The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-23
PROFITS OF MONTE CARLO.
Millions Derived Yearly From the Fa-
nous European Gambling He'll.

Solomon the wise man OF the Scrip
lures and many other sages since his
day. have given forth the solemn coun-
sci that the way Of the wicked shall got
prosper. and also the correlative that
righteousness Is profitable both for
this world and the world that Is 10
come" However true these saying
may be as 10 general principles OF hu-
man conduct. the exceptions to be
found in every age and every part OF
the world are numerous and striking.
Gambling. for example, has ever been
Justly held as sinful practice. one Of
the most demoralizing OF human vices,
aud yet today the richest and most
prosperous state in all the world Is
Monaco, wherein Is located Monte Csr-
10. the most famOus-or Infamous
gambling hell on the globe Fifty years
ago. when the Casino AT Monte Carlo
was first opened. Monaco was on the
verge Of bankruptcy, an Insignificant.
miserable. little principality, with no
assets worth mentioning. and no fu-
ture. The turn came suddenly when
the Prince OF Monaco one day accepted
an Offer Of | .700.600 francs from Fran
COTS Blanc, the chief Of European gam
blers, for the privilege Of opening and
operating the Casino a. q gambling
hall Money literally flowed into the
Golfers Of Francois Blanc and his CON
Cessionaries from the day the place WAS
opened. and has continued 10 now ever
since.
when Blanc died he left q very large
fortune Ia his widow. The Casino was
then handed over to a company with
an enormous capital, and the Prince OF
Monaco renewed the concession for the
modest consideration Of 81. 900 a week.
with an extra trlfe Of 100000 a year
to Eeop up his bodyguard. The whole
estate has grown since the gamblers
came, and not the state only, but the
coast for q hundred miles around
Sandy soil, originally worth 325 an
acre. 80 miles from Monaco. has real
tied $4,000 an acre In 80 years; the
two hotels In the state have multiplied
by "a. and as against three jewellers
and II wine merchants 20 years ago,
there are today II jewelers. and =, wine
merchants A thousand people are kept
In regular work at the Casino itself,
and honest folk who live by honest
means have grown rich In spite OF
themselves through the remarkable de-
yelopment OF the state. The people OF
h'Id'p HhNt 'H' EoOu sfUbe UOt 10
gamble for themselves. and no citizen.
save Oh one day year. may enter the
Casino. III men from other lands. with
more money than brains, choose TO lose
their brains and leave their money IN
Monaco" the native argument seems
TO run, I'VE have nothing 10 do with n.
At least. we will use their money well.
and wash our hands OF the channel
through which Il comes"
All this profit is over and above the
actual expense of running the Casino
Itself, which foOts IN 10 nearly 5000
0oO year. II cost, for instance, about
$2O5 600 for the item OF the theater and
orchestral flremen and maintenance of
gardens eat up 800 000 more, and op-
posiie to such suggestive entries az
grants TO the press" and Bishop,
clergy, and education institutions" are
set down the sums ~ 500. 900 and si5.-
300 respectively. The lighting and wat
RI supplies drain the revenue OF the
tables To the extent Of t95 .OO0, and the
prizes the authorities are called upon
Ia offer al carniyals. races, pigeon
shooting, and other amusements alb
sorb another s55.O00. How much Il
costs 10 dispose Of the persons who are
so inconsiderate az 10 shoot themselves
after run Of bad luck at the tables Is
not set down in the lists. but this Is
.robably covered by the contingent
'und, for which thousands OF dollars
are appropriated each year.-Leslie's
Weekly.