The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

ttpl lCW pilACS utlt uuu iHtIC lOT uu-
vertising purposes. l lived for some
time in New Orleans, and thoroughly
understand the working Of the scheme,
1t is fraud from beginning to end
JAMES S. ToPHAM-The evil Is
very demoTalizing one and ought to be
suppressed. 1t is downright robbery,
and those who invest their dollars do
not get more than one in a thousand
back.
Il. BRYAN, JR.-Every dollar that
goes out of the city for lottery tickets
is lost to the business of the place
Some men will put their last dollar In
lottery tickets and go without bread to
do so.
+. BRINKMAN-Financi It Is in.
furious to the business Of the city.
Thousands of dollars go out of it, and
only small sums come In.
B. II. WARNER-I don't know any
thing about the Louisiana Lottery. |
never bought a ticket in II in my life;
nor did l ever come across any person
who had won prize in it.
W. Il. MosEs-You eau put me
down as condemning the thing and In
the strongest possible terms. Any man
who could be found selling lottery
ticket should be promptly sent to the
penitentiary, and every man who is
fool enough to buy one, should be sent
to keep him company. AS man who
mas taken chances all his life and has
given the question some study. | say
that the chances are nincty-nine to one
against you in the Louisiana State
fraud.
w. w. WooDwARD-Of course the
Louisiana Lottery is injurious to bust.
ness owing to the large amount of
money il takes out of town; but,
what is more important, it is injuri-
Gus from every other point of view. 1t
has demoralizing effect on the minds
of the people, as must every institution
that flourishes against the law, and
more especially when II happens to be
a gambling concern. / unhesitatingly
put myself on record as in favor Of its
abolition.
w. III. HoEKE-Of course it must be
an injury to business. l have never
given much thought to the matter, but
am told that at least $50, 900 month
goes out of this city for lottery tickets.
OF course, there is nothing worth men
tioning received in return, and think
there can be but one opinion as to the
injurious effect of such a one-sided
system of business.
w. G. METzERoTT-I am opposed
TO lotteries, above every form of gam
bling. People will persist in taking
chances in some form or other, but lot
terics have a more demoralizing effect
on business and everything else than
horse racing or betting of any kind. |
was pleased to see The CRITIC refuse
the Louisiana Lottery's advertisement.
The only effective way to put the con
Germ down is TO prevent 1t from adver-
Using, and | hope TO see other papers
compelled by law TO follow THE
CRTIC's example. l lived for seven
years abroad in a country where every
body invests in lotteries and had very
good opportunity to see the evil effects
of such concerns. No good ever comes
of these, and they only cause ruin,
misery and poverty. They are a severe
tax on the poorer class of people. and
much injury must be done to Wash
ington by such large amount of
money going out for lottery tickets and
such a small amount coming back.
IsIDoR SAKs-The natural inference
is that the large amount which, am
told, goes out Of the city for Louisiana
Lottery tickets every month must have
a bad effect upon business. / have,
| however, never given the matter much
| thought and cannot speak with author
ity upon it.
j. L. PAGE-Wherc so much goes out
of the city and so little returns, as is the
case with Washington's Louisiana Lot
| tory dealings, there must certainly be
an evil effect on the general business of
the city, although this may not, per-
haps, be perceptiblc.
w. d. VEST don't believe in any
form of gambling, and l certainly think
it infamous that it should be permitted
to be carried on openly, as is the case
with the Louisiana Lottery. 1t certainly
has very injurious effect upon bust
ness, not only directly through the loss
of the money taken out of the District
by ii, but indirectly, owing to the man
ner in which it leads people into un-
businesslike habits and its general de-
moralizing effects.
WILLIAM A. CoNwAY-Lotteries en-.
courage persons to foolishly spend
money that they would put to bettel
use. | think the sale of tickets in the
District should be abolished. There is
large amount of money taken out of
this city every month. Poor persons
are tempted by the offer of large prizes
TO spend money they need very badly
for their livelihood. There is very lit
tie of it comes back.
L. Z. SARGENT look upon lotteries
as game of heads / win, tails yor
lose. They are taking the bread out Of
great many poor peoples mouths il
this city. / think that any Legislation
which will break up the sale of ticket
here will be wise and wholesome.
f +. REPPETTI-I think lottcric
arc like circuses-they take money on
Of city without any return. They
are bad for the business interests of any
city. There is just so much money
circulating, and when it is withdraw
to some other place and does not return
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