The Detroit times., 1911-10-28

for the sake OF mammon, a desire for
money rather than righteousness. And
now let me tell you what Ia encoun-
tered when an attempt is made to
fight this form OF vice. First, we get
opposition from the men who rent
houses to the women engaged In the
traffic; then there Is the opposition
OF the merchant who sells goods to
the houses, the man who rents them
pianos, the police, who get graft from
the places, the doctors who benefit by
the professional calls they get. and
the politicians who give support and
protection to them. All these forces
are your foes when you attempt to
make a cleanup. So you see the
white slave traffic Is perpetuated by
the lust for money; 1t is the exchange
of woman's virtue for money. Things
may be bad In Benares, but / tell
you, gentlemen, there Is a bad state
of affairs right here In America.
Milk AduIterated for Gain.
Mr.. Lansing also drew attention to
the idolatry in the milk trade. II was
the greed for gain that was sacrificing
the lives OF so many babies In the
land. The adulteration of milk fed
to babies. was for no other purpose
than to enrich those engaged In the
milk business, the milk trust. The
adulteration OF milk had killed more
babies in one year than were thrown
into the Ganges In any 10 years. Yet,
IT was encouraging to learn, Mr..
Mr.. Lansing said, that 40 per cent OF
40 kah q .
result OF pressure brought to bear
for a purer supply Of milk.
The saloon also got some atten-
ton. and Mr.. Lansing, in his effort
TO show the viciousness OF the drink
habit, Fsaid that many a bartender
never drank a drop OF liquor himself
He was in the business, like the sa-
loonkeeper, just for what money he
could get out Of il.
The smallness of congregations In
most churches on Sunday also came
In for consideration, and the speaker
asked:
Where has our Sabbath gomez"
Then he proceeded to answer his
own question by pointing out how the
railroads and steamship companies
were enticing the people to resorts on
Sunday, all for the love of gain on
the part OF the transportation com
panies The theaters were providing
nude attractions because of the de-
mand of the public for them, Mr.
ed that the slaughter of humanity at
auto races was tolerated because OF
the worship Of mammon.
The Rev. VIM. t. Jaquess, pastor
Of the Trumbull-ave. Presbyterian
church, in commenting on the adj
dress in the public discussion, said
that while he believed Mr.. Lansing
had not exaggerated conditions, yet
he thought more emphasis ought TO
be placed on the good that exists. In
his congregation OF 400 families he
said he was sure there were not more
than five who were worshipping nam
mon. He also said that he had mar
ried over 400 couples and that he
knew of only four divorces in them
ALL
The Rev. ]. NJ Barkley, OF the For
est-ave Presbyterian church. agreed
with the suggestion of Mr. Jaquess in
regard to giving more attention TO
the virtue that exists. but said that
this was surely "hell's own time" He
thought that 1t was the duty OF the
pastors TO fight vice with all the
power at their command.
A man in the audience wanted 70
know il DR.. Lansing thought Social
ism a cure for the Ills he mentioned.
DR.. Lansing didn't think so. He
pointed out that leading advocates OF
the cult in the past were atheists,
and that some features OF their propa-
ganda we're at variance with Chris
tianity, particularly on the question
OF marriage, In which institution they
were advocating a sort of polygamy.
Barred From Hospital.
DR.. w. r. Lane, OF London, England
a. medical evangelist participating in
the Men and Religion Forward Move
+ ment, was scheduled to speak to the
! students OF the Detroit College OF
Medicine during a clinic in st, Mary's
hospital. at IL o'clock, Friday morn
ing, but when DR.. Lane arrived. he
was refused permission 90 speak.
DR.. Lane was not surprised at the
refusal OF Sister Cecilia, next In