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 LOTTERY EVIL 
 
 IN THE. 
 
 PROVINCE OF QUEBEC 
 
 iEontrenl : 
 
 Printed by John LoVell & Son 
 1899 
 

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 LOTTERY EVIL 
 
 IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC 
 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 The magnitude of the lottery evil in Montreal has drawn 
 the attention of the beat classes of the population to the 
 matter, with a view that it may be stamped out. 
 
 At the present time an active campaign is being waged 
 against the evil; a case is being fought in the courts, and 
 hostile petitions are being circulated, and have been numer- 
 ously signed. These petitions and others of the same pur- 
 port, formally endorsed by the labor organization known as 
 the Knights of Labor, have been presented to Parliament at 
 its present session. They ask that the law be amended so 
 that developments such as are now in evidence shall be 
 impossible; that the lottery features shall be eliminated, 
 and that in short the authorization of the law be with- 
 drawn from enterprises which have sprung up, but which 
 were never in contemplation by the law-makers of this 
 country. These Art Unions flourishing in Montreal can be 
 shown to be nothing more or less than lotteries of the 
 worst type. The sworn evidence already adduced in the 
 courts in this city, and the facts set forth in the sub- 
 joined newspaper articles, clearly demonstrate that in the 
 actual working of the Art Unions, practices have been in- 
 troduced of a distinctly illegal nature. 
 
Apart, however, from tho legal anpeet of the case, there 
 is the moral side, which invites the closest attention. 
 
 These lotteries are a drain u[)on tho resources of the 
 poorer classes of the population of Canada. This class, 
 more than any other, is tempte<l by the pros])ect of whal: 
 to them is considered a fortune, in winninjj,' the larger prizes. 
 Money is constantly and consistently sciuandered in the 
 pursuit of prizes seldom won. 
 
 The magnitude of the evil is presented in the accompany- 
 ing table, compiled by the Montreal Star, .ifter its editors 
 had made a painstaking and exact talculavion of the con- 
 ditions: — 
 
 A FEW LOTTKHY AND POLICY STATISTICS. 
 
 Montreal \ui» three l<)tterie8 aad four policy oBtablisbineiitti. 
 Each year there are at least 110 lottery drawings. 
 Each year there are 2,804 policy drawing. 
 
 Tre people contribute to the lotteries annually some $2,400,000. 
 Of this sum perhaps half is given bai k in prizes. 
 
 6,000,000 of policy tickets are sold every year to people who pay from ten cents to one 
 dollar apiece for them, and now a charter has been granted for still another lottery. 
 
 From the Montre d papers also has been taken a correct 
 description of the various methods of gambling practiced 
 by these so-called Art Unions. 
 
 LOTTERIES IN THE STATES. 
 
 The experience of the United States with lottery enter- 
 prises — and it cannot be said that the establishments in 
 Montreal are anything else — is both interesting and instruc- 
 tive to recall. For the purpose of illustration, the case of 
 the Kentucky Lottery may be chosen. 
 
 When that concern was fighting for its life in the courts 
 of that State, and when, finally, the illegality of its ex- 
 istence was shown in a judgment in the Court of Appeals, 
 the deliverance was accompanied by this opinion : 
 
 . . . "a privilege which tends to foster and encourage 
 a spirit of gaming; is productive of injury to the people of 
 the Commonwealth, and is against common right." 
 
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 On Roi>foml)er 2:t, 1880, ITon. P. W. ITaidin, Attorney- 
 rionci'iil for the State of Kcntui'k.v. in ii letter to Mr. An- 
 thony CoiuHtock, post-oftlce inspector, Xew York, naid of 
 the Kentucky Lottery: — 
 
 "Under the guise of a charity, and the pretext of a h'gal 
 sanction, it robs tlie poor, and allures with false hopes, an«l 
 leads to ruin both young and old. It is against public 
 policy and public morals." 
 
 The Supreme Court of the United States is on record 
 against lotteries even more emphatically. In the case of 
 the People vs. Stone (an appeal from Mississippi Courts) 
 the Court of last resort in the United States held "that 
 lotteries are demoralizing in their effects, no matter hoic 
 careftilhj regulated." 
 
 And again, in the same case it was adjudged: — 
 
 "They (lotteries) are a species of gambling and wrong in 
 their influences. They disturb the checks and balances of 
 a well-ordered community. Society built on such a founda- 
 tion would almost of necessity bring forth a population 
 of speculators and gamblers, living on the expectation of 
 what chance might award them from the accumulation of 
 others. Certainly the right to stop them is governmental, 
 and to be ewercised at all times hy those in power at their 
 discretion. 
 
 "Any one, therefore, who accepts a lottery charter does 
 so with the implied understanding that the people in their 
 sovereign capacity and through their properly constituted 
 authorities may take it back at any time, when the public 
 good shall require, and this whether it be paid for or not.'^ 
 
 THE DUTY OF CANADA. 
 
 How much more, then, would it be the duty of a govern- 
 ment or of parliament, in view of the last utterance, to re- 
 peal a charter not obtained expressly for a lottery; but 
 which has been so prostituted that all the evil conditions 
 noted in the judgments cited apply to the practical opera- 
 
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 now <1oinp; liiiHiiicHH in Montreal. 
 TIm' LoiiiHiaim I.oHery of Ihr United States died a natural 
 
 (loath at the expiration of its Slaile rliart<'i'; and its term 
 
 of existenee evolved such evil I'esiilts (hat no power ciMild 
 
 bo pi'oeured to oxiend it. i*ven by attempted pnichase at 
 
 cxorJutant (inures. 
 
 To-day the nuiils of the Tnitod States are cloHod aj^ainst 
 any lottory enteiprise. I'apers from (Canada, eontainin}; 
 
 lists of HiH'h drawings as are speeially exempt in the Pro- 
 vince of Quebec may not lepilly bo sent throufi;h the Ameri- 
 can mails. 
 
 If, after all ils years of loltery experience, the United 
 States ('ourts and the United Stales authorities (h'om it 
 essential, wise and for the well-being of the nation to sternly 
 repress all lottery enterprises, it ill becomes Canada — 
 where, rightly or wrongfully, the impression prevails that 
 our standard of ])ublic morals is higher — to tolerate a uni- 
 versally admitted evil, or to extend any legislative sanction 
 whatever to any schemes which may be and in Montreal 
 are now being worked out to supply all the evil conditions 
 attaching to a regularly constituted ixnd openly conducted 
 lottery institution. 
 
 LOTTERIES. 
 
 (From the Mimtreal Daily Witness, Oct. 31, 1898.) 
 
 The ice cream man, instead of selling bis dainty at a cent 
 a cup to the newsboy, tosses a cent with him, giving him 
 two cups if he wij^s, and nothing if he loses. The raffling of 
 second-hand bicycles brings many into touch with gambling, 
 as an average of over a hundred tickets are sold for every 
 bike so disposed of, and more than the hundred are ap- 
 pealed to to buy. When no more is taken from the ticket 
 buyers than what the article is worth, as is the case with 
 ice cream, and, as may be the case with the bicycle, it ia 
 commonly called a square game, as the players in the ag- 
 
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 propiU' iH'i the full V!ilii«> of (lu-lr HtakrH. and the holder 
 getH (lie viiliK' of his piodM. To call it this, however, tends 
 to obH<'ure Ihe cHsenlial immorality of the traiiHaction. A 
 man lias no ri^ht to riHlc the money that he has in a ^ame 
 of ehance or to receive what lie ^ains tlierehy, and what he 
 haw in n<» way earne«l. Men, however, do not, as a rule^ 
 trouble themselv<'s about such abstiact principles, they only 
 see tluit jjames of chance create in men a passion for more 
 and deeper play, which ruins nu'u's lives. If a man wins at 
 first he wants more; if he loses at tlrst he counts that with 
 fair play and averaj^e huk; he has only paid for a better 
 chance of N'iunin^ the next venture. This last conclusion, 
 of course, is falla<ious, for the fact that a penny may have 
 come down heads live times in succrssion <.'an have no 
 inlluence over its twislinj;s on the next throw, and another 
 hea<l is as liUely t<» be tui-ned up as is a tail. IJesides this 
 fatuous hope there is the pleasurable <'xcitemenl stimulated 
 by the possibility of jjreat j;ain, only for short intervale 
 countei'actetl by the depressing; thought of possible loss. 
 For the younfj; pimbler, at least, Ims the power of almost 
 entirely castiu}; to the winds such thoughts by dreams of 
 an en<>rmous fortune. This excitement ;;rows on the j^am- 
 bler till it not only stimulates his thought, but entirely 
 en^irosses it. The c(fnfirme<l <;ambler or speculator 'oses 
 the ability to work refjularly for snuill K'l'"' «''« l^t' has not 
 only lost the habit of work, but has jjained and lost lar^e 
 sums of money so easily that it seems as if honest work was 
 a hopelei-'Sly slow way to fortune. 
 
 The numthly lottery of the Uoyal (^madian Art ITnion, 
 Limited, has just come into prominence throu}i;h the arrest 
 of those who carry it on, on the charj^e of keeping a pim- 
 blinj; house. The larji;eness and frequency of its announced 
 transactions show what a vast influence such an institution 
 can have, not only over a single city, but over vast regions 
 of country. So general is the knowledge of the evil effect 
 of a lottery upon a community that they are prohibited 
 by the gambling laws of nearly all countries. Monte Carlo 
 
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 is now the only fipcii piaiitblin^ hell. Hookiiuikci'H have 
 l)0<Mi aIl<)W<Ml at hoiHc nirrs, uh it iM thought the bcUinj; 
 c'lKoura^rd iiU'iiiK, ami mo Im'Hci' (ho hrot'd of hoi'HOH. IJet- 
 tiiip; «h'l»lH, lio\v«'V»'i', arc not I'oco^iiized by liiw, and laiinot 
 b(? lopilly c'olhMtod. To eucouiujj:o art in (^ucboc art lot- 
 teries havo been le<,'ali/ud by the P'cdenil (Jovernnicnt, 
 that in, loHoricH in which (he pri/.cH arc works of art. Hence 
 the Hoyal (Janadian Art Union. At itn niondily drawings 
 thiH nnioii olTcrw workn of art (o (he value of !|4S,()(MK Kach 
 of thcHc })ic(ureH iH held a( a <'cr(ain price, and (he winner 
 can ('idler (akc (he picture or sell i( to (he <'oncern at the 
 value marked on it. imagine a hundi-cd thousand dollars a 
 niondi, over a million dollars a year, bein^ spent in Mont- 
 real on works of art I Would not our communilv soon be- 
 come well endowed in that respet^t? Needless to say, the 
 pictures are seldom calh'd for, and a nu're money lottery is 
 the result. Ar( can do nodiinj^ to ennoble the vicious prin- 
 ciples of the lodery, and (o associa(«.' the two can only de- 
 fjrade art, and (he communKy whi«:h on such a subterfuge 
 le^ali/-es an evil. In like manner relij^ion is not only dis- 
 honored, but de}:;raded to (he gaudders' s(andard, when 
 used as an excuse and cloak for ^aud)ling, as is so often 
 done at church fairs by ttsh-i»ools, lotteries and tombolas. 
 It is for those who dishonor art and reli}j:ion by making 
 excei)tions to the law, which accept them as excuses for a 
 vice, so to amend the law as to j)' jvent this excuse from 
 rendering nugatory the whole law. 
 
 It is interesting to consider this monthly drawing as a 
 money speculation. Every month tickets are put on sale 
 to a value of one hundred thousand dollars, and every month 
 prizes to the value of forty-eight thousand dollars are distributed. 
 This gives a profit of fifty thousand dollars to the c(mcern 
 every month, of whicli the customers are deju-ived. On an 
 even bet the (diances of winning are one in four. Or, in 
 other words, it is as if one should bet two dollars to one 
 that a cent when tossed would land heads. The 
 oftener one bets and the larger the amount staked the 
 
more cortuln the Iohh. Iu tliis lottery there aio four capital 
 prizes of ^1,000, »li,000, !|^4,(M)(), and |!l(),(M)(), n'upcctively. 
 These, iiuliM'd, h)oiv temptiiip;. Think what ihiy (lreain» 
 the poor l)oy or ^'irl cjin liuihi on a fortuiu? of ten Ihousaud 
 <h»narH. Now conHi<l<M* hJH chain'cs of wiiminf^ hucIi a prize. 
 It wouhl lako one hiinchrd tlioiiHaiul nioiillis, or ci^^lit thou- 
 sand tlir('<» hun(h'ed and (liirlytliree years, steadily paying 
 in a dollar a month to make the payer's chance of getting 
 the ten thojiwand doilarH* prize as good as his chance of 
 not getting it and tli«'n liu're would be as good a chance 
 of not getting it as of getting it. In otlicr words, he would 
 have to pay in a, hundred thousan<l (hijiars and sutler anx- 
 iety for more time than tin' world has lasted before he 
 would have had as good a chance of getting that prize as 
 of losing it. 
 
 (From the Montreal Daily Star, Nov. 1, 181)8.) 
 
 The Koyal Art Union at 2.'{8 and 240 St. James street, 
 despite the proceedings taken by Mr. John A. Grose on Sat- 
 urday, is again doing business. 
 
 It fact, it went on as usual on Monday. That was the 
 day of the monthly drawing, when some $50,000 worth of 
 "works of art'" are distributed. 
 
 It is stated that the wheels, returned to the officials of 
 the Art Union, were put in j)ossessiou of the lottery people 
 without the consent of Mr. It. G. Smith, the lawyer for the 
 prosecution. 
 
 PROSECUTION NOT CONSULTED. 
 
 "This is the most extraordinary proceeding I ever heard 
 of," said Mr. F. H. Markey, of the firm of Smith & Markey, 
 who have the conduct of the case for the prosecution, to 
 a Star reporter this morning. "We know absolutely noth- 
 ing about the application until we saw the statement in the 
 Star last evening. Such a thing was never done before, 
 
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 and I cannot imagine that these machines have been parted 
 with by the authorities. In a recent case against the bucket 
 shop keepers the defence fought hard to have the books 
 of the business, which had been seized by the authorities, 
 returned, alleging that, unless they were returned it would 
 effectually stop them conducting their business. The Magis- 
 trate in that case absolutely refused to entertain the appli- 
 cation, and the books and papers of the bucket shop keepers 
 were kept in court for two or three weeks, and were only 
 returned when the proceedings were dismissed. In this 
 case, it appears that these lottery instruments have been 
 returned to the defendants on an ex parte application, when the 
 prosecution was not heard." 
 
 In order to show how widespread is the lottery and policy 
 business in Montreal, these facts aid in arriving at an un- 
 derstanding. 
 
 A FEW LOTTERY AND TOLICY STATISTICS. 
 
 Montreal has three lottery and four ^'policy'' establish- 
 ments. 
 
 Each year there are 2,504 policy drawings. 
 
 Each year there are at least a hundred and ten lottery 
 drawings. 
 
 The people contribute to the lotteries annually some 
 $2,460,000. 
 
 Of this sum perhaps half is given back in prizes. 
 
 Six millions of policy tickets .are sold every year to peo- 
 ple who pay from ten cents to a dollar a piece for them. 
 
 And now a charter has been granted for still another 
 lottery. 
 
 The methods pursued by the Royal Art Union have been 
 fully described in the Star. There are a number of other 
 places where similar drawings are conducted. Montreal's 
 full list of lottery establishments, aP doing business under 
 federal and provincial charters, is as follows: 
 
 The Society of Arts of Canada at 16G6 and 1668 Notre 
 
Dame Street. Drawings weekly and monthly — Lottery. 
 
 The Royal Art Union at 2:^8 and 240 St. James Street. 
 Drawings daily and monthly — Lottery and policy. 
 
 The Promotive of Arts Association, 48 St. Lawrence 
 Street. Drawings daily, weekly and monthly — Lottery and 
 policy. 
 
 The Canadian Artistic Society, Limited, Craig Street, 
 near the corner of St. Lawrence Street. Drawings daily — 
 Policy. 
 
 Societe des Ecoles Gratuites des Enfants Pauvres, 80 
 St. Lawrence Street. Drawings daily — Policy. 
 
 The Colonial Art Company. Just incorporate<l and not 
 in operation. 
 
 The lotteries on Notre Dame and St. Lawrence streets 
 are run much on the same priuci|>le, but there is greater 
 elegance about the one on Notre Dame street, where the 
 weekly and monthly drawings are held at 3.30 p.m., on 
 Wednesday. In the course of visils to all the establish- 
 ments mentioned, a Star reporter bought a ten cent ticket 
 for the weekly drawing at The Society of Arts of Canada, 
 at 10(50 and 100.S Notre Dame street. At half past three 
 be wandered into the establishment, and found a number 
 of people roaming around with ill-disguised im])atience 
 looking at the really valuable paintings, which are displayed 
 on the three flats that comprise the company's premises. 
 In this estnblishment an effort has been made to make 
 things look as they would be expected to look in a x>lfice 
 which is devoted first to art, and, secondly, fostering a 
 taste for art, by drawings of pictures. It is about the only 
 place of its kind where such care is taken, and a number 
 of the paintings are well worth seeing. At a little after 
 half past three, the little door which barred the stairs was 
 opened, and the crowd streamed up. It was, as it is in 
 every one of these places mentioned, a most miscellaneous 
 gathering, in which well known citizens were cheek by jowl 
 with some of the toughest specimens of humanity known 
 in the city. As a rule, they vrere very self-possessed, and 
 
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 with the exception of one or two youngsters, apparently 
 did not care a cent as to whether they won or not. Chairs, 
 in reguhir rows, occupied the greater part of the room, and 
 in the empty space left at the end stood a table, at which 
 sat a youth, a young lady, and a man of middle age, all 
 connected with the establishment evidently, and two such 
 well-known citizens as Mr. E. J. Major, of the Major Manu- 
 facturing Company, and Viscount U. de La Barthe. The 
 youth was engaged in twirling the dials that enumerated 
 the lucky numbers, Mr. Major called these out in English, 
 and Viscount de la Barthe in Trench, and the two other 
 people were engaged in registering them. The drawing 
 apparatus consisted of five nickel stands. Each had 
 a revolving wheel and a stationary index point. 
 Each wheel carried numbers from one to zero, so 
 that in all they could announce as high as 99999. 
 Only 331 numbers are drawn, however, for that 
 represents the number of i^rizes offered. First, a hundred 
 prizes of five dollars each are drawn, and these are awarded 
 to the first hundred numbers indicated by the dials. Then 
 the two thousand dollar prize is drawn by the next number 
 indicated, and then a series of small prizes is drawn again, 
 and so on. In addition to these there are 2,690 approxima- 
 tion prizes of two or thrc^ dollars each. That is: 100 prizes 
 of three dollars are given for the fifty numbers above and 
 the fifty numbers below the number that wins the first 
 capital prize. 
 
 One hundred prizes of two dollars are given for the fifty 
 numbers above and the fifty numbers below the number 
 winning the second capital jjrize. Five hundred prizes of 
 two dollars are given to the 250 numbers above and the 
 250 numbers below the number winning the third capital 
 prize. Nine hundred and ninety-nine prizes of two, dollars 
 are given for the numbers finishing with the last two figures 
 of the number winning the first capital prize. Nine hun- 
 dred and ninety-nine prizes of two dollars for the numbers 
 ending with the last two figures of the number winning the 
 
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 second capital prize. How much money the pro- 
 moters of this lottery may make out of it may 
 be figured out when it is considered that, in addition 
 to the chauces they have of not having the big prizes come 
 out, they find solace in a rule of their own making, which 
 reads: "A winning scrip, when exchanged for others in a 
 coming distribution, is accepted for half of the value of the 
 prize." This practically means, as every one wants to ex- 
 change the scrip for money value, that only fifty per cent, 
 of ihe face value of the prizes announced is paid to their 
 winners. But the winner is entitled to a picture or a num- 
 ber of pictures said to represent the value of the prize 
 drawn. The company announces 3,02'.) i)rizes of an aggre- 
 gate value of 110,000, when in reality they only make them- 
 selves liable in cash for |.^,033. At this rate, should all 
 of their 100,000 ten-cent tickets be sold for each drawing, 
 and the usual custom of cashing winning tickets be fol- 
 lowed, they would make 15,000 e.ach drawing, less the ex- 
 penses for running the enterprise. However, if they do 
 not sell them all, they run a chance of keeping some of 
 their capital prizes. 
 
 The following circular is sent out by the company, of 
 which Mr. H. A. A. Brault is managing director: 
 
 NOTICE. 
 
 "To disseminate the taste for arts in Canada and make 
 the works of artists popular, it was not sufficient to exhibit 
 such works, however fine and rich they might be, but it 
 also became necessary to spread these productions through- 
 out the country. 
 
 "The problem to be solved was to reduce the cost of the 
 paintings to the lowest possible figure. 
 
 "This was an easy matter for the Society of Arts. Being 
 placed in special and altogether exceptional circumstances, 
 it was in a position to obtain from its artist members as- 
 surance that their paintings should be offered at compai-a- 
 tively low prices. 
 
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 "Moreover, it placed its picture galleries within the reach 
 of all. 
 
 "Every one has not hundreds of thousands of dollars to 
 afford liiinself the luxurv of a painting by a master in the 
 art, but what cannot be done individually can be accom- 
 plished by means of an association. 
 
 "Now the law allows societies of this kind to make dis- 
 tributions of painrings and drawings, by lot. Any dis- 
 tribution by lot among ihe members or licket holders of 
 any incorporated society established for the encouragment 
 of art, of any j)aintings, drawings, or other works of art, 
 produced by the labour of the members of, or luiblislied by 
 or under the direction of such incorporated society. (Fed- 
 eral Statutes.) 
 
 "The society, from time to time, mjikcs such distributions, 
 to the success of which the public will no doubt be eager to 
 contribute for the ])altry sum of 10 cents. Plach subscriber 
 is given a scrip which not only entitU's him to compete in 
 the distribution, but will also give him the privilege to 
 purchase paintings at a reduction of T) jtcr c(Mit. on the ]>rices 
 fixed by the society, should the holder of such scrip come 
 out with a blank in the drawing. 
 
 "The holder of a scrip entitling him to one or more paint- 
 ings has the privilege to make himself the choice of his 
 paintings. For instance, a person to the lot of whom falls 
 a |2,0()() painting will not only have the choice between 
 the |2,t)00 disi)osable paintings, but can also, if he prefers, 
 make a selection of different paintings to the extent of 
 $2,0t)0. 
 
 "There are among the members of the Society of Arts, 
 artists whose fame must some day become very great. Over 
 sixty among them have been exhibitors at the Salons of 
 the Champ Elysees and the Champ-de-Mars, several have 
 obtained the highest honours, are knights of the Legion of 
 Honour, medallists and hors concours." 
 
 The Society of Art of Canada has a school of drawing and 
 painting, where lessons are given free. This school opens 
 
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 for the season on November 8. The demand of admission to 
 this school must be personally presented. 
 
 ON TUE MAIN STREET. 
 
 A ticket was also taken in the ''Promotive of Arts As- 
 sociation," at 48 St. Lawrence street. This, in addition to a 
 lottery, runs also a "[)oli('y j^ame" twice a day. The sur- 
 roundinjjfs are not nearly as nice as those on Notre Dame 
 street, and the pictures are not so artistic. The way of 
 drawinj^ is almost similar to that of the lirst-named place, 
 only the discs conlaiiiiu};- the numbers are attached to one 
 stand, and they are made to circulate by means of a lever, 
 which is drawn by a suiall boy. The crowd here was not 
 so select as that present on Notre Dame street. The gen- 
 tlemen who acted for the ix'ople of the country, and watched 
 the numbers as they came, were Messrs. J. 11. \\'all:.0!', 
 agent, and E. 1*. Martineau, merchant. The number of 
 prizes ollered is similar to that of the Society of Arts, biit 
 in this r'ase it is nu)re evenly divided between the direct 
 prizes and the approximation prizes, and the drawing takes 
 longer. The tota' amount of the prizes they oiler is just 
 half of that ollered by the Society of Arts. They also put 
 out at every drawing |1(),000 worth of tickets. Four thou- 
 sand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars is the sum which 
 they give back for the |10,000 they receive each week from 
 the lottery, if all the tickets be sold. Out of the remainder 
 of $5,000, they have to pay expenses. 
 
 The Promotive of Arts Association weekly drawing taices 
 place every Wednesday afternoon. 
 
 The "policy" is worked on the same system that is used 
 at other places. The ticket which is given the purchaser 
 is, save in the title, the same as that given by the Royal 
 Art Union, bears exactly the same working, and states that 
 the association was incorporated by Letters Patent, Oct. 
 7th, 1896. 
 
 Tickets are sold by a lady at a counter to the left of the 
 entrance. At the end of the oflSce there is a long, low 
 
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 room wlicio the a^'eiits Hit, juh( urcvious to tlio (Irawmg**. 
 T1h\v occupy the tablcH, and every vinitoi' is solicited to 
 buy a ticket. The prii-eH of these tickets raiif^e from five 
 cents upward. When the time for the drawings approaches, 
 a man who appears to be of some authority in the place goes 
 to each of the agents and hands iiim an enveloi)0. The 
 agents make u[) their lists and enclose their returns in the 
 envelopes. At the back of this room, which can also be en- 
 tered from St. Charles Borroniee street, is a stairway lead- 
 ing upstairs. 
 
 It is in this upstairs room that the ''policy " drawingi* 
 take place. The room is not exactly a model of cleanlinesh. 
 The front is railed otf, and behind the railing is a table with 
 the wheel containing seventy-eight numbers. The drawings 
 take place at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and 8 o'clock in th(.» 
 evening. 
 
 MUSIC IN THIS. 
 
 The Canadian Artistic Society, Limited, does business 
 on Craig str(»et, near St. Lawrence, and has presumably for 
 its object the promotion of music as well as art. Tlu? busi- 
 ness of the Society is transacted in the same manner as at 
 the other places. There is an office down-stairs for the sale 
 of tickets and a place for the use of the agrnts. The 
 drawings take place here twice daily, at 12.30 in the after- 
 noon and at 7.30 in the evening. 
 
 The drawings take place in the same manner as the usual 
 ''policy" game by means of a large hollow wheel, with a glass 
 side and little rolls with printed numbers. These «are taken 
 from the wheel by a boy who has been blindfolded. The 
 result of each draw from the wheel is announced .iloud by 
 the operator of the wheel and is posted up by an assistant. 
 
 The ticket which is given the purchaser is similar to that 
 given by the other establishments, with the exception of 
 the first paragraph, which mentions "musical instruments" 
 instead of " works of art." 
 
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 Accoi'din^' to the tidu'l llu? Socioty has been iueorpoiated 
 by lotteiH patent, December 1*4, 181)4. 
 
 This establishment does a very large business. The prizes 
 are slij;htly hij^her than at the otiiei- places, but the agents 
 complain that they are not given such a high percentage 
 as the other "policy-shops" give. 
 
 There is yet another "policy shoj)." This one is situated 
 at 80 St. Lawrence street, just above Vitre street, and is 
 known as the **Societe des Ecoles Gratuites des Enfants 
 I'auvres," which It^' ;^thy title being translated means that 
 the object of this institution is to provide free schools foo 
 poor children. 
 
 This place does a large business, and has a large class 
 of patrons princii)ally from among the labouring classes. 
 The principal drawing takes place at half-past eight o'clock 
 every evening, and is attended by a. large gatli'M-lng. 
 
 Tlie price of the tickets range fr<^nn five cents to one dol- 
 lar, and the prices are about the same as the other places. 
 
 The Society occupies a large (iat, and the room in which 
 the drawing takes place is often tasted t<> its utmost capa- 
 city in order to accommodate those who attend. Unlika 
 the other places of a like nature, this Society does not 
 have a lottery attached, and the business is confined to a 
 straight '^policy game." 
 
 That there is quite an income to be had in the sale of 
 the various lottery tickets is shown by the enterprise of a 
 man who has opened a store on St. Catherine street, near 
 St. Lawrence street, the sole object of which is the salo 
 of the tickets for the various lotteries and "policy'' games. 
 Here can be obtained tickets for every game and every 
 drawing, and the proprietor appears to be making :i «om- 
 fortable revenue from this source. 
 
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 OPINIONS ON LOTTEKIES. 
 
 Mr. J. Cradock Simpson spoke as follows: "The lottery 
 evil as it exists in this city is demoralizing in the extreme. 
 Under the pretence of fostering and encouraging the love 
 
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 of art aiiKUi}; our (•iliz«'ns, thcHo sociofics and uihoiih carry 
 on a Kionblinn linsincsH pure aiul simple. The i»i(lur«'H and 
 works of ar( which thev aj>|M'aise at a very hi^ii value ar«? 
 not in reality worth one-(piarter of that sum, and as a rulo 
 the HUcceHsfnl ticket-holders do not care to carry them 
 away. In case they do not want the picture or statue, then 
 they ai-e j^iven Ihe opiiuu of acceiMinjj: half the face value 
 of what their ti<ket has drawn in cash. Needless to say, 
 very few jn'ople carry away Ihe so-called works of art, when 
 by ii^o'uv^ to another wicket they may obtain half its etpiiva- 
 lenl in icady cash. If these societies really wished to i>ro- 
 mote and en<(tnraye art in our midst, why do they not con- 
 fine their operations to the simple olferin}j;s of i)ictures or 
 other works of art as objects to be sought after? The fact 
 that tliey oiler money to the successful ticket-holder is 
 ]>ro(»f eiKtugh \(> nie that they are trying as much as pos- 
 sible l<» keep within the law and yet evade it. It is a good 
 thing that they know they are being watched, and a raid 
 now and then cannot but produce a wholesome elVect." 
 
 MONTREAL'S LOTTERIES. 
 
 Public Opinion on Their Existence — The Return of Those 
 
 Wheels. 
 
 (The Montreal Star, Nov. 5, 1808.) 
 
 The question of Montreal's lotteries is taking big jjlace 
 in the public mind just now, and much discussion is to brr 
 heard regarding these institutions. 
 
 The magnitude of the operations carried on, as revealed 
 by the account in Monday night's Star, was a revelation to 
 those of our citizens, unaware of how strong the passion for 
 this particular game of chance becomes implanted in the 
 breast of the lottery devotee. 
 
 The lottery devotee is willing to take long chances, pro- 
 vided he can win once in a while. A small sum won keeps 
 him nibbling, looking for the capital prize. Of course he 
 may never get it, and as a matter of fact, in the vast majority 
 
 
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 of CfiHOH, dooHii't. liut liopo Ky)iinp;H otnnal, and the in 
 vt'stmciit is Ucpl up, to IIk" prolll of \\ir loitciviiiiin, wlmse 
 hup; gaiuH aiv made up of small sums, iiisi^nilicaiil in tlicpi- 
 HL'lvcH, but very large in the aggregate. It is a nafe assump- 
 tion, however, that many of th(? iuvestoPH in the lottery 
 tick(?t8 cannot atVord this leak in their income, and a study 
 of the places where they resorl will convince one of Ihis. 
 There is a demoralizing tendency iu the close pursuit of 
 the fickle fortune whi<li always sooms tnntalizingly at h;>n']. 
 That assertion applies to all regular jtarticipants i»i games 
 of chance. It aj>plies as much lo the lottery devotee as to 
 the persons choosing any other form of a gamble. 
 
 THE "SEIZED" WHEELS. 
 
 That any of the so-called drawing wheels seized on the 
 premises of the Hoyal Art I'nion should be iclurned 'o 
 them befor(! a hearing of the case in the INdice r<»url has 
 aroused more than ordinary int<*rest in all portions of tho 
 city. Discussion is heard on all sides in reference to this 
 act of the Court. On the information of Mr. John A. (Jrose, 
 chief of the Grose Secret Service, it will be remenibered, 
 seizure of the two wheels was made on the strength of a 
 search warrant. It stated that to the belief of the com])lain- 
 ant, certain wheels, lists of drawing cards, tickets, etc., 
 more readily understood, were they named instrunn'nts of 
 the trade, were in the rooms of the Art Uni(m, St. James 
 street, and recjuested in the interests of justice that they 
 be seized. It was alleged that these were used for gam- 
 bling. After a discussion of the facts the Police ^lagistrate 
 affixed the signature of the Court and authorized the seiz- 
 ure. Friday afternoon, about five o'clock, and Avith the 
 intention of preventing the drawings which were to take 
 place an hour later, a clean sweep of the paraphernalia was 
 made, and the evidences against them placed under lock and 
 key with the High Constable at the Court House. Only a 
 few hours afterwards, or to be more exact, at 1 p.m. on Sat- 
 
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 urda.v, the hir^cHl of tlic Hiiid w'Ik>(>Ik wiih in Uh pUirc a^aiii. 
 TIh* «lrii\vinnK cjiiih' oIT llml day, loll<)\v«'«l by one of the 
 j;rrai cvriils of (In* ycjir, llic Ot-toln'i- iin»ii(lily diawiiin on 
 Monday. IM'actically tluTc waH no <«'Msa(ioii to flwHc draw- 
 injjfM, wliicli tlicronrt by antlioriy-ln^; ih«' Hci/iiic a«'<i"'''^''*''^ 
 in the pi-oltabiliiy of tln'ir Icnalily. Mr. liafonliiiiic, on 
 tlio day of the icliiiii. said liiin step was talvon by bini at 
 tiic nM|U('st of .Mr. Ili( k.'ll. Hit' nianapT, and Mr. Iturbanan, 
 to jiiiaid I be <ily a^ainsl possildo b>ss. ^'('s(n•day bo slat- 
 ed bis reasons inoio fully. Tbc fat'l of tbo sci/.ni-o was lo 
 obtain «'vid(MM<'. Tbc wbools. lists, raids, tirk<*ts, etc., bad 
 been bron^:bt b('for<' bini, and tboir pi-(>s('n<(> <-onbl not be 
 (b'nicd. Ml'. (Jrosc took tbc responsibility. .\s to llie fact 
 tbal lie liad allowed Mr. Uieki'll to take back bis wbeel 
 to cany i»ii tbc same business wliicb tbc Court was at- 
 tempting; t<» convict bini on, Mr. Lafontaiii(> said be bad 
 done tbis in wbat be considcii'd tbc interests of tbc people 
 tbemselves. lie «listinctly slated tbat Ibe wbeel bad ^one 
 luiek for tlie bi^ moiilbly drawing only. ^Ir. I'.ickell lull 
 pledjicd bis word to return it at its conclusion. Ila«l tiie 
 tickets for tbis drawing not been previously sobl by lb' 
 Art rnion peoi)le, be would not bave j;iven it to tbein. As 
 it was, be beld tbe people bad boii^bl tickets and wonld be 
 prevented from drawing their ])ri/-es, and tliey, and not Ibe 
 company, wbicli bad already taken in tbe casb from tbeir 
 saie, wonld be the losers. 
 
 INTEKKST IX LOTTEKIES. 
 
 The nnmber of peopb? in this city who daily participate 
 in the varions ^'Policy" jiames, wiiicb are conducted liere, 
 would cause considerable surprise to any person who took 
 the trouble to -raake an investi}>ation. Of course, many 
 people are very willinjr to make fortunes without any great 
 effort on their part, hence any scheme for making "easy' 
 money (i.e., gambling winnings) in sporting parlance, Is 
 generally well followed. Many young men employed in the 
 
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 )a*o 
 
 various biiHiiirHH I'HlaltliMlniiciils down town iIkIuI^c in a 
 p(»iic,v tirk(>t daily. IMavin^ tliiH ntvli' <»f ^anii' liaH nnin.v 
 advanlap'H ovci- I lie or<linar,v lottery; oii(> docH not have t > 
 wait very loii^ to know the r«'MultH of tin* drawinKf<. snnl 
 tlit'ii a^ain the pi'i/.c soniclinicM gained lor ten rents repre- 
 sents • (uite a j;<M»d investment. However, one does 
 not S(*e all I lie people wlio |ilav the ^anie at tlie 
 di-awinjfs; the attendance at the diawin«;s merely 
 represents a small proportion of those who have 
 liekets in them. The majority of tiek<'ts ar«' evidently sold 
 iit the many ci^ar stores which have them on sale. 
 While all the tickets holders are not |»rescnt at the «lraw- 
 in>;s, yet there is always a j;(»(nlly nwmher pi-esent at every 
 ♦ hawing in all of the "'INdicy Shops." A lar};e at tendance 
 is to l»«' fonn«l at the «'Staltlishmenl known as "Sociele des 
 Kcoh's (iratuiles des Knfanis raiivres," which is at SO St 
 iiawrence stre«'t. Their drawings take place at nine o'cloci; 
 every evening;'. The Main Sti-eet is (piite a busy thorough 
 fare at this hour, and tlu> niany ])i'om(>naders inclu(U> num- 
 bers who woo fortune. The drawinjis take |dace in a larv,e 
 room on the first llooi', and is conducted in precisely the 
 same manner as at the othei- plac<'s <d" a like nature. The 
 only eluiuge is that a blindfolded nnui lakes the nundters 
 from the wheel instead of a boy. 
 
 The crowd at this jdacl' is a hetei'op'Ueous on<', and in 
 eludes all sorts and conditions of peojile. There is a fair 
 sprinliling of well-dressed i)eople; those new to the ])laee 
 look rather uncomfortable at being in such company, and 
 those who have been there before regard everybody and 
 everything with sang froid. Among those present is a large 
 element of the labouring class, and these peo])le are close 
 followers of the game. It is possible to win |10 for a five 
 cent ticket, and this appear.^ quite alluring to the minds of 
 the lower classes. There are always several colored men 
 there. Your colored man is an enthusiastic ''Policy" player, 
 and not a day goes by that he does not have a ticket or so 
 in some drawing. 
 
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 H JH ail iiilrn'sliii}; si^lil lo wiihli n diiiwiiiy;. Kv«'i'y 
 cliair in tli(> lii^ i-ooin is ncciipitMl, iitwl the nidcH nii«l cikIh 
 of (lio I'ddiii iir«' lillcd >villi Hltiixliii^ lialtilncs of (lie place. 
 TlioH<' ill tlic bat'lv stand on tlirir chairs so as lo ;;ci a bctlci* 
 view of (ho inocc<Mlinj,'s. Wlicn evcrvtliinn is icadv, llic 
 sale of tickets is stopiied and the drawing \h pro<'eed<'d with 
 As the nninlMTs are drawn thev are announced in Kn^lish 
 and I'^rench. As the nninbeis come out there is a straining 
 and a craninj; of necks fo see what it in. No matter how 
 many nnnihers a player has on his ticket, he always reniein- 
 Im'I's (hem, and hut seldom finds it necessary to l«>ok at his 
 ticket during the <lruwin^. Theie is very little niovoment 
 dnrinj; the drawing', and. indeed, to the |dayers it repre- 
 sents u very Herions business alto^^ether. Occasionally some 
 one will break out with some emotional exclamation if he 
 has succeeded in Aviiininj;, bnt he is generally ii novice, and 
 he soon learns to contr<d his feeliiijis when he wins or 
 loses. It does not take very lon^ for the drawing, and soon 
 the peo|de are slreaminj; out of the hall. Then the agents 
 be;j;in selling the tickets for the ne,\t drawinjj;, and the 
 patrons are a{j:ain bnyinjj. 
 
 It nniy probably surprise most people to know that there 
 are SI preat many women who indnl^e in a tlyei- at this 
 "policy" game, but it is nevertheless so. Of conise. they 
 are not to be seen at the drawinj^s. They come to the head 
 oftloe in the morninj; or the early afternoon, but most of 
 them purchase their tickets at the cij^ar stcu'es. There is 
 one woman who buys her ticket every day at a ci|,^ar store 
 on St. Lawrence street, and she has had considerable luck 
 in her trials, and has manafred to win several p»od prizes 
 out of the concern on St. Lawrence street. She is but one of 
 the many, and the writer has seen many other women who 
 come into this cipar store and purchase their tickets there. 
 The selection of numbers has been placed upon a scien- 
 tific basis by the devotees of the "policy" game, and there 
 is rhyme and reason in their minds fcr every number they 
 select. Dreams are the most fruitful source of inspiration. 
 
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 There an* dn-ani bookH for tln' player. Tlirwe hookH tell 
 the pla,V(>i' what ceitain <li-eaiiiH iiieaii, anil what iiiitnherH 
 te pla.v after having tlieaml ef certain tliinnM. Some niiinberrt 
 are lucky at ct'rtjiin pcriodn, and at other linien valiH'leMH. 
 Another nicinis of Helcciin^ nunilters is to |tla,v those nuni- 
 beru which our necH on coming; out in the inorniiip;, hoiine 
 numherH. Rfreet ear nnnilierH, etc. Certain nunihers are 
 lin'ky in certain "policy shops." Foi* instance. No. 1 and 
 any nnniher in the 70'h are looked upon aH winnerH lu |the 
 Ciinadian Royal Art I'nion. It the Canadian .\rlistiu 
 Bocioly IS is looked iipon as a very j^ocmI nuinher, and any 
 iiiiinher of the 4t)'s. Some play«MS make a study <d' tho 
 numbers, and watch when they come out. They arj^ue that, 
 uiuordin;; to the laws of chance, every numliei" will cone,» 
 out at some time or another; anyway, it is b(»und to c<»m(> 
 out. J{y cari'fully keeping; track of every drawinji, and 
 noting the numbers, they sometimes ha|)peii lo select nuni- 
 bers wilhiu a few drawinnx. The stea<ly "policy" seldom 
 rhnnpes hia numbers until he wins, and it is regarded at) 
 bad policy to ohanj^e numbers until sonu'of them have come 
 out. Hence a player will play the same nundn'r for several 
 days in succession. 
 
 OPINIONS ON LOTTEUIES. 
 
 Mr. .lames Crathern, when aske<l his opinion of the lot- 
 tery evil, u|>held in two teise sentcMwes; "I think it is bad 
 for the community and bad for the individual. The lot- 
 tery does not exist for the edification of the young, and 
 should be suppressed.'' 
 
 MR. R. D. MeOIBBON. 
 
 Mr. R. D. McGibbon, Q.C., vigonrously denounced the 
 lottery evil, lie gave the Star reporter a resume of the 
 steps taken by the late Provincial Government to close up 
 all the ".art" establishments which were not conducting 
 their business of strictly legitimate lines. As a result, a 
 
 
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 great luiiny of the coucernH at ])iTHeiit doiuj^ a tloiiiiHhing 
 buHiiU'ss were raided and suppressed. Jiur, owing to a 
 failure on the part of the (Jovernnient to support Mi. Des- 
 noyers' judgin<'nt, the adverse decision of the lower court 
 was reversed in aj»peal, and the "art unions" were enabh'd 
 to oi)en their doors once more. "These unions," said Mr. 
 McGihbon, "are simply a subterfuge. They are notliing 
 more or h:'ss tlian gambling concerns, and the (lovernnu'nt 
 Hhould etVectually supjtress them once and for all. Their 
 charter or ]>ermit from the (lovernment does not allow 
 them t ) carry on a lottery business, such as they are doing 
 at present. They obtain their charters on the pretence 
 that they wish to encourage art, and the law allows hona 
 fide art unions to hold drawings by iheir members at stated 
 intervals. But it does not give them the alternative of pay- 
 ing to tlie successful ticket liolder tlie value of the picture 
 he has drawii in casli. Keither does it provide for daily 
 drawings. The whole atfair is cleverly gotten up with a 
 view to securing immunity from the punishment that would 
 assuredly follow, if they prodaiuu'd themselves to be lot- 
 teries. These unions have been suppressed on the other 
 side of the border. Nowhere else on this <-ontinent, but 
 in Quebec, are they to be found, and I do certainly think 
 the Government should do souu'thiug towards wii)ing them 
 out. 
 
 "The elTective remedy for the evil would be the amend- 
 ment of the frimiual Code by the Dominion Parlianu'ut, liy 
 the passage of a law rendering all lotteries, except perha])s 
 trifling drawings for charitable purposes of limited 
 amounts, absolutely illegal. If the Minister of Justice were 
 approached, he would doubtless recognize the evil and 
 apply the remedy." 
 
 MR. ALEX. R0BP:KTS0N. 
 
 Mr. Alex. Robertson, hatter and furrier, said that the 
 sooner the lotteries were closed up the better it would be 
 for the young men of the city. "As a rule," said he, "these 
 
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 concerns are frequented by those in whom the gambling 
 passion has been aroused. They do not patronize these 
 Art Unions for art's sake, but for the money they can get 
 out of them. Talie away the cash inducement, and the 
 iiicnibcrHhij) of these art unions and societies would de- 
 crease at a very ])recej»tible i*ate. It is the money alterna- 
 tive that increases the nuMubeisliip, and permits tlu'se or- 
 ganizations to do a rushing business. With that done away 
 with, tlie charm of art would lose its h.)ld upcm nine-tenths 
 of the purchasers of tickets. I certainly think the authori- 
 ties either ought to sweej) these unions and lotteries out 
 of existence, or make them conduct tlieir business on sti-ict- 
 ly honourable lines. To do that they must eliminate the 
 Aery appearance of gambling." 
 
 THE l.OTTEKY SCANDAL. 
 
 The chea]). lottery is the cruellest form of i)ublic bedevil- 
 ment j»racticed in this day. It fattens on the earnings of 
 the very classes which can b^ast afford to lose the ]»ittauces 
 they ]>ay for seats at the table of fate. When the; nuiu of 
 means or good salary "sjx'culates," he may thereby write 
 himself down anything but wise; but at all events he is 
 not likely to suffer at once for the loss of his "stake." liut 
 to the errand boy who screws out his cop])ers to buy a 
 lottery ticket, or the servant girl who divides her poor 
 earnings with the management of a gaudy game of chance, 
 the item is a big one; and the loss of the pitiable sums re- 
 quired may lead to petty peculation or wors(». 
 
 The vigorous action taken by Mr. John A. (Irose against 
 the various lottery schemes which infest our streets has 
 opened the eyes of most of us to the enormity of the evil 
 in this city. It is estimated that the people are bled to the 
 tune of nearly two millions and a half yearly to keep these 
 institutions going, and that only something like half this 
 sum is given back to them in "prizes.'' Here is fatness ! 
 Here is an easy way of making a fortune — a fortune collect- 
 
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 ed out of pitiful dribbliiiiis from the way;es of tiie very 
 .>ouiijj; and the vci y poor 1 The ('X[M>sui'e of the state of 
 allaii's iu Montreal raises a question as to whether we are 
 not really worse oil" iu this respect than that long commis- 
 erated New Orleans — a city whose name has become syuo- 
 nymouK with lottery scandal the world over. 
 
 Great credit will be cheerfully accorde:! to Mr. Grose for 
 his etTective and public-spirited action. His course is cal- 
 culated to save the leanest purses and to jirotect the most 
 guileless, and to cleanse the name of Montreal from a 
 shameful scandal. Moiitrcul Duilij i^itar, Nov. a, 18!)8. 
 
 ART UNION AMERICAN CIRCULAR. 
 
 Therein it is Styled the Kentucky Lottery. 
 
 "The Kentucky Lottery Company" is a secondary title 
 used under the title Royal Canadian Art l^nion of this city 
 on prize lists distributed in the United States. 
 
 The first heading is ''The Canadian Royal Art Union," 
 and then follows the Kentucky title in brackets. 
 
 The circular for American consumption is cast on the 
 same lines as that distributed among Canadian ticket hold- 
 ers. 
 
 But there is one very noticeable difference. As ,115,000 
 is to |10,000, so is the difference between the American 
 ''Kentucky Lottery Company's" announcement, and the 
 announcement of the Canadian Royal Art Union. 
 
 The Kentucky circular states that ticket No. 48.848 drew 
 a prize of |15,000 in the September drawing, while the 
 Canadian Circular places the sum opposite the same ticket 
 number at $10,000. 
 
 The names of Hon. Peter Mitchell, Hon. N. Perodeau and 
 Hilaire Hurteau are ])rinted at the bottom of this American 
 circular, and it is exactly the same as the Canadian circular 
 except in the two particulars noted. 
 
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 SOME "EXPLANATIONS." 
 
 A copy of the ''Ktuitucky" circular was shown a clerk at 
 the Royal Art Union rooms on St. James street this morn- 
 ing in the absence of Mr. Bickel, the manager, who is still 
 ill in the Western Hospital. 
 
 "Is this an official copy of your September drawing list," 
 he was asked. 
 
 The very polite young man glanced his eye over the list 
 and replied, "yes." 
 
 It was pointed out that the figure given as the capital 
 prize was |l.l,00fl. 
 
 "Oh, that's not right," he said. "The capital prize is 
 $10,000." 
 
 A second clerk, who became interested, remarked : "It 
 must be a typographical error; they often creep into the 
 lists." 
 
 It was pointed out that the words "Kentucky Lottery 
 Company" were obviously not typographical errors. 
 
 "Well, we don't know anything about it " was the last 
 word of clerk No. 2. 
 
 The first clerk spoken to took up the matter again. He 
 said: "It must be some parties in the States holding draw- 
 ings on our numbers. That is done. A concern in Montreal 
 carried it out for a while. They duplicated our tickets and 
 used our drawing numbers. But we put a stop to that. 
 This American concern is probably doing business on the 
 same lines." 
 
 Hon. N. Perodeau, whose name is printed at the end of 
 the so-called American circular along with those of Messrs. 
 Mitchell and Hurteau, was seen at his office in the New 
 York Life Building. The differences between the two lists 
 were pointed out to him. 
 
 "I don't care about it," he said. "It is nothing to me. 
 You can get all the information at the office of the Union 
 you want about it." 
 
 "But the people at the office state that this circular is 
 
2i{ 
 
 not regular. Is it not of inteivHt to you to find that your 
 name is printed at the end of the list as an endorsation of 
 what the people in the Art Union rooms themselves state 
 is not rejjnlar?" 
 
 "I don't care anythinj; about it; it is nothinj;' to nie; 
 I aui not interested. Jt is very j>'ood of you to iM)int out 
 what you consider ii misuse of my name; but it is no ditler- 
 ence." 
 
 "Mr. I*erodeau," said the rej^orter, "is the use of your 
 name on this list headed the Kentucky Lottery CNunpany 
 unauthorized bv vou?'' 
 
 ''I do not state so," said the Legislative Councillor of this, 
 province, who, after aj^ain thanking;' the as7(//- i-epi-cseutative 
 for haviujjf draAvn his attention to the matter, closed the 
 brief interview. Montreal Daily *S7r/r, Nov. 4, 181)8. 
 
 THE HOME OF THE (JAMULEK. 
 
 A Boston weekly of considerable inHuence tells its readers 
 that Montreal has become the seat of the lottery business 
 for North America, lottery schemes notbeiu}; aji'ainst the 
 law in the province of (Quebec, ^^'e })ointed out a few 
 days a^o. from the jn-ize lists of cme concern amonj'' us, 
 that it had a drawing? every month, at which it took in a 
 hundred thousand dollars, and ji,ave out ])rizes to the 
 amount of forty-eijiht thousand dollars, thus, to all appear- 
 ance, leavinji' the country the i)()orer by fifty-two thousand 
 dollars a month, or over six hundred thousand dollars a 
 year, and corru})tinp: its people by pimblin^- <;ains to an 
 almost equal amount. From the renuirk of the Boston 
 paper we ji^ather that our own country is not beinfj; plun- 
 dered and corrupted to this extent, but that throuj^h the 
 shelter which our institutions have been giving to this sort 
 of thing, Montreal is getting, like Monte Carlo, to be re- 
 cognized as the gambling house of the continent. A con- 
 cern having the assurance to call itself the Canadian Royal 
 Art Union has abroad quite the aspect of being an appen- 
 
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 dage of our govcrnnicnt. Hoyal is always a word to con- 
 jure with in the United States. Whether the bad emi- 
 nence ^lontreal seems to have obtained abioad throiiji;li tlie 
 machinations of these j^ambh'is is due to the imperfection 
 of our hiws or to tiie failure of tiieir enforcement will soon 
 be known, as Mr. (Jrose seems to be devotinj; himself man- 
 fully to the apjilication to these abominations of 
 what law we have. One of the most extraordin- 
 ary features of the i)roceedin{'s so far is the fact 
 that the lottery wheels seized by Mr. (Jrose from the 
 above concern — iniidcments that ixra prima facie illej^al, 
 as they can be used f(U' no other purpose than for gamblinj; 
 — were han(h'd back to the jiamblcrs by the poli<e ma};is- 
 trate, on a j;round that a mouthy drawinj; was about to 
 come otr before the charj;e apiinst the j;aud)lers could be 
 tried, and that without the wheels it would be impossible 
 for them to kee}) faith with their custcnners. A maj^istrate 
 could only tlius abet <;anddin^- under the idea that gam- 
 blinj^ is sometijues lawful, and mi^ht ]»r(>ve so in this case. 
 Such a condition of mind is no (h)ubt due to the fact that 
 in Canada we are in the habit of seeing' the ^aud)liny wheel 
 or its equivalent used for ])urposes of religion. Churches 
 which encourajic j;and)lin^' olT<*nd and injure both morals 
 and religion, while art, in whose name the same devices are 
 used readily, degrades herself to being the handmaid of 
 vice. 
 
 MONTREAL'S LOTTf^RIP^S. 
 
 Mr. Mitchell's Name on the Royal Art T^nion's Drawing 
 Lif^t — The Citizen's League Interested. 
 
 The Hon. Peter Mitchell was seen by a ^tar representative 
 regarding the use of his name in connection with the draw- 
 ing of the Canadian Royal Art Union. 
 
 The hon. gentleman said that he had seen a notice of 
 something of the sort, but really could not positively say 
 
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 whether or not he had ever had any coninmnication with 
 the Art Union people on tlie subject of allowiut; liiw name 
 to be used by them in connection with the list of drawing. 
 
 Mr. Mitchell staled, however, that he has no recollection 
 cf any such proceeding. 
 
 He added that it was impossible for a man of his age 
 to remember everything, and that he was not in the habit 
 of charging his memory with such d^^<:ails. 
 
 THE LEAGUE INTERESTED. 
 
 Major E. L. Bond, president of the Citizens' League, who 
 returned from Ottawa on Saturday evening, infoimed a 
 reporter for the Star this m<>rning that the League had 
 intended to use its utmost endeavors to secure the jiassage 
 of an amendment to the art work clause at the coming 
 session of the Quebec Legislature. The amendment would 
 be to the effect that the clause applied only to bona /ide 
 works of art of real value; that the drawings slunild not be 
 held oftener than oiwa a year, and that the prizes should 
 not be redeenuible in money. 
 
 Speaking for the Citizens' League, Major Bond said he 
 sincerely hoi)ed that the i)resent movement would be suc- 
 cessful in removing the disgrace to the city which the 
 lotteries constituted. 
 
 The redemi)tion of the pictures was for a time' effected 
 right on the lottery premises, but when the Citizen'^ League 
 made their attempt to suppress the latter, some three years 
 ngo, the business of redeeming the prizes was transferred 
 to an outside agency. 
 
 As is generally known, the clause in the lottery section 
 of the Criminal Code, under which the lotteries in Mont- 
 real have been operating for the past few years, permits 
 the distribution of paintings or other w^orks of art among 
 the members of any incorporated society for the encour- 
 agement of art. The actual wording of the clause in ques- 
 tion is as follows: 
 
 "This section (205) does not apply to (?) any distribution 
 
'ted 
 'I'od 
 
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 Iv lot jMiior.i' Ihc incuiluM's or ticket hoUl-r ' of any in .or- 
 porated society eHtablisht'd for the encouragement of art, 
 of any paintinins, drawinj^H or other works of art produced 
 by the labour of the nieniberH of, or published by or under 
 the direction of, such incorporated society." 
 
 While the lotteries hold that this exempting clause fully 
 covers them in their drawings as at present conducted, the 
 Citizen's Leagiu^ have all along contended that it does not, 
 and that the lotteries exist in direct evasion of the law. 
 The point is one, however, which could be appealed from 
 court to court, and as the exjiense of such legal i)roceedings 
 is beyond the reach of the finances of the League, no step 
 has been taken. 
 
 The clause just (luoted, by the way, was inserted several 
 years ago to permit the distributi<m of genuine works of 
 art by the Royal Art TIni(m of Edinburgh, which society 
 held annual drawings for famous ]taintings among its mem- 
 bers. Montreal Dtiily ^tar, Nov. 8, 181)8. 
 
 HOT^SE CLEANING NEEDED. 
 
 The Toronto }[<til and Empire says: '^xin exposure of a 
 somewhat startling kind regarding the lottery schemes that 
 are in operation in Montreal has lately been made. Ac- 
 cording to the ^iar, it is estimated that the people are bled 
 to the tune of nearly two millions and a half yearly to 
 keep these institutions going; and that only something 
 like half this sum is given back to them in 'prizes,' and the 
 ^tar wonders whether Montreal is not worse oft" than New 
 Orleans used to be when its name was svnonvmous with 
 lottery scandal the w^orld oA'er. Montreal should have a 
 house-cleaning, and have it at once." 
 
 THE ARCHBISHOP'S VIEWS. 
 
 Archbishop Bruchesi, when asked to express an opinion 
 in reference to the lottery evil, simply said, "I believe in 
 enforcing the just laws of the land. If these lotteries and 
 
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 iiil unions are really violalinjj; tlu? law, theu they ought to 
 be hu|>|h*<*hm(mI, and MUppreHscd ('ll'crhially. The nioi-al wel- 
 fare of the eoniniunil.v (h'liiands it. Vou may depend upon 
 it that 1 shall alvvayH do all in my iiower to amist those 
 who are seeking' to enforce the laws of our country." 
 
 LAW AND THE LOTTKHIKS. 
 
 The Section ol' the Ciiminal < 'ode Which Allows Art In ions 
 to KxisL — The l^etteis i'atent and Their Scope. 
 
 The various art unions doinj;- business in Monti-eal boasts 
 that they are incor[)orated under the laws of the Domin- 
 ion of ( 'anada. 
 
 That they have secured incoiporation under letters 
 jtateiit from the Dominion tJovernment is well known, but 
 the (iuesti<m which the courts will have ere long to decide 
 is, whether they have powei' urider those letters patent to 
 conduct a lottery business such as, it is alleged, they are 
 conducting. 
 
 The federal statute under which these companies have 
 secured incorpoi-ation, in the guise of associations for the 
 ])romotion and sale of works of art, is Chapter 111) of the 
 Kevised Statutes of Canada, known as the Companies' Act, 
 or an act respecting the incorporation of joint stock com- 
 panies by letters patent. 
 
 Section .'> of this act, which is the enacting clause, 
 reads: "The (iOvernor-(Jeneral in Council may, by letters 
 patent, under the Greal Seal, grant a charter to any number 
 of persons, not less than five, who petition therefor, consti- 
 tuting such persons and others who may thereafter be- 
 come shareholders in the company thereby created a body 
 corporate and politic, for any of the purposes or objects 
 to which the legislative authority of the Parliament of Can- 
 ada extends, except the construction and working of rail- 
 ways, or the business of banking and the issue of paper 
 money or the business of insurance." 
 
 Section 4 continues: "The applicants for such letters 
 
'an- 
 rail- 
 aper 
 
 ters 
 
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 jjatcnt sliiill ^iv(* at IcaHl oik* imoiiHi'm prcvioiiH iiolic*' in 
 tln' Caiiadii (idzcllv of tlu'ir iiitmlion lo apply lor I lie saino, 
 Htaliuj;': (aj Tho proposed coipoialt' iiaiiic of tin- ((Miipany, 
 wliUli sliali not be tiial of any other known ((niipany, in- 
 corpoialed or unincoi|)orat('<l, or any nana' liahh* to be 
 confounded theiewitli oi- otUeiwise on pnblie jj«i()nnds ob- 
 JL'ctionable; (b) tiu' pnipoHos for which the in«(>rporation 
 is Hon;;ht; [v) the place within Canada which is to be ltd 
 chief place of business; ui) the pro[)osed amount of its 
 capital stock, which in the case of a loan company shall 
 not be less than |10(),()()(); (e) (he number of shares, and 
 the amount of eacli share; (f) tlu' names in full, the ad- 
 dresses and the calling' of each of the ai)plicants, with 
 special mention of the names of not more than lifteen, and 
 not less than three of their members, who shall be the first 
 or proviusional directors of the company, and the majority 
 of whom shall be residents of Canada." 
 
 It will be noticed that this statute is merely an executive 
 one, i)rovidinj; the machinei-y by which, in the words of 
 the third clause, "the persons or others who may thereaft-r 
 become shareholders in the company thereby created a 
 body corporate and politic, for any of the puriH)ses or 
 objects to which the legislative authority of the rarliameut 
 of Canada extends." 
 
 The alleged legislative authority of the rarliament of 
 Canada under which these companies or associations ai>pl.V 
 for incorporation under letters patent is claimed by them 
 to be contained in Section 20;") of the Criminal Code passed 
 by the Dominion Parliament in the session of 18!)2, which 
 enacts: "That every one is guilty of an indictable olTeuce 
 and liable to two years' imprisonment, and to a tine not 
 exceeding |2,000, who (a) makes, prints, advertises or pub- 
 lishes, or causes or procures to be made printed, advertis- 
 ed or published, any proposal, scheme or plan for advancing, 
 lending, giving, selling or in any way disposing of any pro- 
 perty by lots, cards, tickets, or any mode of chance whatso- 
 ever, or (b) sells, barters, exchanges or otherwise disposes 
 
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 of, or cnuHOH or pi-ocnivM or mhIm or aMHinls in, llic sal<>, Imr- 
 tcr, cxcliiinp' or oilier disposjil of, t>r oIlVrH foi" salr, liaitcr 
 or oxcliaii^ic any lot, «ar«l. (ickri, or oilier means oi' device 
 for aUvancintj:, j,'ivint,', lending', Mellin^, or ollieiwise (li^(»(ift- 
 \iHi of au.y i»r«»iK'r(y liy Io(h, tickctH, or any ino<lt' of chance 
 whatsoever. 
 
 "Every one \h k"'1^V of «'ni offence and liabU* on Hunnnary 
 conviction to a. penally of Iwenty djllarw, ,vho biiyn, taUea 
 or rec-eives any such h»t, ticket, or «!;}Vife, as aforesaid. 
 
 "Every sale, loan, jj;ift, barler or exdianfjre of any pro- 
 |«'rly. by any lollery, lickel, card or other mode of chance 
 dei»endin;; on or to be determined by chance or lot. is void, 
 and all su( h properly so sold, lent, }j;iven, bartered or ex- 
 chan};('<l, is lial)le to be forfeited by any jx-rson who sues 
 for the same by action or information in any court of com- 
 petent jurisdiction. 
 
 "No such forfeiture shall affect any rijjht or title to such 
 property acMpiired by any hona fide purchaser for valuable 
 consideralion without notice. 
 
 "This secticm includes the ])rlnting or publishing, or caus- 
 ing to be printed or published, of any advertisement, 
 scheme, propctsal or plan of any foreign lotreiy, and the 
 sale or offer for sale of any ticket, chance or share, in such 
 lottery, or the advertisement f(U' sale, of such ticker. <-hance 
 or share. 
 
 "This section does not apply to fa) fh<} -iiMsl-.u i>y lot or 
 chance of any property by joint t<Mi:nits- or ten.ir.ts in 
 common, or persons having joint interests {droit indivis) 
 in such ])roperty, or (b) raltles for pr'^es of small value at 
 any bazaar held for charitable objects, if permission to I old 
 the same has been obtained from the city of municipal 
 council, or from the Mayor, reeve (rr other chief oflicer of 
 the city, town or other municipality, wherein such bazaar 
 is held, and the articles raffled fo? thereat have lirst been 
 offered for sale, and none of them are of a value exceeding 
 fifty dollars; or (c) any distribution by lot among the mem- 
 bers or ticket holders of any incorporated society establish- 
 
I'll lor I 111' i'ii(-oiir<i;;i'ni('ii( ot jirl, of jiiiv |iiiiiiliii^H, dinw- 
 iii^s oi" oilier woiks of arl inodiici'il hv lln' Ijihoiir of llic 
 iiM'iiibiM'H of, oi' piililislu'il bv, or iiiiilrr llii' ilirnlioiiH of, 
 HUili inroi'poialcd soricl.v; n\) tlu' Credit Foiicier dii Ifas- 
 Cjiiiiidii. or to 111!' Crcdii Foiirier I'^raiuo^ 'aiiiidicii." 
 
 II would doiibllcHH ]Mi/,/li' I lie uiiiiiiliated lo discover 
 where, williiii I lie lioiiiids id' lliis seetioii of I lie i-riiiiinal 
 law of ('aiiada, a eoiii|»aii> loiild liiid power lo a|>|>l_\ for 
 lellers palelll lo do a lollerv hlisiiiess. 
 
 Il iiiiisi be reiiieiiibeied llial, tliou^liil is eliar};(.'d rerl.iin 
 eoiiipaiiies do a lollerv business, ilial is not, by any means, 
 I lie objed for wliiili lliey soii^lil iiirorporalion. Tliey are, 
 HO il, is represeiiled to I he aul hoi'ities, assoeiations ineor- 
 porated for I lie piir|iose of eneoiira};inj;' the production and 
 sale of works of art, the j»roduct of the nienibers of the 
 assoeiation. 
 
 With this ostensible object in view', they ])retend to tind 
 power under sub-sect ion "< "" ol' I he hit ter half of I he sect ion 
 in the Criniinal Code above i|Uoted, which exempts from 
 the pains and penalties imposed under the first part of 
 the section "any dislribulion by lot anion;;' I he members or 
 ticket holders of any incor])orated society established for 
 the eiicoura^'ement of art. or any paintings, drawings or 
 orther work of art produced by the labour of the members 
 of, or ])ublished by. or under the direction of suidi iucor- 
 {lorated society." 
 
 This subsection in the Ciimiiial Code was not intended 
 to atl'ord a subterfuge by means of which lottery companies 
 could do a business. U was designed to promote Just what 
 it says, the production of works of art by the members of 
 societies formed foi- the genuine jmrpose of producing and 
 disposing of woi-ks of art, and giving them power to dis- 
 I»ose of, by lot, fine steel ])late engravings of works of art 
 produced by the members of such society. 
 
 The Montreal courts will soon be called upon to show 
 wliether or not this is being done. 
 
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 Till-: (lAMIM.INd ni.IC.IIT. 
 
 Kvcii iiiorc roiiniil iii^ in its iiitliiciicc tliiiii tin- \n i«lrl y 
 advritiHt'd iMoiillily <li'iiNviii^s ol ilx* ( 'iiiijiiliiiii Kovnl Ait: 
 Union iiiT I lie (ImII.v ili-}iwinp,s. Ily n \ast or;>iiiii/.nlion, 
 in wliirli liiiii<li-c(ls of |M'o|»l(' iniisi piii-tiri|)iil('. iIh* I tiion 
 nniniip's lo mcII lirkcls diiily. and iiiiiionncrs the ichiiHs of 
 tilt' diiiwiii^is lo (lie piiirliiisns. l\)\- this pmposo it lias 
 liiiMK Ih>s ill iiiiiiiy liiirltcr shops, piiiliciihirly in tlic ciiHt 
 end <d' I lie rity, and on any day a nitiniMM- of iiroplc may !)<> 
 seen onjiayod exclusively in ilie sale of tickets standing at 
 the principal street corners. Mesides iIk'sc, Inil not so ap- 
 jianMit to the casual (diserver. t here are a nninlier <d" capalde 
 yoiin^ men who make a hnsiiiess of seHiii^ the tickets for 
 a coinniission. Though the coininission is a small one, 
 IIk'v tind it a hicralixe em|)loynieiil, for so str«Hi^ is tin.' 
 ^amidin*;, spirit when once arinised that the ticket xeiidors 
 can coniil more certainly on keepinji their steady ciislom- 
 ers than can t he newsboy. In some (d' the lar^^c Itiisiiiess of- 
 fices a rattlinj; trade is done in these tickets (hiily. .\s ihe 
 fiamldin^ spirit <;i'ows, the <iistomer becomes more and 
 more Hiiperstitious. Some |)in their faith to series, an 1 
 will increase their numbers by a certain amount «*\('rv 
 day. Others, having found one number whi(li they con 
 sider lucky, will Hfi<-k to it, and only chan;;e the other tw ». 
 Others, a^ain, will always have their numbers named v 
 a friend whom they consider lucky. This last is (luite a 
 common form of superstition amonj; the <laily purchas'Ms 
 of Art I'liion tickets. Any day at the counter of the icn- 
 Iral ottice may be seen yoiinj; men ponderinj; deei»ly what 
 numbers they will try this time. Such senseless supersti- 
 tion debases the reasoniuj; powers, dethrones the judg- 
 ment, and defies common sense. Hiivinj^ no basis in 
 reason is akin to insanity. Financially the daily drawinjj;s 
 are little better as a speculation than the monthly draw- 
 injis. The Art Union has, however, iaanaj,'ed to so arrange 
 the drawing that not one person in a thousand, even with 
 
IiIm hI^'cIiim hcfoiM' liiiri, (-(iiild wuik mil III*- l»iil:iii<-<' ot 
 ( haiirt's, or jii<Ik<' Ii<>>v iicnr \\u'y nia.v ruiii(> to wIimI ^fninltlciM 
 MpraU of as tail" plav. Tln'i*' ar«' M«'vriil y ri^lil ihiiiiIm i> |i\it 
 ill a wln'cl. Tile plaviT pavM tlvr mils tor llio priviU'^^c of 
 luiiiiiii;^ liirt'o iMiiiilirrs. Twclvr iiiinilx-rs arc (Irawii f''oiii 
 III*' uiifcj, and if I he iiiiiiilM>rs iiaiiMMl l),v I lie player a'f 
 aiiioti^^ llirsc, he ^I'ls tell dollars. Ity doiiltliii^ llic Hiaku 
 tho pri/.(> is also doiihlcd, so thai for tni rents Iw iLtfis 
 Iwriity dollars, ami for Iwrnty tlviM-nils llfiy dcdiars. In all- 
 ot lirr form of tlir ^aiiic tin* player pays live cenlH to iiamo 
 l\V(» inimlK'is. and if lliese are drawn in Hie twelve lu* gets a 
 dollar and a half as |tii/,e. There are many other forms, 
 but these are the most popular. In the tirsi of these, in 
 whieh lh(> player names tlir<M> iiumlM'rs, the Canadian Koyal 
 Art liiion takes in .1fl7.:i(l for every .|10 paid «miI, so making 
 a protiL ui .1^7. :{t), or l'.\ per <('nt., or in other words it has 
 7.'{ per cent, of rhaiices in its favor as a;;aiiisi tlu* ens- 
 tomer's. In the t wo numlter ^Mine the Art I'liioii tak«'s in 
 12.1!') for every )ifl.r)(l paid out, m making a |irotit of 7r» cents, 
 or i"i(> per cent. A man would have to be us rich as Croesus 
 lo play huij; with such odds against him, and even Croesus 
 woiiltl with dead certainly j;et used up in lime. 
 
 in 
 
 «COl'E OF TlIK LOTTKKIES. 
 
 liusiness extending All Over the D(uuinion. 
 How Uusiness is Done at Points Outside «d' Montreal. 
 
 Montreal is now earning a repulali(ui as the home of 
 lottery coml)iiiations which liitherto has been unknown in 
 a Canadian city. 
 
 This is due, in a large measure, to tlie existence here tif 
 no lesi than five lottery institutions witli their numerous 
 branrliea. These companies or associations bave, they 
 claim, power under the criminal laws of Canada to conduct 
 their operations. In the guise of associations for the pro- 
 motion of art and the relief of the poor they have secured 
 
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 iiuoi'ponitioii undei' lotU'is patent from the Doniliiiou CJov- 
 (M-iiHU'iit. For veai's tliev have successfully combatted in 
 (he courts all ellorts for their suppression. 
 
 Started in a small way with a local business, these com- 
 panies have steadily increased the scope of their operations. 
 
 Among' the i)oorer wage earners in the city are to be 
 found thousands who, every week, contribute a portion of 
 Iheir hard earned money to these institutions. In the 
 cities, towns and villages of (Quebec, Ontario and the Mari- 
 time Provinces they have established agencies for the sale 
 <d" their tickets, and from this business they derive a large 
 revenue. 
 
 I'nder ex|K'n management of men who understand the 
 business, schemes for the extension of these lottery enter- 
 prises to most of the cities, towns and villages in almost 
 every province of the Dominion are in contemplation. 
 
 The evil effect of (he lottery is ]»erhaps more clearly 
 <'videnced in Montreal than anywhere else because this city 
 is the home of so many of these corp(n'ations, but the busi- 
 ness is spreading with wonderful rapidity. Throughout the 
 province of Quebec there is scarcely a town or village where 
 one or more of these lottery companies have not agents who 
 sell tickets for their drawings in Montreal. 
 
 In the cities, towns and villages of the provinces of On- 
 tario the business of these companies is also gaining a 
 strong foothold. 
 
 Although they claim to have the right under the crim- 
 inal laws of the country to conduct their operations, the 
 l>usiness is carried on in Ontario without any unnecessary 
 display or publicity. Saloon keepers, barbei's and small 
 newsdealers are usually the. chosen agents. They know the 
 sporting element in the places where they do business, and 
 it is among that class that customers are usually sought. 
 
 In the Maritime Provinces also these lotteries are doing 
 a large business, but there is no undue noise about it. 
 Agents are carefully chosen, and the agent usually knows 
 his customers, and the customers the agent. Everything 
 
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 is done ill a iiumiu'i- least liUcIy to attract ]»ul)lir attention. 
 
 In Monti-eal the lottei_v (•onii)anies claim that tliev dis- 
 tiibnte W(»iUs of art only as prizes to the hoUh'i-s of win- 
 niny ticlvets. IJiit; how is it in the oiitsi(h' towns? An 
 agent (h»es the business. Tlie tickets are bonght fiom him, 
 and immediately aftei- eveiy diawing in Montreal, he re- 
 ceives piinted lists, which he distributes to those of his 
 customers who have tickets in that drawing. Those hold- 
 ing winning numbers hand over their tickets to the agent, 
 and lie (b»es the rest. 
 
 In a few days the jnize winner receives from the agent 
 the amount of the pi-i/e for which his ticket calls in cash. 
 
 TlIK I.OTTHKV. 
 
 ^fontreal has become the focus of gambling for North 
 America, and is begiiining lo sulVer cou1em]>t accordingly. 
 This is one of those blights which usually settle <lowii on 
 decaying communiiics. Louisiana long enjoyed the emin- 
 ence which we do now, but federal zeal, tlirongii the I'ost- 
 ()t1H<'<' Department, seems to have successfull\- dii\'en tlie 
 curse across tlie boundary line. As it is presumable that 
 a great deal of the business done liere is done with ilie 
 United States tlirough the post-oflice, it is not ini|)ossible 
 that it will catise comi>lications in otir post-olTice relations 
 with that country. As local public opinion seems imper- 
 vious to shame in the matter, we also may have to apjieal 
 to post-otlice intervention for deliverance. The good peo- 
 ple of the city have no knowledge of how the name of the 
 city is being injured. The so-called art lottery concern iias 
 ado]»ted a title and methods of advertising which would 
 lead the careless abroad to regard it as a government con- 
 cern, and there are the handbills of another lottery scheme 
 on Notre Dame street which calls itself the 'Montreal I'ro- 
 videiit Institution, created to stinuilate economy and sav- 
 ings by the accumulation of cai>ital from small assess- 
 ments,' with 'ottices and deposits for ^[ontreal/ and issuing 
 'provident bonds,' and it is 'registered with the protlnmo- 
 
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 tury of the Suporior ('ourt for llu' distri<t of Mont real and 
 >vi(li the rcfiistiar for Moiitroal.' All (his, and nuicli nioro, 
 to jjfivo the innocent rccoivor the inii)reMHion (hat it iw an 
 authorized and olticial concern. 
 
 We deserve to some extent the i-eputation we aie tlius 
 having dislionestly foisted upon us. When a gambling 
 den — Ji 'gambling lielT used to be the common newspaper 
 expression — was raided the other day, the keej>er put for- 
 ward in his defence a letter from a rural i)ri(st who assert- 
 ed that the con<('rn was run for the benefit of his ])arish, 
 and that he had i-eceived money from it. It would be 
 pretty hard to invent a (]ue(»rer travesty upon religion than 
 some of the developments of our gambling laws which make 
 religion a warrant for a vice. This gambling master ])ays 
 toll to a clergyman and holds his letter, which, with some 
 ( olor, he regards as a legal license to carry on his tratlic. 
 The gambler also held a letter from the Mayoi', which, 
 whatever it may have said, was sutticiently favorable to his 
 business to be laid before the (,^ourt as a further warrant for 
 his business. Another concern when brought before the 
 courts had its ai»pliances, which, according to law, may 
 be seized at sight, and had been so seized, handed back to 
 it on the score that without them it could not keej) faith 
 with its customers. On the whole, it would seem that 
 though we have some old fogy laws forbidding gambling, 
 that vice does not labor under the very severe condemna- 
 tion of either (Miurch or State. Indeed, many of our lead- 
 ing men have been in one way or another abettors of it. 
 
 LOTTERIES AND GAMHLINCJ DENS. 
 
 The Federated Trades Touncil Pass a Resolution Calling 
 Upon the City Council to Suppress Them at Once. 
 
 The Federated Trades and Labor Council met last even- 
 ing, and expressed its opinion very forcibly regarding the 
 lotteries and gambling houses permitted to run in Mont- 
 real, A letter was read, in which complaint was made 
 
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 that p('oi)lo lijid boon robbed (jiilto rocontly in somo of 
 llicsc iiistitufions. Aflcr a s])ii'iU'd discu.sHion the foUow- 
 inj; was passed: 
 
 "Kesolvcil, (hat this council disai)pr(»v('s of lottci'ioH and 
 ^aniblin^ lious('s, of any d('Sci'ii>tion, and that we liave 
 f-ood reason \o b<'li(*vo that houses of this kind are per- 
 niillcd to s\vinj»' clear and flonrish in our city, and that no 
 time can bo spared by the authorities for the correction of 
 an «nil that endangers the very lives of \vorkin}j;nien, and 
 is a constant j«M)pardy for their children. If we have a 
 law for the sui)])ression of this evil, it should be executed. 
 If we have not, the (-ity Council should take the subject 
 into consideration immediately, and the police officers 
 should do their duty without fear or favor." 
 
 TO PKOIIIIUT LOTTERIES. 
 
 The Ivni}>hts of Labour Will I'etition the Government. 
 
 Black Diamond Assembly Considers Them a Curse to the 
 
 Community. 
 
 The regular nuH'ting of lilack Diamond Assembly, 1711, 
 Knights of Labour, was held last evening in their hall, 
 (U;2 1-2 Craig street, the Master Workman, H. McCamby, in 
 the chair. The minutes of the })reyious meeting were 
 adopted as read. After initiating three candidates, the ap- 
 plications of six others w^n-e referred to the investigation 
 committee. It was resolved that the assembly petition the 
 Dominion Government to pass a law prohibiting the run- 
 ning of lotteries in this city or province, under the guise 
 of art unions or otherwise, as in the opinion of the assem- 
 bly, they are a curse to the community in general, 
 ci'eating poverty and crime. The delegates to the 
 Central Trades and Labour Council were instructed to 
 bring the matter before that body at its next meeting. It 
 was also decided to petition the Quebec Government to 
 eliminate the special tax clause regarding departmental 
 stores, as contained in the new charter. The officers were 
 
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 iustallcMi l)v DiHlrk't MsisUm- Woikniaii, Ilonorc (Jiii\('l. 
 The Monhral Daily Star, TIiui\s<ljiy, Fcbiujuy !), 18'J!>. 
 
 Tlie jn«l<>iiu'iit of l\lv. Ljiioulainc. Ilic ixdicc majiisdate, 
 I'nlly <'()iniiii(lin<> (he inaiiajicf ol' (he Koyal Ail Inioii for 
 trial before flic Coui't of (Queen's liciich upon a cliar^c of 
 keepino- a roimiiou <ianiitij; liousc bi'iiij^s Ihc case to a 
 close as far as tlie private prosecution is concerned. Mr. 
 Grose, notwitlistandiu};' all the ditllcnlties raised and (he 
 lon<;' ari'ay of counsel employed for the defence, has sik-- 
 ceeded, an<l the matter, is now taken out of his hands and 
 out of the hands of his counsel. It is well thai it should 
 be understood that the full res|)(Uisibili(y for the case fi-om 
 this time forward rests with the Crown. The furl her i»i*o- 
 gress of the case will be wat«-hed with keen inleresl. While 
 not wishinji' to ])rejudice a case which has yet to be fried 
 in the court we may say (hat the evidence already broui;ht 
 out slioAvs the case to be one of the most imp(»r(ani (hat 
 lias come befoi-e the courts for years, and the ]>ublic has a 
 ri^ht to insist that it shall receive the attenlion frcun the 
 Crown that it merits. — U'////('.s',s', Mondav. Februarv 27. 1S!)0. 
 
 OVERTHROW OF LOTTERIES. 
 
 A Letter of EnccMiraf^cment Received From IMiiladelphia 
 by lilack Diamond Assembly. 
 
 The rejiular meetinj*' of Rlack Diamond Assembly, 1711, 
 Knights of Labour, was held in their hall, <>(il* 1-2 Craig 
 street, last evening. Mr. Henry ^NfcCamby, ^I.W., ])resid- 
 ing. A resolution was passed recpiesting the Federal Gov- 
 ernment to ena(>t .a law compelling the weekly ])ayment of 
 wages throughout the Dominion, and a committee was ap- 
 pointed to go to Ottawa after the opening of Parliament, 
 at the same time as the executive committee* of the Trades 
 and Labour Congress, and act in conjunction with thai 
 body in bringing the matter before the Cabinet, and urging 
 on them the imperative necessity of the same. A resolu- 
 
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 !»U. 
 
 na 
 
 ■n, 
 
 TkI- 
 lov- 
 of 
 ;ip- 
 'tlt, 
 (les 
 liai 
 iing 
 olii- 
 
 tlon WMs also ijasscd icinicstiii^' tli«' Water ('oiiiiuittec to 
 lower tlie watei' i-ales to tlie slaiMlard of I lie priiiciital cilieH 
 of the I'liited Slates. The folhiwiii^ letter was then read 
 frcMu Mr. 11. ^\'. (Miihls, of IMiihidelpliia. who was at one. 
 time a prominent nierehanl (»f tliis city. 
 
 IMiiladelphia, Feb. IT,. ISM!). 
 (io<l bless all the nienibcis of voiii' Assembly for the 
 ji'reat ji'ood in which they are enjia^cd in o]»j)osin^ the dam- 
 nable institution known as lotteries. (Jood lack and (lod's 
 blessinji' will follow all who are assist inj;' in the (»verthi-ow 
 of this monstrous demon. — Mont rial Ittiili/ St(ii\ Thni'sday, 
 January IL*. 1S!»!). 
 
 THE LOTTKHV CASK. 
 
 The ])rosecution institute*! by Mr. -Tohn A. (Irose against 
 the Cana<lian Koyal Art Tnion has reached a staj^e wher(?. 
 the Crown authorities will have furthei- conduct of the 
 case. It is relevant to ]»oint out that a former and similar 
 trial befoi-e the ^lontreal courts rea<hed the same sta^c, 
 and was di'ojtped, because the new ly made .\ttoruey-( Gen- 
 eral deemed it advisable to diop the case. The confusion 
 attondinji' a chan<;,-e of (lovei-nnu'nl was ]iut forwar«l as an 
 excuse. In the i)resent case, however, no such reason can 
 be accejtted to stay the hand of justice and decide whether 
 or not the lottery and policy features of the "Art T'ni(tns" 
 are le};al or illejial. — Munlirnl DaWji Star, Monday, Febru- 
 ary 27, i<st)n. 
 
 rOTjrEMEN AND POLICA^ 
 
 The (Juardians of the Peace are also IMayers 
 of the Game. 
 
 'Policy' gamblin<i s<'ems to have taken a thorouj;h hold 
 of many persons in ^fontreal. llifih and low, rich and 
 poor, merchant and mechanic, lawyer and ])oliceman- all 
 api)ear to have joined in the denioralizinj; jjame. And the 
 places where the ti<'kets are sold are lefjion. In almost 
 
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 every (iiiiirtcr of llu* city a ihtsoii may <>b(aln a (i« kct, and 
 for alinosi any amount he likrs to Ih'I. Liltlc, <linj;y cigar 
 stoics, with one en- (wo boxes, a few packaj^'es of tobacco 
 and Home stray pipes; snnill candy stores, with stale candy 
 and staler cakes; saloons, restaurants, larj'e tobacco stores 
 — these are some of the places where this wholesale j>anib- 
 linj;- is carried on — and carried on openly, too. And what 
 a heterogeneous set of gamblers they are ! One of the 
 most curious sights, however, was witnessed the other even- 
 ing in a little cigar stoi-e on a street ott' St. Denis street, 
 where three stalwart policemen, who are su])posed to be 
 guardians of the peace and morals of the city, entered, 
 carefully scanned the list of iucky' numbers drawn that 
 day. and, finding they were not winners, deposited their 
 money for three more tickets, for which they announced 
 the numbers in a loud voice, then buttoning the precious 
 pieces of pa[>er up carefully, marched out of the store with 
 merry jokes about 'better luck next time' to the store- 
 keej)er. And these ])olicemen were in full uniform, and 
 carried their batons by their sides. It is by no means an 
 uncommon thing to see a policeman leave his beat, go into 
 a '|)olicy' agency, presumably to look at the list numbers 
 to see whether he is a winner or not, and then go on 'beat' 
 again. This is a very bad example to set to the youth of 
 the i-i\y.— \Vitn('s.s, Thursday, March J), 1809. 
 
 THE VICTIMS OF THE LOTTERIES. 
 
 The case of the young Belgian, Alphonse ^larynissen, 
 whom a temporary success at "bucking the tiger" in the 
 shai)e of one of our too numerous lotteries brought to dire 
 ruin, illustrates for the thousandth time the unmitigated 
 evil that these institutions are to the public. This unfor- 
 tunate youth, it will be remembered, was making a good 
 living in the legitimate avenues of trade when the seductive 
 goddess of chance threw him a smile and he made a few 
 lucky purchases of lottery tickets. Then, he tells us, he 
 "went wild over the game;" continued to play even after 
 
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 won, 
 the 
 
 dire 
 
 ited 
 for- 
 
 ;;ood 
 tive 
 few 
 , lie 
 fter 
 
 his losseH became heavy; always expected (liat tl»e luck 
 would turn; n<'}^lected his business; was finally kicked out 
 of even his miserable ticket aj;"ency by the lotteiy com- 
 pany; and finally found himself under arrest for obtaining 
 fifteen cents undei- false jH'efences. So much for the 
 favour of the j^oddess chance. 
 
 The <j;ravest char<;'e aj^ainst cheap {isunblinj;- establish- 
 ments of all kinds is the undeniable fact that they prey 
 upon the most defenceless nunnbers of the community. It 
 is the youth with little knowledj;*' of the world who ima- 
 .uines that there are run for his advantap' lotteries and 
 gaminfif houses where he can really get a fortune for a trifie 
 if he be so fortunate as to choose the right nund)ers; and 
 that his chances for doing this are considerable. Conse- 
 quently the young clerk, the raw country lad, the stranger, 
 the friendless girl making her own plucky fight against the 
 world, even the errand boy and the servant girl, are drawn 
 into the net of the gambling establishment, and there are 
 dei)rived of the money they need so keenly. If it were 
 possible to write the full story of the losses suffered in one 
 large gambling house, it would be a chapter in rc^al life 
 more dramatic than most of the imaginings of the roman- 
 <('r.-!. It would tell of pilferings from the tills of employers 
 to make up the losses in the last venture, breaches of trust 
 by clerks, money stolen by errand boys, and terrible tempt- 
 ati(ms thrust in the paths of young girls. It is not only 
 at spectacular Monte Carlo that gaming losses lead to sui- 
 cide, moral as well as physical. 
 
 If it is right to i)rotect the public against medical char- 
 latans who might deceive the stranger and the ill-informed 
 into trusting to them when the disease requires the atten- 
 tion of a skilled physician, then it is right to protect the 
 young and the inexperienced from delusive lures which 
 hold out a promise of a short cut to wealth, but lead rather 
 to loss and disaster. The community has no right to per- 
 mit in its midst traps for the feet of the young, 
 ami then punish the young when they stray into 
 them. The merchant, for instance, who will not 
 
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 do his slijirc to ;;<'l rid of tlic ;;iiiiil»linji- f('ni|>tJitionH 
 which, ill liiis <i(v. |»ciliii|is, iiioi-c lliiiii in iiiosi oliici-s, 
 «hi/,/l(' his iinxh'Stlv |»;iitl and t'iiirly hiird woiUcd clcik into 
 risking' liis scant cainiiijis on tiic chance of lai-jic winniiius, 
 mav have llic hiw on liis si(h' when lie (-(tnios to jn-osccuto 
 that ch'i-k lot- making ii|> liis h)ss»'s (»m( of tiic ullicc till; 
 but ho can hardiv have an easy conscience o\ei- the atVair. 
 An adniii'alily trained hoy. sheltered in the limht kiml el' a 
 home, may he safe in the midst of snch hoy-traps; hni the 
 city is full of lads wlut have not these adxantajics. 
 
 Noi- will the city he ad\anta<ie<l hy a cili/enship <;row- 
 ing' amid snch snrronndin;:s. A <;amhlin<; experience dis- 
 courages patient indnstry and makes one dissatisfied \sith 
 the slow earniiifis of honest lahoni-. The Supreme Court 
 of the I'liited States has well sai<l thai "seciety huill upon 
 such a foundatiiui (<;amhling) would almost of necessity 
 bring' forth a jtopulation <if s]»eculat(»rs and giuuhlers liv- 
 ing (Ui tlu' expectation of what chance might award them 
 from the accumulations of others." The supi»!'essi(ui of 
 public gambling is nothing but a measure (d" juiblic pro- 
 i.ectUm.—Monhail DaUii Shn; Satunlay. :March II. lSlt!>. 
 
 Youi- sup(»ort is earneslly solicited in having the Law 
 amended so as to com]>lelely wipe out this evil from the 
 Province of (Quebec. 
 
 POLICY GAM P. LIN (J. 
 
 An Evil that Even ' Pummi<'s ' Wish to Suppress. 
 
 It is almost certain that, if tested in the courts. 'iKdicy' 
 gand)ling w(Uild be declared to be illegal, under the revised 
 code, mainly the work o\' the late Sir John Thompson. The 
 fact that no sucdi test has been, or i»rohably will be. ap- 
 plied, demonstrates the need of a public prose<'utor, accord- 
 ing to the suggestion recently nuule by -Judge Wurtele. 
 
 Eviden<-e abounds on every hand of the des<dating elTect 
 of this special form of gambling, which has been introduced 
 into Montreal comi»aratively recently. Just who is re- 
 sponsible for its introduction could not be <'asily as-certain- 
 
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 lev 
 
 ap- 
 
 'Ct 
 
 •od 
 
 re- 
 
 lin- 
 
 (mI. I)UI it is known Unit coiiu'idcnl willi (he salt' of "pol- 
 icy' ii<-l«'ls llinc apiM'arcil a nuniltcr ol" 'sjxiils' in m-lain 
 pi'cniisps on Ciai^- sd'cci who appcai'cd lo he aNsorialtMl 
 Willi the n»*w cntcipris*'. 
 
 Thousands have been hi! ten l»y this form of <ianil)lin«j:. 
 Those who snlVci' most aic classes who can least alVoi-d lo 
 lose anylliin^. Tlie ;iaine llouiishes liesi in the worUiii}^ 
 (lisliicts of the city, in the lattei- e\('ry cii^ar and cheap 
 candy store olTer the tickets to theii- jtati'onH. The com- 
 mission allowed by llie i)rom<)toi's is twenty per cent. There 
 are nuniJiei's of snnill stores in the west end of the city, 
 l>arlicnlariy alonj; the line of Notre Dame sti-eet, which 
 make a clear ])rolit; o\' from twelve to fifteen dollars a week 
 s"llinj;' ticlcels to W(»rkin}i-men. The mana^ci* (d" a lar^e 
 industrial couceiii in tliis neighborhood, which emjdoys 
 seveial liundred men, has done his best to demonsti*ate to 
 his workmen the lolly of having anything to do with a 
 swindle which only olTered to its victims one chanci; in a 
 hundred, but in vain. lie showed that tlie coml>inations 
 uiHUi which the men dei»en(U'd for success were not to be 
 trusted, and that though they might be ]H'rmilted to win 
 once in a while, in tlu' end they must come out losers. 
 Xeverthidess, they were not convinced, and to show tlie 
 extremes to which this gand)ling ]>assion will go, it may 
 be stated that a number of men in this district brought on 
 a -clever' fellow from the United States wlio made a busi- 
 ness of forming successful 'combinations' of winning num- 
 bers in order that he should guarantee them 'luck,' for 
 which they were Avilliug to pay. 
 
 As it liappens, the vit-tims are most numerous amongst 
 workmen poorly paid, and who cannot alVord to part with 
 the smallest sums. It is these who are bitten by the de- 
 sire of sudden gain, and even tlieir wives and children 
 have caught the baneful <'ontagion. Combinations are 
 made out of tiie numbers of houses; numerical novelties 
 are sought in the hope that luck will attend them; child- 
 ren on the streets talk about their ^ucky' numbers. 
 Drawings are held daily, and the lists are found in al- 
 
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 inoNt iill the liirjic iiwlnstriiil rstiihliMlnucntH in the <'ify. 
 .Mm iiiid Ixtvs iiiii.v \h' toiiiHl |n»iiii}; over these with lli<» 
 grcafcHi iiilcrcsl. If iiioiiilisls jirc iiidinVrcnl, llic 'iiini- 
 inu's' iirc n<>l,iiinl il is iiiMlrrsloiMl lluil (he Inltrr {iic jiliout 
 to iK'lilioii (li«' pntpcr aiillioiilics lo |)nt 'policv' imdcr tin? 
 bail, oil lli<> ground that it iH taking the bread iiol only out 
 of tlic mouths of I lie worUin^ iiicii and llicir families, for 
 whom they feel the j;i'eat<'sl solicitude, but out (d' their 
 own as well. whi«d» is perhaps more to the point, seeiiit; 
 that the pocu' men who play '|>oli(y' are no lonj^cr able to 
 pati'oni/e the sabxui, which ^ol a j-cxKlly portion of their 
 tarnin;;s at the end of each f(Utni};ht. when the score was 
 paid oil" — all the saloons in the neij;hb<(rh(»o(l of factories 
 ^ivinj; credit from one \u\y day to the next. 
 
 A certain sardonic Iiuiiku- may possibly be found in (his 
 situatiiui, as far as the action of the 'rummies' is concern- 
 ed. What is undoubted is, that even in New York, which, 
 under a Tammany regime, is 'run' wide o])en. it has been 
 found necessary to e.\tir|>ate 'i»olicy* j^amblinj;- wherever 
 fiMind — the administi-ution reco^nizinj;' that it was the 
 most insidious of all the evils which exist in a larjj^e <entre, 
 invading-, as it does, the home, and transforminjj: the wo- 
 men and children int(> gamblinj; tien<ls, whose passion is 
 even more insatiable than that of the men, and who tliu}^ 
 off every restraint which makes the life of the poor decent, 
 honest and virtuous. 
 
 The (iuesti(m is, when will our local authorities make a 
 test case in order to see whether the law permits this evil 
 to e^'ist, or whether it is already condemned by the re- 
 vised civil code, which only needs energetic application on 
 the part of those who are paid to execute not merely local 
 by-laws, but the general law of the country.— L>«»7// WitncsSy 
 Montreal, Friday, March 24, 1899. 
 
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 ii 
 •il 
 ic- 
 on 
 'ill 
 
 C(»i>v of licllf'i" icci'ivcd from (In* Suitciinlcndciit (d il»e 
 Hoys' I Ionic. 
 
 TIM-: novs" iio.MK or montueai.. 
 
 115, 117, 110 snul ILM Moiiiitaiii. 
 .laiines U. Dick, Supcriiitendeut, 
 
 Montreal, March HMIi, 1S!M>. 
 John A, (litosE, Esc]., 
 
 Sir, — Incidciilally licariii}; tliaf yon were abont to pro- 
 (ced to Ollawa. t'oi- liic pniposc <d" inlcrvicu inj; tiic Federal 
 Minislei- of .luslice, re^aidin^' Hie law of iollei'ies, and in- 
 tend prest'nlin^ him wilii several [lelilions ai^aii'sl (hel.iw 
 as it now stands, I be^- lo lay before you my ditllciilty as 
 Superintendent an«l Father ai' a larjic family of boys, who 
 come to this city from other parts <(f the country and ( Ireat 
 l>ritain. 
 
 The in<lucements to ^andde ai'e in nearly evoi'V candy 
 store. There lottery licU«'ts are sold foi" aiiv sum von wish 
 
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 to i»ut up, from tive cents upwards, and the devi<'es are 
 such' that the prizes are few, if any; nevertheless, they try 
 aj;ain and sjxMid much imuiey. 
 
 There is such a place in the vicinity of the IJoys' Ibune, 
 which has a very debasinj; elVect on our boys, whom we are 
 tryinj; to save to an honest and true life of manhood. Our 
 expenditure is between f. ").()()() and |(;,()()t) a year to elevate 
 and };ive a trade or pi-ofession to such as are suitable for 
 either, but those places which exert such an inlluence on 
 the younj; mind are ruininj; our boys by the hundreds, and 
 those who freciuent such places are encouraged to usurp 
 paternal authority, and be nninly, and do as they like. 
 
 I have never had such ditliculties to contend with (lur- 
 ing my sixteen years of service for boys in the Boys" Home 
 as within the past two years, which are directly owing to 
 those lottery and gambling places, being so prominent and 
 daring. A father recently told me that his son has been 
 entirely ruined by this place; the boy would spend his en- 
 
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 lire iiioiiili's pay on lirki'ls, iiii<i li«' Iiiih Hevcral liiu«'8 goue 
 
 lluliK* IIIMiiM' III*' intlucilrc nl litjIKM'. 
 
 AiioIIkt siiil IValurc ol the raHc is thai llir Imi^h will 
 iiui ;;iv<' any inrofuiai ion of a iialiirc thai will hi'iii^ the 
 Uccpi'i's of siicli plact'.s within the icach of llit* law. There 
 a(i|H'ais lo lie no law, rxcepi it Im* on (lie side of tin- law- 
 I'lcaUrr. 'I'lic hills ai-c lorrofi/.cil, and lifld in fcai- <d' be- 
 in^ infot'nii-d on. 
 
 <Mi oiK- otcasioii. I went into one of (hose places to order 
 a lew <if iii\ hoys o\il, and was threatened with IkmUIv 
 pnnishiiieiii fdi- ii-yinj^' to save the ladn from j;oin|L;' dowu 
 to iiiin. 
 
 Ii would lie well that Hie law [»i(diil»it the sale of lottery 
 lieUeis. (•i;;ai'elles, and lii(iio!' to any less than (he years 
 ef manhood. 
 
 Now. <leai' Sir. 1 do not wish lo say too much, Imt if 
 ,\'iii can do anythiiiji l»y makiiij; nse of the above, or by my- 
 self further, 1 shall be |.;lad to be (tf service, so that this 
 I'.aiiinin^' evil may be put a slop to. an«l Hie llower of otn* 
 MMiiiu' manhood be saved from a mined life in the future. 
 
 Tell the Minister of diislice to legislate for the boys who, 
 in a very low years will Im' the fathers of our fair Canada, 
 and not to consider at all those wlm for a few ceuts would 
 ruin their fair younj; lives. 
 
 .May yon have snc<'ess in your mission, which will be a 
 lasting triumph to future posterity. 
 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 (Sioued), JAMKS K. DK^K, 
 
 Superintendent