Show VISITORS SHOULD BE > PROTECTED T Ve would respectfully suggest to the agencies that make for good here that there Is room for R muchneeded reform re-form In this city In the way or carlng for and protecting strangers of good intent in-tent who come We have had recently some lurid cases of ugly nature in which visitors who did not come hero to die being done to death in others being be-ing maltreated and robbed It will probably prob-ably be said Unit these are cases where the police should afford protection by the suppression of the criminals who have done the acts complained of This in a way is true the police should be more clllcicnU But It is also true that other than police activity Is desirable Agencies Agen-cies for good should < be active When a nlrangcr comes in there should be l some friendly Interest In and care tor him uhown for a good many do not know Just what they ought to do or how to do what they want to do They should be guarded against the criminal class It Is true but often the best way to do this will be found In getting them In touch with welldisposed people We have many societies here In churches and out of them that might reasonably devote some of their attention to looking after those who come to the elty and are liable to fall into evil ways They should be rruit with cordiality and their safety looked after They should not be left the prey of designIng people A head luarters might be established by the T M C Aor some oilier good and wcll meaning agency to which many would be glad to come as a starting point from which all needed Information could be had We make the suggestion because be-cause there Is liable to be a feeling grow up that it la not sai j for miners anti other welcome visitors from the illls mid rangeD to come here unless something IB I done to stop their maltreatment treatment when they come It Is time that some effective steps were being taken to remedy a bad slate of affairs The police protection should be bettered as a measure of absolute security to the visitor and he also should be actively I made welcome and guided Intp ways of I u aety and rest I |