Back of the ruin of world-nations, if stripped to an ultimate cause, is the one word—Vice.
Its grip is on Chicago; a stronger grip than any other city of the world has ever felt. Our life-blood is thinning; the flesh of our bones is wasting. The crucial hour is here.
Save Chicago from a record on history’s page of “Forgotten and Ruined Cities, Victims of Sin and Crime.”
Let the ministerial forces fight for the betterment. Let them seize the leaderships.
WHY THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN.
In this little volume each page is a sign post of warning, for the Chicago man and woman, and particularly, for those who visit or intend visiting this city.
This book is not a mere setting forth of facts without explanation of the reason for their existence.
It is a clear, truthful analysis of crime, vice and graft from every standpoint.
It is the first story, as far as we are aware, of the monstrous Vice-Graft system.
We have given a general outline of crime and its relation to the conscienceless, fattening Trust.