The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-18
PARENTS NEGLECT
MAKES CRIMINALS
WHERE IS YOUR BOY OR GIRL
BETWEEN SUPPER AND BED
TIME?-cRlMINAL PREVENTION
is CHIEF AIM or SOCIETY FOR
FRIENDLE sS.

where does your boy or girl spend
the time between supper and bedtime?
Do you know? The zv-rage American
boy and girl does as ne pleases espe-
cially between the hours have named
and there are more promising young
Americans turned into criminals be-
tween the hours of supper time and
bedtime by being allowed to roam the
streets at will than ar any other time
or I'm any other way
These were the words Of Rev. Ed
wand Fredenhagen, superintendent OF
the Society of the Frdendless, I'm his
address to a mass meeting Of Fargo
church people at the First Baptist
church last night
Rev. Fredenhagen handled the sub
ject without gloves. He did some ex-
ceedingly plain talking and laid the
blame for the criminal classes OF
America largenly on the PARENTS. He
believes that the small country town
lis the worst place in the world In
which to bring UP a boy.
He said: "A lady once said. THE
city is an awful place in which to
bring up husband She was right,
but small country town is a worse
place in which to bring up a boy or
girl
II have often visited small country
towns in my work and almost In
variably when I land at the station
in the evening I find a great crowd
OF boys and more often girls hanging
about the station. What are they
there for? To meet the travelling
men.
IT know that there are a great many
fine men among the travelling men.
Noble, upright, splendid characters,
who are doing all that they can for
the good OF humanity. But I also
know that there are some most de-
spicable characters in that calling.
'sThey do not hesitate to get on in
innate terms with these young girls.
And those innocent girls are drawn to
the station to meet the travelling men.
And in many instances the intimacy
thus formed leads to the ruination of
those girls.
Il was told while visiting one town
in Minnesota recently, of less than
5000 population, that over 200 girls
had gone from that town into the
white slave traffic OF the twin cities.
And the parents OF that town were
more to blame than the girls
1t was while he was talking Of the
prevention of crime, one OF the chief
aims OF tine. Society OF F'riendless, that
Rev. Fredenhagen made these state
ments.
He said that the society aimed to
assist the criminal by educating the
public; first as to the laws. for he
claims that the laws are very defec-
tive and that many criminals are rail-
roaded to jail, especially the poorer
classes OF criminals; second, concern
ing the causes of crime and the means
Of prevention, and third, BY reforrM1nS
the criminals that have already been
made.
The work OF the Society for Friend
less started nine years ago In the
state OF Kansas There was then just
one worker. Now the society ID or
ganized in Kansas, Missouri. Ken
lucky, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico.
Washington. Montana, Idaho, Mime
sofa and Iowa.
1t Is now planned to organize North
Dakota and to put d state worker in
| this state.
Before the address by Rev. Freden-
hagen, Rev. Newcom'b, chaplain OF the
state penitentiary at Bismarck, de-
/ livered a short address. telling Of
some OF the actual experiences which
had come to him In the course of hts
work as chaplain