United labor bulletin., 1912-10-03
Prostitute Women Cry For
Assistance.

Prostitute women from the underworld call
ing for assistance from all the nation. They
calling to the Christian citizens of Denver the
same in every other city, but there are but few
who will lead in the fight
After receiving hundreds of appeals from in
mates of Chicago dives in which they declared they
are being held in slavery, and imporing help. Miss
Virginia Brooks said that Chicago's vice district
may be her next point of attack.
The crusader said she would begin the fight i'm
mediately after ridding West Hammond OF its vice
if she could get the right kind of people back
up such effort
Since 1 began my work in West Hammond l
have received hundreds of letters from girls who de-
elared they were held prisoners in Chicago dives,
asking help from me, " said Miss Brooks Mothers
from all over the country have written asking
to look for their daughters. 1t terrible to
think that Chicago is one of the world eenters of
the vice traffic
OF all the publicity given to the white slave
traffic in the United States little has been written in
comparison to the extent of the traffic. In Denver
some of the women writers the newspapers have
attempted TO create little sympathy for the prosti
tutes and incidentally publish sensational art
cles because written by women, but these writers
have barely touched on the extent the awfulness
of the traffic.
As Miss Brooks tells u.s. young girls from all
over the land are daily disappearing to supply the
demand created by the segregation of prostitute
women. Mothers the country calling for
help to find their daughters but few
cred. Once in the recesses of the underword-in
the district bounded by the macquereauN
side, prostitution an other, opium, cocaine and
disease the third, and by rapine and dishonor
the other-there is no hope.
In Denver the Christian Citizenship Union is
making stand against segregation and prostitu-
tion. This organization succeeded in arousng the
public few weeks ago through publicity. and the
city administration pledged itself to act; but moth
ing has been done to date. The traffic continues.
Organized Labor can lend its weight to the
paign for the protection of your sisters and sweet
hearts Will it do itf AT recent meeting of the
Trades Assembly motion made to demand of
the governor of Massachusetts that two Italian la
boring men, members of the Industrial Workers of
the World be released from prison. The action
timely, and should be commended but how
much important is it that labor demand that
hundreds and thousands of women be freed from
forcd Imprisonment that makes Imprisonment for
murder pale into insgnifcance.
BY segregation and legalizing prostitution
price is placed the body of every young woman
in the district where such action is taken. Young
women are in demand because by segregation and
legazation of prostitution demand is created for
women to become prostitutes, and when they do not
willingly become such. prostitution is forced upon
them
This condition should not be allowed to exist
And when dealing with the subject the government
should recognize that prostitution is the outgrowth
of industrial and economic conditions. Labor should
demnad action of the reform administration