The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-25
HIDE0Us CRIME
Hidden by charity's Cloak In
New York City.
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC

Cazsaed On by People WHO Pretend
80 20 Hozess and Friends Of Their
vts&ms-shocktns Discovery l.
Made By tho Detectives Of tho Inn.
migration Department
The crusade against evils IN the
management OF immigrant aid soct-
etes II New York. which began
Tuesday with the barring o. evo
societies from Ellis Island. has
shoua conditions which officials do
clare will be called to the attention
OF Congress. az next session In
Sc interview few days ago Repre-
sentative S. Bennett. member OF the
commission appointed by congress
In 1907 TO Investigate immigration
problems says that al inquiry BY the
commission has shown tha: IS per
cen. OF the so-ea!led homes n New
York have perverted the purposes cor
which they were organized.
The mos; serious charge made BY
Nr. Bennett Is that agents FOR dis,e-
pu,able resorts have beea able 70
20 70 tho homes and obta!n girls,
asw,y arrived from foreign eoun-
tries. who believed that they were
about to ind employment IN tes!r-
able places. TIE agents have paid
from $40 20 SIS piece tcs the girls
thus recruited. he says.
The commission IN getting at the
facts hero and IN other cis;ss. en-
ployed detectives who posed as
agents for questionable resorts.
They had no difficulty 4: Is said. n
obtaining girls from the officials Of
certain homes.
S.nila. evils have been found BY
the commission 20 exist n oteer
American cities. a7d the crusade
against them likely to extend TO
several parts where large numbers
OF migrants arrive. The con0ts-
sion will report to congress early
mex; March.
The Communication made public
By Commissioner OF immigration
Williams. IN which ne called atte1-
ton TO certain evils existing IN in-
migration homes IN this city. .eTok-
Ing the privilege which two Of them
had long enjoyed OF sending their
representatives to Ellis Island. only
sc1eped the crust OF situation. the
details OF which are appalling.
The Investigation OF the immt-
gran: bones IS not confined TO the
immigrant authorities here. Prcsi-
deat TAFT has been Informed OF tho
evils existing. and both he end SEQ
re,a.y Nese!. OF tho department CT
eomme.ee and labor are anxious that
the most stringent methods be en-
plo5ed to stamp out For many
months tho immigrant commission
which Is separate and distinct from
the immigration serviee. has been In
ye.t.sztiag these matters and today
Representative Beanet told some
things Of what it had done.
n getting at the facts the eonmis-
sion employed its own detectives
women who posed es agents for cues
t!oaeble resorts They had no di.f-
Guilty getting girls. and invariably
when these girls were questioned. II
Developed that they though: they
were going to a place OF quite anoth-
er charae;e. than they had been
hired for.
In applying for sirls to work TO.
them the agents OF the d!sreputabie
resorts. Mr.. sennet says. did not
stipulate that they wanted them to
go as innaes. They didn't need to
90 IN to the life unless they wished
to-" the agents were careful to say.
Mr. Bennett was not ready to give
the names Of say OF these homes,
which he gave so black character.
but It ia safe to say that the reports
OF tho commission, when II Is made.
st Washington. vii! be startling
oae. Il !s also to be expected that
the homes which have perverted the
avcwet purpose FOR which they were
organized VIII be pCt out OF bust
ness with scant ceremony.