Shanghai merchants have once more taken up arms against the sale of lottery tickets.
It will be remembered that, a short time ago, they started a campaign against the sale of these tickets and received a certain amount of backing. They have now appealed to the Tuchun, Civil Governor and the Provincial Assembly of Kiangsu requesting that the issuing and sale of lottery Hokets should be made a crime by "According to the laws of our Republic," they are reported in the Chinese Press as saying "'this is illegal and, if illegal, should he stopped immediately. The laws of the country are discarded and broken. Shops exhibit the tickets openly and urge people to buy. In order to cheat the people, the fraudulent promoters have been, and are, using the name of charity and famine, ete., to extend their schemes. We ask that they he brought to justie> for cheating peo ple, and then the roots of the evil will be cut. Will you not do your utmost to help us in this fight, and prohibit the sale of—lottery tickets
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