Under Police Protection, for so many dollars per day, according to the nature of the crime-business being carried on, every form of vice flaunts itself in the face of Chicago’s 2,000,000 inhabitants and its thousands of country visitors.
It is no secret. Chicago knows. But she has failed to observe the reason, and to open her eyes is the mission of this book.
THE PRICE OF CRIME:—$15,000,000 A YEAR!
From the army of vice the yearly tribute to the Directorate of Ten—the controlling power—is almost unbelievable.
The figures stagger one.
With reserve, not exaggeration, we make this statement:—
Chicago’s vice legion yields for existence and for protection the sum of—
$15,000,000 annually.
Think of it! Crime pays that fortune to exist and rob the public of more money.