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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