The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-02-20
ADDRESS on TRAFFIC
IN WHITE SLAVE"

With the declaration that an aver
age OF one hundred girls n day enter
unwiliingly, life of shame In the
United States. Mrs. Virginia Lee
Brandt Burg. In her address on White
Slave Traflc," at the Tabernacle Fri.
day night before an appreciatiye
audience. read some very startling
figures which had been taken from
statistics prepared by government In
spcctorS. 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 Crltteuton Rescue homes. as
well as in the interests of the crusade
against the white slave traffic which
the United States Government has re
Gently taken up.
After snort Introductory address
by Rev. NcCreery Of the Methodist
church, Mrs. BurG prelaced her re-
marks with the statement that no one
wants TO believe that white slave traf-
iic exists, and most people think those
who have talked upon the matter here
toiore were drawing upon their imagl-
ration to great extent. But when
the actual statistics are presented by
4 government with officers investiSa-
ting conditions. people then begin to
believe that there must be something
to the statement that white girls arc
being sold into a life of shame.
Mothers of England Weep.
England. the speaker stated. first
learned of the trafIlcking In white
girls after William T. Stead had writ
ten several articles and presented sta
tistics as well as the names OF girls
who had fallen and their procurers.
Then 2 number of the British cabinet
stated that the disclosure caused the
motherhood Of England to shed more
tears than ever before, Mrs Burg
then briefly referred to what the Eng
llsh government is doing. as well as
the United States Government to eX-
terminate the white slave traffic.
1.-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
unwillingly." Thus spoke Mrs. Burg
az she read from statistics furnished
by the government, and continuing.
sne said.
1T 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 procurerS.
Girls Shipped Away.
An incident of the sending of III
girls In Buenos Ay es. Argentine Re-
public, South America, In twenty-nine
days. over half OF whom were Amer
lean girls. was given as an example
By the speaker of how the girls are
disposed Of by the agents who secure
them in Europe as well as America.
deceiviDg them under the promise that
they Will be given employment at
high wages. II they will leave their
homes
A method employed by the trafflck-
ers In the United States is that of
alluring newspaper advertisements
which offer special inducements TO
girls 10 come to the city and accept
dresspaking. In this connection a
number OF incidents were recited. One
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 Louis
millionaire brewer, and Miss Helen
Gould of New York.
Girls Driven to Shame.
The speaker then referred to the
pin money" girls, whom she termed
the girls who, though they have homes
and everything they wish. accept po-
5itions in stores and elsewhere to get
spending money. and thus keep the
girls who arc in need of the positions
from getting them. She also referred
to the girls who work and toll In
stores and factories for about 81
week. and who are expected to clothe
and support themselves upon this
amount. In this connection Mrs Burg
told Of her experience in working in
d large department store Of Chicago
to study the question. She made the
statement that it was surprising 10
know how many Of he girls lead
life OF shame in order to secure enough
money on which TO live and dress.
The girls who work In the department.
store at 81 week. the speaker termed
Starvation wage" girls. Although
the prices OF goods and livlr arc
high. their wages never increase
A solution of the question OF saving
girls from sin. the speaker announced,
as advanced by Miss Helen Gould, was
the paying Of girls Detter than star
walton wages.
The liquor traffic Is the cause OF two
million men not working. and their
wives and daughters are compelled TO
work to support the family The
girls, with the pale and haggard looks,
worn and pinched faces, the speaker
said. were found IN sweat shops and
factories In almost any community of
the South and the East Mrs. Burg
said that whenever she saw those poor
girls she thanked God that they will
die some time and escape their per-
petual suffering
Liquor Is Factor.
America" the speaker said. zig not
the land of the free or the home Of
The brave. where all men are born free
and equal II IL were We would not
have white slavery, such as exists in
factories. America knocked out black
slavery years ago. but has not yet
knocked out white slavery, which is
one million times blaoker than that
OF black slavery"
In closing, Mrs. Burg spoke OF the
unchaTitablenesS of Christian women
When they do their shopping in
store few kind words from them
would Io much +n brirhtop tho 1Irao