right to decline employment. Every lawyer upon his own responsibility must decide what business he will accept as counsel, what causes he will bring into Court for plaintiffs, what cases he will contest in Court for defendants. The responsibility for advising questionable transactions, for bringing questionable suits, for urging questionable defenses, is the lawyer's responsibility. He cannot escape it by urging as an excuse that he is only following his client's instructions.

32. The Lawyer's Duty in Its Last Analysis. No client, corporate or individual, however powerful, nor any cause, civil or political, however important, is entitled to receive, nor should any lawyer render, any service or advice involving 'disloyalty to the law whose ministers we are, or disrespect of the judicial o ice, which we are bound to uphold, or corruption of any person or persons exercising a public office or private trust, or deception or betrayal of the public. When rendering any such improper service or advice, the lawyer inyites and merits stern and just condemnation. Correspondingly, he advances the vnor of his profession and the best interests of his client when he renders service or gives advice tending to impress upon the client and his undertaking exact compliance with the strictest principles of moral law. He must also observe and advise his client to observe the statute law, though until a statute shall have been construed and interpreted by competent adjudication, he is free and is entitled to advise as to its validity and as to what he conscientiously believes to be its just meaning and extent. But above all, a lawyer will find his highest honor in a deserved reputation for fidelity to private trust and to public duty, as an honest man and as a patriotic and loyal citizen.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

You expect League members to send you business, why not reciprocate?

Mr. Harry I. Hiestand of Norristown, Pa., has removed his office to 323 Swede street.

Mr. E. E. Donnelly of Bloomington, Ill., called at the office of the Secretary while in Chicago.

Mr. E. P. Allen of Minneapolis, Minn., was a caller at the Secertary's office during the month.

Large law office in New York state outside of New York desires the services of an experienced collection manager.

Mr. William N. Theriault of Montpelier, Vt., announces the formation of a partnership with Mr. George L. Hunt under the. firm name of Theriault & Hunt with offices in the old post-office building, Montpelier.

Advance sheets of the. 1913 Martindale American Law Directory have just been received by the Secretary. The Directory portion is all being reset in new and improved type and new features in the ratings are also apparent. The Martindale people have rented offices in the new Woolworth Building on Broadway and will move their general offices about January 1, 1913.

Have you secured a new member for the League?

Mr. L. B. Rainey of Gadsden, Ala., was recently elected a member of the American Bar Association.

Mr. Rush Greensdale of Muskogee, Okla., called at the office of the Secretary. Mr. Greensdale is associated with Mr. John H. Mosier.

Mr. Carl H. Langknecht of the firm of Piatt & Marks, Kansas City, Mo., called on Secretary Kreamer while passing through Chicago.

Mr. Fred C. Knollenberg of the firm of Loomis & Knollenberg, of El Paso, Tex., called at the office of the Secretary while en-route to New York City.

Mr. Wm. J. Dawley of Cleveland, Ohio, announces the dissolution of the partnership of Dawley & Young and is now practicing alone at 1222 Engineers Bldg. that city.

Messrs. A. S. Cohen, Meyer J. Sawyer and Franklin M. Cohen announce the formation of a partnership under the firm name of Cohen, Sawyer & Cohen, 30 Court street, Boston, Mass.

The firm of Myers & Goldsmith of New York City, announce that Mr. Gordon, S. P. Kleeberg and Mr. Josiah Canter have been admitted as members of the firm. Mr. Canter is a member of the League.

Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Schnabel of Portland, Oregon, have just returned from Europe. Mr. Schnabel says the Germans are taking much interest in the Panama Exposition to be held in San Francisco, Cal., in 1915.

Messrs. Hope H. Barroll and L. Wethereel Barroll have formed a co-partnership for the practice of law under the firm name of Barroll & Barroll with offices at 906 Keyser Bldg., Baltimore, Md., and Chestertown, Md.

Judge Wilfred C. Lane, formerly Referee in Bankruptcy, for the Southern District of Georgia, has recently located in Des Moines, where he is engaged in patent litigation, and practice in the Federal Courts. He will continue work in the Bankruptcy Courts, and has associated in his commercial department, Mr. Russell E. Ostrus, whose application for membership appears in this issue of the Bulletin.

We are just in receipt of the announcement of the dedication of the Native Sons of the Golden West Building at San Francisco. Our former President, Henry G. W. Dinkelspiel, who is active in the society is a member of the Furnishing Committee.

Former President E. C. Ferguson of Chicago, recently gave the address of welcome to about 200 delegates of the International Society of Applied Chemistry, who visited Chicago, after their Convention which was held at Washington, D. C., and as a representative of the Chicago Association of Commerce also delivered the address of welcome to the 12th Annual Convention of National Vocational Art and Industrial Congress.

Mr. Ferguson also delivered an address on "Sociology of the Workmen's Compensation Act" before the National Paint, Oil and Varnish Association at their 25th Annual Convention held in New York City.

The proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Convention has just been mailed. Read every page of them carefully. If you do not receive a copy, notify the Secretary.

UNIFORM RATES.

The Secretary has a supply of the following slips:

UNIFORM MINIMUM RATES.

ADOPTED BY THE

COMMERCIAL LAW LEAGUE OF AMERICA

AT ITS

SIXTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION

10 per cent. on the first $300.00;

5 per cent. on the excess of $300 to $1,000;

21 per cent. on the excess of $1,000;

Minimum fee of $3.00;

Minimum fee for suit $5.00.

If you can use some of them in helping to have the Uniform

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rate adopted he will be pleased to furnish them to you.