are not la that the very men to whom bcloncs the chief credit for our tremendous prosperity aie the men who exercise the most malign Influence over our public morula. The business men of the country must establish a standard of plain, common honesty." |