Reviews : KNEELAND, G. J. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City. Pp. xii, 334. Price, $1.30. New York: The Century Company, 1913. FLEXNER, ABRAHAM. Prostitution in Europe. Pp. ix, 455. Price, $1.30. New York: The Century Company, 1914
| Author | Carl Kelsey |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271621405300144 |
| Published date | 01 May 1914 |
| Date | 01 May 1914 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
333
executive,
and
the
supreme
court.
The
first
two
chapters
outline
the
policy
of
Congress,
chapter
I
containing
an
account
of
the
passage
of
the
Sherman
anti-trust
act
of
1890,
and
chapter
II
the
history
of
anti-trust
legislation
since
1890.
Chapter
III
presents
the
views
and
policies
of
the
executives
from
President
Harrison
to
President
Taft,
inclusive.
The
supreme
court,
how-
ever,
has
done
more,
our
author
believes,
than
the
legislative
or
executive
branches
in
outlining
a
policy
towards
monopoly,
and,
therefore,
in
chapter
IV
all
the
cases
bearing
upon
the
trust
problem
decided
by
the
supreme
court
are
briefly
analyzed.
It
is
hardly
to
be
wondered
at,
in
view
of
such
an
elabo-
rate
program,
that
the
real
significance
of
some
of
these
decisions
has
not
been
perceived.
For
example,
in
the
abstract
of
United
States
r~.
Reading
Company,
et
al.;
the
author
has
missed
the
main
point.
The
principal
contention
of
the
government
in
this
case
was
that
certain
railroad
and
coal
companies
had
entered
into
a
combination
general
in
scope,
by
means
of
which
they
monopo-
lized
the
anthracite
coal
trade.
The
supreme
court
dismissed
this
charge,
holding
the
case
to
be
&dquo;barren
of
documentdry
evidence
of
solidarity.&dquo;
The
supreme
court
did
declare
certain
minor
acts
of
the
combination
unlawful,
but
the
combination
itself
was
not
dissolved,
as
the
author’s
account
would
lead
us
to
believe.
Chapter
V
well
summarizes
the
earlier
chapters.
The
conclusion
is
reached
&dquo;that
the
government
shows
no
evidence
of
ever
having
undertaken
seriously
a
study
of
the
trust
problem,
such
as
would
be
necessary
for
the
formation
of
a
definite
and
enlightened
policy.
Broadly
speaking,
Congress
has
accomplished
nothing
of
note
since
the
passage
of
the
act
of
1890;
the
executive
has
been
largely
impotent;
and
the
supreme
court,
while
displaying
a
growing,
and
finally
well-nigh
complete,
grasp
of
the
economic
problems
involved,
has
because
of
limitations
inherent
in
its
nature
and
functions,
been
unable
to
cope
in
a
constructive
way
with
the
vast
problem
which
confronts
the
country.&dquo;
University
of
Pennsylvania.
ELIOT
JONES.
KNEELAND,
G.
J.
Commercialized
Prostitution
in
New
York
City.
Pp.
xii,
334.
Price,
$1.30.
New
York:
The
Century
Company,
1913.
FLEXNER,
ABRAHAM.
Prostitution
in
Europe.
Pp.
ix,
455.
Price,
$1.30.
New
York:
The
Century
Company,
1914.
Some
two
or
three
years
ago
Mr.
John
D.
Rockefeller,
Jr.,
chanced
to
be
chairman
of
a
special
grand
jury
investigating
the
white
slave
trams
in
New
York
City.
One
result
of this
was
the
formation
by
Mr.
Rockefeller
and
a
few
others
of
the
bureau
of
social
hygiene.
The
two
volumes
here
referred
to
are
the
first
publications
of
that
bureau.
Mr.
Kneeland
approached
his
task
in
New
York
with
the
experience
gained
in
a
similar
investigation
made
in
Chicago
a
few
years
ago.
In
this
volume
we
find
a
complete
description
of
the
existing
situation
in
New
York
City
and
the
relation
it
bears
to
the
authorities.
A
large
number
of
narrative
accounts
taken
from
actual
life
are
given
from
the
statements
of
victims
of
the
evil.
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