The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-21
AGAINST GAMBLING.
The Wholesale Merchants of Atlanta Strong
w Commend tho Hatch Bill.


The business men of Atlanta have spo-
ken with no uncertain voice against the
great gambling games that go on in the ex-
changes of Chicago and New York.
The following resolutions, adopted by the
wholesale merchants of Atlanta, and sigh
ed by Il number of leading firms, give strong
statement of the case against fictitious deal
ing in agricultural products:
Resolved, by the wholesale merchants OF
Atlanta, That recognize in the law or
demand and supply, the only just arbiter
between the producer and the consumer. Be-
tween the toiling millions who produce the
breadstufrs and the great clothing fabric and
the other toing millions who have these
commodities to buy, we have seen an aftl,
fetal arbiter arise, unjust, INSCRIPTIONS lou anu
cruel, operating by the methods OF the ga l.
bier, to depreSS prices in time or harvest when
the producer must realize, ana afterwards
by corners and combinations, raising the
price beyond the point where natural demand
and supply would carry 1t, so that the pro-
Queer is forced to surrender a large part Oh
the proceeds OF his labor, while the consumer
the price of bread While the harvests are
abundant, and the land is filled with 1atness,
the lab0rer is ShOrn of his reward, ana Dreau
Is withheld from the children OF the poor.
The commercial world, as the MENUS between
the consumer and the producer, performs the
important office of distribution and is con
telt with moderate compensation; the TaI-
roads, as means of communication between
great office and receive, on the average or
the whole country, or per cent upon tile
capital invested, yet these great departnleI tS
OF industry, employing billions Nf capltai
and commanding the ablest taller and most
sagacious Judgment, see their legitimate OPP
eratons constantly disturbed by irresponsible
gamblers whose capital consists In q margin
of 2 IL per cent 1t has come to -such IL pass
that the legitimate trade cannot safely buy
and store grain or cotton wi.h2u. soi n tha
ablest railroad manager, with rlch territory
along his line. and with all the appliances
of modern engineering at his command, IS
as helpless as Il child when the stock OF his
company falls into the hands OF the bucca-
neers Of Wall street, who are Wiling 10 .d de
stroy the credit of q great corporation in ORDER
that they may buy it in and afterwards Dull
the stock. L. -,
We recognize the right of the owner to o., sell ell
his property for delivery at any time Wnlcn
suits his convenience or his pleasure, ana
while we have good reasons, when gram
is in transit, for selling it for future delivery,
we see in such legitimate transactions no eX-
cuse for the sale by any man OF that Whlcn
he does not own. The sale or lahd Wllnoue
n title and without location is everywhere
held to be fraud, and the sale OF gram, cot
ton or other commodities. which have no ex-
istencc except in the Imagination OF the puyer
or seller. is fraud of equal magnitude, ana
more disastrous in its results because It Is
made the means of disturbing the law or de-
mand and supply, disturbing prices ana lore
ING wealth from its rightful owners into the
pockets of INSCRIPTIONS gamblers, whose OPP
crations do not perform snsle service tl d dor
trary a whitening blight upon all legitimate
business. - 49,,
Resolved, That heartily endorse the
Hatch bill to prevent fictitious dealing IN az
ricultural products, and will do all IN our
power to secure its massage.
G.. T. Dodd & Son. Branan Bros r. i;,;, =. ~ ~
T. f. Maddox, Kenny & Mcdonald, IidWell
& pope. Miiner Bros & Co, A. Med. Wilson
w S Everett Arnold & McCord, u A Boyn-
ton Shropshire & Dodd Kelley Bros. Bg-
lard. NJ G. I<iscr, John Slbley & Co, Marsh,
Smith & Marsh, and others.
To CIennse the System
effectually. yet gently, when costive or
billions or when the blood is impure or slug
gish. to permanently cure habtual consti-
nation. to awaken the kidneys and liver to
4 healthy activity, without irritating or
weakening them, to dispel headaches, colds
n1 fnvnrs usn SYrn of Figs.