Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1915 — Avoid Resort to Law. [ARTICLE]

Avoid Resort to Law.

Andrew Carnegie recently gave out four rather ordinary precepts under the heading: “My Rules for Manufacturers.” The final clause of tho second rule deserves attention: "Avoid resort to law; compromise." Remember that this “comes from the long experience of a man of wealth and power who was able to enlist for himself litigation’s every possible advantage. There is nothing In it. As applied to business, the whole apparatus of law, lawyers, and courts is slow, expensive, inefficient; We yould like to hear some lawyers explain Mr. Carnegie’s precept in terms reflecting credit on the dignity and social service of the legal profession. Can it be done?