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was last October, here in Chicago. Progress was made, but no final results were reached. Since then, the Civic Federation has drafted a Uniform Bill, and the Committee of the National
Conference on Uniform State Laws has drafted a Uniform Bill. These three Uniform Bills have not yet been considered in conference. Give the country a chance to get together on one of them. A lone hand in such a game is a dangerous thing. Nothing substantial is lost by waiting. The legislation is sure to come —- coming as ast and as surely as spring weather. A little delay will bring it in workable and healthy form, which will place Illinois industries on the same footing as its great neighbors and competitors. To give this proposed law a place on the books now is to fasten on the state of Illinois a series of judi cial interpretations and a scale of insurance
rates which will isolate Illinois from the general movement and hold it apart for years to come." “Uniform State Laws." By Nathan William MacChesney.
5 Illinois Law Review 521 (Apr.).
See p. 295 supra. See Negotiable Instruments. Waters. “Public Regulation of Water Power in the United States and Europe." By Prof. John A. Fairlie. 9 Michigan Law Review 463 (Apr.). Valuable as a succinct summary of the legisla tion regulating water power rights, as it exists in the federal and state 'urisdictions, and in
the chief countries of the
ontinent of Europe.
Wills. See Conflict of Laws. Workmen's Compensation. “The Awaken ing of the American Business Men; III, Indus trial Indemnity." By Will Irwin. Century, v. 82, p. 118 (May.). Mr. Irwin has summarized pregnant infor mation with the ability of an accomplished journalist, and his paper offers a vigorous, yet dispassionate layman's argument for compulsory workmen's compensation. See Uniformity of Laws.
Miscellaneous Articles of Interest to the Legal Profession Biography. Grotius. “Grotiusand the Move ment for International Peace." By R. Walton Moore.
45 American Law Review 194 (Mar.
Apr.). Lammasch. "Professor Heinrich Lammaschff By Professor Redlich. 11 Journal of Compara tive Legislation, No. 24 n. s., p. 209 (Mar.).
Morgan. “The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan." By Carl Hovey. Metropolitan, v. 34, p. 245 (May). This installment deals with the United States Steel Corporation, and dramatically recounts the etc of Mr. Morgan's greatest financial and in ustrial achievement in successfully organizing and establishing this great corpora tion.
Wilson. "Woodrow Wilson: Possible Presi dent." By William Bayard Hale. World‘: Work, v. 22, p. 14339 (May). ‘ A fascinating portrayal of a potent and attrac tive personality. Esperanto. "The International Society of Esperantist jurists." By William E. Bafi. 45 American Law Review 235 (Man-Apr.).
“The unification of the excellencies of the common law and the Corpus juris Civilis will be brou ht about by Esperanto in the course of time. either system will be supplanted both will become harmonized and invigorated thereby. There must follow legal changes as soon as the advocates of one country, looking
for needed legislation in other countries, find the need anticipated in a foreign country and avail themselves through Es ranto to receive the information required.
n this way, it is to be
noted, it will be possible forl awyers using Es peranto to receive information on all legal topics of interest directly from the original foreign sources. Private reports will be ex changed between the lawyers of the various countries." Expansion of Trade. “Gennan and Ameri can Methods of Production." By W. H. Dooley. Atlantic, v. 107, p. 649 (May).
"Every trade and district of Europe has its own knives, and they are constantly making new patterns for new societies or districts. In some cases one firm
will average two new
patterns a week for two years. This is a trade which will not be standardized, and that is one reason why America has failed to compete. Herein lies an important difference between the European and American manufacturers: the former is always anxious to meet the needs of the market, while the latter standardizes
certain brands and offers nothing else." "The Industrial Future of China." By Prof. E. A. Ross. Century, v. 82, p. 34 (May). "It is not likely . . . that the march of in dustrialism in China will be so rapid and tri um hant as many have anticipated. Jealousy of t e foreigner. dearth of capital, ignorant labor, ofiicial ‘squeeze,’ graft, nepotism, lack of experts,
and inefficient management will long delay the harnessing of the cheap labor power of China." Fiction.
“Things that are Caesar's."
Elizabeth Moorhead.
By
Scribner's, v. 49, p. 600
(May) The story of a woman who told the truth in court and gave up a fortune legally hers. History. “The Women of the Caesars: Woman and Marriage in Ancient Rome." By Guglielmo Ferrero. Century, v. 82, p. 3 (May) Among ancient societies the Roman was probably that in which, at least among the better classes, woman enjo ed the greatest social liberty and the greatest egal and economic autonomy.
There she most nearly approached
that condition of moral and civil equality with
