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THE
Alaska Fisherman
VOL. 4 NO. 8
JULY, 1927
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T H E REMOC RATIO 1 )OOTRI N E
The foremost exponent of Jeffersonian Democracy in the United
States, Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, criticised among other
things, the numerous government boards and commissions, that have
been set up to enforce laws. He spoke in part as follows:
‘ Superimposed upon this mass of laws, appointive officers, boards,
commissions, and bureaus, are authorized to make rules the violation
of which are visited by heavy penalties and hence have the effect of
statutes. To enforce these innumerable laws, regulations and rules,
a horde of officials, tax-gatherers, snoopers, and spies swarm over the
land like the lice of Egypt devouring the substance of the people, pry
ing into their private affairs, regulating their trade and business..
“What wonder that the average man has come to regard the law
as a sword of oppression rather than a shield of protection!”