Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-24
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SHAMEFUL ADVERTISEMENTS,

iii' tut udilN anu Wcehly HeWb-
papers OF the country may, with
truth. be said to be on the side Of
morality and virtue; while they ever
commend that which is good, virtu-
ons and right, and condemn knavery,
rascality and immortality in all their
many forms, yet of these same news.
papers, many of them that are con-
sidered most respectable. indirectly
lend their aid and give countenance
to schemes for the propagation of
vice, crime and immortality. This is
done by the proprietors of journals
who would howl loud and long, and
consider themselves libeled, sland-
cred, and very much aggrieved, if
hint was dropped that they could be
induced by any offer of money to
lend the Use of their columns for any
nefarious OF vicious purpose.
In every large city there are
scoundrels living on the fat of the
land. who could not exist if it waro
not for the facilities that these re-
spectable' journals give them to
reach the public. We will explain by
giving an example: The editor Of
we will call it the Press-a moral
family paper of large circulation,
writes an article on the Increase of
Crime and immortality in the United
States" He deplores the fact that
crime is on the increase and that
+. immortality is fast sapping the
foundations of society" He tries
to show that this state of things
arises from the increased cOnsump-
ton of animal food, tobacco, or some
equally absurd cause He calls on
the press of the country to use its
great moral influence and clarion
voice to warn the nation that, without
reformation, a Sodom- and Gomorrah
fate awaits it. He implores philan-
thropists to build Reformatories,
Homes for Fallen Women and other
high priced institutions, where some
of the surplus crime and immortality
may be hidden from the public gaze.
When his editorial is printed in the
Press the following advertisement
may be found in the advertising
column alongside the editorial:
RIGA RARE RAoY.-Night Scenes 25 for lic..
TRANSPARENT
Cards. 25 tor l0c. 80 for l5cts. Racy Acquaint-
ance Cards. p for l5c.: 10 for DC. Gents
only.D
When the reader of the Press scans
the editorial and then casts his eye
over the advertisement, he will, if he
has any appreciation of the eternal
fitness of things. say, 90 Consis-
tency. thou art son of a gunw
See the devilish ingenuity of the
hell-born tiend who inserts that ad-
vertisement There is more crowded
into those four lines to excite the curl
osity of the reader than one who had
not studied the frailties of human
nature could get into half column.
"NIGHT SCENES "-Suggestive those
two words are of secret things, of
deeds done in darkness and sub si-
ientO wickedness.
sent SEALED" Why sent sealed,
if not impure and indecent? The
postal laws do not require honest
cards to be sealed.
Z" For GENTS ONLY" Does the ad-
vertiser wish to indicate that he pre-
fers that gentlemen only should
order these cards? No. He puts
that in italics plainly for no other
reason than to indicate that for those
OF the opposite sex they are "for-
hidden fruit and thus prompts them,
through their great weakness
osity-to send for the articles adver-
tised. The fact is, these cards are
coarse, indecent and obscene pic
lures. The records of the postal de-
partment show that vast quantities
of them are ordered by boys, young
men and women, and by those who
are considered respectable members
of society. The effects of these vile
cards cannot be anything but evil.
They appeal to the baser passions,
suggest evil and lascivious thoughts,
and pollute the minds of all who
touch or handle them.
Here is another advertisement that
may be often found in the Press:
How 70 WIN Al CARDS, DICE, ETc.-A sure
| thing. Sent free to anyone. manufacture and
keep eon,t ,tantly, on hand every article known to
the Sporting Fraternity, and used by them to
WIN with IN games of chance. Send for my
mammoth circular. Address, or call.
This requires no comment. The
advertiser offers to give instructions
IN the art of cheating, and not only
that. but to furnish the means with
which to do the cheating.
In the advertisements quoted
above we, for obvious reasons, omit
the names of the advertisers.
Such advertisements as the above,
and others too objectionably worded
even to quote in this article, we find
are inserted i'll papers that we would
expect better things Of We cannot
understand how the proprietors of
such papers can be induced, for the
sake of few paltry dollars. to allow
their columns to be polluted with
such harmful stuff. We refuse ad-
vertisements of this class almost
daily Of course we claim no credit
for that. In declining them we
are prompted merely by sense of
the duty we owe to our own self-r
spcct and to the readers of this
paper.
THE RICHEST TIN MINE IN THE WORLD.
To the westward of the Surrey
Hills. in Tasmania, in the county of
Russell, and at a distance of one
hundred miles from Launceston, lies
Mount Bischoff, and here few ad
rcnturers found tin in 1872. A COM
pany was formed and workings were
commenced. An eminent mineralo-
glst reported that the mountain was
almost Il mass of tin, the ore yield
lEg from 40 to so per cent. of pure
metal. Large smelling works were
erected at Launceston, and in the
year 1876 Il thousand tons of tin
We're raised. Twenty five shillings
only have been paid up on each share,
but the present market price is from
$50 to t69, the company during the
last four years having paid divi-
dend every two months of 1O shil-
llngs per share A fortunate gentle
man in Hobart, who expended f875
I'm the purchase of TOO shares in 1879