Show Begging Transfers If ic there is any nuisance that needs correcting more than the practice pr clice of little boys begging street car transfers on the down town streets we cannot think of it Boys eight and aud ten years old did make a regular business now to stand like ordinary beggars annoying every i pers person n who alights from the street cars Their parents of course arc ate no better than the boys or they wo would wod d not allow this Therefore it rests with Avith the city to put an end to this shameful practice Those e ebo bo boys s are arc developing habits which will Avill never leave them thein They rhey will 1 become professional beggars when they grow older and we believe that most people agree that he lie who begs when he lie is not in in need or 1 merely too lazy to work is on a lower scale than a man who wh steals i for he does not even assume any risk in his low way Avay of gaining a living No thoughtful person having the welfare of these little fellows at it heart would ever give them a transfer lie He would have better 1 business than encouraging such a habit The whole thing is based I on dishonesty to start with Avith The boy knows when he succeeds in in getting one of these transfers that he is selling something that he has hasi n no right to sell when he finds a c customer stomer for one or if he ic uses it himi him him- i self i T But the greatest danger is is- isto to the boys themselves an and we bel believe be be- l lieve liev that the city commissioners or the police department should I look into thi this at once and put an al end to the le practice forever Salt Sal L Lake has enough beggars now without training an any more |