Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-10

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+, Whitman a 46-page report on the con-
ditions among the money lenders in
| New York City. The report shows
that 10000 city employees are In the
| clutches Of the money lenders, who
are making about $20,000,000 In their
4 business yearly. Mr.. Brooks. who
made a thorough and careful investi-
CATION Of the subject. says that the sal
airy loan business had developed enor :.
mously during the past few years and
that the loan sharks in some cases
charge more than 100 per cent interest
on their loans, which, with rare excep-
tions amounted to less than 5000.
The situation disclosed by the
report is rather characteristics. City
employees are, as rule, wei paid.
but, as a rule. save little, II
anything. because rialry and pet
7 ty vanity tempt them to indulge In
) luxuries which are really above their
means The habits once formed con-
tinued to assert themselves even when
the increasing cost Of ling materially
reduced the purchasing power Of the
salaries Gained. When the income no
longer eufficed to make both ends
! meet, thousands OF the city employees,
instead Of practi,ipg economy, borrow
} ed money from the loan sharks to con
tinue their accusi TONED method Of liv-
ing.
, Once in the hands Of the loan
sharks, the imp-ovident city employees
, were helpless. '-he interest accumu-
:. lated at a tremendous rate and the
victims, fearing that they would lose
: thei~ positions, Should their superiors
learn about their financia! troubles
continued to borrow more and more, not
for huying luxu. ies, hut to pay the in
terest on their former loans:
) The work of the bureau has been SC
: efficient that several thousand of the
l employees of the city, who had the
: courage to make a clean breast Of ths.'
. condition, were forced from the
e clutches of the usurers. The report
; of Mr.. Brooks states that since the
: burt au began its work large num-
5 Der of loan sharks have gone out o!
t business and those who hav- not y''
c'osed their offices, lave bu. little to
&C.. IL M
.One year has passed since the
E Sullivan law" aimed to prevent
e thu CARRYING of concealed weaponS
d h.o.n,. low and "a was nre
a dicted a wear ago the law proved
: an utter failure Crooks and othe,
e cr,,,inals continued tn carry concealed
d sr,ns An snite of the law which fel
e WOO vi,v oniv unor a nuTber of law.
1ahiain, citiyens who were the nosses.
2 sors Of arms for protection and ne
: lia,, hec.n,a affect;ve IN other words
~. Ia, ,,,srs,v haa tho errAct Of de,
,,r,v,,,g the ,ow.ahia,np citizens q
e thsi, ,,eans of nrotectiop while tn,
r or;,,,,,,ais ..ainst whom. thew tried I,
d rro,a,t then,seIyes ware left In nos
4 ssss;on ~ their waapnns Accordins
: 80 tha annual renort Of the coroner ius
y issued there were los homicides b,
# g hooting during the mast ~ months i,
8 xIanh.ttan oni,, two Ices than in 1910
d -, ~. ,,.n w.,er ,,.r,. in the nun
: ta. 80 no,,,ic;des hv shooting wa
d rs.ohed is Of these cases the cir
t. cnmstances did not call for an arrest
lin order As a matter of fact howev
er. arrests were made only in 81 o
4, the cases. leaving 81 cases in whicl
It no arrests were made
II Under the sullivan law 1t issillega
n for any dealer to sell a pistol or othe
e DANGEROUS weapon prescribed by tn
h law to any person not In possession o
) 4 license for owning ana carrying sucl
h weapons. In spite of this fact it is es
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