The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-09
THE WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC.

U1s OF the matters 10 which the leg
isiature which meets next Monday
should give prompt and careful attea-
ton is amendment Of the Iowa Law IN
tended 10 prevent uaEc in girls and
women Il Is tact which must be
acknowledged with Humiliation and
shame thai IoEa Is . taTorite asld for
9rocure7s from 1he large cities The
defect II the present law Is that il Is
100 LOOSELY vorde5 and contains TOO
many qualifying phrases. These AZ
ford loopholss through which The
white slarers TOO frequently escape
punishment The statute as il stands
simply provides that
II any person take OF entiee away
any unmarried female under the e
Of eighteen years for the purpose o.
prostitution. etc.
The reference il viii be noted, IS 10
unmarried females only Anothe,
section reads.
If any person seduce and debauca
say unmarried woman Of previously
chaste reputation, etc
Here. again, il Is the unmarried
only whom the Law seeks 10 protect.
But il fails il many cases where the
unmarried are involved. There Is
nothing 70 prevent the procurers from
going through 3 mock marriage Ger
emony with the victims of their wiles
and thus shielding themselves.
much better law was enacted by
-he Illinois legislature al its last
session Il Is free from the qualify
ing phrases characteristic Of the Iowa
law and correspondtngly more effee-
tive Il was drafted in the state at
torney's Office in Chicago. With the
aid and counsel OF representatives OF
I'll the Leading Clubs ard benevolent
organizations N the city. and reads
as fellows:
Section Defining he onense Of
pa1derings Any person who shall
procure z female inmate for house
Of prostitution or who. b. promises
threats. violence o. BIZ any device or
scheme. shall cause, induce. persuade
: or encourage q female 10 become an
, inmate Of z house Of prostitution. or
: shall procure z place as inmate il {
: house OF prostitution for 2 female. OF
; arr person who shall. b. promises
threats violence. or BIZ any device OF
scheme cause. induce, persuade or en-
courage Al inmate OF house OF pros
tuition 10 remain therein as such IN
! nate, shall be guiIty Of pande-ing and
upon conviction for The first ofense
under this act shall be punished b
=,-Sr ~
Z holse OF correction for period OF 10
less thaa stx months nor more thai
che rear. or By 2 hne not 10 e1ceee
Z oae thousand dollars, Or both. ant
= upon conviction for second offens'
: under this act shall be punished b,
: Imprisonment in the penitentiary 70
: z period Of not less than one year no
uo-s -nan Eve yea-s
Il asSectioa 2-(Eyidance for prose
4 cution.3 Any such female referred I
s. IN the foregoing section shall be
competent witness in any prosecutio
s. under this act 10 testify 10 any an
al matters. including conversation
1i-a TIE accused. or BIZ him wit
Z third persons in her presence, no
Z outstanding her having married tn
: accused either before or after IN
i violation Of any OF the provisions
= this act.
Section 3.-(what is not a d.
fense.} The act or state Of marriag
shall not be a defense to any viol;
: lion Of this act
z This enactment might well De ia
= IN as guide by the Iowa legislatul
!. IN amending the present law on Il
: subject. Iowa girls and women are e
70 titled 70 as much protection as a
u their Illinois sisters and those vi
: wrong them should be punished I
less severely than they are elsewher
:. The evil against which the law
= directed Is a great and growing on
/ White slayery' is Just as real
. the slavery of the blacks in the sou
= before the civil war and much mo
= debssing. lis horrors are fully know
= only to its victims. who are held
u houses OF prostitution against the
= viii and subjected to indignities 81
passing belief No law can be t
Q, drastic that deals with the men al
20 women engaged in the nefarious bu
Y ness of consigning girls and wom
" 10 such 2 fate.
DEFECTS OF HIGH SCHOOLS.