The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-09-06

The Lottery IS UuwelcOme Even
If 1t Paved Our Streets with
Cold

II III PaveQ our Streets with
Gold.
The following address OF Mr..
Young was written for the meeting
on Sunday evening, bat as there
was not time to hear it, he has by
request furnished the copy for pub
lication
A young friend of mine residing
/ on Nancouyer's Island once captured
very young cub, took it home and
/ cared for it till the little bear became
a great pet with his fathers family.
He grew rapidly and though he was
/ somewhat clumsy IN his gambols he
was as playful as a dog, and often
amused the entire household by his
self.imposed performances. He was
everybody's pet and everybody's
friend, till one day bruin was having
little play with my friend Mr..
Muir IN the orchard, when suddenly
the great creature got hold of his
playmate and Rugged him till there
was no more room left to breathe,
and would have completely crushed
the life out of him only for the pres
ence of large dog which was at
tracted TO the spot by the calls Of his
master.
Now my friends, the proposed lot
terry scheme poses before Us as pos
sible pet--innoeent and harmless in
its appearance and by its winning
ways invites Us to give it home
with Us IN our sunny islands. Some
among US seem anxious to have the
pet get domiciled, and they look for
ward 10 the time when the perform
ances of this newly found pet will
drive away dull care and be a public
benefactor. But, just as sure as
bruin when he Was fairly established
and became himself, set to work to
crush the life out of his friend who
had given him home, so surely viii
this lottery, If established in this
Kingdom; when it shall have gained
strength enough not only cripple
and crush the best interests Of the
people, but it may sink its teeth into
the skull of the nation itself and
finally destroy the autonomy of the
Kingdom Hence we don't want the
lottery. Do we? A lottery is a mis-
chievous parasite which when it
once gets hold of any society clings
to it with such an irresistible grasp,
and feeds upon it with such an insa
table desire that the life blood of
society commercially, morally, intel
lectually and religiously is bound
to be Slapped by it.
It produces no needed commodity
calculated to support life or increase
the comfort, enjoyment and happi
ness of mankind, but on the con-
trary it produces paupers, thieves,
prostitutes, murderers and maniacs.
It throws a stolen sprat to here and
there an individual to catch the
mackerel Of the millions. It prom
ises by its dazzling brides TO make
nations and communities rich, while
its only design is to steal your sub
stance and compel you to feed your
children on the shadow thereof. 1t
promises to pave your streets, build
your railroads, lay your submarine
cables, aud do many other wonderful
things if you will but let the fugi-
tive and vagabond place it's cloven
foot within this Paradise of the Pa
cific. It comes to you with these
and kindred promises, bat its main
design Is to take your money and pave
for you and your children the road
to destruction and put you in cable
communication with perditiOn.
There are those who are ever look
ing for something for nothing, in
this world OF disappointment, and
such are the patrons Of lotteries. Bot
If the winner of lottery prize could
but stop to consider that he or she
has become the possessor Of what
should have been spent to buy bread
for thousands Of starving children,
the possessor of monies stolen or en-
bezzled during the lottery craze by
many young man who meant to be
honest and would have been 80, only
for his connection with that damn
able lottery excitement-th posses
sor Of the price of; many deluded
woman's virtue-poor hard working
women perhaps who have spent all
their earnings for years in the hope
Of being successful, and at last
driven 10 desperation to get money
- buy more lottery tickets have
under the craze plunged into ruin.
With such thoughts before our
minds let us exclaim we don't want
the lottery if it would pave our
streets with gold, find money TO run
orr Government, girdle each island
by railroad and connect us by cub
marine cable with all the countries
on the earth
ALEX You've