Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-22
CITY INTERESTS AFFECTED
Real Estate Men Indorse Campaign Of
Publicity.
FIGHT WILL BE CONTINUED
Violators of Pool-Selling Law to Be
Judge Mullowny's Return.

Today a new and potent force
joined the ranks of those whose
slogan is Down the handbooks."
Business men of Washington,
stirred by The Stars attack upon
the handbook traffic and encour-
aged by the activity OF the authori-
ties and the retreat OF the book
makers to the underworld retreats,
are stating in plain terms what they
have found 10 be the inevitable eff
feet of lawless betting upon the
trade and credit tone of the city.
Distrust. bad debts and slow collec-
tons are but a few of the evils they
mention as being attendant upon
gambling on the races as it has
been carried on here in Washing
ton, They indorse everything that
has been put forward i'll The Star
concerning the moral retrogression
consequent upon the handbook
traffic, and advance further I'M
answerable argument why every
department of the District govern
ment should cooperate, energeti-
cally and sincerely, until there is
not a single handbook operator on
this side of the river or south of the
Maryland boundary line. Just now
the police activity continues, the
handbook men are under cover, and
if any bets are being made they are
being placed in the most secret
manner and by telephone.
AS day by day larger and larger pro-
portion of the National capitals represen-
tative citizenship enlist for the campaign
of EXTERN nation now being wased against
the handbooks, it becomes more and more
apparent that the evil is manysded one.
Aside from the admittedly bad moral eff
feet upon community of the operation OF
handbooks, it is very apparent, from the
expressions which have reached The Star
from local c.ergymen, evanSelists and bust
ness and professional men, that the evil
has a decided effect on practically all lines
of trade endeavor
Handbcoks have been operating in Wash
ington all the year around. Eut they are
vastly mere numerous in town when the
races are here in the spring and fall, and
they cater to those who. owing to lack of
time or money or even inclination-for
many Of the handbook bettors don't want
to see the races run-do not go to the
track.
At any rate the combination makes for
bad business in the District of Columbia
This is the time when rents are hard to
collect, when grocery bills mount high
and the usual payments are either cur
tailed or postponed, when, amcng a GER
tain class money is tight. These are not
suppositions, but facts. They vouched
for by local business men OF reputation
and standing, who have long deplored the
conditions brought about by the hand
books and who with The Star heart
and soul in the campaign against the evil.
The local business community Is en-
Outraged There seems to be a feeling of
confidence that the determined stand taken
by The Star, together with the awakened
activity of the authorities, spurred on by
pronounced public sentiment, will result
in Kidding the city of the handbooks and
their makers, the parasites OF poverty and
the advance agents of financial dishonor.
Business Mems Views.
a HuUIbeI VI TSdl estdlt DIOhtTS talked TO
A Star reporter this morning. The sub
stance of their remarks was that every
inc of business is injured by gambling on
lorse races and they point especially to
he rent department of the real estate bust
less as an example.
Mr.. E. II. Daniels of the firm of Willige,
iiggs & Daniels commend ID The Stars
campaign.
Il have always noticed" he said this
that it is much harder to collect
our rents when the races in town. and
also know that the men whom the horses
lit the hardest through the handbook oper-
.tors are those who can least al ord il. No
government clerk, man earning salary,
Inless it Is a pretty large one, has any
business ever thinking of the horses. 1t is
, bad thing for anybody to touch, and L
shall be glad to see the temptations re-
moved from before the men Of this city,
Another real estate man who IS glad The
star has taken up It's anti-hlhdbook cam
,aign is Mr.. w. NJ. Terrell of Terrell &
little.
Everybody in town knows it is "A bad
business" he remarked today, and Tor
me will be glad to seerthe HANDBOOK men
I'm out OF the city,
1T is an evil that every citizen of Wash
ngton should try to have Grad caleu. Sd'd
Ir y L. Sansbury, the real estate broker,
Lis morning 1T is one of the worst
Kings for business in general. and can
peak from experience with regard 10 the
cal estate business
Mr.. Frederick r. Walker manager OF the
/ f. Fox Company. has charge Of the
zig rental list of the firm. and knows
whereof he speaks. Mr.. Walker was very
ositive in his expressions of approval OF
he Stars work against race horse gam
ling You can count me your side
L any such movement" he said,
Mr.. II. r. Howenstein OF the H. r. Ho-
Company was one OF the many