Show tho scheme or north dakota in aleca a bill was presented to the L gi letiro or the state trying to secure i harter for tho louisana lottery comply haa brought tho of lotteries ba very prominently iho country that congress has ahn matter m band and a 1511 hai been introduced by SAi tn to sections of tho statues to lot borics it provides tha n loiter or cirac idt abo of lotte or called gift enterprises for the bisti of anny iy ay ch to abo public shall 10 sent through tho mails my person found guilty of tho mails fur alna guipo e bill bo fined not less than nor moro than tho postmaster general may also upon finding any persons engaged in this businda bu sinea instruct tho postmaster at such cities to open all letters bent in answer to any such advertisements and return them at once to tho persons who maika hom with tho feord fraudulent stamped on the outside it would bo a fino thing if such a law could bo put in force as lotteries aie tho moat brunious ins titu eions that can bo fostered on the public in germany and franco they aro legal pursuits tho business done n i immense tho of hamam for example run 5 alu ces and has its agents in caery section of europa choro the german language is spoken and the central bureau w composed of over a hundred clepha to agbor and attend 10 tho running of generally not hut ono lottery of acho united stat cs lias assumed great importance and tuis is iho louisana lottery winch has had a legal existence in tho state choso whoso namo it baars boars for about twenty two years an estimate recently mado of its annual income gave the following as tho fora through different classes of letters censa dally Mont tily early 10 am po etcil order iry 7 A U uitto abeso figures aro said to bo frozen facts and capable of verification the letters received by tho company aro to average at least huou a laa or about ono third of tho total mail going to new orleans a city of about people tho outgoing out going lottery mail is estimated to bo nearly letters a day or two thirds of th mail going from now orleans these facts and will servo to show the gigantic proportions of this lottery scheme of the it receives annually not one third goes back in prizes of the cost of operating the buah ess no ono but those intimately concerned m its affairs can give a trustworthy estimate but they anro probably not one half the gross profits leaving as tho net chich tho company derives from its business for this enormous sum it makes no return to tho country it produces nothing and consumes every thing tho 25 a bedr it receives might as well bo into tho sea for all tho good it does tho country it is a dod loss it ia squandered dissipated wasted and thrown away entailing greater financial loss upon tho country than tha phenomenal storms of last juno which wiped one whole city out of existence and brought dos to many valleys |