Show ETHICS OF TRACK GAMBLING A stranger in the city who expects to return here to live writes The Her Herald Herald ald aid a criticism of ot the Salt Lake news newspapers newspapers newspapers papers because hey do not publish tips Ups on the races for the information In information tion of men like himself who are wont to gamble on the results He does not call it gambling however and he says he has made money playing the he races on the information furnished by San Francisco papers There Th re are aIe several reasons why The Herald does not print such stuff Horse racing as conducted in this coun country count country try t and particularly on the winter v tracks tracks is about the sport in inthe inthe inthe the world The map man m who thinks he stands any show to win In such a game gamera I ranks ra with the bewhiskered purchaser of green goods From the owners of ot the horses to the men who run the pool poolrooms poolrooms poolrooms rooms only one object Is in vl w and amI that is to rob the suckers The news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper that will publish tips on such sucha a game is about as respectable as the th capper for a brace faro game though without J hout his excuse for its ts crime The record of orthe the rack track and pool poolroom poolroom room business of ot the country Is a long Chronicle of ruined lives of at embezzle embezzlement embezzlement embezzlement ment stealing suicide and disgrace There is not not one alleviating feature in inthe in inthe Inthe the whole system it is a curse to the country countr the source of much of ot its crime a demoralizing factor In Its business and social life Unless a news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper wishes to Identify itself as a promoter of all that is vicious and low and corrupt in the nations life it can cannot cannot cannot not afford to let its columns be used for the debauchery of the men and wo we women women men who are weak enough to think they the can make money by gambling against loaded races There are newspapers that care for forthe forthe forthe the dollars to be gained by publishing free advertising for the pool room syn syndicate syndicate but fortunately for Salt Lake the press here has not reached that stage of want or degradation that calls for fr such a sacrifice of ot their de tie decency ceney and I |