The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-05
THE PAUAHI STREET ISSUE.

The question OF moving the evil re-
sorts on Pauahi street to some less
open and frequented quarter of the
city deserves more official study than
It seems to be getting: or If not study
1t should call out more official earnest
ness in devising ways and means. We
are quite aware that the subject Is an
unpleasant one and that removal is
fraught with difficulties, not the least
perplexing of which Is the dissentient
attitude OF the property-owners in any
locality which might be chosen as the
home Of the social evil. Nevertheless
there are considerations higher than
these. The youth OF Honolulu must be
protected as far as practicable from the
Obtrusive presence of ruinous or con-
Eliminating things. Pauahi street IL
Just of main thoroughfare and it is
close to a populous school. Very many
children pass by II or through ii daily
and they see and hear things there
which they should not have the oppor-
trnity to inquire about, or TO know by
reputation. much less to study for
themselves The interests of a few
property-owners ought not to weigh
against those of the many young peo-
pie who are now being trained to take
the responsibility of the social order.
Whatever happens to the minority in
the way OF lessened property values the
majority should be protected against
II a stream must be polluted anywhere
IL had better be near the outlet than
at the source; and by needing the
counsel of the few who own building
sites in some quiet place where our
moral lepers might. but for their pro-
tests. go and hide from all but their
own kind. thereby leaving such crea-
lures to heap their filth in the midst of
the town, we simply poison the foun-
tain head Of society.
The japanese do such things better
than We. Standing on the bluff at Yo-
and looking into the far
suburbs one sees stately Enclosure
rising among the trees. II is the city's
Yoshiwara, a consolidation within four
walls of many Pauahi streets-a place
where physicians and police keep
watch and ward and where children
are never permitted to enter. We do
not precisely advocate IA Yoshiwara in
Honolulu. The official tolerance OF the
social evil Is unpleasant enough with
ont going further and building palaces
TO house and advertise II. But the I'M
DERIVING principles of the Yoshiwara-
suburban segregation, careful policing
md the like-might, we think. be bene-
icial here, To the plea that the Act
10 Mitigate would lose its force II the
iens OF prostitution We're taken To the
outskirts II Is enough to say that the
Japanese Yoshiwara Is never SO far
away from town that the people who
patronize such resorts will not take
the trouble to lind Il. Where the car
cass Is there the eagles viii be gather
I'd together; the precise locality doesn't
matter TO the eagles
Il Is proposed by some Of no adyo,
riIes ~ the transfer 10 locate The PAN.
ihi street dens on Government land De-.
tSerp Tho railroad track and The road
40 lhe reef Tho ADVERTISE does mot
,a'c ~ pick and choose between lorili
ties, % merely mentions this site 10
show thii there are suitable places
NiIhin easy pronimlly Of thr water
front aud the business roHlor which
aTs }rl ~ q considerable REMOVE from