Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-11
PLANS FOR STAMPING
OUT EVIL SUGGESTED
More Assi6ious Efforts by Govern
ment Agents Abroad ard Aboard
Steamships and co-operatien With
State and Municipal Authorities Rec
onmended-Enects Of Traffic.
tBy Associated press)

WASHINGTON, u. C.. Dee i0.--
al but incredibly revolting are the
disclosures of the intercolcnial system
OF traffic in both the enforced and
voluntary degradation of men and
and women, Contained in the report OF
the so-cailed white slave trade"
submitted to congress today by the
United States immigration Commits
sion.
Shocking as Is the tale of voluntary
shame ted in the report. immensely
more SO is the setting forth of we'll
attested facts as to the compulsory
consignment of innocent immigrant
girls to the lie of the bawd A large
raIt of the commissions report is
unsuitable for newspaper publication.
Objection t. Putting in he>ord.
When the report was presented in
the house today BY Congressman
Bennett. of New York. Camp Clark.
the minority leader. objected to its
being printed as a house document,
bnt later withdrew his objection~ Il
was promptly renewed by Mr.. SABBATH,
OF Illinois.
The report begins with an introduce
tiCn explaining the nature and term
inolcgy OF the white slave traffic,
and concluded with a summary Of the
effects moral and physical especially
upon victims
ihe commission says that the ef-
feet OF the importation Of immoral
women into this country Is one q in
creased degradation and deals with
the women victims and Of contamina
ton and corruption by means of the
spread for tn Sc with when they come
in contact.
Actual Economic Loss.
The economic loss. coming from
the shortening of life and from the
expenditure Ct large sums OF money
in all the multifaTaous ways of vs6s
and which Is mere waste from every
point of view. Is great" says the re-
port
The commission says that the i'm
moral traffic is not confined entirely
TO women. but Il is clear that there
IS Z beginning. at any rate. OF traffic
in men and boys for immoral pur-
poses.
The need OF checking tais importa-
ton. especially great" continues the
report. The vilest p-atices are
brought here frcm continental Europe
and bey-nd doubt there has come
from imported women and their men
the most bestial forms Il deprarity-
The diseases generated and spread
by these importations." says the com
rnissicaer's report, should be guarded
against even more than tuberculosis
or any OF the infectious diseases
Financial Profit tie Motive.
Financial profit IS the basic motive
for the traffic OF the women ard giT,s
abroad. induced by various methcds
into the net OF the procurers, many
human attributes operate to accom-
plish their destruction. Again, IL may
be an affection Tor the male procCr-
CT seduiously cultivated by the man.
Many Ct the girls are innocent and
ignorant. bat a far greater number Z;
is declared are not Of the iHexperiene-
ed class and come largely q their
cwn accord.
The extent Of the white slave
trade Is characterized As country
wide. Frequently they are brought
into the United States disguised as
wives OF sisters q their prccurers and
so pass the immigration ofhcisls.
The exploitation Of these women
after arrival in the United States i
characterized IN the report as most
pitifrl for the women and mest bruta'
en- the part Of the men,
Not only che innocent and betrayed
vcurR girls. but the more experienced
women are made victims e virtual
slavery.
The imp0r;atiolS c-me from al
countries. France leading. Most Of
the procurcrs are II foreign birth.
The market price varies from S30o
60 $1,000 for each alien woman.
Remedies Yer the Evil.
The commission rccc mmends chief.
81 that efforts he male through gov
eTnmcni agents abroad ard On board
steamships ~ prevent the importation
tr Wcmcr 20 this country that more
assiduous efforts b. m3Je in tho
United states 20 rrrest women known
O. be engaged ~ inmorai pra-iicrs
ara 10 dcport all such. that the limit
20 three years after landing within
which srch persons nay b. success
fufy prosecuted ard removed. that