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The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04
STAND FOR THE TARIFF.
Protection Wins Victory and Brsi-
ness Interests Will Be
Conserved.

The returns from the primaries show
that the defenders of the tariff as it
stands won victory. They acted upon
the common-sense judgment that 1t
would be foolish to dam the swelling
tide of national prosperity by opening
the way to tinkering with a system un-
der which trade is magnificently in
creasing and productive industry kept
superbly busy. They perceived, says the
Pittsburg Times, that when the knock
ers" against the tariff were once permit
ted to attack 1t there could be no bounds
placed to the extent to which they would
endeavor to go. Realizing these facts
the majority Of the Massachusetts re-
publicans decided that they would not
risk the danger of the disturbance Of
business that would inevitably follow
the subsection of the protective system
to amendment. They have rendered a
verdict that will encourage every inter-
est dependent in the least degree on tar
iff stability and that must correspond
ingly discourage the organizations and
individuals who intend to introduce the
revision question at the coming session
of congress.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04
SHOULD BECOME INFORMED
Revisionists Show Their Need Of En-
lightenment on Tariff
Facts.

The demand for free raw materials is
an old one. 1t was the democratic cry
during their campaign preceding the
enactment of the Wilson bill, and their
theory was incorporated in that bill,
SO far as they dared to go with it. But
the decentralization Of the home market,
which resulted from too low tariff rates
on manufactured articles, so reduced
the demand upon manufacturers for
flashed goods, says the Springfield
Union, that they had little occasion to
use free raw materials. Under the Will
son law free raw materials averaged but
&c per cent. of the total imports, while
under the Dingley law they average 31.S
per cent. 1t must always be borne in
mind that what is free raw material for
the manufacturer Is the finished product
of the producer, and the producer de-
mands the same degree of protection
that is accorded the manufacturer. Tho
manufacturer of woolens would like FREQ
wool, but how about the American
farmer who grows the wool? The re-
visionists In the republican party want
to make sure that in the pursuit Of their
ideas they do not find themselves in the
democratic camp. They would do well
to turn occasionally TO the pages Of tar
in history and note the results of the
Wilson bill. ~ !;
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04

side seems to be the headquarters OF
the ''slave" traders. Detectives and
secret service oficers have investigated
a number of externally unpretentious
houses and have discovered conditions
they never believed could exist To
step within the portals of these houses
is like being transported to the orient.
Rich rugs, tapestry, Chinese and Jap
anese bric-a-brac, virgin gold and jade
ware studded with diamonds and pre-
cious stones, greet the eye of the Wis
flor.
Lured by Tales Of Wealth.
It is into these dens of splendor that
rnsuspecting girls have been lured.
Wild tales of the wealth and pleasures
that will be theirs In the orient are
poured into the startled ears Of tho
girls by women so schooled that tho
unsuspecting victims really believe the
glowing promises that are made.
"You will find scores of wealthy
merchants and business men in Chit
nese cities who are far from home"
say the deceivers. They are seeking
wives from their own land"
Another story is that wealthy orien-
tails want American companions and
governesses for their children who are
to be trained for college courses in
the big universities Of this country.
Traffic . Surprise.
That Chicago has been used as a
rocruittnC atattou for tho reaorta of
the treaty ports and the frequently
visited spots OF the orient has long
been known to the under world, whose
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04

women have been regaled by stories
their kind in the celestial kingdom.
Year after year a group of women
formerly identified with Chicago's
dark side have visited the. city and
departed with band of these women,
WHO have never been heard of after
ward.
Despite all this, the knowledge that
girls are being sold into actual slav-
cry and that the young and inexperi-
enced are being lured from home to
supply the demand for white slaves
came as a startling surprise.
More than year ago an inkling of
the system and its extent reached the
local police, and from time to time
the atrocities practiced by the inter
national band of slave traders caused
a ripple. Nothing was done, however,
to investigate the situation and sup
press the traffic until the federal au-
thorities acted in this instance, send
ing the police of Chicago. New York
and San Francisco into action stimuli.
taneously.7~
It is believed that exposure will Of
itself bring the operations of the slave
traders to an end, save in the cases
of the very ignorant Punishment be-
fitting the enormity of the crimes that
have been committed is doubtful. both
because of the absence of specific laws
meeting the situation and the fact that
most of the offenders have placed the
Pacific ocean between themselves and
prosecution.
1T is true this sort OF thing has
been going on for some time," said
Chief Collins. II have detectives
working on the case now and expect
to do something before long. The in.
formation came to me from Washing
ton first, and l then took the case up
with the government officers here, but
they could do nothing. I don't care
to state what our next move will be-"
One Woman Suspected.
One woman against whom positive
evidence has been gathered as CEN
tral figure in this system Of kidnap.
ing, abduction and sale into slavery
is the wife of recently deceased
bookmaker. Several others are won
en- who formerly conducted resorts In
Chicago and now make their homes
in Chinese treaty ports.
While 40 cases are charged against
the former, the latter are said to have
recruited hundreds who have entered
upon living death from which there
is no possibility Of escape save by
suicide.
The wife OF the bookmaker. when
questioned, Indignantly denied the
charges. She lives In a splendid apart
ment and is supposed to be wealthy
"The charges against me are prepos'
| terous," she said. y cannot Imagine
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04
SCHEME OF DEMOCRATS.
bryan to Resume Control and Array
the Poor Against the
Rich

In his speech at Akron . few days
ago Secretary Taft indicated the ma
nonal Ss well as the state Importance
OF the pending campaign In Ohio. He
pointed out that the defeat of Gov.
Herrick would be heralded as the dawn
Of new democracy, significant Of
what was to happen In the next con-
gressional and presidential elections.
"The truth is." said he, 'it Is per-
fectly apparent that Mr.. Bryan is grad
ually resuming control over the demo-
cratic party and proposes to assume
the aggressive In controversy In
which he hopes to array the poor
against the rich, to shake the present
system of private property and free
dom Of contract, to cripple the federal
courts that are now such bulwark In
the defense Of the constitutional rights
of individuals; to substitute for our
present system OF railways. privately
owned and maintained. government
railways, and In every way to introduce
q system of paternalism which In the
end would certainly paralyze the indus
trial and social progress Of this coun-
try. This movement in favor Of GOV
ernment ownership of public utilities
to include the commercial railroads, is
not a mere chimera. 1t finds its be-
ginning in the proposition for munich
pal ownership Of street railways by
Mayor Dunno, Of Chicago, by Mayor
Mcclellan, of New York.. and even still
more In the attitude of Mr.. Hearst in
running against Mr.. Mcclellan.
Secretary Taft said that Tom L.
Johnson, Of Cleveland, known as an
advocate of the single tax system and
of government ownership of public
utilities, was an earnest supporter of
the democratic ticket in Ohio, and, In
his belief. the triumph of that ticket
would bring Organism and Johnson
ism to the front as the issues upon
which we are TO fight the next presi-
Dental campaign.
y 1T Is the purpose and always has
been the purpose Of President Roose-
velt, In the policies which he has rec
commended for adoption by congress, to
meet these dangerous attacks upon our
present economic, social and political
conditions by remedying the actual
evils which every one must recognize
and thus entrenching ourselves against
the assaults of socialism, the suppress
sion of individualism and the instiga-
tion of class hatred based on alleged
Injustice and abuses that do not exist.
He has, therefore, been most active in
the promotion of prosecutions under
the antitrust law and in securing of
legislation to aid in its enforcement.
He believes, as every one must who
knows anything about the subject, that
perhaps the most serious abuse of the
last two decades has been the unjust
discrimination in railway rates as be-
tween individual ohippers and as be-
tween different localities, and, indeed.
In some instances by rates in excess of
that which would be reasonable for
the service ITSELF"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04
ALL RIGHT IN PHlLlPPINEs.I
The Very Opposite Of What the "An-
ti-Imperialists" Say
II True.

On the eve OF his departure for the
Philippines recently. Gen. Leonard
wood said:
"The Philippines are now under tha
best government they were ever under.
and cannot see what grievances the
Filipinos have. There Is now no trou-
BILE on the islands"
How often, says the Washington
Star. the simple fact here stated is
overlooked or perverted by the anti
imperialists In the discussion Of this
question:! One might easily suppose
from their misgivings that the United
States had brutally "butted In at Ma
Mia, overturned q government Of
progress altogether acceptable to the
people. set them back In all their az
pirations, and inaugurated q mercenary
scheme for the exploitation of the ar
chipelago. Their favorite represents
tion Of the case Ii the buying Of peo-
pie at 30 much q head. and bringing
them to consent and obedience at tho
point Of the bayonst.
The very opposite Of that Is true,
We found the Filipinos under the har-
row. They had never known what
good government was. Tyrannized
over in the Spanish fashion. they were
unsettled and unhappy, given to vio-
lent outbreaks against authority, and
dangerous alike to themselves and to
their masters. They hailed US as de-
liverers, and II was with the greatest
difficulty that we restrained them from
their purpose to massacre those who
remained of their late oppressors.
Did we bocme oppressors ourselves?
Was the change one only OF hard mas
ters? How can anybody familiar with
the facts say that? We resisted with
force, as a matter OF necessity, Agui-
naldo's treachery, but since the putting
down Of the revolt led by him we have
addressed ourselves steadily and sue
cessfully to the betterment Of the con-
ditions Of the people. The Filipinos,
for the first time in the history of the
Islands, are participating In the con-
duet OF their own affairs, and looking
forward with confidence to q larger
share in government at an early day.
A popular assembly Is only two years
of, and education Is the watchword
everywhere.
Gen. Wood states the case conserva-
lively. Not only are ''the Filipinos un-
der the best government they were
ever under" but In its accomplish
ments and purposes 1t Is the best gov
ernment ever vouchsafed to a people
incapable Of governing themselves. We
have proceeded on lines SO advanced
and beneicent that we have been crit
icised as benevolent dreamers and doc
trinaires by powers that have preceded
us in the government of oriental peo-
pies.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04
CRITICISM AND COMMENT.

DThe Hague tribunal is like tho
democratic party. 1t has not done
much yet, but is cheered at the pros
pects.-Washington Star.
r1Bryan is going to talk to the Fili-
pinos in Manila. But those dwellers
in tropical country can stand It.
They are used to hot air and cyclones
Troy Times.
uIThose Massachusetts, free-traders
who dynamited themselves in trying to
blow up protection inside the republic
an party have not landed yet.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
rIThe farm paper that talks of FREQ
trade should be put out OF business.
The editor doesn't know enough to
tight potato bugs.-Salem (Ore.) States-
man.
IIt will be interesting to watch the
development of events In Germany, es-
pecially II the supply of American food
SUITS should be wholly cut on next
spring. Sioux City Journal.
D"Tariff revision" was the cry that
resulted in Grover Cleveland finding
his way into the white house. It II
not necessary to. recall what followed.
Most of us have sad occasion to re-
member those times.--Marion QaN
News.
UAll that the Massachusetts, repub-
licans have to say In their state plat
form on the subject Of tariff revision
u preceded by an ironclad indorse-
ment Of the protective idea, II the
Massachusetts, free-traders want to
change their views. there ID room for
them on this broad foundation. .-~Gti
1ouis Globe Democratic.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04
Traffic in Young Women in
America Is Disclosed.
BECOME SLAVES OF MERCILEsS MANDARINs
Lured to Dens in Chicaso on Various Pre-
texts and Taken to Orient by Ring of De-
ceiving Notwithstanding Prac-
tice Barred by Secret Serv-
ice Officials.

! In February, 1901, from Montreal may
have met the same fate These girls
were employed In the Hotel de Villa.
Montreal. Two French women stopped
at the hotel as guests They engaged
the girls to come to Chicago and lured
them to resort. The young women
were rescued from the dive and re-
turned to their homes. Later 1t Is re-
ported they again disappeared. The
circumstances of their second disap-
pearance from home are supposed to
have been a second visit from the
French women, who pretended to de-
sire to make reparation and then sent
the girls to China for the dual pur-
pose of getting price of $500 apiece
for them and sending dangerous wit
nesses against themselves out of the
country.
Chicago Girls Among Captives.
The names of ten more young wom-
en- that have disappeared from homes
in Chicago and other American cities
and were shipped to Shanghai are In
the possession of the Inspector of the
Chinese immigration bureau. The po-
lice of this and other cities are gath
ering evidence against the promoters
Of the slavery and their prosecution
will follow. On this point the govern
n.ent agents say they must rely oil
the police and state authorities, since
there is no national law against ex-
porting women for such purposes.
American Consul James L. Rodgers,
at Shanghai, has enlisted the coopera-
ton of the English and Chinese au-
tEorities in that city, and evidence of
many sales of American and Canadian
girls to Chinese masters has been pro-
cured.
The authorities have unquestionable
proof of the Incarceration in Chinese
harems of at least dozen of the girls
who were shipped from Chicago. Hill
da Olson, aged 90 Is said to have COM
mitted suicide on arriving at Shan
gnai in order to escape the fate OF be-
ing a slave to a Chinese master.
Others were shipped to interior towns,
where they were held by one master
after another, until they were finally
sold to Chinese, who took them SO far
into the interior they could not be
traced
The horror of the situation of the
girls, all of whom are young and were
selected because of their beauty, can
be imagined when it is known that
the Chinese purchasers own them as
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04
Why the HnstaP

At time when this country is en-
Joying the greatest measure of pros
perity the world has ever known; with
home market that is worth more
than the combined international COM
merce of all nations, including our
own; when agricultural and manufac-
turing industries are expanding and
the volume of our foreign trade is in
creasing year by year, 1t is natural
tnat other manufacturing nations
should seek to enter our market. Ger
many has made bluff at shutting out
our foodstuffs, but our best customer,
England. has made no threats; Russia
has tried the game and failed France
is not making any attempt to force a
reciprocity treaty, although one nego-
tiated with her was defeated in the
eenate two years ago. Why, then
should we haste to surrender to Ger
many alone when, as has been shown,
there is little danger from that source?
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04

how they originated. have been to
China once. Then I visited married
lady friend in Hongkong. There is
delightful colony OF Americans In
Hongkong. l found life there charm.
ing. Most American women who go
there do. There is much wealth and
money Is spent freely. But white
women no more associate with Chinese
there than they do here. never
heard of any American women being
married to Chinese there.
"As for my being connected with
band of slave traders, the charge Is
absurd. On my only voyage I was
unaccompanied. have never sent
anyone there.
II have told stories of the fine eli
mate and of the splendid times wom-
en- have there, but do not know Of
anyone who has been Influenced to go
by my yarns.
1.-TWO Of my friends have been
dragged into this scandal. One is the
wife Of a German banker and the other
the wife of a merchant. Both were
Chicago women. They went to China
as single women and married there.
Every summer they come back to. Chi
cago and stay with me. atossmy fiat.
They make this "trip to escape the
heated term In the orient. They are
wealthy women. and left only few
days ago after months visit with
me. have. never heard of any women
returning to China with them.
r'I know Of large number Of Chi
cago women of legal age who have
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04

gone to China during the last few
years and secured wealthy husbands
she said. ut Is their own business
and | don't see why the authorities
should raise any objections to their
going. They are surely better off than
they would be here"
"Do they marry Chinese?" she was
asked.
"Oh, no; they marry white men.
There are thousands Of single white
men in the Chinese cities who want
wives from their own lands"
The woman in question, it is said.
takes periodical trips to China and
receives and entertains women WIS.,
itors from the orient in the United
States, ostensibly to enjoy vacations
during the heated term In the Chi.
nese city. The visitors. 1t Is declared,
are the women who do the actual work
of transporting the girls from Amer.
lea to China at so much apiece. They
visit San Francisco. New York, Phila'
delphia, Montreal, and every large city
where it Is possible for them to pur.
sue their nefarious vocations without
too much police interference. The
woman does not deny her oriental &C.
quaintances, but she does deny that
girls are obtained by her and sent to
China.
Hard to Reach Offenders.
Washington officials first notified the
local authorities of the nefarious prac.
tice which was going on, ao there Is
no federal law under which punish
ment could be meted out to the of.
tenders. They can be reached, how
ever, under an Illinois law, and II
SUFFICIENT evidence can be obtained tho
guilty one can be sent to the peni
tentiary on the charge of abduction.
The difficulty which has prevented
the officials from taking action Is
that the victims shipped ont Of the
country never return to tell the tale.
At Hongkong or some other Chinese
port they are met by agents of the
band and sold into slavery in the in
terror far beyond the pale of Euro
pean and American civilization that
fringes the seacoast.
A number Of persons have been sent
to the penitentiary unier the federal
statutes for importing women into
the United States, bat the authorities
have never been able to reach persons
operating in the other direction.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04

Chicago.-Recent astounding dis,
closures have brought to light the fact
that traffic In human lives has been
going on for some time In this coun-
try and that this city has been the
recruiting point. Young American
girls have been lured from home and
friends under various pretexts and
sold into living deaths in Chinese
harems.
They are employed as secretaries
and travelling companions" with
promises of big wages and the pay
ment Of all travelling expenses. Once
within China they are delivered to
those who have paid in advance for
them, only to be hurried to the in
terror beyond the reach of civilization.
to pass their lives in hopeless despair,
the absolute slaves of merciless mas
ters free from the restraint of all law
and accountable to no .one for their
victims lives.
Local police and federal secret serv-
ice officials who uncovered the opera
tions of those engaged In deporting
the girls were surprised at the
extent and ramifications of the
system they unearthed. Instead
of involving a few women and
the deporting of few girls, it is now
admitted the investigators are on the
track of half score of traffickers,
and the number of girls lured from
home may exceed 100 in Chicago
alone, to say nothing of the extent
of the operations of the ring in other
sections of the United States and Can
ada.
Two of the intended victims of the
traffic escaped from their captors after
arriving in Shanghai. They told an
officer of the American navy their ex-
periences and about the fate of their
former companions. 1t Is possible de-
mands for the liberation of the young
women by the American consul may
make the affair international.
Astounding Facts Disclosed.
Forty-nine American girls have been
sold into life slavery in Chinese
harems. Most of the white slaves de-
li,ered into the hands of Chinese mas
ters are lost to civilization and can
hope for no escape from their bond
age save by suicide. They are help
less prisoners in Chinese interior
towns subject to the whims of man
darins and wealthy Cinnamon who
were enabled to purchase them
through connivance with woman
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04

chattel slaves, may sell them to
others. or may keep them as long as
they please, and In event of their dis
pleasure order their heads cut on. al.
without incurring the risk Of trial or
punishment.
Prices for Girls Vary.
The fixed price for Chinese girl
slaves at Shanghai is from $3.50 to
$500. THE price paid by the Chinese
men for the American girls betrayed
into their hands by the two women
engaged In the trafic varies from $500
to $1,000 apiece. A young woman of
special beauty and accomplishment
brings higher price than . palmer
and less accomplished one.
The "ievee" section Of the North
The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-11-04

whose identity is well known to the
government authorities.
The dealer who delivered the girls
into their slavery resides in Chicago
and has woman confederate in
Shanghai. China, who is also known
to the government secret service
agents.
These astounding facts we're dis
closed by the local immigration bu-
reau, which received complaint of the
sale Of Louise Miller, girl from Mon
treal, Canada. to the agent Of Chi
Lese oficial in Shanghai.
Other evidence obtained indicated
that Eva Campeau, Maggie Drouin and
Victoria Stamour. three Mattresses
who were induced to come to Chicago