The dragon and the juggernaut of speculation as exemplified in gambling in prices of our food products .. Tricks of the manipulator exposed . in ouronward march of elevating progress. Now while we have been pounding upon the above named, weallow some of the most polished robbers of modern times, we mightsay, some of the smoothest criminals and swindlers of speculative history,to go scott free, with now and then a little fine of $ 100,000 or so,which is a mere bagatelle to the millions fleeced from the people. Like the Heads of the Standard Oil, as a prominent writer says,they are sure thing op
The dragon and the juggernaut of speculation as exemplified in gambling in prices of our food products .. Tricks of the manipulator exposed . in ouronward march of elevating progress. Now while we have been pounding upon the above named, weallow some of the most polished robbers of modern times, we mightsay, some of the smoothest criminals and swindlers of speculative history,to go scott free, with now and then a little fine of $ 100,000 or so,which is a mere bagatelle to the millions fleeced from the people. Like the Heads of the Standard Oil, as a prominent writer says,they are sure thing operators. They never enter a deal on eventerms. Their cards are always stacked, their dice cogged and theirboxes fixed; and all the time they are trying to prove that their victimshave ai square deal. This cursory review does not look very inviting, does it? For the larger portion of this work, I will only deal with twobranches of Speculative Gambling, those of Grain and Provisions. Tosum these tersely, The Evil Effects of Gambling with the PRICESOF FOOD PRODUCTS. Please note my distinction, Gambling withthe PRICES. MORE GAMBLING HOUSES. («! m WiiiiVw.— pB-l^^ ^H ^pi, JB I^ ;: ^ ^m NEW YOKK STOCK EXCHANGENearly as Bad N. Y. PRODUCE BXCETANGESame Old Game
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