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aa ae eae 2 = ae RS SP ANTIDOTES FOR CRIME it from developing with these characteristics, The boy of 12 or more whose erratic nature has not been checked by some good influence will have to be dealt with by society. As the youngster grows up he discovers that com- plicated State, County and Township laws with’ dif- ferent procedures, permit criminals to evade justice. They learn the methods of escape, trick to evade Law, sometimes with the aid of attorneys, politics, etc. All restraint is forgotten. After a few successful crimes; the misery caused to victims; the worry caused to’ their own relations; evasions from officers of the law; a frenzied belief that their life is normal soon brings ' .a feeling that all is safe. Capt. Donald Wilkie, formerly of the U.S. Service, claims the average in regard to crime have been as ‘follows: 6'to 1 the Criminal was arrested; 12 to 1 if caught and tried, he did not go to prison ; 124 to 1 ifa murdered, he was not executed. As principal causes, he gave political drags, lawyers, red tape, perjury, simple alibis, etc. , As an antidote for evil, substitutes must be offered. Easy access to music and Sports, as well as active Participation in group organizations with leadership, such as the Boy Scouts offer can and does replace de- grading interests, It is imperative that the Agricultural success of men like Geo, Washington, Thos. Jefferson and others be intensively taught the young, upon which to base 28 eee « BACK TO NATURE their future. The U.S.A. has space for hundreds of millions of people. The ground is fertile, the climate and all other conditions are favorable for enjoyment of family life. With regulation and some labor, the land will do the work with the aid of nature. It is not necessary for masses to congregate in American centers to provide Industrial Competition for nations who have not the natural advantages provided to the Americas. American labor has no need to compete with lower scale foreign labor. It ts in these centers of population that so much unhappiness becomes possible. Unemployment, or em- ployment at lower than living wage, unsanitary and .immoral family conditions easily breed dissatisfied minds that rebel at unfairness and then either develop great fighting reformers to better things or they can develop into derelicts, brutes, growlers, or criminals. As we observe plant and animal life we notice that where a life is added, whether it is insect or flower, provision for its existence is also at hand. It is only man who has food and shelter withdrawn, not that sufficient is not provided by nature, but his own laws prevent the use of necessities except by payment for it in money, which, of course, makes money and its attainment the goal of. every human being. Gradually as a major part of its war on crime in the U.S. the powerful hand of gov't has insisted that more humane methods be used, by further regulation of great interests that control so many of the require- 29