The police forces everywhere were
reduced repeatedly and again and again. Nearly all occasional and
habitual criminals ceased voluntarily from their depredations. There
was no longer any need for them to commit crime. They merely changed
with changing conditions. A smaller number of criminals was put into
hospitals and cured. And the remnant of the hopelessly criminal and
degenerate was segregated. And the courts in all countries were
likewise decreased in number again and again. Ninety-five per cent.
of all civil cases had been squabbles over property, conflicts of
property-rights, lawsuits, contests of wills, breaches of contract,
bankruptcies, etc. With the passing of private property, this
ninety-five per cent. of the cases that cluttered the courts also
passed. The courts became shadows, attenuated ghosts, rudimentary
vestiges of the anarchistic times that had preceded the coming of
Goliah.
The year 1925 was a lively year in the world's history. Goliah ruled
the world with a strong hand.
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