Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-07
WHITE SLAVE TRADE.

l greatly regret to have to say that
the Investigations made In the bureau
of Immigration and other sources of
information lead to the view that there
is urgent necessity for additional legis-
lation and greater executive activity
to suppress the recruiting of the ranks
of prostitutes from the streams of i'm
migration into this country-an evil
which, for tho want of better name,
has been called the white slave trade"
| believe II to be constitutional to for
bid, under penalty. the transportation
of persons Tor purposes OF prostitution
across national and state Ines and by
obtaining q fund of $4,000 to be used by
the secretary of commerce and labor
for the employment of special inspec-
tors il will be possible to bring those
responsible for this trade to indict-
ment and conviction under n federal
law.
BUREAU OF HEALTH.
For a very considerable period a
movement has been gathering strength,
especially among the members of the
medical profession in favor of a con-
centration of the instruments of the
national government which have to do
with the promotion OF public health In
the nature of things. the medical de-
partment Of the army and the medical
department of the navy must be kept
separate. But there seems to be no
reason why all the other bureaus and
Offices in the general government which
have to do with the public health or
subjects akin thereto should not be
united in a bureau to be called "the
bureau of public health" This would
necessitate the transfer of the marine
hospital service to such a bureau. I
am aware that there is n wide field In
respect to the public health committed
to the states inwhich the federal gov
ernment cannot exercise jurisdiction
but we have seen in the agricultural
department the expansion into wider
usefulness of department giving at
tention to agriculture, when that sub
ject Is plainly one over which the
states properly exercise direct juris-
diction. The. opportunities offered for
useful research and the spread of use
full information in regard to the cul-
tivation of the soil and the breeding OF
stock and the solution of many of
the Interstate problems in progressive
agriculture have demonstrated the wis
dom of establishing that department.
similar reasons, of equal force. can be
given Tor the establishment of
bureau of health that shall not only
exercise the police jurisdiction of the
federal government respecting quaran-
tine but which shall also afford an
SPPoi euiitS loi' lIlteSOGdllOn ana re-
search by competent experts into ques-
tions of health affecting the whole
country, or important sections thereof
questions which, in the absence of fed
eral governmental work, are not likely
to be promptly solved
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
The work of the United States civil
service commission has been performed
to the general satisfaction of the ex-
ecutive officers with which the COM
mission has been brought into official
communication. The volume of that
work and its variety and extent have
under new laws executive orders, have
and the newe executive orders have
greatly increased. The activities of the
commission required by the statutes
have reached to every portion of the
public domain.
The accommodations OF the commits
sion are most inadequate for its needs.
call your attention to its request for
Increase in those accommodations as
viii appear from the annual report for
this year.
L urgently recommend to Congress
that law be passed requiring that |
In elections of members of |
the house of representatives, and COM |
mittees In charge of their candidacy |
and campaign, file In a proper office of |
The United States government a. state |
nent OF the contributions for such cleo
ions, and that similar legislation be
enacted In respect to all other cleo
ions which are constitutIonally within
he control of Congress,