Arizona republican., 1909-02-10
WHIPPING POST CANADEs
 WHITE SLAVERY CURE
PARLIAMENT URGED TO PROVIDE
 LIBERAL USE OF LASH.
Reform Council Takes Up War Against
 Traffic in Girls.

Chicago, Feb. 4,-(Special Core spondence of The Republican).-Ac cording to information furnished to the United States district attorneys office. the official disclosures here regard ing the white slave traffic in the United States probably will cause the Canadian parliament to add to the criminal code both whipping post and prison punishment for culprits found guilty of similar traffic in girls.
 This drastic punishment Is now be- ing urged by the Moral and Social Re- form Council of Canada, which repre- sents over four million members of churches, labor organizations and farmers granges of Canada, and its recommendations are not likely to be disregarded. The information to fed eral prosecutors was in a letter to the Woman's World, a Chicago magazine which is conducting a crusade against the white slave evil, from Secretary J. G. Shearer of the reform council. These and others about white slavery have been turned over to their offi- cials for their guidance in determining the step most likely to exterminate the traffic. The reform council has sent reprints of Women's World arti- cles by United States Attorney Sims and others on the white slave trade to all the ministers in Canada, for the council represents not only. the Church of England, but also the Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist and Congrega- tional churches, as well as the Trades and Labor Congress and the Dominion Grange of Canada. Secretary Shear CTS letter was as follows:
 Tn dealing with this white slave trade, very clearly the first and most important thing to be done is to per suade the great Christian and human itarian public that there is such trade, and that it's methods are such as are set out in your articles and that hence young girls coming from other countries, or from rural com munities, to our great cities, are in imminent peril of becoming the vic tins of this heartless and diabolical trade. The awakening of the Chris tian conscience in regard to matter of this kind will not be difficult, and is bound to bring permanent results in the interests not only of this re- form but of many others.
 'I think Woman's World has laid the public of the United States and Can ada under a heav. debt of gratitude for the exposure of the white slave trade made in it's columns. Articles signed by gentleman of the standing of MT Sims command attention.
 "A second important thing to do, should say, is to secure if possible a national government commission of investigation into the whole question of social vice, and in particular of this trade. to ascertain, and by and by an- nounce authoritatiyely as a result the ascertained causes that lead young women into this trade. It is necessary always to ascertain the cause before one can intelligently prescribe for the cure of any evil or malady.
 'Tn the third place, it is quite es- .sential that the authorities charged with the responsibility of enforcing the criminal law. national or state, in the republic, dominion or provincial in Canada, should on a larger scale. pe- riodically. for some considerable time, set reliable detectives on the trail of those engaged in the inhuman traffic. so that as many of them as possible may be run to earth and put where they will not have an opportunity of continuing in this business. Already we in Canada are appealing to the authorities for effort along the line now indicated. We are also asking the Dominion parliament to amend the criminal code so as to make the penalty for nroc11rinv nOt less than five wears in prison, and in addition a generous application of the lash.
 T believe that if these suggestions were carried out, in addition to gen eral effort at rescuing those who wish to be rescued from this trade on the part of the churches and social reform agencies that it will be possible in the course of a few years to very largely clear the good name of the twentieth century from this foul stain"