The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-13
WENATCHEE'S RED LIGHT
DISTRICT IS DISCUSSED
Immense Audience Packs Church When
Eminent Devine Speaks on Theme
Hits at Source of All Vice

IL Ol All ice
people will come to see this question
in its proper light. OF course it is
easy for people to say, as they sit in
their homes, Why don't you leave
this thing for the city authorities
they will take care of it,
Fallen Women Better Segregated.
Suppose the authorities should
drive these fallen women from their
present district, and they should To-
cate near your home. What then?
This is a great problem, and one
which the best minds of the coun-
try are graphing with. The problem
Las been best met as our city officials
are meeting it. | have talked with
the city officials, and am glad that
some of them are here tonight. | had
a frank and fair conversation with
them, for | think that's the best way
told them that | knew it was easy
for preacher to rant, and to rail
without knowing what he desired to
accomplish. | thank the city author
tiles for the frank way in which they
answered my questions. They didn't
volunteer much information, but they
answered my inquiries, and l think
they'll tell any citizen straight
story on something he may be inter-
ested in if he'll go and ask them.
COmmends City Officials.
Il think the city officials are doing
as has been found best with problems
of this nature.
The Red Light District will flour
ish until the men of Wenatchee say
| it shall be abolished. The city au-
thorities are not to blame. It's the
men of the town, who say they will
have it in some form or another.
Says It's Up to the Citizens.
Il think we had better ring Off
berating the city officials, at least un-
til we citizens can think of a better
way of handling this awfulvice.
Commends the Mayor.
Right now / desire to publicly
| commend our mayor on his success
with the municipal board, in dispens-
ing with that extravagant, wildcat
waterworks proposition. God put
plenty of pure water right at our
doors, in the river, and am glad the
authorities are going at this water
question as they are. If they had put
the other scheme through l could not
have paid my taxes
Voters Must Be Educated.
Il think We want better city than
We have, but to get it we must cre-
ate better sentiment in the minds
of voters When the great mass of
citizens see the light, and desire pro-
per reforms, they cannot be held
back. l shall not hammer the city
officials. | see their side of it, and
| so will you, if you go and talk with
them. They are the representatives
OF the people, and carry out the peo-
pies wishes.
Red Light Problem a Big One.
This Red Light question is a big
one-there is perhaps no other social
problem SO menacing. To meet it,
We must ask, WHAT is THE
CAUSE OF THIS FAULT IN OUR
SOCIAL SYSTEM" Heredity ap-
pears to fl great part in it. You
are net f'e from it, / am not, no
one is. ncd that creates this
vice has bse1 soyn in the past. Sit
in the city schools, and study the
weak lives of some of these children.
and you VII wonder that God can
bu1id up strong character from the
weakness sFown there. You ask
where the deformity and weakness
comes from tell you it comes from
the lust of ancestors.
Heredity Sins.
From backwoods district in the
east there once came two sons. One
married a girl called Marguerite.
She is said to be the mother of Grim
inals in this country. She is said to
have 1900 descendants-al crimin-
ais. By direct investigation. from
1O9 descendants of that family 240
of them were public charges; 40
were criminals and had served over
100 years in prisons. The whole num-
Der were licentious, suffered from