The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-06

drunk than 10 get whiskey drunk. II
a man gets whiskey drunk today he
will likely sober up tomorrow or the
next day. Some men after drunken
spree will sober up and not go on an
otaer spree for three, six or nine
months or year. If9ut when man
gets money drunk he is tight all the
time,
In speaking OF the city problem"
he said our cities are great centers
OF wickeiness. They furnish every
temptation and facility to lead young
people into vice. Vile dens are open
seven days and nights in the week,
IN the face OF worthless officials WAC
have a secret understanding with sa-
loon Keepers, gamblers and Keepers of
houses of i'll fame, to let them alone
In their lawlessness on condition that
they divide the spoils All our cities
could be cleaned UP were it not for
the influence of the worthless, graft
ing and anarchistic officials, The
maladministration of municipal at-
fairs in many of our cities has become
an awful scanda, and the disclosing
of the rottenness has .~ade 'lrnieipal
rule a stencil In the nostrls OF the
civilized world. Here Is an ey mpie
of the grade of intelligence that heI
office in New York for years. When
| The oiore Roosevelt was roliee com
missioner of that city applicants for
appointment on the police force were
subjected to a civil service examina-
ton. In answer to the question.
| Name five CT the six New England
states one replied England. Ireland,
Scotland, Wales and Cork"
Asked to tell what they knew
about Abraham Lincoln about twenty
said that he was president of the
| southern Confederacy . About fo.ty
| thought he was a great general in the
| Union army. One was sure he won
| the battle Of Bunker Hill Many
| bought he was assassinated by Quit
| teau and one said the deed was done
| by Garfield and another said IL was
| lone by Ballington Bootn.
Charles Bonaparte in an article in
the Forum told of a young lawyer in
! baltimore who asCired TO be sclool
| commissioner. Int was toll by the
| politicians that he could not nave I 9
nomination as the boarding. GUS Z
| nrst have representative on the
school board"
| In many cities we see tlat the for.
eign population have ioregnizcd
Americans far more rapidly tnan
Americans have Anne, icaaized the
foreign population.
white Slavery
Among the modern problems none
are more horrible and infamous than
The white slave traffic in women and
girls. This trade is the capturing aud
selling of girls by low. vile, unprinei
Dailel, conscieEceless men ami wo-
men who 20 into hanlets, towns and
:ititss looking after pretty glr,s in
ONES stores, restatcanis, hotels, fac
cries, and who hold oat al minds Of
inducements and make all sorts Of
promises to tnem of fine positions
high wages and delightful entertain
,nents if they will so with them Il
the city
Getting them into the city they are
scld INFO life OF shame that no Ian
guage can describe AMI no clear
mind can imagine There is no great
ar disgrace to American civilization
han the white slave trade Tne vii
famous human vultuures who engag,
in this traffic are deceitful above al
other wicked people, for they assuin
he guise of friends who are anxious
o help girls by getting item bette
9ositl0ns when their supreme objec
10 to ruin them. The burglars ans
loli-ups are high minded gentlemei
IN comparison. Their cruelty gives /;
new meaning to the word fend
II the masses had been told tire
years ago that there was slNh
ching going on as the white sav,
trade they would have declared tn
statement unbelievable ami pIonounc
, I'd il a romance.
There IL not person mere btl
would be struck VITA amazemcnt !
they knew the vast number of girl
who have been captured in foreig
countries and imported to the Unite
States and lodged in white sl,Ye len,
t.i these are but small part of tn
, number who have been recruited fro
:. the home fields The average lift
time OF the women who have thu
/, sulren tered themselves IS estimate
to be about five years. Those of tn
, voluntary and involuntary numb
! ~ Ger are estimated to be 10000
: and OF these G0,000 die annually in q
life Of shame
ri has been ascertaincd hat m
? ioTity Of the young women who has
been fed away, from country town
g villages and hamlets. T G COUNT
e girls are in greater danger than tn
: city girls, because they are move u
y suspecting Courtship and q fal!
e marriage is one of the means or
9 ployed by procurers.
9 Instruct Children
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