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merce. That an army of strumpets should be allowed to carry on the calling in the very midst of a defense-
less home-life thronged with children, was a thing
too odious for any community to tolerate. To carry
out this work of deliverance, to fix some part of the
responsibility, and to secure legislation, the Commit-
tee of Fifteen was formed, with Baldwin at its head,
and Professor E. R. A. Seligman as its Secretary. 1

____________________
on Mr. Gilder whose death was just announced. Referring to his
work of investigating tenements, it says: --
"Mr. Gilder threw himself into the task with his characteristic
conscientiousness and devotion.
"His faithfulness defied all rivalry. More than a year of his life
was given to the work of this committee -- a work out of which
has grown the New York Tenement-House Law, which has fur-- nished a model of that kind of legislation for the whole country."
1 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN
WILLIAM H. BALDWIN, JR., Chairman, FELIX ADLER, JOEL B.
ERHARDT, AUSTEN G. Fox, JOHN S. KENNEDY, WILLIAM J.
O'BRIEN, ALEXANDER E. ORR, GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY, GEORGE
HAVEN PUTNAM, J. HARSEN RHOADES, JACOB H. SCHIFF, ANDREW
J. SMITH, CHARLES SPRAGUE SMITH, CHARLES STEWART SMITH,
EDWIN R. A. SELIGMAN, Secretary.

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Publication Information: Book Title: An American Citizen: The Life of William Henry Baldwin, Jr. Contributors: John Graham Brooks - author. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin. Place of Publication: Boston. Publication Year: 1910. Page Number: 255.
    
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