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petit larceny. In many instances these prosecutions involved min
ors, and those adults who have been arranged usually plead guilty
and testify they were driven to petit larceny because of hunger,
great need, etc. This appeal is generally most effective as certain
organizations seem to make it their business to protect the wan
dering penny snatchers from the strong arm and woodhouse of
Mr. Law. There is no record of where a minor has been disci
plined for rifling or defacing a vending machine as they also are
afforded unsolicited protection by Sentimental Sues.
W e do not recommend that arrest and conviction in such cases
should carry a long prison sentence, but nevertheless we believe
that the operators are entitled to the same protection afforded
other business and that the looting of a vending machine should
not come under the scope of a prank in cases involving minors,
and that street loafers should not be allowed to pry open a vendor
whenever funds run low or the inclination strikes. Every vendor
is a unit of the operator’s chain and these marauders should not
be allowed to “ stick-up” these “chain stores” and then go free.
A precedent has been established and instead of suffering
silently, operators should now urgently solicit the aid of local
police officials and follow to conclusion all cases where arrest is
made. This evil is growing rapidly and unless strong measures
are adopted, it will soon reach alarming proportions.
The
should
would
carried
Times.
philosopher said that man
know himself, but some folks
in in bad company if they
out the idea.—Los Angeles
We get a better slant on the age
we are in as we read of manicure
sets for hunters.— Lafayette Journal
and Courier.
Principle would starve to death in
a week on food that would keep
prejudice alive for a year.-—Toledo
Blade.
Two Texans killed each other in
an argument over the Bible, and yet
some people say that this country
does not take its religion seriously.
—Indianapolis News.
Principle proves that you stand for
something; Prejudice merely that you
fall for something.— Fort Worth Star-
Telegram.
Of the 140 women who graduated
in 1926 at Barnard College, it is re
ported that not one has been married.
After all, what use is a college educa
tion, anyhow?— Canton Repository.
Two million laws in the land! And
yet you can keep them all just by
being reasonably decent. — Buffalo
Evening News.
Another excuse for buying a car:
An ingenious citizen says he needs
one to get away from the radio.—
Elmira Star-Gazette.
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