A Desperate Situation — Attempts to Cure It by Law
ONE of the most marked signs of the times to-day is a plain necessity for some sort of control over society — humanity in general, we may say. It shows itself from every possible aspect. Crime is so great and insistent, and so impudent, that it must be held in check by iron-clad laws. The regard for life is so slight that the driver of an automobile must watch every session of the state legislature to learn of some new "Thou shalt" or "Thou shalt not." The great business interests of the country must be guarded, set around, controlled by law. This shows that self-control is perishing from the earth, and that legislatures, seeing the threatening inroads of anarchy and confusion, are attempting to stay the tide.