A S we discuss this matter, may I ask you to remember this fact: We are considering crime in the United States as recorded by the statistics of 1875 and of more recent dates. We are not considering crime in the United States as contrasted with crime in other countries; that discussion must be left for others. We have set for ourselves the task of determining whether crime in the United States is more or less prevalent than it was fifty years ago and also we shall seek to determine the attitude of the public mind toward the prevalence of crime then and now.