OCR Text |
Show II SOMETHING WRONG HERE. Truth directs tho attention of the ! city government to a state of affairs that should not exist. Police officers, in collecting fines for tho running oi slot machines, do not give tho offenders offen-ders receipts. A case In point arose only a few days ago, when a cigar dealer and confectioner paid his $18 flno to Detectivo Offlcer Burt. Tho flno was paid in tho presence of witnesses wit-nesses and tho shop man asked for a receipt. Ho was informed that receipts re-ceipts were not given, but "ho was Given credit on the book." Truth sub-mlts sub-mlts that this Is not right. While not ! Questioning tho integrity of the oi-"cer oi-"cer in question, wo state boldly that seh a policy Is ono that encourages eraft." What is to hinder this officer, r any other similarly employed, from Going from place to place and pocket-"K pocket-"K a portion of the proceeds? If some of these machines are licensed, why not all? Why should the keeper of one machine bo licensed ami another an-other fined? As a matter of fact, this slot machine ma-chine business is wrong. An argument argu-ment has been made recently in favor of "trade machines." A trade machine ma-chine Is a machine where you drop a nickel In tho slot and got a five cent cigar, or any article vended by the machine. Outsldo tho chewing gum abomination machines, there Isn't a slot machine In Salt Lako that is a trado machine, but every ono aro gambling devices. So far as tho saloon inon aro concerned, con-cerned, a number of them did not care for them; they only servo as an attraction to callow kids and men who would otherwise come In and buy a drink and go homo. Tho saloon sa-loon man doesn't make any great amount of money on tho machine; n Is the grafter who runs It. If tho sa loon man could make money lie wouio keep his own machine. Hut some saloons sa-loons have them, and others are forced to keep thorn. It Is Intimated that some prosecutions prosecu-tions will bo instituted in a short time by Interested parties and thnt the machines will have to go. This Is right and proper. Abolish tho slot machines. Gambling In a regular gambling house Is righteous alongside them. |