Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-20
WHITE SLAVE REPORT re- rRIs
BYTERIAN ASSEMBLY sr'@ ESfr
SLOGAN, NO TOLERATIpf; -
REGULATION; NJ RECOiN ffIOs
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
REPORT DECLARES THAT'S fASti
IONS. DANCES. TIL TIL Viz
LITERATURE AND H. NDEANkF
CAUSE OF THIS CEIAE

UlfiEt. NdN ~ y NNffi I'LL w -
regulation; no re- ognitior.
This j. the suggested slogan Sf 81
Presbyterian church pz.>cntr,F ~ 80
1aGth general assembly h4r .nlat in
report Of the special comiAiireI n WIS
slave traffic
The report estimates that y re ..ff
100 600 prostitutes in the Uni Stat
and that u far greater arinr are 81
chastc. Contributing fac or ia his
dition are the fashions. dances. thc tt
ter. literature and ignorance. fae ~
cipal remedy suggested j. the crligEA
cd training of the young ..
The report was prepared ~ Paul "
Hickok. John Balloon shaw. heL kfT 4
ne5y. Winfield scott HI aEl !. VI fs
Finncy. Excerpts follow
Your committee is directed 10 81,
slider the enormous viulaticl Of -
seventh commandment tnvol CT in Z
traffS.' This il not a matter ctllinrT -
statistics. with all the Tienras tanfu
that must result from ,ong f-titemaws
of appalling figures. Eut tEl. The
tent of the traffic in h man b dies -
the purposes Of lust am gree I j. -
nous as described in the q +Scmis
resolution. j. terribly eTdent uoon PEI
slight investigation. TIE vie on
sion of Chicago. ILL.,. Appointed byrsre
city council has made !. mos rhor
survey of these conditions H. 4hat 20
city. In Chicago alone. the cFnmi -
reported that there are not far g.
5000 women who devote heir
wholly 10 the busines Of ~ titus-r
The conditions in that city b. nos 49,
lieved 10 be- worse than IN ms citi'
the country. This figur did nrt i'm
OF course. the much vasser arIHy Of, ass
sons leading impure ii .e>. q .ty q n"
casional immoral relaFons. l--ings
ported wholly or in part ~ LIcir 49,
sional earnings. or ems 'sins Gin =
sional immortality not sor .rofit. -
from desire. There is ~ possible 80 -
estimating this larger lumls.~. bug
word enormous seems sears adc -.
to describe the conditions LnEwn = =
present. 4FAE
III the ratio existing in 4lcags q
be taken as anything Dix ~ acsses
index to that prevailing tlrutghouf
country. il seems entirely ST To 4
that al least 100000 lcrSDn are ~ !.
ing their time wholly t. thiS ItihiI ksiA
iniquity in the United StttFs and y "
most probable that tn %nlrFlnr j. -
. much larger. Most students o. the "rA
lem would place the figur fvo or
times as high"
On the much discussed subject cf .Ef.
cation in matters Of s-X a. tepof 49,
this To say: ~
The methods Of greatest = sdo.r
largest efficiency are stilt { , be- fsr
cred. But il j. the belief w. yonf s~
mittce that hitherto a large faajorfs*1
those persons rcspons.b Die f"r he 4 :
tion. guidance and nuriur. - .outba
followed an unfortunate ct.l&c
ing the great sacred i-utsstnf lift Far
course has been one a sifeFaN ana > 4
ticism a. 4 rule. Tho agiitide
J part Of parents and tticErs Of @
has the psychological effdri - stsff
ing curiosity. with tn almrsi uEf~A
result that children sccIia di> 30
viewpoints and morbic M sc rptr~4Ta
great truths that right, nindsr
from the first. would en-eas.r f~. IS
Of reverence for life AID rrarrct .E "a
life processes. Their, sc"is, the :
, but one rational courss fcs 3 tncss
ed Christians to folloe. fTsal co-f