Apparently this was the view taken by the Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Statistics, because it never carried the investigation any farther.

It never tried to find out _why_ so many girls left their homes to enter evil lives.

It never tried to find out _why_ housework was a trade dangerous to morals.
Fortunately it did occur to the women's organizations to examine the facts a little more carefully.

In this article I am going to take you over some of the ground they have covered and show you where their investigations have led them.
South Chicago is a fairly good place to begin.

Its ugliness and forlornness can be matched in the factory section of almost any large city.