AMERICAN POLITICS.
. —. —_4 TARIFF BILL DEBATE. GAMBLING ON 'CHANGE. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) ' (Received September 2nd, 9 p.m.) WASHINGTON, September 2. Thiring the debate on the Tariff Bill a senator offered an amendment prohibiting Stock Exchange gambling, and proposing a tax where the seller did not own the property sold; The entire question of gambling in cotton futures was referred back to tho Senate Committee. Senator Cummins declared that most of the sales on the New York Stock Exchange were really fictitious, and a menace to the wlole financial stability of the ooomtry.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14761, 3 September 1913, Page 9
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