Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-14
NEWSY
CHICAGO
LETTER

Chicago, Dec. 12.-The war on the
white slave trade" which was de
clared by Secretary Straus of the de
partment of commerce and labor, In
his recent report is an encouraging
result of the fight which government
officials in Chicago have had on their
hands, one so appalling that United
States District Attorney Il. NJ. Sims
declared in an article published by a
Chicago monthly magazine which has
fought the traffic, that traders had
reduced the art of running young
girls to a national and international
system" Discoveries were made here
in Chicago of the astounding proper
tions which this menace of society
has assumed, and when the whole
abominable system was exposed by
MIR. Sims in the Woman's World 1t
created a sensation. He has written
for the December issue of the same
magazine, another article, why
Girls Go Astray," from the facts dis
covered by the government recently.
The letters which. have poured into
the office of George w. Currier, the
publisher have shown how wide
spread and how pitiful have been
the cases of betrayal in the great
systematic hunt for girl victims. "Ev-
identity the villainous work extends to
the railway stations of cities and
small towns, and to the cafes of the
city," Mr.. Currier has said. In
his report Secretary Straus stated,
1T is highly necessary that this dia-
bolical traffic, which has attained in
ternational proportions, should be
dealt with in a manner adequate to
compass its suppression. No punish
ment is too severe to lnflict upon
the procurers in this vile traffic. I'm
der the terms of the arrangement
which will be directed to centralize
all information provided for therein
the commissioner general of immi-
grafton, with right TO correspond
directly with similar services estab-
lished in each OF the other contract
ing states"
Another cut in the time IL takes to
circle the globe will soon be made to
meet the growing demands of inter-
national commerce for fast freight
service. Chicago will no longer be a
gateway on this shortest route around
the world and some point in Canada
will claim the honor. Connected
with the coming change in route is
the story OF a dramatic test which
was made recently, the details of
which have only just come to light.
Certain merchants in Yokohama, IL
appears, had important shipments Of
silk TO make to Liverpool and decided ,
to send the silk by three different
routes TO determine which was the ,
shortest The first went by way OF
the Pacific Mail an American line,
TO San Francisco, and thence over =,
land TO New York; the second by the !
japanese line, the Nippon Yusen Kai- !,
sha. to Seattle. and thence overland t.
TO New York; and the third by the ,
Canadian Pacific line to Vancouver .
and thence by railroad to New York. !,
From New York the route lay by .
steamship TO Liverpool. The three !,
shipments left within an hour OF each :,
other. Thirty days later the Cana .
dian Pacific shipment arrived in Liv- :
erpool, beating the Seattle consign- =
ment by good margin, and the San :,
Francisco lot brought up the rear !,
three days later. The run across the :,
Pacific showed .conclusively the ad- =
vantage OF the most northern post. !,
and IL also led the Japanese meg- ,
chant to figure on the further cut !,
Ing of time that will follow the COM =,
pletion of the Grand Trunk Pacific, %,
which will be the most northern rail n
road on the continent and the new :,
shortest route" Owing to the sit !,
uation OF Prince Rupert 500 miles =,
nearer Yokohama than any other ri !,
val port the time across the Pacific =,
will be clipped two days, while from q
here on, the railroad men figure, >,
hat the low grade across the Rockies =,
and the short distance between Hall !
Tax and Liverpool will further reduce .
he time, making a total saving of .
i've days over the present record. .
This will give a time of twenty-five y
lays for a distance OF 220 degrees or 4
nearly two-thirds of the circumfer- >,
snce of the earth. At that rate, tour n
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