Some Men and MetKods that are 



Making for Reform in 



New York City 



By GOVERNOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT 



Vice-President elect of the United States. 



Mr. Roosevelt has written an article for McClure's Magazine, 

 dealing with those forces which are making for civic righteousness, 

 the moral and social elevation of the poor and depraved in New 

 York City, and in particular with a few individuals who have been 

 most prominent in the work. He has some very plain things to say 

 in his characteristic manner. Throughout his career he has himself 

 been one of the foremost leaders of reform, and his official positions 

 have been such as to give him intimate knowledge of the grave 

 problems that confront those who are unselfishly seeking the up- 

 building of societv. It is because he has this knowledge that he is 

 so competent to speak of what has been done, what remains to be 

 done, and the men and methods who have been and are working to 

 solve the problem. This article is scheduled for an early number. 



JACOB A. RIIS 



"The World of Graft" 



By JOSIAH FLYNT 



About a vear ago, through an arrangement made with McClure's Magazine, Mr. Josiah 

 Flvnt, well known as the author of " Tramping with Tramps," collaborator with Francis Walton 

 in "The True Stories from the Under World" and generally recognized as the best authority on 

 the subject of criminals, from the standpoint of one who has lived amongst them and studied their 

 ways, undertook an investigation of several months into the status of the criminal classes in the lead- 

 ing cities of the United States. The realm of the criminal is " the world of graft," a phrase largely 

 of his own coining. 



The point which Mr. Flvnt had chiefly in view was to ascertain as closely as possible the 

 view which the criminal entertains of the ruling powers of society, and his actual relations with 

 them. Incidentally he got the criminal's opinion on the present system of repressing crime, and 

 his theory as to how crime could best be suppressed were it desirable from the criminal standpoint 

 to do so. 



During these long months of investigation, Mr. Flvnt lived on terms of intimacy with all sorts 

 and conditions of criminals, and it is a remarkable coincidence that the result of his labors was being 

 prepared for publication just at the time the moral reform wave swept over New York City, after 

 the November elections. These articles discuss the situation in several cities in the frankest manner; 

 they deal not only with conditions, but with individuals both in office and those who should be 

 outside the pale of the law, but who are protected by those employed to suppress crime. We feel 

 certain that these articles will arouse an unusual amount of interest, and will prove of extraordinary 

 value to the public. They reveal a situation not flattering to civic pride, but one that cannot be 

 ignored. 



