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Show CARNIVAL DECLARED GRAVE MENACE TO TOWNS THEY VISITED DURING SEASON (From The Dearborn Independent.) Tho popular mind Judges civic morality largely in torms of density ot population and In a measure it Ih right However, ther0 are some things for -which the moral consciousness cons-ciousness of tho big "immoral" city won't "stand" but for which the small town or small city or rural community will, noccntly for ox-mnplo, ox-mnplo, 10 men wero bound ovor by a Now York City pollco court for trtnl In a higher tribunal on tho chargo ot oporating an Improper amusement venture. Yet tho kind ot amusement for tho production of which they wor0 hold as criminals In not only pormttted In the vast majority ma-jority ot small towns nnd cities but Is welcomo nl places, wlioro rural pooplo come chiotly for diversion and entertainment. '"Tho real reason why traveling carnival companies always come to a town under tho auspices of some; local popular organization Is because they nil violate one, or more sections ot th0 state laws which prohibits lotteries, games of chance, gambling and Indecent shows, and they need the influence of some local organization organiza-tion to protect them from pollco Interference". That statement comes from O. R. Miller, superintendent ot the Now York Civic Leatmo, which has mndo extensive investigations of "cnrnlvnl shows" and' as a rosult has boon endeavoring to havo thorn outlawedas out-lawedas they have been In a great many communities nnd, partially, In one state, "In our long oxperlence in fighting fight-ing thoso ovlls wo have never known of a trnvollng carnival ' company which was not largely a comblna tlon ot gamblora and lowed women," declares the aforesaid Mr. Mlllor. "Tho demoralizing offect of such carnivals Is seldom roallzed by tho pooplo of the town, Tho disastrous results of the moral and physical health of tho young men, whero one of tho carnivals spont a week, cannot bo eradlcatod by the otforts of churches In a wholo year. "In a Pennsylvania town, It Is stated, the physicians traced S42 cases of certain types ot diseases to a traveling enrnival company. "Last year in Chicago a carnival show operator was fined ,$4,000 and given a 20-year sentence in tho penitentiary peni-tentiary ' for violating tho Mann (white slave) Act Four girls all from small towns In tho Mlddlo West, wer0 Involved, all .being with the man at tho tlmo of his arrest." "Mon of your typo nro a menace to tho community nt largo," said tho Juilgo In passing scntonco. "You should not bo permitted to coino In contact with society and it Is only too bnd that, tho law covering your offense Is not more drastic. Tho death penalty Is none too good for men-of of your ilk and caliber. Butit might 1e iv lesson to men of your vocation and business who havo been plying this nefarious trade".' At most ot th0 carnivals the boy sees tho cheap fraud show with Its lowd nppeaL He sees gambling going go-ing on under the auspices of his father's lodgo or his brother's war veterans' organization Just ns thousands of boys would never have bocii nn elephant had It not been for tho circus, so thousands would never have known of (ho roulotto type of gambling had It not been for tho crulslug carnival. No o,n0 can dony that a mooauro of blnme attaches to tho public for whatever may b0 wrong with Uie "carnival show" or other things de-Iiendent de-Iiendent for Hfe on public patronage But tho blamo could bo moro certainly certain-ly placed If thoro did not stand between be-tween tho showmnn and the public thQ artlftco known as "auspices.' i i n |