The sun., 1900-11-29
VICE IN THE TENEMENTS.
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IN" social "yi IN 40 FAR as II relates Ia th"
tenement housn problem vns made tho subject
~ public hearing by the tenement House
Commission Yesterday afternoon A. n meeting
held IN Ia" hall ~ tho tinted thrrites building
4 mass Of evidence was presented by residents
~ tho lower East Siia. and 10y Others we'll
known from their efforts for the purincatioh OF
that district The morality ~ children II
was declared. had been destroyed by contact
with naRrant forms Of vice within tho build
ings In which they hve. and the consciences OF
the mass OF tenement dwellers had been dead
ened by ia invasion Of their homes which they
are powerless to prevent There were several
remedies proposed by those offering this evil
dence. but there was one which they all ap-
pcared 10 favor. namely the passage OF laws
making II impossible for landlords to evade
responsibility for the character OF their ten
ants. IL was to the difficulty Of reaching land
lords that great deal Of the evil was attrih-
utad. and one witness went so far as 10 pro-
pose that q law be passed requiring the name
Of the person responsible for the tenement
ia itS owner bc nailed above the door This,
II was isscTtcG. would be- the greatest posslpie
deterrc n Of lc" Among, t,o@r WHO ,esi5n'u paI
w"r" Prof tclN Adler and the Rev, MI. Pad-
! dock. James B Reynolds presided
n rcsid mt of the Rcd lish' district and one
| Of oupt McCullagh's deputies lie had hve1
in the district all his fc he said. anu had never
! seen conditions 50 bad a. they are now. I'M
| moral women occupying rooms IN 'eheinehts.
| he .aid In many cases had an understanding
: with the landlord and paid twice and some
I times fpur times a. much for rooms rs the
average tenant. Nr Fuchs thought ne Gause
Of this evil in the tencm'nts was the desire ot
| the women in disOrdcrly houses TO get out
and do business for Themselves y am sorry
20 say he add"d that crusade IS inaGe al lew w
| de- with driving those women into tehements.
| and resulted IN this manner oi CARVING on
immoral practices DeCoulng common. Mr
! Fuchs believed landlords should bc more re,
spor. .-ible and II should be seen That they tlled
With the Board of Health the names and oc-
| cnpati"n of ali their tenants lie believed
! that tho best way 10 treat the whole matter
was 10 locali7" thIs form II vice --,.-.
This view wa also taken by the next witness,
Dr. Pierre Si"g,l.ietu, another resident OF the
tenement ,di.tti,t pr si"scls;gn ,9id Tie Tie
as, few YEAR - an alarming extent, que, he
thought to the tearing down oi private houses
an lG' 5Isn "r5t@n " sod Sr sicr.stcn sir '' ARE
brought iu contact with this vice against the
will of their parents They have never been
Indifferent bnt they SEQ they can't hcp them
selves In many case-, however, the tenants
ar, bgbsd 10y the immoral women hNlng IN
tenement house. hav" known Of them pay
lug the -ent oi tenant and nearly all the child
3 ren receive presents from them In 'ho shap" OF
clothing and food. In thl, way in most tenc.
ment- these people ger on ~" right SIDE OF
The Rev Mr. Paddock was asked what his
impression was REGARDING ia" condition IN
! the tenencut~ They az" exceedingly bad.
| he said, and in that am backed by the opinion
of policemen and lostmrn with whom ! have
talked Tho attempt to rum iit,i" chidren,
ha said was ona OF the worst effects of IL"
presence OF im,nGral women IN trheinHits
| 4 regret 10 say, he added. that this evil has
become so great Tat the temptation to these
people l. almost beyond human endurance.
We ought to admire thc persist ut stand that
| thousands there are taking Tor III" right who
| cannot ESCAPE II
With regard to the remedies for the tenement
house evil Mir Paddock declared that the hall
way should be lighted and that sign should
Of the landlord and agent Just lik" business
concern. Tie landlord, furthermore. he sdld
should be held respotsiole for the act OF ths
where gambling goes on IL does prostitu-
tion. and unless you do away WIN The gam
bling craze that has become such passion. you
are only touching hall The evil"
DR. Adler said the evil in the tenements had
many causes and one of them was the sweat
shop. This, hc said. made Girls more sus-
oeptible Of temptation ana p" had known cases
whore young women refused 20 s4arr me
he mistake should the public receive the inn
press that all that is needed l. an cn!orceincut
OF the law and TINT once 'he city + aWaR"ned
YOU can reach the landlord | have thought.
too. that we slould consider hallway of trne-
iueutS ~ public highways and that the pohc"
power hc introduced IN them n II cannot he
~ private houses. The tenement house WIN
iiS vast uomilation Is becoming an institution.
and 1t cannot now be- regarded rs private
house. Make it~ hauways public highways
and the assembling In them Of iewd persons.
ihe crowding of the stoop. which 90 together
with vice would ceaSc. Then too, ] believe
II the trnem"ui~ were constructed better the
evil would o,'ise."
NJ. Charles T. Lowell. an Eas, sid" worker,
said that tine let done system was better than
IA" regulation y ten If the Conlpi,,-lon was
con-iderinp the question U loCali2ing vice.
H"nrv No~cowit2. public school teacher, told
ot hi cN' eTiCuce with school ohildr' y and de-
clared Their morality was boiu4; lowe. ID and tho
conscience of the parents d"ld"u"d. Many
of thcm,' he said, told me they Wrr" afraid 10
conn lain because the male assistants offered
them VIOLENCE
one witness declared that no COM ulaiutswore
made because the people We're afraid of n"
authorities and owing to their foreign bringing
NJ they looked ON a police captain or district
leader NJ they had on the Gar.