Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22

nc also made millions for his employees
ana hundreds of millions for his coun-
Try But what increase of capital did
tne world receive when, in 1861, man
Oh the name Of Garcia at the Homburg
Bainping resort won i'm one night
l'o0,o0O francs, or when, about the
same time, in Wiesbaden two French
men lost 100000 francs, or when, n
rev years ago, Khahl Bey lost at the
gaming table $2OOO,O00 which he had
inherited from his father or when the
niece Of Cardinal Mazarin won In a
single sitting from the Duchess of
portsmouth $4,000 or Lady Castle
maine Of Charles IFS court lost in one
night over $125,O0O? Did all these
transactions increase the world 8
wealth by the value of one FIVE cent
loaf of bread? Did they help in one
instance to feed the hungry or give EN-
ployment to the poor?
Wall street Evils.
When, under the evil manipulations
or the Wall street gamblers, the rail.
road stock of large corporation IL
"watered' and its price made to Jump
up and fall as the thermometers quick.
silver drops at the touch of the October
frosts, and thousands upon thousands
of small gamblers who have bought
their railroad stock upon margins
and not as a true investment are frozen
out, does such Wall street gambling
build one freight car or span one river
with new bridge or erect one new
depot or upholster one Pullman sleep.
er? The Puritans used to call n pack
Of cards the devils prayer book" Did
you ever hear Of the devils prayer
book" teaching the gamester how he
could be n producer and not a de-
stroyer? No, my friends, no, no, no
Anything but that. The gambling
habit never created one farthing for
the welfare Of any community.
Thus, my brother congratulate you
If you have never been a gambler OF
in league with gamblers. I congratu
late you IL you are one of those mon
unwilling to be a parasite, vampire
or absorbent Of other mems industries.
congratulate you, even though you may
never have amassed the ilegitimate
fortune of Baron Blanc, whose inter.
a Monte Carlo or of Benazet or O
DcvauX, who used to run the gambling
casinos of Spa, an AK la -Chapelle OF
n Baden Baden before the German par
lament in 1872 babe them begone, o,
the ilegitimate fortunes of the evil
owners of Louisiana lottery, who
year after year flagrantly bribed
state Legislature until at last the out
ragged Christian people of that com
mOnwealth, with the aid of the Unite
States postmaster general, rose in Their
might and destroyed this accursed and
dcbauching infamy. Never have any
dealings in any way with defiant gam
bling.
The gambling passion not only robs
men of their fortunes, but demoraliDes
their minds. 1t units its victims fol
the common duties of ordinary life. Il
overstimulates the brain and the i'm
agination until after awhile work
honest, hnrd. practical work-has fol
the gamblers diseased mind the same
kind of repulsion that a glass of ricl
dairy milk has for the inhamed throa
of a chronic drunkard or the sight OF
clear, cool stream of water for the
bloodshot eye of mad dog who's,
tongue and mouth are covered witt
the white foam of fatal hydrophobia.
A Voluntary Slave.
The healthful desire for work and the
gamblers passion do not nest in the
same heart. They belong not to the
same brood of children. They are new
or nourished by the same mother
When the young man fresh from 8
Christian home first hears the rattle OF
a dice box and is led into the sanctun
sanctorum OF the baccarat seance al
his noblest senslbilities are intensely
shocked. But as his astonishcd eyes
see great piles of coin and greenbacks
being passed across the table after
awhile fascination drives away fear
Then the warnings and restraints Of q
rebuklng conscience are shaken of
with such questions as these: What Is
the use of my working hard every day
Of the week except Sunday and only re
ceiving SIS or $40 on pay night when
might earn ten times that sum in @
quiet game? What Is the Use of carry
ing bundles and being ordered abou
by the heads of the different business
departments when by getting sure tips
! can live life of fun and excitement
Mt the races? What is the use Of my
being a white slave when l can wlr
my financial emancipation by little
intelligent investment In lottery or pol
Icy? l might draw there lucky prize
and live on Easy street the rest of my
life Somebody must win every time
Why cannot be that somebody" Sc
the gamblers cupidity begins to work
The young mans brain becomes befud
5led. He shirks his daily tasks. AS a
r'Dr, diseased. mental incompetent who
is striving to solve the impossible math
ematical problem of perpetual motion
he tries to work out system Of "how
TO break the bank" He studies "chanct
books He hunts up his guiding stat
or the star which shone brightest or
the night upon which he was born
Then at last, with all reasoning powers
gone and blinded to all the duties OF
ordinary life, the crazed enthusiast will
haunt the gaming table as ne once
gladly sought his study desk or the
storeroom counter.
Young men, solemnly appeal Il