Show tim THE P oil MANS BANKER ROW HO PAWN e ciuc AND ARE tr 1 fick r tho numbers of 1 of tender years an d 01 staggering hig drunkards arunbhai drunk aids as who may bo be soon seen at certain hours on oil certain days coming out of the greasy side entrances of pawnshops pawn shops are arc proofs how little the regulations of the act foi bidding the encouragement of such ju aie ded the pawnbroker professes to know that the hildie ii abc authorized by their pa ats to pledge but the act is very on this point and much harm is done to tile the children by encouraging them the pawnbroker all liis his L is occasionally deceived by cis not long ao a ago o a cask of wine W hiie w was a S received as as a val valuable ill able pled pledge go which tinned out to be only water with a bladder of wine inserted in it beds have been taken in in before now with children inside them and of gloves only made for the rig ehtor left liand hand iii have a ne pawned as p airs and bought back by a confederate orate of 0 tile pawner for a more mere trifle the man mai who aho vho preys systematically upon the in ill nocona pawnbroker by pledging artig articles C made up for pawning and nothing n casc is called a dunar and the term is is often applied to the articles lie he pledges As soon as a particular tool is superseded by a now new invention an and a consequently becomes almost worthless the duffer will send it round to the he pawnbrokers pawn brokers and by the aid of male and female agents will succeed in in getting rid of a large quantity before the pawnbroker hears of tile the chan change in its value sometimes sometime s the dull bl ci appeals appe als in a more distinguished shape and we have heard of an I 1 aristocratic pledger who pawned and nd rode emea a really valuable jewel sescial times until tile the pawnbrokers pawn brokers confidence was gained and then tendered a spurious copy of tile the property which aich was accepted and never reclaimed lai nied alion when an unscrupulous pawnbroker band very few are arc scrupulous or they would hardly remain in tile the business has a few articles in his possession posses siou on oil which lie he has bas lent by mistake more money LAY thil than n they would fetch in a saleroom lie ho revenues himself on society ina inta peculiar manner lie ile ties those these f articles up lip in separate pai cels and ad pawns them to himself at fl fancy ancy prices the tickets made out for t these h esq 0 goods nc lie all cn 1 to a duffer who Q j part of his livin living by selling pawn tiG tickets Wil in public houses tile the lec cives a large share of t tho ho money which lie gets for the these pao J false also tickets and the unfortunate buncis after going to tile shop paying the inte interest iest due and looking at the pledges of decline dec lilic to ro rg loci them they sell their tickets for what they can get and other buyers go through tile the s same allic unprofitable ceremony 1 lly by tins plan which breaks bicak s tile the I 1 ule lule forbidding 0 him to buy pledges dinuis custody the pawnbroker often b gets ats thice tin cc or four months interest paid to him hilli in ill a week which more than balances tile the losses he often sustains from duffers it maybo may bo gith gath e ci 1611 cd fro from the foi choi ng in S statements that most of tile le legislative eulers intruded to I 1 regulate Cg broking are arc systematically evaded and that the pool or classes pay most extravagant ant i interest for loana oti u personal pe r plo half tho the impositions pointed out could often be plausibly eipl explained tilled away as ad clerical err errors ors peor nien men could affeid tho the time and money to set up lip as prosecutors prosecutor tile law way may be impartial imparts al but it certainly is not cheap and prose prosecuting cutill 4 0 0 is a only le served for the rich ric gdud |