The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-12


of sound judgment and morally up
right willing to render disinterested
service. Too long has the whole mat
ter been left in the hands of the mere
politician and the CRATER. There :s
no use of expecting permanent i'm
provement without positive interest
and personal service. IL cannot be
done by resolutions, or wild talk, or
city elections alone. Agitation RAY
contribute something. but il :he &c
former is really in earest let him
make his criticisms constructive.
Let us now proceed to consider
such measures as are calculated TO
remedy the conditions and produce c
fna! reform.
THE first and greatest need IL the
present moment is publicity ard ac-
curate knowledge of the subject CT
sex. The general public Goes nos
know the facts about prostitution. II
does not realize the meaning anc niE-
nificance of the awful diseases that
result from vice. The masses OF the
people are unacquainted with the
physiology of sex and very few ra..
ents know what or how 10 teach ths.-
children. There never was gres!er
ignorance OH any subject tl;an on this.
For this reason it is the t,uty of evs.-y
person who earnestly desires to MAKE
helpful contribution to this CAUSE
to read and inform himself about =,
facts.
Preventative Measures
I'm the cts Of seattle last week ~,
institute vas scld us.der the eusp!ces
of the Society of Social and Moral
Hygiene. The subject of White Slav-
cry was presented by physician by
the use of the stereopticon. BY means
of addresses and conferences other
phases of the sex problem were stud
led. Literature was distributed II eely
and also sold at small price. These
meetings brought together q large
number of people.
This society. during the pas: year,
has held parents meetings throughout
the school districts of the city. In
each case a physician and a layman
talked to the people. Under the guild
ance Of a committee a syllabus was
prepared for the guidance OF the
speakers so that each meeting con-
veyed the same message. Meetings
were also held in schools among boys
and girls in sectional meetings. Such
work is being done in Spokane and in
Of work Books on these subjects
should be placed in the public library
and on the book shelves i'll stores.
clubs, and schools. This method is
necessarily slow but it is the method
that will finally win the day.
I'm the second place would sue-
gest that the city authorities take
steps to provide the community with
free public park, properly equipped
with a modern play ground for all the
children of the city. This playground
should be under the guidance OF n
trained instructor. The public has
done little or nothing for the amuse-
ment of it's childrn. AS a rule these
matters are turned oyer entirely to
those who seek to coin money out of
the child's instinct for play and pleas
ure. Not until we take steps to make
play healthy and sports clean can we
feel that we have done much for the
youths purity of mind and body. The
Y. M. c. A. and Y. w. c. A. are doing
more along these lines than the pub
lie realizes. These organizations are
suffering for lack of financial support,
but if our citizens once realized the
value Of their work they would fill
their treasury with money and thus
increase their efficiency hundred
fold - ~ s4t,n
I'm the third place, and in connec-
ton with the above, would urge
the thorough cleaning up of every
thing that savors of obscenity or i'm
purity so that temptations, so far as
possible, should be removed from the
sight of the young. This should not
only include reforms in the public
dance as have already been begun,
but the billboards on the streets, post
ers and pictures of immoral suggestion
in saloons, pool rooms, ETC., should
be removed. Plays that are vulgar or
border on the obscene should be pro-
hibited. ! suggest these reforms be-
cause it has been proven over and
over again that all OF these factors
enter into the problems of prostitu-
ton.
Abrogation of Saloon
''In the fourth place urge the
complete abrogation of the saloon If
a majority of the citizens so desire
and will cooperate. When the sa-
looms are gone, those who have voted
them out must assist the commission
In enforcing the law against the n
legal sale of liquor and must also pro-
vide some practical substitute for the
saloon, II this Is not done, or cam
not be done, l would urge the most
rigid saloon reform, placing the sa-
loon business under strict control.
This could be done by compelling an
earlier closing hour, by absolutely
eradicating every form of gambling.
by prohibiting the custom of treating,
and By excluding minors and women
Living Wage
"Jn the fifth place 1 would urge any
body CT reformers TO make a suYvey
of the industrial conditions OF tho
city. Find out II you can what wages
are being paid to girls ana women and