BABIES FROM 12/6 EACH.
Mrs Dora Hemmliu, a German widow, has admitted to the New York police that she carries on a business of supplying babies at from 12s 6d each. The woman’s revelations disclose that there is a widespread traffic ih the United States. An investigation has been started by the Health Department. It is said that the main demand for babies comes from wives who wish to foist infants on unsuspecting husbands. The supply greatly exceeds the demand owing to the high cost ot living. Mrs Hemmlin says that she sometimes has to fatten up babies before she can sell them, as they were terribly emaciated when brought in by their mothers. She insists that her business is within the law, because the money was paid, not for the baby, but for the trouble ih procuring it.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1054, 23 January 1913, Page 4
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139BABIES FROM 12/6 EACH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1054, 23 January 1913, Page 4
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