The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11

has through Its own importance IN tne
United States. commercial alliances
the same as any other large concern.
homes for girls and women res.
cued from the tenderloin districts OF
great cities. both victims of white
slavery and others, for which "Gvn.
sy smith has made eloquent pleaa
III chicago, already have been con.
sidered by the Woman's World com.
nilttec and Will be one of the matters
taken up by the American yigilence
Association which has succeeded to
the war of determination begun by
the committee. The noted evangelist
VINO led the dramatic Christian pa
rade through the "levees" of Chicago
declares that such homes are neces-
sary IL the women are to be perma-
nently rescued. Without centrally
located buildings where social Chris
uanity" would be practiced, he said
1t would be alomst impossible to make
the work of rescue OF permanent
value, since without such helps they
would drift back to the old condi-
tions. In it's war on the white slave
traffic the American Vigilance Asso-
citation has seen the necessity for car.
rying its work a step forward and
has turned its attention TO the prob
lem of building homes that shall be
places OF comfort and help as we'll
as refuge, and where the rescued
woman may fit herself to earn an
honest living. The last act of the
committee chosen by the Woman's
World is to publish a book, edited
by Ernest A. Bell. secretary of the
vigilence association, WAR ion the
White Slave Traffic" which will come
from the Currier company's presses
shortly to give more facts and COM
plete knowledge of this monstrous
evil to serve as a guide and warning
to the public.
Real prospect is seen that Chica-
go's slump in prominence as a grain
center will be checked through the
6ecline is shown by the fact that
only two elevators have been rebuilt
OF the 26 which have burned since
1897. The shallow river obstructed
by many center-pier bridges and with
a strong current has caused the first
class boats to give Chicago a wide
berth. The widening of the Chicago
river challel to zoo feet procedes
slowly but the drainage trustees have
just acquired 700 feet additional
river frontage and profess to be push
Hlxs
as possible. but as a grain port the
city has slumped; the grain of the
great northwest, In cluding western
Canadian provinces, does not move
toward Chicago as In days of yore. |
No decisive steps yet have been taken
to remedy the neglect of years dur
ing which time the dockage and water
terminal frontage has been acquired
by railways. creating the kind of sit
uation which, 1t Is now said. will be
likely to hold up until remedied any
federal appropriation for waterways, |
including that to the Gulf Comment |
ing on Chicago predicament in this
regard report of the harbor COM
mission has this to say: The delib- |
Arate in tent of the railroads to DOM
mate the lake traffic through The
control of the Buffalo water front can
hardly be mistaken. Let Chicago,
through Its failure to provide ade-
'quate harbor facilities, deprive itself
OF the benefit of water transporta-
ton. and it will soon see the railroads
doing less TO advance its interests,
because the Incentive to do so will
be removed, As long as the water
route is available. the railroads must
be on the alert to serve Chicago well
and cheaply. Chicago is still the
worlds greatest lumber market, al
though the arrivals by water have
greatly decreased" For the year 1907
Chicago received in round numbers,
2,400. .000, 900 feet of lumber, of which
400, 100000 feet, or one-siXth, came
by water Not many years ago the
receipts of lumber by water greatly
exceeded those by rail.
The country bank as a school for
u metropolitan banker is eulogized
from personal experience by Joseph
T. Talbert who November l went