New york (city)__ Commitee of fifteen,

THE SOCIAL EVIL

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CONDITIONS
EXISTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

A REPORT PREPARED (IN 1902] UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN

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SECOND EDITION, REVISED, WITH NEW MATERIAL

EDITED BY

EDWIN R. A. SELIGMAN, LL.D.

MCVICKAR PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN

1900-1902

*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.

*Deceased since the publication of the first edition of the Report.

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