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ual as sole arbitrator; they may select two arbitrators — not necessarily mem
verdict in his favor to compensate. Mer
bers of the Chamber of Commerce— who in turn shall designate a third per son from the ‘List of Ofi’icial Arbitra tors.’ They may call for arbitration
sider injustice rather than face a siege of litigation, thus lowering the standard of business ethics. It is in the settlement of honest differ ences that arbitration offers its chief
service upon the Committee of Arbitra
tion or a quorum thereof; this is an addi tional method of arbitration offered by
the Chamber. “The advantages to the commercial world of such an arbitration service as organized by the Chamber of Commerce are manifold. Our courts are congested, the calendars crowded, and cases may have to wait years for judicial settlement. The legal trials mean delays and adjourn ments that cause loss of time, money
and energy and constant annoyance to business men. Often, cases require prompt decisions; a protracted settle ment may mean to the innocent party financial loss far beyond the mere amount directlyinvolved, and even though a final decision after long delay may set him
right on his original contention, he has suffered far beyond the power of the
chants often submit to what they con
advantage. Where one of the parties is dishonest, arbitration is helpless and the machinery of the law must
be appealed to. "The comprehensive classification of the ‘List of Official Arbitrators’ of the Chamber of Commerce, wherein a great
many varieties of businesses, trades and industries are represented, offers unusual
opportunity for the simplifying and ex pediting of settlements of business con troversies. Arbitrators may be selected who are long familiar with the special
and peculiar details of the line of busi ness under consideration, their qualified judgment eliminating the long discus sions and the examination of experts to
explain to judge and jury certain details essential for their understanding as in a case at law.
Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys BY ARTHUR P. Cmcxenmc
nym for judicial brutality, and his
the more unexceptionable as coming cen sored and licensed from the hand of the
memory has never ceased to be a thing of living detestation among English
judge whom they impeach. Personally he was cruel and vindictive, arrogant
speaking people. The official reports of
and violent in bearing. He was addicted to gross dissipation. In the height of
HE name of Lord Jeffreys is a syno
the trials over which he presided as Chief Justice in the reign of James II are witnesses to a depravity which no
his career he was accustomed to spend
the night in debauch and came to the
allowance for difference of times or
bench in the morning oftener blown
manners can palliate, and which are
with liquor than otherwise, in that
