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pppppppppppppppppippiijilipfaijjiijiij of fear and hatred, instead of trust and respect Some one ought to or ganize an intelligent and definite movement toward the bettering of what has. reached -alarming propor tions. I saythls, in your interest as well as in the interest of the public and the profession, for lam sure that you are gentlemen and want to be considered so, whereas the work you are often set to do. is the reverse of gentlemanly. It subjects you to de rision and contempt brings you and a high and mighty calling into disre pute by confusing the purpose and functions of the newspaper with ,those of the police and scavenger." There is much in this address that the publisher of the News might well heed. In determining the scope of police power we must realize that it is confined to the imposition of burdens and restrictions upon the rights of individuals, in. order to prevent injury to the rights and privileges of othersr and not for the banishment of sin or vice or for the enforcement of the laws of morality and religion. In marked contrast with the front page articles of the News is the editorial of the Chicago Tribune of Sept 8, in which is said: "In our criminal juris prudence, as in every other walk of public, life, the quack has had too prominent a part. We are a rich and luxurious people an dwe can indulge in fads and fancies to an extent de nied other nations, but when we de vote our police force to supervising personal conduct and take them away from the prevention and detection of the crimes of murder, mayhem and burglary, we become pusillanimous. The time has came to turn the energy of the police force and the courts into their proper channels." If, therefore, our chief of police will devote his time and energies to the suppression of real crime we can safely assume that, in spite of the daily repetition of the-worries of the News.ithe general public will not ex pect tiie police department to be tied to the nursery strings of private fam? 1 ilies to prevent the bad investment of a few' dollars of their' own monejr, even if theinvestment be in a "bob tailed" flush or on the trial of speedij of some slow horse. John B. Skip--, ner. ' CONCERNING THE JEWS. For the benefit of the readers of The Day Book please permit me to state thafej, the situation of the Jews in Russia, as described in Mr. Carl Sandburg's., attack upon Mr. Loeb, is grossly ex-3 exaggerated. I am a Russian Jew and have resided for six years in Kovno.-r but failed to see any one slapping or,! spitting upon a Jew, or wantonly lu-rf suiting their -women, or any other,,! dignities mentioned. While discrimination does exist) against Jews, which deprives them of2 a great many rights, it exists asor against the Poles, against the Rus sian peasants, and, as a matter ofj fact, against 90 per cent of the Rus- sian subjects. The Russian govern-j ment incites the massacres In order to divert the mind of the people from mil the wrongs that exist, but in or-j dinary times the Jew is ust as weuj protected as the population in gen-3 eral (the 90 per cent!). i Divide et inysera! Is the slogan off the oppressors, past and present The,, Jews are persecuted, not because they are despised, but because they; are feared as a race of superior in telligence in comparison with the Russian mass. j Furthermore, I cannot see whatj the persecution of Jews m Russia has to do with Mr. Loeb's fight against the Teachers' Federation. If this were a race struggle then Mr. Loeba as a member of a persecuted racer himself, could be expected to be more tolerant and generous to others. Tor my understanding, this is only one incident in the everlasting struggle of.- organized capital against organizedf Jabor and it's nothing but naturalr that Mr Loeb, as a capitalist should JIght for more power for the capital- 1st class And it is the dutyqf .gvejy ,i-iP i -h x x k. a.. . . Aa-A-x.ALtiAAAMiiwB