New-York tribune., 1901-12-01
GARDEN SPOT. OF GAMBLING
.,-,,rEn STATES THE HOME OF THIS
v1cE"-HOw IT PARTAKEs OF The
NATURE OF THEFT


..rbs editor Of a New-York sporting paper mas
| said that the United States Is the garoeh spo. -
| gambling 1t moro persistent. more ~ ~u'' -
| "a for higher stakes than In my other country.
| The statement was made by the Rev Dr' '1'"'s
| NJ Sanders In his talk gambling given ~,
terday morning before the League 1of ro''iN"
| Education at the Berkeley Byceum
"It Is doubtless the American vice he coi'i1e
| aft has creut into all amusements on the
| hand and into all business on the othef' 80 ' -
| MANY it is regarded as innocent.
| .rrha sums stsked upon fluctuations OF the ma
| let at stock mining and other exchanges pi'
| Amount to the entire assessed value OF 'He W.
| country in a single year. Gamnhrs III .hor
| houses clubs the racecourse anu ,,5
| o-+r although representfng less money lost anu
| yron renresents q much larger NUMBER Vi i''oi'
| and takes liz both sexes and every soc' u' So 90
| At recent intercollegiate game soooVo was ""e
| cred on the result by the students themselves
| ca,1Es OF CHANCE IN CHURCHES
| Gwen the churches avail themselves oi 'ne
| gambling mania. and many churc" i I s
| largely to for their gains 1T Is hot u''a n,t
| ecclesiastical dignitaries to defend the
! aven with snecious arguments and. as an oio say
| ing runs when the abbot throws dice the "no''
! convent Will play. -, .. ho
| Dr. Sanders said that people are asNsU ~ " a,
| 1teve that no ethics are involved-that II i''i
- esoud - 1osa without injury his family, ne
hos q nereect right to gamble. The speaker u''"ei
| took 10 prove by its effects thai ga1npis 10 ''N
| auy vice and "ethically immoral
Gambling implies transfer OF propelts -',
property has certain intrinsic Responsiveness aiiu
| qualities It may be aiienated by one oi 'ntee
! ways-gift barter or theft. GambihS POSSESSES
! some likeness to giving, as 1t gets ho'li''s III i
! turn and partakes of the nature OF thel'' 's -
! gives nothing. The favorte ga1nDlihs saihe "
| those in which skin and judgment nave 'he ie'
| rart The gambler desires to get away as lar as
| possfble from reason; therefore. the most "uei'
| patronized medium of gambling Is ,he io''e''<
| table since man can guess the resting i'"1e -
| the little ball
| ~cornt1,nq therefore being transfer Of prop
| ertv on a basis in which reason is not achho"l-
| edged the problem is not whether man mas =
right 10 spend his money as he chooses pu.
whether he has right to step out IS Of thai as anything
tbaf is ec9nomicaIly irrational Is ethicaliy I'M
moral"
GAMBLING IL BUSINESS
Dr.. Sanders said that the prevalence of the gam
bling spirit in business is most dangerous sS SHip
tom of the national life and that the time mus
| come when stock gambling shall be prohibited by
| law. -, CO., r-aho,aa 20 nscss-
| sarv n c0muerce but there is distinct differ,
cnce between trading in the products represented
5s s'QSk5 6 or5r ao 10 prot by the OF
naE The b has Is renad GgH & by M iegtmats
profits His aim however. is to gain through CON
mate chanee as far as possible. The gambler 3
aim is eliminate reason and the more tne @ Ie,s
in the stock market, the more he deIltleS hseil
with the gambler IN legitimate business trahsac-
tons each gets something in return whiie sle sa t
bier IS essentially pirate his object Sene 10 se e
something and give nothing. mat both may HANo
equal chance and give mutual consent is no sNcuse
Duell!ng is murder by mutual agreement anu
Bling is robbery by mutual agreement. To XII a
man quite so bad as stepping Sol IIIy
eht0c him AMI staDbinS him III the back 10
steal MS money by gambling Is iess helnouS ula'
housebrcaking, but both are violations OF the So
cia nature. ,,,, -, ~,
The most serious aspect Il gambling said Dr.
Sanders is the evil effect upon CHARACTER II Is
HARRY har
all the sw impulses. No man knows nov
| nearly he can become Ike beast OF prey nntii
he has contracted the passion for gefnolhs IN
ilasts the nnljler sentiments and weak"ns au the
muscles OF character. So pitiiess so htarless 80
| ineatiate IS The gambler that when the honored
Queen of England lay dying. and when our peloVeu
there were registered regarding me prct.se
moment when sufferer should cease TO brea'he
| MAKES Man ABNORMAL.
| a tendency 20 cheating and suicide marks the
| confirmed gambler. proving the deterioration ef-
| fected in the character by the passion. When
| man has come 70 deal with his own and other
| mems proDertv the abnormal basis or gam
bling il Is only natural that ne should in time rose
the normal conscience. and in time become moi any
OF gambng which leaves the reasoning IaSuiiies n,
allowance should lead eventually to sulcid" Is hot
| strange Nature is profoundly ana reiehlIe5siS
| logical when she makes the gamble: u suiCine.
| There nave been many one hundred suicides
| in a season at Monte Carlo" -, .
| DR. Sanders said also that although the law OF
| the State forbds gambling in every !ofn. II IL
| constantly Violated, and he quoted a ueaIer in
roulette tables having said that when thefe "is
| a season Of raidng professona, Ea:;lnitts nousrs -
| largely Increased. -, -. ~,
| meeting