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courts to the railroads has been shown up by Dean Wigmore in a manner as impartial as convincing, and similar THE articles which have been appear service has been done by William D. ing lately in Everybody's Magazine, Guthrie of New York, recently, in on the subject of "Big Business and the bringing Colonel Roosevelt to book for Bench," are so typical of a great deal his unfair presentation of the facts of the ephemeral periodical literature regarding the decision of the United of the day that when this author, for States Supreme Court in the employers' instance, is castigated, a blow is dealt liability cases. If editors and journal at his whole disgraceful crew. The ists will not take the trouble to protect rebuke administered by Dean Wig- the community from perversions of the more, in the opening pages of the Journal truth, it is the duty of the legal pro of Criminal Law and Criminology for fession, which is often able to see at a May, is a blow delivered in a good cause, glance what the general public requires at a time when such offenses are too to be clearly explained, to follow the frequent to be summarily dealt with, example of such men as Messrs. Wigmore and the silence of those who could and Guthrie. Hampton's has had to pay the readily expose the fraud perpetrated on the reading public is due solely to penalty of detriment to its business for the insignificant standing of the ignorant misrepresentations like those in the or inaccurate muckraker in the councils Moffett article mistakenly linking the of serious discussion. Corn Products Company with the Stan Our popular magazines — and these dard Oil, and eventually an economic remarks do not apply to Everybody's remedy for muckraking will perhaps alone — have it in their power to play apply itself automatically. As soon as a dignified role by working for the the magazines find that muckraking, in advancement of an enlightened public the sense of slovenly, irresponsible opinion, instead of pursuing methods attack, does not pay, they will decide which they have adopted from yellow to pursue more dignified practices. journalism, and just as a politician need not necessarily be a mountebank DEAN LAWSON RESIGNS and demagogue to be popular, a lowpriced magazine need not employ the JOHN D. LAWSON, LL.D., has resigned as Dean of the Univer arts of misrepresentation to build up a sity of Missouri Law School in order prosperous circulation. The utter inaccuracy of these articles that he may devote more time to writ on the alleged subservience of the ing. We are gladdened by the prospect MAGAZINE MISREPRESENTA TION