The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-10

lY. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10, Is
erty a bonus o. $1,000 to control it, and
! he does control it. 1t Is thus a mere
money making institution, but its exist
/ ence is all the more dangerous to So
ciety. 1t is safe to say that there is
not another town of 10000 inhabitants in
America where there are congregated in
one place and protected by public Off
/ GERS lab lewd women now 1910 openly and
publicly plying their calling as prosti-
tutes. II is not necessary to inquire how
this crying evil was first started 1t is
assumed that the public officers who
gave 1t the sanction. of their approval,
thought they were doing right; but it is
our duty to remove the evil, because its
existence is illegal and immoral The
mere pointing out the mistakes of those
who created it will not alone do that
1t seems past belief that In this small
community, where there are so many
pure and religious people, there should
be found any number of persons who
think that prostitution ceases to be an
evil when 1t becomes public, or when
sanctioned by public officers or that Of
fetal recognition of this social offense
does away with its danger to society or
that authorized houses of prostitution is
any more protection to good people, than
would the creation of dens of thieves be
a security against stealing. 1t seems to
De an admitted fact that the presence of
CRIMINALS increases crime, and that all
forms of public offenses should be eradi-
Gated by the punishment of the crimi-
nails. Every crime which goes unpun-
ished is dangerous to the well-being of
nrirp, Ito 90
Iwilei is an attack upon the purity of
the home. There should be no debatable
ground about such a place as Iwilei
When public prostitution is maintained
by the public as it is at Iwilei for the
money there is in it, it lowers the stand
ard of our home life, disgraces the fair
name of our Territory, and to some ex-
tent it makes every citizen a party to
the wrong done.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury. the Off
cias records of the Board of Health of
the. Territory of Hawaii show that dur
ing, the past year not less than forty of
the 143 women formerly at Iwilei became
pregnant while there. Some children
have been born to them and have alrea-
dy become objects of charity Others
are not yet born Indeed, the story of
Iwilei Is too disgusting to repeat.
1t will thus be observed that the his
tory OF affairs at Iwilei conclusively
shows that that institution is not only
an attack upon the laws of the United
States but upon the morals of the com
muRity, and it is a most painful attack
upon the honor of American citizenship
here by flooding this Territory with i'll
begotten children, conceived, if not born
in a place of prostitution, which of ne
cessity must be a breeder of criminals
In any phase Of the matter, Iwilei is
school nf
the women there have children born
before or within this year; most of them
are now infants. and the offspring of
1wilei associations. Practically all the
Japanese women, and most of them are
Japanese, have masters who receive the
money they thus earn. These masters
If not fathers, husbands or brothers, are
purchasers of the women, and they con-
troll them as much a livery man con-
trolls his horses. The oft-repeated state
} ment that If we close Iwilei it will scat
ter those prostitutes over the town, is
not true; they are scattered now.
These women do not live at Iwilei
. they only go there of evenings They
seek their homes uptown about 10 OF
of their own and live at home; some arr
! servants in families, but all go back t.
. town. They are in sense isolated
1wilei Is not their home; they neither ca
or sleep there, and SO the place is
greater disgrace to the community, ans
, growing danger to civilized govern
ment
The truth is that Iwile Is not. as Il
often stated, resort for seamen; 1t l.
rather a resort for the lowest order O
!, men, Americans and Asiatics alike
r l instruct you. gentlemen, to fully ant
, fairly investigate the facts in this mat
ter, so that we may know whether o
, not, at 1wilei. women are sold for tn
: purposes of prostitution. You will ais
r find out who claims to own them ant
to whom the proceeds of their vile prac
: tees are paid. What men are accessor
= to these crimes; who manages the plac
f and collects the rents for the rooms an
! the names of all who receive the spofls
I and if the servitude of these poor wome
: exists for this or any other purpose
and, in a word, if they are held to an
v form of subsection by their pretende
owners. You will subpoena and examin
r such witnesses, as the District Attorne
+. or others shall point out, so that tn
n whole truth may be made known.
: 1t is due to the good people of thes
!, Islands that these shameful proceeding
be stopped. Two Territorial Grand Ju
d ries have given the broadcast publicit
o to the situation at Iwilei without afford
=, ing any remedy. This duty, gentleme
:, of the Grand Jury, now devolves upo
Y you, and j direct you that in this civ
e iliZed Christian community the citizen
e of the United States do not recogniz
/ public prostitution as necessary evi
n but rather as a public crime, which is
e crime against decency as we'll a
against law, and that all public officer
= who encourage or defend prostitution
= either in this or any other form. ar
t, guilty of a wrong, for which there ca
q be paliation.
IT The question for you first to conside
v is whether or not any of these wome
h are restrained of their liberty. This
direct you to most thoroughly invest
d gate. and if 1t be true, as charged, yo
n will at once proceed according to Law
against all persons who are principal
II o. accessories to the enslavement {
l. these persons.
ID Second. I charge you to cause the IL
q dictment of all persons whom you fin
y are guilty of adultery or fornication
II this public resort; and I charge you a
m so, gentlemen of the Grand Jury tn;
81 in the performance of these duties, yc
1e can call upon the United States Distri