Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-15 | Page 4 | An Economic Waste

AN ECONOMIC WASTE T THE proposal to open a a. season of dog races at the state fair grounds comes at a time when the community can ill mafford afford to support any enterprise which would be a drain evenIn even evenIn evenin in the slightest degree upon the earned dollars dollars dollars dol dol- dol- dol lars of its people More especially is this true when with the racing season are to be returned the bookmakers bookmakers bookmakers book book- makers an and th the betting rings so that gambling gam gain bling under bUng under any name name may may flourish Gambling is an economic waste waste waste-a a waste emphasized today in Utah as at no other time Jn the history of the state b by impaired working conditions depleted payrolls and unemployment The dog races cannot be run at a profit without gambling no matter what the system system tem tein may be called by the promoters of ot the project And the community can by no means profit if any considerable portion of the people people peo peo- pIe hazard their money upon the races It is not enough to say that those who do not desire to risk their money on the races need not do so The menace lies in the fact as proven at other race meets that persons persons per per- sons who can ill afford to gamble hazard money that should be devoted to more beneficial ben ben- use