The chronicle=news., 1913-05-19

they have steadily declined. Owner,
LOT realty. Ostcnxibly respectable
come In for severe condemnation At
tho hands Of tho investigators. 4
woman Investigator. the report sets
forth. visited ~: real estate agents.
of whom only II declined to let
promises for Immoral uurposcs. 4
group Of thirty-eIkht well known
men. 1t In said.. own aud operate
twcnty-eiGht houses In Hanhattan.
THE values of shares mcvcs up and
down. says the report. according
m conditions are more or less favor
able TO the conduct Of the business
An attempt IL made to estimate the
vast receipts Of the resorts OF III
fame. yet the investigators are frank
In stating that the sums are 50 large
ns to make II Impossible To arrive at
any accurate total. Thirty Of the
most tswdry resorts. II is pointed
out. earn In the axxrcynt. NJ least
two million dollars annually. .xcl,is-
I've OF the enormous profit derived
from the Illicit ssle Of liquor and
tobacco at exorbiiant prices. To mr.
rive at any estimate Of the earnings
Of the itinerant women Of the streets
Is. OF course. out Of the question.
The total cost to society. the re-
port emphasizes. ix sta.g~rinkly
enormous. taking NO account OF that
greatest Of all costs-diseas-. In
this regard the report Instances mn
examination Of ~: wayward Girls
In the Bedford ReformAtory-nil Of
them under eighteen Year, of. age.
Ordinary clincicai examination had
shown less than 81 per cent Of them
Infected. More thorough tests
brought out the startling fac, that
fully w per cent were diseased.
Unlike the fallen woman herself.
who Is described Us coming prcpon-
dcrantiy from the ranks Of those en-
Kaxcd In unxkilicd occupations. her
customers represent every Grade OF
society"
1T 10 Impossible. says the report.
ito estimate the number Of men and
boys who become customers In vice
resorts In Manhattan durinG the
course Of ono year. On the basis o.
data actually on file. II may be u.s.
suncd that inmates Of vice resorts
and women on the street trade with
bot wccn ten sud fifteen mcs per day.
This statement ID cosroborsted by
data secured BY the Vice Commission
In Chicago. where the average was
found TO be fiitoca per day for rlGh.
teen Inmates 10 onc house. coverins
10 period Of twenty-five months. -
we'll ~ BY data obtained In Syracuse.
New York. whore the average aum.
bes Of customer enlertsipsA By onc
Inmate durin1 . period Of six usoaths
WAS twelve. TdkinG the lower figure
n the bssls of calculation. u the
$1,000 professional prostitutes Of
Manhattan entertain ten EucA's
apiece. tho customers total al least
10000 pcrsons every day"
With reference tn White slavery
per 40 Mr.. Kneclaad dcpeccstcs the
prevalent idea Of physical detention.
locked door~. barred windows. and
ola borat~s on tho more sinister meth.
ods Of cn~iavcmcn, int iHida,ion
and sentimental loyalty Of the un.
rortunatcs to their man masters.
"uncducstcd. with little or no
Of her lcga, rights al
OF the powers which could be invoked
to aid her." he says. often an Immi.
grant or at least q stranger. she IL
soon cowcd by the brute to whom she
his mistakenly attached herself
should she make an effort to break
away. she IA pursued nnd hemmcd
in"
The RI port cmbodics what IL prob
ably the most complete census of
vice resort. ever taken. There arc
sos Of all grades enumerated. with
their respective locations and pre-
cincts. The figures vary widely from
those Of the police: bu, for this dis.
rrcpancy no criticism Is made OF the
depart ment or of the city authorl.
ties.
| Explaining the various kinds oi
rc.ortx the report lays stress on the
menace Of those In tenement houses.
showed that twenty
seven such places were In tcncmcn's
where. all told. nearly five hundred
children under sixteen years Of age
were playing about the halls.
strangely enough. n dclicatesscn
store is described as perhaps the
most notorious meeting place for
ltraffickcrs in women.
According to the report practically .
uil Of the resorts founded on woman =
shame arc conducted by women who
Ii. ~. nv
from being sympathetic with their
wards, the chief aim Of these house.
keepers Ia to make az much money ~
possible for their mastcrs---invariab.
ly men. Thus. though the inmate
of n house theoretically receives nall
the money she earns. she Is taxed
cruclly for hoard. clothes. toilet ar.
laclcs and, probably, drugs, NO that