Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-21
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How 1t Gets Cheap Advertising.

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monthly by the lottery company This
represents 100000 letters they mail
monthly, or 100000 annually, each one OF
which is violation of the law. In addi-
tion to this the lottery company secures
cheap Especially sporting) newspapers to
publish their advertisements, and send
out Ions of them TO all parts of the United
States on pound rates as sample copies
Very recently The Spirit of the South, a
cheap local sporting paper of limited cir
culation, sent out in one week 4941 pounds
of sample copies, representing about 10000
copies of the paper On examination it
was found that the paper, in addition to
the regular advertisement, contained sew
eral columns of local advertisements of
the lottery company. The postage paid
npon this two Ond one-half tons Of papers,
representing $1,000 pieces of mail matter,
is but $I9.47
To send lottery circular through the
mails under existing statutes is unlawful,
yet that circular in many cases is exactly
the same rs the advertisements contained
in the newspapers. 70 send through the
mails sealed circulars costs two cents per
ounce, Newspapers and periodicals from
regular publishers cost but one cent per
pound. To have mailed $4,000 circulars
instead of So 600 copies of The Spirit of the
South before alluded to, and which con-
tanned the same matter, would have cost
$1,000 for postage, instead of $49.41 1t is
made not onl, lawful TO publish the circu-
lar in newspapers, but much cheaper
Foreign lotteries.
Encouraged by the success of the Louis
lana lottery foreign lottery companies are
now advertising in hundreds of the Amer
can papers, and are building up quite a
business, and establishing agencies in all
the leading cities of this country
| find advertised in the Washington
daily papers the Louisiana state lottery,
Grand Lottery of Juarez, Mexico; Lottery
of Mexican National Government, and
find there the name of that former distin-
guished soldier, diplomat and statesman,
John S, Mosby, as commissioner of the
Juarez lottery.
Endorsed by Certain Banks.
Your attention is invited TO the fact
that the great financial system of this
nation, through it's agents, four National
banks of New Orleans, stands as sponsor
and indorser of the Louisiana state lot
terry | find nothing in the act creating
the National banking system defining the
duties or prescribing the powers of the
same, that authorizes National banks, or
in the course of business justifcs the4n, to
engage in such a copartnership.
find, too, among the cards published
in New Orleans paper certain National
banks lone in the Lone Star state, another
in the newborn state bearing the name of
the father of this country advertised as
among those drawing prizes from the Mis-
souri, state lottery July Is, 1870, Is it
possible that members of this great Ma
tional banking system, a financial system
that is the pride of the nation, should lend
their names to encourage and stimulate
illegitimate schemes like lotteries for OBJ
tanning money?
Is it surprising that Canada has secured
such large numDer of our bank prcsi-
dents ana cashiers IL becomes the Ia
tions disgrace-its n credited agents, Ma
tionul banks, the custoaians of the peo-
ples savings, participating in n scheme
Tor obtaining money tnat is recognized by
the Intelligence of the world as illegiti-
mate, Illegal fraudulent, and the most
disgrace vi species oil gambling.
G'he Power OF Money.
The immense wealth accumulated by
this Louisiana state lottery has enabled it
to control almost everythingin Louisiana.
Finance, politics, morals seem to be con
trollcd by this power and to oppose it,
particularly in New Orleans seems to be
fatal ii we should be disposed to believe
editorials appearing in the leading New
Orleans papers lately, we would be con
WINGED that lottery money was used very
largely to elect governors and legislatures,
with view to control legislation.
The Government Threatened.
am advised, too that not long since,
almost within the shadow of the dome of
the capitol of this nation, well known
gentlemhn of this city gave dinner to n
number OF distinguished gentlemen, and
when the wine flowed freely one Of the
speakers Of the occasion took the oppor-
tunity to put all parties upon notice that
if there was any legislation permitted at
this session of congress antagonistc TO
the interests of the Louisiana state lot
terry that the company would see during
the next campaign that any member
fayoring such legislation should be rele-
gated to the shades OF private life.
If this be true, it is quite apparent that
the Louisiana state lottery is not only in
the business of making statesmen, but.
when necessary, is disposed to engage in
unmaking them. The good people Of the
state of Louisiana are making an honest.
honorable, heroic effort to purge the state
of this plague, that has for the past
twenty years been n blot upon the good
name and fame of her people. Let us
stand up and be counted as her friends
The United States cannot afford to lOnopr
remain n silent partner