The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-11

some one has won something in a lottery, no
matter whether he has or not, it is advertised
a fact, and those who know the person
named say, We'll, II he won, why shouldn'
II" and they invest their hard-earned
money. But the thousands who lose their
money every month We never near word
about. The money that is passed over to the
lottery people comes from class that can i'll
afford to spend il IN that way. have read the
editorials in the CALL that were directed
against lotteries, and think they are proper
ones. All that can be should be done to put a
stop to that kind of business.
The Rev. William Schuldt of the Ger
man Methodist Episcopal Church ex-
pressed himself as follows on the subject
of lotteries:
AS you are no doubt aware, the Methodist
ministers adopted resolutions indorsing the
CALL for its efforts to suppress lotteries. What
was done by the ministers as a body indorse
individually. l am very glad that the paper
has taken the stand it has, and every good cit
izen should help in the good work. Not only
should the publication OF any matter in refer
ence TO lottery schemes be discountenanced,
but lotteries themselves should be suppressed,
for they are productive OF great deal of mis-
cry in the community. The CALL has taken a
step in the right direction, and am very much
pleased that it has done so. In our church
every member Of our congregation, firmly
believe, is against lotteries, not only in the
general sense, but against lotteries in every
shape. / hope that the movement TO put a
stop to this form of gambling will be successful.
The Rev. Eli McClish of Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church said:
Allow me to thank the CALL for the stand
taken against lotteries. 1t is a pleasure for me
to unite with zoe against this widespread and
insidious form of gambling / use the word
gambling" advisedly, although many who
have lottery tickets in their pockets this morn
ing would resent being classed with gamblers.
What is gambling? 1t has been well defined
ns IAN attempt to gain by chance or hazard or
supposed information the money or property
of others without giving any fair equivalent,
any valuable consideration for the gain
sought" In short, to gamble is TO try to get
something for nothing-to get rich by lottery
ticket
Every ranch, every gold watch, every crazy
quilt, every ring cake, costs something in toll
and skill and time, and no person can honor
ably take either of these from the owner except
as q gift or for an equivalent consideration.
The man who secures ranch Tor his 81 ticket
in State lottery and the youth who secures a
gold ring in q piece of cake for his 1O-cent
ticket in church lottery are both in posses
sion OF property for which they have given no
adequate consideration. And there is no sound
principle of morals or OF trade that would JUS
tify them in holding this property or that
would justify the people who managed the lot
teries in the State or the church in keeping the
money received for the tickets that drew
blanks. All attempts to get without giving, to
eat without working, are vicious They are
unjust to society that digs and coins the gold
and by toll produces every mouthtul OF food.
And the man or corporation that takes the gold
or eats the food without giving society fair
equivalent is a leech or a robber. Such are lot
teries. They fatten on the small earnings OF