The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-11
bucket shops is merely TO gamble or bet

bucket shops il merely TO gamble or bet
on the quotations as they rise or fall.
Mr.. JoslIn in his letter uses the express
sion, Satan rebuking SIM sarcastic
and scurilous remarks wholly uncalled
for, /" ''slimy stuff" you have thrown
stones as il there were no glass in your
house, etc, etc, and other personal re-
marks, but concludes by saying, IL have
sold out my interest in the board OF
trade and all that pertains to it is re-
moved from the candy store" in accord
ance with the wishes of relative OF hIs.
Mr.. Joslin in his letter asks, "how
many drunk shops in our city, where the
law is violated seven days in week,
have you treated TO such rebukes and
slurs as you have poured out in this
case" Our readers and the owners of
some of the drunk shops can answer this
question, but, supposing we had not
done so, lU would have been no reason
that we should not show up the impro
prety of allowing such thing as a
bucket shop TO run here to- tempt our
young people without taking the action
the'NEws has.
Again the letter says that statements
are enormously credited to us about pro
hibiting young men and laborers from
our deal" la reply to this we can only
say that Mr.. Joslin, standing in the po-
sition he doe', would scarcely like to call
the person who told US that such state
ment was made to him by Mr.. Joslin, a
-, we'll person who tells an untruth.
Persons who wish to speculate in either
stocks or grain can do so through the
egitImate channel and not through these
bucket shops upon small margin, which
5 liable to be wiped away in very short
line. Why only yesterday wheat opened
It I93 and closed at 7SS, although dur
ne the day it had greatly 6uctuated.
There are some people who are born
regulators, or gamblers, but, surely it
the duty OF all honest men, or at any
ate those calling themselves religious, to {
eirain from laying temptation in the way :
our people at their very door. There c
re many people who would not go to ]
he trouble to send an order to broker
n the board OF trade or to Boston, but :
no would walk into these bucket shops, @
they are allowed, and put up their lit j
e margin, only to be wiped out and hep i.
we'll "Mr. Smith's," or some other fel- q
w's bank account. n
Mr.. j osin stated that small deals were a
lrned over to Mr.. Smith-we beg his :
irdon, Mr.. Spear, OF Houghton-while q
rger ones were turned oyer to Mr.. p
ely, OF Chicago. For the benefit Of per. &
ms who might feel disposed to trust =
ese local bucket shops, we may state q
at the Inter Ocean OF Wednesday con-
ined an announcement that Robert ii.
ely Goo doubt the man behind the local :,
lcket shop was, after three hours trial, b
unanimous consent OF the committee Il
PEELED from the Chicago board of trade.
here were four charges against Kelly, -
OF which were proven. The chief ones o.
IRE dlshonorable conduct in having affil- v
ted with Louis c. Van Ripper, who con-
cttd a bucket shop, and also with =,
.indLng his customers by making trades a,
one price and reporting them at an y
her. And this is, no do Ibt, the man to
hom the local bucket shop was to send
large orders. V,