“The capacity of the people for self government, and their willingness, ... to submit to all needful restraints, and exactions of municipal law, have been favorably exemplified in the history of the American States.”—Martin Van Buren. “Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us to the end dare do our duty as we understand it.”—Abraham Lincoln. “Surely I do not misinterpret the spirit of the occasion when I assume that the whole body of the people convenant with me today to support and defend the Constitution and ... to yield a willing obedience to all the laws, and each to every other citizen his equal civil and political liberty.”—Benj. Harrison. “Patriotism calls for the faithful performance of all the duties of citizenship in small matters as well as great, at home as well as on tented fields.”—William J. Bryan. 27 We must see ourselves as we are, moving in our daily life, guarded and safeguarded in every act by law. Every act in life is lawful or unlawful; that is, we are protected by the law in our every act, or we are condemned or punished. Here are two children on their way to school, one walking upon the sidewalk, exercising a lawful right; one riding his bicycle upon the sidewalk, performing an unlawful act. The one is an example of a careful law-abiding citizen, the other an example of a law-violator. 28 Constitution of the United States, Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 5. 29 Created by an Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1901. It is a bureau of the Department of Commerce, and is charged with comparing the standards used in scientific investigations, commerce, and educational institutions with standards adopted and recognized by the government. 30 The Thirty-fifth General Assembly of the State of Iowa provided for a State Inspector of Weights and Measures whose duty is to travel over the State and investigate conditions among those who buy and sell, and to make arrests and prosecute those found defrauding others by giving short weights or measures, or who sell or offer for sale spoiled foods, or keep their shops or stores in an unsanitary condition. 31 Constitution of the United States, Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 5. _ 32 Revised Statutes of the United States_, Sec. 5413 and following.