| Show laii LAW BREAKERS ATTENTION WE HEAR BEAR a great deal about the enactment of too many laws and it Is true that the country seems to be engulfed biennially in a veritable flood of new legislation says the republic one result Is so we are told that law enforce ment Is made very difficult this Is 15 doubtless true but tho the very fact that it is true makes it more the duty of every good citizen to see eee that he be obeys the law himself one good way to prevent the enactment of more unnecessary and foolish laws lato isto enforce all laws which are on the statute books and so BO bring about a reaction against the tendency to make too many new laws many of out our leading jurists tire are warning us that the flouting of the laws of the country is now becoming a natrona I 1 peril touching upon this point attorney general sargent recently said in an address before the pennsylvania bar association when intelligent educated men hold up to ridicule the rules tor for its conduct which society makes and devote their intelligence telli gence wit and resources to make crime and criminals attractive it Is to be be e expected that the thoughtless the ignorant the vicious will try and get rid of the oppressor of the criminal in any way by any means that will be most effective day by day because some one plays for the doing of it and because the great body of law abiding citizens Is complete complaisant and says nothing to show its approval flippant jerring writers publishers soapbox soap box orators and cabaret performers sow BOW the wind and society reaps it all in whirlwinds whirl winds which blast and destroy |
