The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-19

'A' 'iiiAuEly, lllt ul SIdule III luS |
United States. Mrs Virginia Lee
Brandt Burg. In her address on White
Slave Traflc" at tho Tabernacle last
hight, before small but appreciative
audience, read some very startling
hgures which had been taken from
statistics prepared by government in
spectors. The address, delivered In
an eloquent and able manner, gave
proof that the speaker had given much
study 10 the work as National Worker
for the Crittenton Rescue homes, as
we'll as in the interests of the crusade |
agains; the white slave traffic which !
the United States Government has re- 1
Gently taken up.
After a short Introductory address |
by Rev. McCreery of the Methodist |
church, Mrs. Burg prefaced her re-
marks with the statement that no one
wants to believe that white slave uaf-
fic exists. and most people think those
who have talked upon the matter here
tofore were drawing upon their imagi-
nation TO a great extent But when
the actual statistics are presented by
government with officers inyestige
Ting conditions, people then begin TO
believe that there must be something
to the statement that white girls are
being sold into a life Of shame.
Mothers Of England Weep.
England. the speaker stated. first
| learned Of the traffcking In white
| girls after William T, Stead had writ
ten several articles and presented sta
| tistics as we'll as the names Of girls
who bad fallen and their procurers.
| Then q number OF the British cabinet
stated that the disclosure caused the
motherhood Of England 10 shed more
tears than ever before. Mrs. Burg
! then briefly referred to what the Eng
| liSh government is doing. as we'll as
the United States Government. 10 ex-
terminate the whlto slave traffic.
Two hundred and thirty thousand
| girls err in America every year. and
OF this number forty.six thousand are
seduced or deceived. 1t is almost one
hundred girls day that enter the life
unWllllngly" Thus spoke Mrs. Burg
as she read from statistics furnished
by the government, and continuing,
she said:
''It means that one hundred OF our
American girls are sacrificed daily
upon the altar of vice. These girls
are sold from s25 TO 500 by those who
act as procurcrs.
Girls Shipped Away.
An incident OF the sending OF III
girls in Buenos Ayres, Argentine Re
public, South America. in twenty-nino
days, over half of whom were Amer
lean girls, was given as an example
by the speaker OF how the girls arc
disposed Of by tho agents who secure
them In Europe as we'll as America,
deceiving them under the promise that
they will be given employment AT
high wages, II they will leave their
homes.
A method employed by the trafIich
ors In the United States is that ol
allurlug newspaper advertisements
which offer special inducements tc
girls TO come to the city and accept
positions as stcnographers or Learn
dressmaking In this connection
number of incidents were recited, Ono
case ir particular was during the
Worlds Fair at St Louis in 1904
when six hundred girls from Europe
were brought to America, but were
saved in time from leading the life
of debauchery and shame through the
efforts OF Adolph Busch. the St Loui:
millionaire brewer, and Miss Heller
Gould Of New York.
Girls Driven to Shame.
The speaker then referred to tho
"pin money" girls, whom she termed
, the girls who, though they have home!
and everything they wish. accept po
sitIons in stores and elsewhere to ge
, spending money, and thus keep th'
5 girls who are In need Of the position;
| from getting them. She also referred
J to the girls who work and toll IL
, stores and factories for about 81
week, and who are expected to cloth'
and support themselves upon thi
} amount. In this connection Mrs. Burr
: told of her experience In working IL
large department store OF Chicae'
TO study the question. She made th'
: statement that It was surprising Il
know how many OF he girls lead
{ life of shame in order to secure enouGI
money ON which 10 live and dress
2 The girls who work in the department
I STORE at 81 q week. the speaker terme,
G starvation wage" girls. Although
the prices OF goods and living ar
high. their wages never increase.
A solution of the question OF savinl
girls from sin. the speaker announced
as advanced BY Miss Helen Gould, va
g the paying OF girls better than stal
z walton wages.
Tho liquor traffic is the cause OF tW
= million men not working. and thei
# wives and daughters are compelled Z
l work to support the family TIL
GIRLS. with the pale and hageard looks
0 worn and pinched faces. the speoke
l. said. we're found In sweat shops an
D factories in almost any community O
d the South and the East. Mrs. Bur
said that whenever she saw those poo
rlrls she thanked God that they wi
ole some time and escape their pei
petual suffering.
n Liquor Is a Factor.
|, America" the speaker said, ''is nc
Il the laud OF the free or the home G
tho brave. where all men arc born fire
and equal. IL It were VIC would nc
have white slavery. such as exists 4
factories. America knocked out blac
II slavery years ago. but has not y6
2 knocked out white slavery. which
I one million times blacker than ths
J. of black slavery
a In closing, Mrs. Burg spoke OF III
h | uncharitablenes OF Christian womeI
When they do their shopping In
store a few kind words from ther
s would do much to brighten tho live
: OF tho girls who stand all day benin
r the counters and at night are so tire
d aud worn that II Is little wonder tbs
they are ready 10 do something de-