St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-26
A CONTINUANCE OF THE
LOTTERY,

A CONTINUANCE OF THE
LOTTERY.
We have received the following
circular note, . copy Of which ha'
been sent to every paper in tn,
State:
Nsw OaLEAxs. April Is. 1880
EDrros 81. TAnuAxv FAsMex:
At the approaching session Of thu
Legislature Of this State I shall
submit . proposition for the priv
lege Of maintaining lottery in Lou
isiana. For this privilege l will Of
fer to pay the State, quarterly in I'D.
vance, the sum Of $500, 900 per an
mum, or Sl2. SOC, 900 for the fran.
chise for twenty-five years. This
annual license Of half million dol.
lars I would propose to have devot.
cd One-third to the public school
system Of the State; One-third t.
existing charitable institutions and
such others - may be created and
the remaining third to the con-
struction, maintenance and repairs
Of levees. I trust that you will give
this proposition calm consideration,
and let the people Of the State know
your views on the subject. 1t Is .
question which members Of the
press should consider, I think, with
olt prejudice Of any kind, looking
only to the best interests Of the
State.
Yours truly,
JoHn A. NORRls.
The above b the first direct
proposition made to the State for .
continuance Of the Lottery, and it
is for the press and people Of the
State to give the subject profound
consideration. 1t is . plain busi-
proposition, and must be
considered from . purely business
standpoint. Tho Lottery Company
Offers the magnificent sum Of
$500, coo . year, to be paid quar-.
terly in advance, for the privilege
Of continuing its business for the
term Of twenty-five years. The
Lottery question is not one Of
.audlin sentiment, but is strictly .
business affair. The fund for MAIN
tanning the State government, in all
its branches, is raised BY property
and license taxation. II the reve-
nues from this source are more
han the State has any use for, the
question might possibly arise,
Shall We discontinue to license
! certain class Of business houses? 20
This would be met by . proposition
II the business men, to abolish
licenses and taxes altogether until
he surplus in the treasury was
diminished. But IL, on the other
land, the revenues Of the State are
insufficient for al purposes-an
administration Of the
government, care Of the sick and in
ane, maintenance Of levees, etc.,
hen it would be not only unwise,
nut q very foolish thing (amount-
ng to criminal negligence) for the
tate to decline to re-license any
1 its business enterprises. We
now, and everybody knows, that
he latter condition prevails, and
his princely offer Of the Lottery
will enable ~ to greatly
improve our condition, place the
tate on . sound financial basis,
nd relieve her Of her present hu-
'iliating embarrassment. The
reatest objection heretofore urged
y the opponents Of the Lottery
as that the sum Of $40, 900 q year
rs not enough for the privilege
This objection has been
.moved by the very liberal offer
J 100000 . year@tl3.5 500, 600
= twenty-five yesrs-and now no
Ne can complain that the price Of
red d too low for the privilege.
We have given the subject care-
j consideration, and the more we
ink Of it, the stronger il our con- 1
ction that the acceptance Of the
Of Nj. Morris will re- .
1t in incalculable good to the ,
ate. The Legislature will meet
1t month, and IL the members do
cir duty, and have the best inter- /.
T. Of the State 1t heart. they will !
omptly pass . bill to submit Ar. =
orris' proposition to the people 9
their ratification. q
AT CHAPEL. q