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Show GIRLS ARE Can be Bought at From $100 to $400 Each St liOuis, May 9. "The girl trust is as si;perbly organized In America the beef or oil trusts," declared . the. Rev. W. J. Hatfield, a Presbyter- I Ian ivani?ellt, at a meeting hero ' yesterday afternoon. . j Mr. Hatfield fcr two years has been engaged In an investigation of the white slave traffic in tnaay cities. He detailed the methols employed by agents for luring unsophisticated girls ' from their homes In the smaller towns. The girls, he declared, usually are from 15 to 20 years old and are sold at Irom J100 to $100 each. ! |