The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14
How Morris LOTTERY Is Rnn.
From Sunday San.

From Sunday Sun.
q. Does the lottery company owl
its own ofices--if. it does NOT, who
does own them?
A. The Sun has been informed
on reliable authority that The Louie
lana Lottery does not own any OF ils
branch Offices. There is every rea-
son to believe that the various lot
terry Offices are owned by men Wh8
obtained them as a reward for SER
vices rendered the lottery company
at various times. Certain State Sen.
ators own lottery Offices, while the
others are controlled By. politicians
Of the city and State. The men i'd
them are simply clerks, who do not
get more than $50 per month salary.
They are subject to the rules of the
company, bat are employed By the
people who own the Offices.
G. How many lottery Offices
are there in New Orleans and what
is the average profit Of each?
a. Before the ast session OF
the Legislature there were one huns
dred and thirty-two lottery Offices ii
the city--including Algiers and
Gretna--since that time, number
have been opened, which are owned
by men who obtained them as re.
ward for services during the fight
before the legislature over the pros
posed amendment. The average
profit to the lottery company il esti-
mated at $50 per day from eact
( Office, There are now one hundred
and fifty branch Offices in the city;
which OF an average of $50 per day
profit to the company makes 81 sou
per day from all, and 2,347, 500 az
an annual profit.
@. Does the lottery play its own
wings? ai
A. The lottery company playS
its own drawings. It has Eve men
employed to visit it's various Offices.
They are inspectors and have $40 a.
day each TO spend among the yarionS
lottery Offices bringing the tickets
which they purchase to the company
who keeps "tab" in ttiis way on their
own business.
| q. Are all the tickets 10 the
monthly drawing sold; | mean, whole
tickets of every number?
A. All monthly tickets of the
lottery company are not always sold
that is, all numbers are sold, but
the numbers beiug divided into twen:
ty parts and each part being ticket
at 81 are not all sold. 10 other
words, there are supposed to be 100,
| 600 numbers in The wheel, whick
divided up into tWentY tickets from
each number, makes the total tickets
ia the drawing 1000, 600. II oil
tickets were sold, the company would
| take in 81 900 900. The total prizes
amount to 81, ,o54, 500 leaving clear
/ proft of 645 ,2U0 for the company
i per month or $li ,342. 400 per %.
num. This added to the $2,347 500
derived from the daily drawings
would make the profit of the CONS
pany for one year 3,6S9,g00. Plac.
/ ing the expenses Of the company ar
/ $i.000,00O ger anaum, there IL q
clear profit OF $l2,68g 900 to bef
divided among the stock holders
provided said tickets were all sold.
j The town of Argonia, Kan, ID
offcered and rnn entirely BY women.
Their emancipation from the time
honored custom Of deferriag various
and sundry privileges to Wicked
and Cruel Man has been completed
Mics ETA Smith has yindicated the,
right Of her sex to pop the question. I"
having proposed to the man Of her
choice solne weeks ago. AZ the fair.
Ella was one OF The most desirable
girls In the Argonia matrimonial
market she was instantly accepted
and the marriage was celebrated
Hast week This is all right, bat BY
the new order OF things Ella will
4 lose one of woman's dearest prerog.
lEatiyes. When they quarrel she cen
Eaeyer silence him By saying sbs.
wishes she had accepted the other
man.