The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-17
MASSEY IN THE SOUTH.
A Peculiar Louisiana Institution The Louisiana State Lottery What Ii Is and How IL Is Conducted and Ali Abou, l..
LITTER No. IN.
M OElEAN.. U rch Is. ISS4

oi oH1t0Csu gDuutFiEs. Tor tHc Stefh New Easlander me firit4n h.mse'f h .d once pas,l3a i3r sa. h method, ni .-qmnng wealth S=@ liam Jshuc, e4d, we ue- .ieve, a.l tae Ne@ Eng4ad States. ai one time aG;aoriz -d loitencs, and used them as | me sns 9i p~ylng oF indebtt tdness. building roads sni eqalpping for G foi The eetense O. ne colonies. New England and ,he Scr,negn StaseS generally, IS States, h..Ye g'srown the lottery, hos eeer much individuals IF the cold ltti- tudes nave A passion for them.
 The sfeaiest lottery in the United States ia .a ( ted n New Orleans, and ;his h hoa i is.
 The people of the south, louisiana espeei.l4y. and New Orleans more espe- eial!y, haee aEsAys been devoted patrons of The lottery. Enormous sums were annually sent abroad to H..v ma. ienna, Rome, and everyNhere else for tickets. all If which toii severely upon the re- ! sources of the Sac Taxing advantage ai this tendency ot ihe people. irrespon- slnie lottery comp mes were formed all over the >g .te. which were swIEdles of the comm1nest order.
 Ie :emeaY ssf., the Les stature of the S,ate. IT lsas. autaorz .d the lncorpora- ton of one lottery company to De xno ~n as " The I.aatssaaa State Lottery Com pany. with ., capital oi sf ,ooo.ooo, and enacted that ;his company should alone haze the rgh. to prosecute the PIsiness within the Sta.e. Inc methods oi con . duGtng The business were al SCI forth %Nsth grea, eNaetaess. q .d d Ccsttin per /. eeatase ai the pfeiiis were required io De t.eso,ra to the ..ppo., of the hospitals oi the city; and I, was also provlde that Il! drawings should be coniu-tei by | Boafd of Commissioners appointed y the State.
 Under this act the company was organ lzed. and II, sock taken by the very best citizens oi the State, all classes of busi- ness men being IT .uded m the list of stockholders. and the best citizens accept lns positions ln is man tgement. in i5z9 the same provisions were included in the revised constitution of the State. siVlng the company the double seal of legality. LesisiatlYe and Constitutional.
 Under ;h;s charter, or rather charters. ihe company has opefatcd ever since
 The stock Tn the company IS quoted reg ularly upon the Sock Exchange Its stockholders. and those in the man age- meat from yctr to year, are among the best known business men O! the City and siatc men mol only of ecos.aIzed financial, but seelal position.
 | ts essentially State institution The State hos. .iial, one of the largest. bes, conducted. and bes, equipped in the Cnited a:ates, IS supported by the com 7 n f1N finD kt,t of provision Tn its charter The pay men.s to the hospital are made quarterly
 II $ | large contributor 10 every char ny, and II IS the most important factor Tn the material prosperity of the city lis stockholders are planters, mlll-owners. suaH-rchneTs, and rcal-cst.te owners. wEo have an interest m the city and State greater than any assotiltion within Its borders. Consequently the company IS the very centre and heart of all enter priSes directed 10 the development oi the State. |, Is the promoter of the various railroad enterprises and manufacturing schemes winch have since the war done SO much tosa.d inc development of the resources of the State.
 The company has to-day larger cap- Ital th an any bank in the S:ate. and it's hnanCiai resources are practically unllm- ted. No one m New Orleans questions its integrity. No matter what may be thought o' the morals Of lotteries in the aoSiract, the Sia,e of Louisiana believes Tn them, and II has made d glant corpor- aiion. and so hcdgcd II around ,ha, i, stands the severesi possible tests
 The character and standing of those ln t.. management has never been questioned. either on the Legislative floor or ln the press. II owes its existence to a vote of the people of the State, who twice en- dorscd It once by majority of 6o 600 votes and II Is so hedsed with safe guards tha; Il possesses the.r entire con hdence. The managers know nothing of the drawings. the Commissioners who were really State officials. have sole con- trol of every detail. They have always actual possession of every ballot placed Tn the wheels, and they can reap no ben ett whatever from any drawing. Added to this source of confidence is the addl- tional fact that men of the very highes, commerclal integrity are active in II, own ing its stock and controlling its opera tons. There IS scarcely a banker or merchant Tn New Orleans who IS not di- rectly interested in it, and they take as much pride in its reputation as they do Tn iheir own private business.
 The company own very fine building on St. Charles street, in which it's vast business IS transacted. and an army of clerks and accountants are required. I, has the appearance, internally and ex- ternally. et systematically conducted bank. which Il really is. only II does more business than any len banks n ;he op.
 This would be impossible in the ! Northern States. No merchant. ship ! owner or manufacturer Tn Boston would want it known that he was concerned in lottery, even as t'cke, buyer, much less as s,ockholder | or manager. while here in New Orleans l II IS considered not only not disrepusable, ! but absolutely legitimate. as much so as | any other business. When the company was organized and the stock placed | uDQn the m arEs, ,& was S,~r..I>l I