The Forrest City times., 1890-09-27

NV pitusts uHfioyiHS Ho utuu. bue family of children beset by everything yet prohibited from partaking of the pleasure or other effect of money honestly and laboriously earned.
 Proper legislation is necessary and beneficial. The greater part of that of to-day is most pernicious, ineffective as to apparent requirement, and altogether--as in the case hereinafter to-inoperative and unjust; indeed a most decided failure in effect.
 There is too much legislation-too much ineffective legislation. That is to say, a majority of the acts of our legislatures, and more particularly of congress, are such as do not relieve the people of evils certain or imaginary, but simply add inconvenience or de- privation to the people themselves.
 A CASE IN VIEW.
 X few days since both houses of con gress passed what is commonly known as the "Anti-Lottery Bill" which is certainly misnomer, as it in no way effects the regular monthly drawings. In fact it does not materially affect the companies. 1t does affect the people, however, as will be shown hereinafter.
 In the first place, taking the Louisi- ana Lottery, for instance. the business is enormous, and the postal revenue is something immense. The government is here, and at once, deprived of the patronage of perhaps the most liberal patron of the postofiice department. This is done by provision of the bill which prohibits the people the use of the mails for ssnding money or orders for tickets to the lottery company. and forblds the company to send out it's tickets through this channel. This does not affect the evil. The company has no doubt already consummated all arrangements with the express com
 panies by which money may be safely sent and tickets will be distributed. Th.s provision will not affect the com
 pany. It simply deprises the leople uf the use of the mails. which from
 long habit have become very conven- ient.
 The act further provides that any bal,k. or firm. or individual whom 1, company may advertise or designate as proper persons to receive remit tances for them shall he considered in all respects agents ol the company which adveftises them. and they are likewise prohibited the use cf tl,,. mails foi any nnttei pertaining to the lottery. No o,ie Nisi assume that tltlS psos isiun win be a drawback to the company. The ctanra'y k capahIe of handling all the money thut ma, t'. sent them, and third persons were only indicated in order to avoid pro. Ilihitory statute long since enacted. Again. innocent parties are tie suffer CTS from ,he lnSs uf business. and lheir rights are further abridged. Their earnings are cut down, while those of the lottery are increased. The lottery company continues business at the old stand.
 The fact that the immense postal service heretofore required by the lot tery company has been prohibited will cause many men to ee discharged from the postal service, These are wholly disluterested in the welfare of the lottery company, alid are in no way responsible for any evil that may arise from il. The c,rm pan,. how ever, will no duult do al increased business.
 The crowning injustice of this act Is ' section which overrides anI annuls n legitimate businrss--a section which comes nearer home in its effect. 1t provides that newspapers conta ming advertisements of lottery shall not be admitted to the mails. It muzzles the press. the boasted freedom of which in this country is the wonder of the world and the admiration and safe guard of the people. Tie newspaper is not responsible for the existence of the lottery; it is not necessary to the life of the lottery. It does not have any interest in the profits. 1t simply has space for sale to advertisers; and the lottery company, if 1t pay the same, or more, money for it as others, should be, and has heretofore been, permitted to buy it, and the publisher has heretofore had. and should con tinue to have, the privilege of selling his space-which is his stock in tradc-- to whomsoever he chooses. Of course, the lottery company will find means of advertising, but the innocent pub fisher of newspaper, who generally has more 'stock in trade" than any thing else, is here forbidden to sell to . customer who Is constant and prompt. Congress might just as we'll say that certain merchant in each town--or all of them, for that matter --shall not dispose of his stock 10 crr- tain men engaged in certain busi- ness. If such an act were to be intro duced a terrible howl would rend the skies.
 Now, we have no special love for the lottery. The masses would, per hups, be wealthier without the lottery; but what Is the effect of such an act as has just been signed by Nh. uariisonF Does it kill, or even cripple, the lottery 1t does not. Docs il prevent tho usual monthly drawingsg Ger tainly not. Bat it does work hard ship upon the patrons of the com pany. It does deprive thousands of innocent persons oi the patronage oi | IA. ss