The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-10-12
EDITORIAL COMMENT
PASSING OF THE BUCKET SHOP.

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After twenty years the bucket shop pull down
flag surrender the force of public opinion which
the business with all other criminal operations that have
for their object the Fleeing of and who know
the between legitimate brokers' office and the place
where bucketed for the undone of the victims
The United postoce authorities exceedingly
recently in uprootne this class of thing
lit that their work necessarily be slow since
convictions obtained under the law prohibiting
mails for fraudulent purposes One of the notorious
cases kind where fragrant offender operated with
muny for that of Dr. Grant LYMAN the most
who uncovered three little for the swnd
ling lot of country jays Lyman insisted that he the
highest type of innocence that his operations conducted
with the sanction of the government and that the police
misguided creatures who had nothing but malice in their
hearts for those who fortunate enough make little
easy money of hazardous ventures Nevertheless Dr. Ly
tried escape and employed large percentage of his
gains corrupt police officials into connng at his
getaway Lyman knew there safe haven refuge
Canadian border he could be extradted for
charge preferred by the Post Office Department
The question that naturally suggests itself why did Ly
he did if he innocent? Why did he seek to
legal custodans and seek shelter in foreign country
where he could bury himself under another alias and his
nearous operations? Dr. Lyman innocent that he tried
convince the people Oregon that he being kidnapped
and rarOaded through certain destruction He told
sympathetic population that he sought by Uncle Sam for
deaudng the plain people of millions coined in operations
extending period of He did not his career
had been elusive that required decade for the agents
the United States Government fasten conviction him.
With these thoughts in mind it is refreshing hear that
the of California aided by the federal circuit judiciary
has decreed Punishment of the bucket shops least
San Francisco concerned They must Co. They
gambling institutions any of the word the business
does involve the slightest risk the of its promoters
The latter certain of their the gold brick artist
the goods who has just succeeded in finding
victim who will buy his goods oneha the quoted market
value 1t is gamble for gamble implies that the second
party to the play have chance for his The
bucket shop gives opening and when the victim
from the smaller end of the he discovers that he
has been skinned of every penny that he risked.
Judge Van Fleet the United States Circuit Court decides
that injunction suits brought by of San Francisco
bucket shops the enforcement of ordinance against
their penicious practices were merely colorado effects inn
pose jurisdiction the These facts make of the
action device give jurisdiction to the circuit
we'll wrong the city and county of San Francisco
The ordinance in question that all fictitious ransac
lions Stocks grain and criminal because in effect
they nothing better than gambling of the danger
variety The San Francisco CALL in faeelang these
chevaiers of fortune comments as follows:
"The bucket shops are in fact, wide open gambling
denS folding their lure in the heart of the business
quarter and constituting constant temptation to bet
the price of securities No legitimate buying selling
is involved contemplated. 1t is gambling and nothing
else Any form of gambling is vicious but these shops
than most because they usually dishonest
The quotations manipulated held back long enough
so that the outsider is disadvantage and frozen
These shops have behind them trail Of suicides
and ruined homes"