The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-11
|I[N CITIES IN IOWA
ARE WHITE SLAVE NESTS

little Of city wage workers. but do
not see how any girl can SEQ much Of |
life. dress and support herself and
make progress in society-using the
society in its real, broad sense-to the
benefit Of either herself, or society on
wages OF 81 and IS a week. The testi-
mony at Chicago, think, could be iu-
plicated In most Of our largest cities"
Burke's opinion.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, March 11,-"l
do not believe low wages are one of
the chief causes OF prostitution in
Springfield said States Attorney
Edmund Burke, today, commenting on
the white slave probe In Chicago
While / appreciate that under paid
girls in a big city are in grave danger,
u believe conditions here minimize
that danger. From observation,
should judge that unfortunate marital
experiences are among the principal
causes for the downfall Of Springfield
women"
One Of Chief Causes.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, March Ii
From the stories told me by fallen
women in nine years experience
among them.'' said Mrs. w. H. Hunt.
manager Of the Springfield Redemp-
ton Home, II believe that low wages
Is one of the chief causes for prosti-
tuition in Springfield. The attitude of
Imen towards the social evil is also
one of the principal reasons for its
prevalence
Ninety Per cent.
DENVER, Colo, March d1sThe
conditions which have been revealed
lby the s.Ssicago low wages probe exist
lin all Of tf.s larger cities Of the
country and Dsnver Is no exception,
according to statements made today by
lsocial workers here.
| The wage question has aore to do
| with the downfall of girls thSn any
lother question. said Mrs. Ida Greg
Tory, clerk OF the juvenile court today.
AT least ninety per cent Of the
Igilrs who go wrong are from classes
lbelow the middle element the classes
whose children have to work for
wages less than is required to s-1stain
life adequately. These conditions
(exist in Denver, though the class OF
working girls here is higher than in
larger cities. Eight years ago, the
proportion Of offenders brought into
Juvenile court was twenty boys to one
girl. Last year the proportion was
1.-TWO boys to one girl and more rapidly
than any one guesses 1t is reaching
the place where the girls will pre-
4 dominate.
i Representative Agnes Riddle, mem
Der of the lower house of the legisla.
lture, is expected to introduce resolu-
\ tion in the legislature calling for a
committee of investigation. Mrs
Riddle declares every state in the
union should demand such a probe.
Strike a Telling Blow.
ST. LOUIS, March lift EN-
/, plCJ6IS WOulu IchO hAOiOt AASSA Soe ~
the welfare Of the young girls they
lemploy and saw to it that their wages
We're ample, "a telling blow would be
struck against the white slave traffic,
said Hugh M. Fullerton, chief proba
tion officer of the st. Louis juvenile
court. Undoubtedly the same condi
tions being exposed in Chicago, exist
In st. Louis, possibly conditions here
; are worse than in that city,
Remove the Cause.
ST. LOUIS, March LII believe
!, that when me-. who employ youns
:, girls begin to pay better wages
) whether voluntarily or under pressure
..Iof new humanitarian laws--one o
1.-THE chief causes of girls going wrons
|, will have been removed. A probe
. like the one in Chicago should be con
Quoted in every large city in th'
7 country, said Miss Viola Miller who
) in a civil service examination few
days ago won the appointment as po
! lice woman Of Ottawa, Illinois.