New-York tribune., 1906-03-25
AGENTS ON THE STEAMERS.

GN4 10 UN 1hk STEAMERS.
Ihis traffic has its agents on the steamers
"'oSe business is to make the acquaintance of
'ouns women coming over alone. Directly the
s!ii lahos the man will call on her, and a girl
alone in a strange country is glad 70 see a
lrlendly face. He wins her confidence by tell
ing her perhaps, that he can help her to get
employment or that he can take her to a place
Where she can learn the English language
Inc next thing is that she is his prisoner
n Ie" years ago a friend of mine living
IN Boston sent TO his sister and niece in Rms
sia to join him. The niece was. perhans ,t,a-
Teen pretty girl. Not two hours after tbev
lahded my friend Joined them in the hotel where
'Hey We're and found man talking with them
Who is this? my friend asked
Oh said his sister, this is a gentleman who
was very kind to us on the steamer, he has como
to call, Is he not good%
How is it, my friend said to the man. that
you are here so soon after landing? Have YOU
no friends, no people of your own whom Won
s snouIu visit The man mumbled some answer
ana soon left. In fact. his character was main
protector. s''' nav i"s d
"As to the prevention of this evil belia,a
strongly in the educational methods =" DIR RIau-
stein continued. We have Sent IaaNets 70 ~
villages in the Balkan States, warning the peo-
pie against procurers. Here is one" and he
Iook ok from his desk pamphlet printed in Yid-
olsh' which we have distributed among newly
arrived immigrant girls here, and il tells them
very plainly Of the dangers that lie in wait for
them" "
United States immigrant inspector who
laJely returned from trip through Europe and /
ASIA MINOR told the reporter that he believed /
the international traffic in women TO have |
leached alarming proportions. over there" he /
remarked, they have not the same ide~s of mo- |
rality that have here: for example il is NOT |
unusual for German or Belgian girl of the |
poorer class who is betrothed, but lacking her |
do"fy' 10 60 TO London, engage in evil till she !
mas saved enough money, and then return home
10 marry.
But many Of the women gathered together
III London for the American market UIOndon ap- ,
pears 10 be the distributing point for the traf- /
hc) are deCOyed there by false promises Of hon
est work. Many of these are sent to South
America How far prOcurers contrive to eyade |
our laws and smuggle their victims into this
country l do not know. But ! can tell you one
instance Of a vile woman gaining admission A |
rev years ago. when I one of nv trims
was taking coffee in the station in Buda-
est' waiting for my train when two young
omen entered from different doors They
greeted each other old friends and began a /
talk IN Hungarian took my coffee nv back Q
20 them: they did not notice me. I listened to
them, and that they were by profession vile
women was clear TO me. One Of them was on
her way TO America. to marry her lover Pres
emily this one boarded the train for the coast
was taking the same train. and I got into the
compartment with her. 7 opened a converse ton
in German. She told me she was going TO
America. ! remarked to her that voung
woman arriving there alone would be very
closely questioned.
Oh. she laughed. I shall have no trouble:
have friends.
When she landed here her case came before /
the Board Of Inquiry, and, despite her character !
Cand l had sent warning regarding herr she