The Church and Press Promote Gambling
Many of the newspapers and some of the pastors of churches are giving a commendable warning against the evils of the race-track and its attendant gambling. But it is to be noticed that all of these same newspapers continue to publish their columns of race-track news. And the pastors of the churches still have their “church fairs,” “raffles,” “grab-bags,” etc. There are some “simple-minded folk” who can not see things in any other light than that the professed church, by her so-called “more respectable” methods, is assisting the race-track very materially in giving young men a taste for gambling. And where is the consistency of a newspaper condemning race-track gambling in its editorials, while its news columns present in fascinating features the honors and emoluments attending the ownership of the winning horse? No matter what may be said to the contrary, both the press and the church are doing much to popularize and increase gambling. And this is another of the many evidences that the sense of morality is being keenly blunted in these times. Where will it all end? Have you thought about it?