Milford chronicle., 1903-10-23
wall street Evils.


Wall street Evils.
When. under the evil manPulations
of the Wall street gamblers. the rail
road stock of large corporation is
''watered" and its price made to jump
ND 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 4 true Investment are frozen
ont does such Wall street gambling
build one freight car or span one river
with a new bridge or erect one new
depot or upholster one Pullman sleep
or? The Pu'itans used TO call pack
Of cards the devils prayer book" Did
YOU ever hear of the devils prayer
book" teaching the gamester how he
could be producer and not de-
stroyer? Ne, 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 or
in league with gamblers. congratu-
late You If you are enc Of those men
unwilling to be parasite. vampire
or absorbent Of Othermen's industries.
congratulate you. even though you may
nrver have amassed the illegitimate
fortune of a Baron Blanc. whose inter
national gambling crimes lave created
a Monte Carlo or of BpnaZet or
Deyaux. who used to run the gambling
casinos of Il Spa. an AiX-la-C Chapcile or
q BADEN Baden before the German par
lament in 1872 bade them beg0ne, or
the illegit.mate fortunes Of the evil
owners OF Louisiana lottery, who,
year after year 1agrantly bribed
state legislature until at last the out
ragged Christian people Of that COM
monwealth. with the aid Of the United
/ States postmaster general. rose in their
/ might and destroyed this accursed and
debauchIng infany. Never have any
dealings in any way with defiant gam-
! bling
The gambling passion not only robs
men Of their fortunes. but demoralAes
their minds II units its victims for
the common duties Of ordinary life. 1t
overstimulates the brain and the i'm
agination until after awhile work
honest. hard. practical work-has for
the gamblers diseased mind the same
Kind Of repulsion that glass Of rich
dairy milk has for the indnmed throat
Of chronic drunkard or the sight of
a clear. cool stream of water for the
boodshot eye of a mad dog whose
tongue and mouth are covered will
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 nev-
or nourished by the same mother
When the young man fresh from a
Christian home first hears the rattle OF
dice tox and is led into the sanctum
sanctorum Of the baccarat seance al
his noblest sensibilities are intensely
shocked. But rs his nstonisbed eyes
see great piles of coin and greenback'
being passed across the table aftel
awhile fascination drives away fear
Then the warnings and restraints of
rebuking conscience are shaken OF
with such questions as these: What i
the use of my working hard every da!
Of the week except Sunday and only re
ceiving SO or $40 on pay night when
might earn ten times that sum ~
oTiet game? What is the use Of carry
ing bundles and being ordered abOu
,v the heads Of the different busines
departments when by getting sure tp
can live g life of fun and eNcitemen
,t the races? What is the use Of n
heinc Il white slave when ] can wi
NV financial emancipation by a tttl
Intelligent Investment in lottery or 20
{ icv? might draw there lucky prlz
and live on Easy street the rest Of II
| life. Somebody must win every tim
VYhy cannot | be that somehodyF
the gamblers cupidity begins to wOrl
The Young mans brain becomes befu'
died. He shirks his daily tasks. As
moor. diseased. mental incompetent WI
is striving to solve the impossible mat
. ematical problem Of perpetual motto
/, he tries to work out a system of no
to break the bank" He studies ''chan
books" He hunts up his guiding ST
a. the star which shone brightest
I, The night upon which be was Dor
- Then at last. with all reasoning powe
:. gone and blinded to all the duties
- ordinary life. the crazed enthusiast W
a haunt the gaming table as he on
~ gladly sought his study desk or t
- storeroom counter.