When the law declares against gambling, and advertisement and sale
of even "fair" gambling paraphernalia, why is it that the righteous
majority, which would not stoop to this form of speculation, sits
inertly by, allows crooked devices to be advertised and sold, permits
hundreds of men to waste their time and substance, and dozens to blow
out their brains as a consequence?
Why do "good" men prate on "personal liberty," which is merely their
way of washing their hands of the responsibility for good government.
Does it eradicate the evil to say a man is a free moral agent and need
not lose his money gambling unless he wants to; that "virtue is its
own reward;" that "honesty is the best policy," or that taking without
giving return is a sin?
Would it not be better for this inactive majority of talkers to elect
incorruptible men who can do something besides talk--men who would
enforce the laws and provide heavy punishments for concerns which make
gambling machines in which the unsuspecting have absolutely no chance
to win?