The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-03
Will Enforce the Law.
Captain Woods letter says;

captain w OOOS letter says
To The Salt Lake Herald: Our atten-
ton has been called to a case of two
boys who went sent by one Of the prom
;nent dry goods firms Of the city to de-
liver some parcels to a notorious house
Of i'll fame on Commercial street The
awaiting payment of the c O D. bill
upon which they We're expected to make
return
We have mailed the employers of these
two boys a letter of the same import as
The enc we are now addressing to you
and other firms who are known to US
10 employ delivery boys, advising them
as we now advise YOU that while the
law governing in cases like this has not
1een enforced heretofore and may, with
some reason, be looked upon by you as
having become practically a dead let
Ter; that We are determined that this
no longer may be tTuthfully said The
law governing in such cases viii here
after be rigidly enforced In case you are
not familiar with the law on the SUBJ
Ject we quote below that DC rtion of the
statute under which we proposed to act.
Sec, g. Chap, III, Session Laws Of 1895,
says; "A delinquent child shall include
any child Is years of age or under
Who knowingly visits or enters a house Of
III repute shall be deemed a iu-
venile delinquent and shall be proceeded
against as such IN. the manner provided
I'm this act
Sec, of the same act says: In all
cases where any child shall be deIin-
uuent child or juvenile delinquent per-
son, as defined by Sec. of this act, the
parent or parents, legal guardian or any
other person responsible for or by any
act encouraging, causing or contributing
10 the delinquency Of such child shall be
guilty of q miSdemeanor," which means
ShalI be subject to q fine not to exceed
$S1 or TO Imprisonment not to exceed
SIX months. or to both such fine and
Imprisonment.
The language of the statute is very
plain and we can only undertake to give
II we find the boys under IS wears of
ege delivering parcels in disreputable
places on Commercial street, we will be
compelled TO bring the boys into court
under charge Of delinQuen y: and if il
develops that they are sent there by their
employers, there Is but one course open
To US to pursue in the discharge Of our
official duty, and that viii be to proceed
against such employer for contributing to
the delinquency OF child, and. If prov
en-; the law as cited above viii be rigidIy
If in the regular course of business an
employer must send parcels to houses of
prostitution, 10 avoid this law being en-
forced against them it viii be necessary
mat such parcels be sent by an adult
messenger.
As much as we should regret to have
TO take such measures TO enforce this
law, we intend to do so. where informa-
ton reaches US that the Law is being
violated, without hesitancy - favor to
any one We believe, howe yer, that
when the reputable merchants understand
that the purpose of this court is to en-
force these laws, they will gladly so ar
range their delivery system as to made
1t unnecessary for anv boy to frequent
any one Of these disreputable places but
The rather employ some adult person as
delivery man TO attend to all this part
of their business.
Hoping and believing that we will have
hearty cooperation at YOUR hands in all
cur efforts 10 protect the children OF the
CITY against all unnecessary temptati
that can be avoided. we are.
Nerv respectfully
SALT LAKE JUVENILE COURT