The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-05-20
son OF OIL KING
REVEALS A TRUST
IN WHITE SLAVES
Investigator for Bureau Reports
Business in N. Y. Organized on
Firm Commercial Basis.
PROBING ALL LARGE CITIES
Underworld Thoroughly Organized
With Men Acting as Light.
houses for Evil Resorts.

; New York, May 19.-White slav-
cry in the City of New York is firm.
/ ly established upon commercial
basis and those engaged in the pur-
chase and sale of women are thor
oughly organized, according to the
report of George J. Kneeland of the
bureau of social hygiene. of which
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., is chair
man, made public here today AMI
soon to be published in book form.
Investigators Of the bureau of
social hygiene found that an i'm
moral life was not often the alter
native of starvation They did
learn, however, that the great pre-
ponderance of fallen women came
from the ranks of those engaged in
unskiiled occunat'ons.
Hundreds of immoral resorts OF
every character were investigated
and hundreds of women and proprie
tors of Illegal resorts were inter
viewed by the investigators. 1t is
the estimate of Mr.. kneeland that
there are no fewer than $1,000 wo-
men in the "oldest profession" in
New York City--a very conservative
estimate. The number of men who
meet tnesc women every day ex4
eeeds 10000
Find Dealers Organized.
The bureau OF social hygiene
grew out of the white slave grand
jury investigation of 1907 John d
Rockefeller, Jr,, was chairman of
that grand jury, which reported that
no evidence of organized vice could
be found. The bureau of social
hygiene. however, found plenty of
evidence of the organization Of those
engaged In procuring women and
those engaged in selling them.
Commercial Prostitution In New
York City" Is the title of Mr.. Knee
lands work. 1t is the first of
series of publications to be issued by
the bureau OF social hygiene, each
one of which is to describe vice con-
ditions as they exist in New York
City and elsewhere.
The tabulation of immoral wo-
men by the bureau showed that S.
759 were found in the streets,
where they piled their trade, and 81
le7 were found in houses of i'll fame,
tenements, massage parlors, hotels,
saloons, concert halls, etc In the
opinion of Mr.. Kneeland, based on
very reliable reports. fully 90 per
cent of the women leading immoral
lives are diseased.
How Underworld is Organized.
Startling facts showing the man
ner in which these people of the un-
derworld are organized are given in
the report. Men who procure young
girls, men who act as lighthouses
for evil resorts, standing before the
door to usher in guests and to give
warning at the approach of the
enemy; men who own houses of Ill
fame, men who rent their property
for immoral purposes and men who
drum up trade" for their immoral
employers are described. 1t is very
evident that men play no small part
in the vict trade. They seem to be
the real owners of most of the evil
resorts, One man described Is
known as the king and is the
owner of eleven houses of i'll fame.
Regarding the men engaged in the
business, MIR. Kneeland says:
Most of them have been engaged
all their lives in the seduction and
exploitation of women. Their tracks
are followed through Argentina.
Brazil. Cuba, Canada, Alaska and
the large cities of our own country
San Francisco. Portland, Seattle,
Tacoma, Butte, Denver, Omaha, st.
Louis, Chicago. Pittsburgh, Phila-
delphia; finally they realized their
hopes in Ne wYork City. Here they
have made a center and from this
center they go back over the old
trail from time to time"
Report on Chicago Later.
In making his Investigations Mr..
kneeland did not conflne himself to
New York. With trained body of
social investigators and detectives