The record-union., 1897-11-21

want to play it at least has no license
to pass law on the person who does.
But the example is familiar of the man
who, not wanting to do a certain thing
himself, sets as reformer by endeav-
oring to prevent others doing it.
NOW HE SEES IT
The Calistogan: Mr. Bryan claims
that the taking out of gold from the
klondike is a powerful factor in bring
ing the present return of prosperity to
the country. A little while ago Mr..
Bryan could not see any prosperity.
Now he sees some signs of it, but at
tributes it to the foreign scarcity
and TO the gold brought in from the
klondike. Up to the present time many
more dollars have been expended in fit
ting out parties to go to the Klondike
than have yet been taken from those
mines.
LOTTERIES THERE AND EVERY
WHERE.
Los AnSeles Express: A number of
the merchants in this city have taken
stand against the lottery schemes and
gift enterprises that have been made an
adjunct TO many lines of business for the
purpose of attracting trade. 1t is to be
hoped that having taken position they
Will maintain it. An agreement made
| and broken is worse than no agreement
at all.
The District Attorneys office was Wis
tied by committee of business men
yesterday who wished to know If COM
plants would be issued under the lot
terry section of the Penal Code, if appli-
cation We're made in such cases. Deputy
| District Attorney James responded in
! the affirmative. The law is very clear,
and Mr.. James thought there would be
no difficulty in proving that the lottery
I aGjuncts to regular trade were in viola
! tion Of the law.
The objecting merchants have, it is
! understood, engaged an attorney for the
| purpose of proceeding against lottery
schemes, but it is proposed to give the
merchants who have gift enterprises
! now under way an opportunity to close
! them up and fulfill their promises. rms
course is judicious and proper. 1t is TO
| be taken into consideration that the gift
enterprises We're not begun as regular,
/ permanent feature of the retail trade,
Merchants were gradually drawn into
the practice by sharp competition and
! the example of immediate rivals, and II
grew until it became a widespread,
/ menacing and expensive evil, injurious
to the community and troublesome tc
those who entered upon it.
ALAS. FLORIDA!
Oakland Enquirer: Alas! for poor
Florida. California's rival in the semi
tropic line is evidently a child OF mis-
fortunes AS if it were not enough tc
lave her orange trees frozen up, she Is
now losing all her alligators. TWO and
/ half millions OF them have been killed
off since 1880 and they have become sc
scarce that they are hardly to be found
outside of the impenetrable everglades
The determination of the alligator Is
for Florida not the trivial thing whlcf
IT might seem to be, since the interesting
saurian plays quite part in attracting
tourists and, moreover, the young am
gators are sold by thousands as curlosl-
ties and the skins and teeth of the Older
ones have a commercial value. ii Is
proposed now to have State Board OF
Alligator Hatchers, to propagate the
things artificially And this suggests
that Southern California should start al
alligator crop. If alligators are Wna'
tourists want they ought to be accom-
modated.