The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-02-28
WHITE SLAVES AT AUCTION.
Hard TO Find Buyers in Sale at Park.
side Church.

The slave auction which was held In
Parkside Presbyterian church. Brook.
lyn. on Feb IL. barred the uutru,htuI-
ness of the many statements being ut
present made by respectable" and
'pubic" men that tho unemployed
could easily find work but FOR their
l3ziness. Tho men who stood upon the
altar OF the church offering themselves
in exchange for 4 livelihood were all
men Of good character, cleanly in per
son and neat in appearance; most I'LL
wore negligee shirts and white col
lars. 1t was surprising TO see the pre-
dominance OF young men in the Inc.
about two-thirds Of the twenty-SIx men
for sale were between the ages OF
twenty and thirty. Though wearing
masks their years were plainly DIS
cernible from their build.
When h. 7. OLoughIin asked Tor
employers vino had positions to offer
TO these unemployed there were pain
ful intervals of silence The loud
mouthed proclaimers OF Jobs for all
who cared TO work. were very mucn
absent Only few men slowly re-
sDonded. Though Commissioner or
Charities Hebberd was called for he
discreetly stayed away from this meet,
Ing.
The Hollowness of Charity.
OLoughlin. who Is a worklngman
himself; in explaining how he hit upon
the plan Of an auction TO find employ
ers for the men he had To offer made
some pointed comments upon Hebberd
especially He told OF having heard
OF this Hebberd term the joblcss men
buns. loafers and good fognoth-
ing, that Hcbberd had said there
was plenty of work which he could
furnish. OLoughlin said that. in order
10 test Hebberds statement, a friend
had asked the commissioner over the
telephone what kind of Jobs he had.
and the answer was, In the quarrles
at Blackwell's Island" This means
nothing less than work on the rock-pile
in the penitentiary." said O'Lough,in.
Such is what this man, who himself
draws a $500 salary, whose three as.
slstants run up the office salaries TO
$2l 500 year. and whose department
was given a S2,5O0,O appropriation
10 be expended Tor charity, has TO or.
fer,
rs Hebberd here now to place some
OF these men," No answer. An as
sistant of OLoughlin's was sent out
side where there was an overflow audi.
ence of fully five hundred TO ask for
the commissioner, but he was not pres
ent Therefore. Hcbberd's bluff has
been called" said OLoughlin, when
m CT Of
the charity department were to be
found.
Supply Exceeds Demand.
OLoughlin said that he had recefy-
ed letters from all over the country.
asking him TO furnish Jobs to men. He
exhibited a suit case full OF tho letters.
He said he had never realized the ex-
tent of social misery before and he was
physically sick and sick at heart of
what he had witnessed the last three
weeks. When 1t became known To his
friends that he intended rosorting 10
an auction as the only hope and metn.
od OF disposlng OF the men who had
come 10 him, he was met with all man
ner OF gibes- Friends asked him II he
were In earnest in the matter: they
wanted to know how much rake.cn
he was getting. III you would mystify
community. just try to do something
that Is on The level" said O'Loughln; !;
they think You are q queer
Other mon had come TO him and
Tried 10 persuade him not to put
through his intentions. Said they,
You are stirring up an awful muss
Stop IT, Don't expose these oondi
tions 10 the public" He. however