The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-14

''Aii Ia not gold that glitters." This
trite hut true saying Is mora ably Illus :
trated day by day. Tho Installations
lof q game OF chance from the cradle
to tho grave. from the urchln at his
pitching pennies to the Wall stree g
king with his stocks, Is very nlluring.
Tho desire for gain stimulates us all
Ito catching the filthy lucre in its daily
revolutions. In chance there seems
/ less labor and moro fascination than
i'm tho III ore hard and monotonous road
by means of application and iai!or.
Gambling Is vice that grows upon
us, and strengthens with our growth
Some OF tho greatest dcfa '"'Liuus Of
modern times Lave been IL .uto1 to
gambling in stock.
Ihe writer has had considerable eX
lperience with this tickle Goddess of
Wall street. He has seen the rise and
fall OF hosts of good men; the rise has
been very moderate and that only for
: a time, but the fall has been very
great. We recall tho case of one OF
Our friends. who went Into the market
with competency and strove with
tho tickle Goddess. For years hel
lwrestled with tho siren and to-day he
tells us confidently that with all her
lups and downs, the profit and loss
laccouGt shows upon the loss side
about $4,000 the most.
Another that went into it Mt the same
thine had fairly profitable buslness.
(which ne Loot ana not only this busl.,
ness but sacrificed his friends, and to-.
day holds political position. An
other of tho sumo parties at that time
had Just left a very profitable political
office. and with tho accumulated pro-
Tits was entced into this sirens web.
In few months all was lost. lie
struggled on trying to get again upon.
his fset, but the germ OF consumption
settled upon his constitution and to
day he has gono where tie cares of
.stocks and the ups and downs OF this
iluctuating market never more doth
bother him.
With truth we can give many remin-
iiscenceo of this monHtrous gamble.
Many of our citizens, (and we do rot
care to go further than our own citi
zene) can testify by depleted pocket
book of the power OF fascination and
the percentage OF loss In this fasclnat.
ing gamble.
There ais various CANDLES going on
In this city, from the low playing OF
crap and sweat by the element asso
ciates with the tenement house and
the alley. Then comes the card play
ing, with it Familiar. Nancy Dawson
land the fascination OF AL card playing.
Poker. Then the greatest OF all, this
sad game OF playing with stocks by
the various broker Offices in this city.
! The poor fellow with his 10 cents
ante and the poorer fellow with his 2
or cents betting in sweat. etc, must
he secret in his dealing and the hands
OF the law are ever open, intent upon
Catching this small gambler. but our
church people and our upper ten OF
,sedate business men tongregate I'M
the huge palatial bucket shops. for all
brokers affairs are nothing else, and
play or gamble larger and more fas
clnatingIy than then all. But we hear
them say. This cannot DO gambling.
1t Is honorable Don't the state IL
cense itF Yes. the State says pay US
800 and we will give you u license,
: which. when given, legalizeS n game
OF chance OF colossal proportions. 1t
is more fashionable.
> The poor darkay cannot go In and
buy his ton cents worth OF stock, but
/, n man with his weeks pay, be it us
! little MS ten dollars, can step in and
l place 1t where, ten times out OF twelve,
, it Will vanish from his sight quicker
than II takes to decide one of those
shum races at the Gloucester race track.
) Stocks, where every indication OF the
times shows that thOy should decline
by the manipulations Of certain cliquesl
on Wall street, arise, and wise versa.
Next to the evil of drink itself. We can
say with truth, this Is the evil OF all
evils.
I And II the inner workings were,
known, II we had the statistics to tell,
you of the amount of money lost
alone In this city In the recent Read
ing decline, 1t would show an amount
equal to our city debt.
And after years of experience we add,
our adyico in the language OF Punch
about marriage IL you contemplate
gambling in railroad stocks-don't.
One OF THE VICTIMS.