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ANTIDOTES FOR CRIME BACK TO NATURE it from developing with these characteristics. their future. The U.S.A. has space for hundreds of The boy of 12 or more whose erratic nature has millions of people. The ground is fertile, the climate not been checked by some good influence will have to and all other conditions are favorable for enjoyment be dealt with by society. of family life. With regulation and some labor, the As the youngster grows up he discovers that com- land will do the work with the aid of nature. It is plicated State, County and Township laws with dif- not necessary for masses to congregate in American ferent procedures, permit criminals to evade justice. centers to provide Industrial Competition for nations They learn the methods of escape, trick to evade Law, who have not the natural advantages provided to the sometimes with the aid of attorneys, politics, etc. All Americas. American labor has no need to compete restraint is forgotten. After a few successful crimes; with lower scale foreign labor. the misery caused to victims; the worry caused to It is in these centers of population that so much their own relations; evasions from officers of the law; unhappiness becomes possible. Unemployment, or em- a frenzied belief that their life is normal soon brings ployment at lower than living wage, unsanitary and . a feeling that all is safe. immoral family conditions easily breed dissatisfed Capt. Donald Wilkie, formerly of the U. S. Service, minds that rebel at unfairness and then either develop claims the average in regard to crime have been as great fighting reformers to better things or they can follows: 6'to 1 the Criminal was arrested; 12 to 1 if develop into derelicts, brutes, growlers, or criminals. caught and tried, he did not go to prison; 124 to 1 if a As we observe plant and animal life we notice that murdered, he was not executed. As principal causes, where a life is added, whether it is insect or fower, he gave political drags, lawyers, red tape, perjury, provision for its existence is also at hand. It is only simple alibis, etc. man who has food and shelter withdrawn, not that As an antidote for evil, substitutes must be offered. sufficient is not provided by nature, but his own laws Easy access to music and sports, as well as active prevent the use of necessities except by payment for participation in group organizations with leadership, it in money, which, of course, makes money and its such as the Boy Scouts offer can and does replace de- attainment the goal of. every human being. grading interests. Gradually as a major part of its war on crime in It is imperative that the Agricultural success of the U. S. the powerful hand of gov't has insisted that men like Geo. Washington, Thos. Jefferson and others more humane methods be used, by further regulation be intensively taught the young, upon which to base of great interests that control so many of the require- 28 29