Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1906 — Where Reform Must Begin. [ARTICLE]

Where Reform Must Begin.

In a recent address Superintendent Whittaker of the Jeffersonville reformatory, said: “So long as the laws are violated by the dealing out to the weak and unfortunate class of onr people drags, cigaretts and bad whisky, so long as wo permit in every community as we do places where the weaker classes of humanity of,both sexts ean congregate at all hours of the day and indulge in debauches, so long as deadly weapons are carried, so long as saloon keepers are not compelled to close their places at the hour prescribed by law and will not refrain from selling their stuff to boys and girls of tender age, so long will the people of this and every state pay large amounts each year for charity and correction, homes will be brok6ft tip and communities disgraced. While the complaining tax-payer is looking for the cause of high taxes, here is a fact that he may well include in the subjects for contemplation.