New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-13

Tie pa .sion for gaubling-thst IA, for ,c,nn'ng
,oon, rather than earning its 80 str ing bnd pei
ysdrr that we DO DOT know that laws or publtc
cra,or. can 90 anything calculated to abate it.
Stop Oos particular phase or manifestation OF II,
ari il soon breaks out il Some fresh place with re
dolbled yoierce. Gov. Clark, in his first Message,
proposed pt nal 0enUpc;adon leveleG at the Pur
chs:e ard sale Of stocks " on time"-that is to say
agsirst netting q the price tsst certain stock
will conn and at a gver future day-for that Is
lust what selling stocks "on time amOdnts to
Could .be penalty have suppressed the ofense, We
have 10 doubt of the sound policy Of enscting it.
There are several statistical works ofhigh repuse
10 Eur pc on "Ths Dangerous Glasses -mesnlng
these VITO subsist by ms which initiate against
,ta public veal, aud whore life is therefore more
or l::s ope1 Bnd determio,d warsre on the very
exi..eLce Of SocetJ but we 60 not remember that
one Of ttese euumerstss the sellers of stocks on
'ius-" Bears in :hs slaog Of the Stock market
among thete dangerous cissses Yet surely, no
pu:su.! car be more preudiciol or perilOus than
that uhica aou:lrh.s By reason of public
colamites-tO which irouth, FIRE, hail,
hpr'icsne, i,anda,ion and every form
of public disaster is godsend-whose master
sprits a:e eL:iched BY whatever brings suffering
aud Wisey 10 the heartstoDes Of the great mass of
he community. War, blight, frost famine
wbn.s7es insuIes eenersi distress and threatens
Na.;c ns, or world wids bankruptcy briggs tri-
'mph "a wealth to the stockjobbing Bear"
Have DOT the somewhat surly, but not really mis-
antLropic, family Of B'uin 5 jest ground of com.
pain. again,. the perserson Of .heii vulgar name
e deeignste calling like this
Yet, if gambling in the prospective price of
Public Securities Is Injurious ard reprehensble,
gambling IL The Eecesssres Of life is ia. more so}
We 'e'er not TOW to he actual purchase of food
''apes with tie intent Of mODopolizng the supply.
atd thus forcing AZ enhancement of price. to the
ds'umen. o. the great mas Of the consumers ard
'ne signal Proht OF the operators This operation.
SIown as estallire is bad enough, b1t II il not
he worst. We are welt assured that there are At
this none at contracts aoat in this city alone to tbs
amount o. several millions cf dollars. based o,
slp1lsil1rs u tie O.s side to deliver on
tte other TO recev-, large quantities of
P ~. Btef -Four, Wt;s,, &c. on g Oicsn
q. 81 ,hpD.at- pricea. IA otber word. hot.
B lafsr bat inc eiersrs,e suto tbs. Flour will h..
Lower or higher, as me cbse may he, pc.t month q,
Ky tih, ~ neEt heS Years thar X now i,
M -ct aoi' "hts> legitimate busine,, reou-es All
nor ''m- tte.l-cs sd m-an. Rave risk,d their
~ I'D uo-e tia tn, al il this desperate
gam OF colrse. may mY.t be roned. some
= I las1isJ 0. :. cd-, s,d thousand. So
- cippl,c. y av--t1ir- wtct Involves al I've
-'c4 0- 1'c1L-i Of faro or trsg u,.h more thar
-.. =. ta='l rlu-oces 90 the pabiic w-ll.b-ino
-. 20 ~ is..e- poi5. tt't ~s W ID here csu
ett too For Wees pas' toe dsiiY rep t. Of the
&s.s- bsvs grail quc.ed Po's ss dur With
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