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Index to Periodicals and may be requested of it. There abides in the people of this countrya sublime faitlf in their highest tribunal,

that

makes of

submission

the noblest attribute of national character. "In reverence is the chief joy and power of life," says Ruskin.

Nothing but the solemn

voice of this great source of justice will subdue the belligerent cocksureness that may be ex

A gift of ten millions, such as that made by Mr. Carnegie to advance the cause of inter national peace, could immeasurably beneﬁt the human side of the steel industry. “Mr. Carnegie has said that it is a disgrace for a man to die rich. We would forgive him that, were he to live a month in poverty in the Monongahela mill towns."

pected, or solidify public opinion to the point

of complete acquiescence and forceful support." Waters.

See Tort.

Workmen’s Compensation. "The Com pensation Commissions." By P. Tecumseh Sherman. Survey, v. 25, p. 949 (Mar. 4).

A valuable account of the work that has been rformed in seven states by commissions which ave been considering the subject of workmen}; compensation, and a comparative study of their oﬂicial recommendations. It should be helpful m aiding crystalization of sentiment in favor of some sound program, which might properly serve as the basis for a model uniform statute. “The Need of Reform in our Employers‘ Liability Laws." By Justice Matthew J. Kane, Supreme Court of Oklahoma. 20 Yale Law Journal 353 (Mar.). The statement that, in Germany, "in 1884 the burden of responsibility for injuries to working men was imposed upon all employers of labor," perhaps requires some qualiﬁcation, as the German system. unlike those of England and France, is contributory, the employee bearing a small part at least of the burden.

Miscellaneous Articles of Interest to the Legal Profession

Interpretation of Statutes. "Nullifying the Law by Judicial Interpretation." By Prof. Harrison B. Smalley, University of Michigan. Atlantic, v. 107, p. 452 (Apr.).

This writer considers the evils of judicial interpretation of statutes very great, the courts frequently frustrating the will of the people. The remedy he proposes is an extraordinary one. He would have some authority set up to inter and pret it statutes shouldimmediately be an authority after their outsi assage the legal — profession —an administrative tribunal of some sort(!). Italy. "The Industrial Progress of Italy." By Ernesto Nathan, Mayor of Rome. v. 81, p. 876 (Apr.).

Century,

The writer believes Italy to be in a condition of economic vigor. It is passing through an Industrial awakening that promises much for the future. Log-rolling Appropriations. “How a Busi ness Man would Run the Government." By Arthur Wallace Dunn. p. 14256 (Apr.).

World's Work, v. 21,

‘ The late Congressman Brownlow of Tennessee IS made the butt of most of the criticisms in this article.

Express Monopoly. “The Great Express Monopoly." By Albert W. Atwood. American,

Mexico. "Underlying Causes of the Mexican Insurrection." By James Creelman. North

v. 71, p. 758 (Apr.).

American Review, v. 193, p. 596 (Apr.).

Treating of the connection of the family of the late Senator Platt with the United States Express Company and allied pro rties, with much attention to the influence of uhn, Loeb & Co. in the affair of the Wells Fargo company. "Why Express Rates Must Come Down." By C. M. Keys. World's Work, v. 21, p. 14242

"Notwithstanding the splendid material re sults of President Diaz's administration and the prolonged peace which has accompanied it, the government remains practically an autoc racy. The free-voting democracy contemplated by the Constitution does not exist. The elec tions have come to be mere formal ratiﬁcations of the President's will. The twenty-seven states,

(Apr.).

By the elimination of waste and extrava ance, Mr. Keys contends, the people of the nited States could be saved about $60,000,000 a year

in express charges. Extravagant Living. "The City of Dreadful Debt." By Roy L. McCardell. Hampton's, v. 26, p. 449 (Apr.).

An interesting article which is concerned with extravagance in New York city, and throws some light on the manner in which debtors avail themselves of the technicalities of the law

to evade actions brought by creditors. Industrial Go-operatlon.“Of Peace and Good Will." By Paul U. Kellogg. American, v. 71,

p. 739 (Apr.).

which in the eyes of the Constitution are sover eign in their own affairs, have continued to be nothing more than subdivisions of the national Government and the governors virtually depu ties of the President. The national Congress is a slightly disguised dependency of the execu tive power. The Supreme Court of Justice itself is greatly inﬂuenced by the President’s known wishes in matters involving the safety or credit of the nation, especially in Its relations to foreign governments. . . . "The result of the long stretch of absolute overnment in the republlc has been to breed ureaucracy and to promote development at the centre of the country while its extremities are neglected. The magniﬁcent and costly public institutions and the orderly official dlSCIpllne of the Valley of Mexico offer a startling contrast