The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-20


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Il i notori0assy fact that the lottery
controls the co1-ts Of louisiana S0s
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DREAMS entirely. II OWLS one OF the
chief newspapers and sI1s4E-1Zes me or
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TINE ago. u cJ111 aoT 5zIy : printing press
tzere to- money. L coGI1 R0s even sell
It's papers Oh the streets, 5zzca1Se the neNs-
boys xere orl1S3 not 70 ven1 Il The
neEs con- p2nies would Mt sell the paper
On the trains Or beats Recently. Tor the
purpose q influencing opinion Il me state
- large, the lottery bought ID country
newspapers II al directions. 1ereve- =
c01.d not do that il sent men 70 sI2-t OPP
position journals n the same towns. sup
plying tne matter for Publication from
New Orleans Editorial opinions Eh1=
supplied are after yards quoted n The
Newspapers IN New Orleans, showing the
'-1riIE Of sentiment" on the lottery qaes-
5ion-
The stock Of the lottery : mainly held
bE me estate o. Charley Howard, "ao
started the enterprise II I-sSs- he T2s
thrown from ! horse rEo years ago and
broke his neck. The city q Sex Orleans
IS fEl 81 monuments 10 this prince Of the
gambling fraternity. he gave Il neiEor-
TAI library, ami rs mos. beautiful GENE
terry vas donated oy him The New Or
leans National bank he CONTROLLED Az
the beginning the stock Of the lottery,
which IS now worth 81 50. vent begging
81 81. After the Howard estate, John 4
Morris Is the biggest owner
When the lottery found Itself shut OUT
OF EAe mails, Il transferred It's business -
far IS possible 70 Eae express companies
Since then u has limited It's Use Of the post
20 Letters and packages under sea- send
ing such matter n Uncle S2A care only
70 points not easily reached ov express
The dim.nution OF It's mail business cza
Dc estimated soEne4h2E oy Iae fact that
whereas lottery letters IN the dead Letter
Office used 70 number about go = month.
nog they average only about forty some
companies, ike the Southern express,
openly receive aud transport all printed
lottery material sealed and unse2Ied,
and al sealed packages supposedly con-
tanning writing. insisting that they
cannot make inquiry e. 70 the content.
Of parcels. They claim that, - common
carriers. they are bound 10 accept any
thing rendered 10 them for transportation
Furthermore. lIasmuch IS lottery matter
Is excluded from the mails, they assert
that Il has ceased 20 De mail matter. and
cannot De considered matter 10 which COM
mon carriers have right 20 refuse trans
pOrTaElou. Nevertheless. Fostm2sEer-tJen-
eEaI Waasmaker has taken pains 20 gather
facts on which ne proposes 20 Ease prose-
cutI0n against these companies. after con-
sulEing the attorney general as % -he
constitutional question Involved
As soon Is Il VTas learned that the en-
forcemenI OF the lottery act had driven /.
large part OF the Louisiana company's
business out Of the mails lottery COM
panles abroad sent their tickets and cIrcJ-
lars n sealed envelopes 20 all parts OF the
United States, s0pposlng that s1cn matter
IN foreign mails would not Be subject 10
strict surveillance. In some case. the
matter vas sent 10 nearly ali the inhabit-
ants OF towns, evidently with the aid OF
directories These foreign lotteries are
chartered by their respective governments,
sometimes being conducted a. part OF the
revenue systems Of the countries IN which
they exist Ii IL Useless 20 seek the ald
OF these governments. therefore, TO pre-
vent the mailing OF matter OF the sort into
this country, and, Of course, no letters
under seal can be detained on mere sus-
picion. However, the treasury depart
ment recently held that lottery tickets
and advertisements are liable 10 customs
duty as printed matter. The postal union
treaty forbids the mailing OF any article
from one country 20 another that - liable
70 customs duty n the country OF destlna-
ton Therefore lottery matter Il treated
as forfeited goods - i letter supposed -
contain such matter must be opened og
the person addressed IN Ine presence OF 3
customs officer and surrendered L the suS-
pIcion IS reallZssd-
Mr. Wanamaker regards the injury done
70 the lottery business as the trump card
OF his administration. He has applied the
new Law II many thousands Of Instances
70 the prevention OF gift enterprises con-
Quoted through the mails by manufact-
uEers u tobacco. cheap legelry. nostTUTns,
etc. constituting the word lottery N -
ton OF prizes D. chance" In every such
case. however. the person found out IN the
set : warned 70 desIsE before being prose-
cQted.
The plan most recently adopted by the
lottery IS sn extension OF rs agency sys-
TEN. As far a. possible the business IS
thrown into the hands Of local agents all
over the country. who receive the tickets
N bulk Oy express and are expected %
employ every effort - sell them They
distribute the tickets among subordinate
vendors, who circulate them cautiously
Il one wants 10 bay = ticket
he can usually md out where 10 procure
II Dy consulting saioOn-keeper Or lis bar
Der, may De. In Washington City the
change IN this regard since the law Was
passed has been especially marked. The
paper coupons are difficult 10 get here.
although until recently this city @as the
greatest market for their sale, after New
Orleans. Gambling Of this sort was
greatly popular among The thousands Cf
clerks n the departments, nearly all Il
= nom INDUCED II Il more or less with
fair salaries, and no hope beyond, they
liked 10 invest little sums every month N
pursuit OF IN alwavs possible fortune.
Vendors haSAed the tickets about the gov
eminent buildings, and they we're openly
displayed Tor sale III the grogshops and az
the cigar stands
Another famous gambling concern OF
similar character. the Jusrez lottery. has
recently been nearly ruined by TIE efforts
o. the postoItIce department The con-
cern : located st CIudad Juar-z, Just
across the Mexican border. II vas dis
covered th-t great quantities o. circulars
were being mailed 81 T. PaSo, lex, on
this SIDE OF tue line and only I'VE niles
away. This was done because 3 cents an
ounce w@s thus saved on sealed matter.
/ ne inspector IN that district caught L
man posting the letters, ami he turned
out 10 - the president Of the company,
Nlcol22s LspheImer. LeIpheIruer had
only been president FOR TWO months.
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