Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1906 — Supplements to the Decalogue. [ARTICLE]

Supplements to the Decalogue.

Oar social organization has devolojk'd to a stage where the old righteousness is 'not enough. We need an annual supplement to the Decalogue. The growth of credit institutions, the spread of fiduciary relations, the enmeshing of Industry iu law, the interlacing of government and business, the multiplication of boards and inspectors, beneficent as they all are, they invite to sin. What gateways they open to greed! What fresh parasites they let in on us! How idle in our new situation to intone the old litanies! The reality of this close-knit life is not to be seen and touched; it must be thought. The sins It opens the door to are to be discerned by knitting the brows rather than by opening the eyes. It takes imagination to see that bogus medfea! diploma, lying advertisement and fake testimonial are death-dealing instruments. It takes imagination to see that savings bank wrecker, loan shark and investment swindler in taking livelihoods take lives. It takes imagination to see that the business of debauching voters, fixing juries, seducing lawmakers and corrupting public servants is like sawing through the props of a crowded grand stand.—E.~ A. Ross In Atlantic.