Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-23

gambling carried on as a business. the
piollte are enormous and sure. Ihe
games most general In New Mexico are
SO arranged that the chances are many
times I'M favor of the proprietOrs. Some
OF those games, as PLAYED here, ar
- D the player over 200 per cent less
chance at winning than similar games
afford I'm the large gambling estab-
llshmcnts of Europe, which pay enor-
nous annual dividends 10 their stock-
holders. We are to expect. therefore,.
that the Wner of aloon and gam
hing houses will from the point OF
Wow of self interest, violently oppose
amy measures To abolish licensed gam
bling They can well afford to use
every effort to prevent the enactment
of laws which win result in cutting
off these large and sure profits.
Looking at the matter from tho
standpoint af the people whom You
represent. the question for YOU TO eou-
slider is whether gambling Is a bust
ness yen can AFFORD to recognize as le-
Ultimate, which YOU have a right To
allow to continue i'm view of the
enormous and unQuestioned evils that
result from 1T, the immense loss 1t en-
tails upon the legitimate business of
the community. ana the large expense
1t puts upon the taxpayers through
the prosecution and care of criminals
whose crimes are directly or indirectly
traceablc TO IL.
There are many evils which have
existed throughout an civilization and
even i'm he most advanced commun-
tiles. Most of these evils can be re-
stricted by legislation. but a time
omc in every community when some
of them can and should be abolished.
That time has como Ina New Mexico la
regard To licensed gambling. IfWould
mo- advocate lis abolition now did T
not feel sufe that 10 is demanded by
A- L4I aAA O. "a
l1iE' n'"l'li'} OF lhe people OF me
l'lIl'oIN i"lt u 'h"t We're nor the
800 "'l '"m 'N'''nl i Wou!u ne Wen
- ''''iNV mere "i'
't'u "''i'v Wun non one lraN"n or
'H"NtA'i u9l N1' hlotlalln tliett
"Plht"'l0 '' itS"l % 'ht ulallel. ~
ny Vu'N = lI'''"'u, WHat am iutf
,"iN i'',U ~ ',". aen''"''n' 'i ih'
l'Ir'.p,' WY ~ - NWuis I" gn'ul laws
"HI'" ""' "i'"i" '"'' s'HtA''ul
The p~lUcttcahilitN of eliminating
gambling eve" trom communities tn
Wnl,h I"I ears h's ne" SWAY and
49,, we ,'t't 't'l ,"'n'ls ~
,h'l'si v r"u.u np' ~ ."l"' ,'u' lds
80 u''", ",,"t i"is rs wv it"'
'HiF J." ,r.l'N uutSlV' 0l .N'N a'Nlt"
t'n 4 w ~ 90" ~ 09u' 3ul ~
a." N'yNr.n U.s. III lt"S"ol ~"
u"+ '',H ""N'tut' p''Ht"
,lDH "nu ""t "h tue n'SlhoS7 men
'u5 'NDIN "tuyi V'uSS ne l"ha9'-
,'nls ~ln'iuulhE utn7l "l th"St "It'
MOI hesitate ~ r>nrcss tbeir satisf,,e
ZION ana rorirf at mo exnulsion ~ mis-
nrubus mnoto from 4 lrftet "a
cafrad r,,,n, nne nf ma iarg.st h,stnass
flrms i'm the Pecos Valley. in reply to
am inquiry concerning the effect Of the
prohibition. a firm of hard headed.
clear sccing business men. whose
Views are not warned by sentimental
ity of any kind,
inonirN M fin. a-tb instant ne T., n,Lst
effect the abolition of gambling has
htu IA the town OF Roswell. and IN
reply beg To state that. In our opinion.
not on'H has II proven beneficial In
the way OF Improvement and develop
ment i'm the smaller homes but 1t has
stimulated business. building ana an
conditions generally. Collections dro
better n entirely moro satisfactory,
particularly from those pcoplc Who
were hard to collect from before.
"Onc of the very greatest blessinrs
that we note is among our native pea-
pie a In herding sheen for thei,
livelihood These mon are nov nav.
Ing their Legitimate debts. building
homes and sending their children ia
the schools. and doing their work ao
that it is a credit Ia them and the
community. thus by eliminating
licensed gambling. have proven them-
selves "a better ana nohlcr pcople
"Nya ,ort,tpL. homo thot ro. ,t,.
,o,,, mil, i' - ~ ru"5 muW ~
,ha, an, ~ w., ''',itl," H""i"ll"S
,rau nv. n'' "''' "7"" ." '''"''
oht on me largest n IN Itus-
wen informed me tlat thtN attribute
lullN pef cent ol the increase IN
tleli deposits since July list last tu
the 1polltlon OF licensed gambling. TNc
9~uiuhvl ~ dtposlt9fs ana amount OF