21 OCTOBER 1911, Page 14

[To MY EDITOR Op THE " SPECTATOR. ''] SIR,—The remarks

of Mr. Justice Channel! in the attached extract from the Manchester Guardian of October 18th will

"doubtless be of interest to you. What a nation of idiots we seem to be to permit what is acknowledged to be an open sore to exist ! Is it impossible to get the Government to move in the matter? Only those who come much in contact with the poorer-class homes know bow much suffering and distress are brought about by these cursed snares in the guise of " betting tips." To think that honoured names such as Rowntree and Cadbury are associated with papers lending themselves to methods of this nature seems scarcely credible.