Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-23
THE REASONS FOR
 So MUCH VICE Illinois Vice Commission at Hearing Suggests Some
 Remedies.
R. WILSON WILL AID
Rag Dancing Given as One of the Causes of the Downfall
 of Young Girls.

Illinois Senate Vice Commission by prominent club women and others at the hearing held here today:
 Mems desires
 Example of fashion about women.
 Starvation wages
 Wrong early training
 Lack of respect received from boys.
 High cost of living.
 Suggestive songs.
 Rag dancing
 Joy riding, mash. financial ability of men to marry and fake advertise ments
 These are the remedies:
 Single standard of impurity.
 Home training.
 Minimum wage law.
 Police women.
 Instruction in strict hygiene
 Whipping or hanging as punishment for seduction.
 Votes for women.
 List patrons of disorderly houses.
 The hearing was held in the Willard Hotel and was attended by about 300 persons, mostly women. Earlier in the day the commission had called on President Wilson and asked him to in- vite conference of the vice con- mission of the various states and he has promised to think it over.
 The most interesting testimony was given by Stanley Finch, in charge of the Department of Justices campaign against white slavery; Miss Archi- bald Hopkins, president of the Wo- mems Welfare Association; Mrs. Adolphus Kahn, president of the Jewish Alliance Association; Mrs. Harvey w. Valley, representing the Consumers League. and the House. keeping Alliance, and others
 ITO my mind 90 per cent of the so- cial evil is the, fault of the men," said Mir. Finch. "It does not appear in our investigation that the white slave cases would have been prevented by minimum wage law"
 Men not only have the wrong atti- tude and the wrong disposition to- wards women but they have so much money with which to tempt them. Un- less we can educate the men to ap- preciate the enormity of the offense, we will have a problem before us regardless of what the wages of wo- men may be-"
 What about the institution of the whipping post as a punishment for the crime of leading women astray?" ask ed Lieutenant Governor O'Hara, of 1 Illinois, chairman of the commission.
 My own opinion is that hanging is' none too good,' said MT. Finch. 'In many cases it is certainly merited."
 What of mashing?" asked MT. O'Hara.
 'It is preliminary to the betray- al."
 Then you believe that the boy who goes out innocently to flirt is an aid to cadets?"
 Well, it is preparing the girl for an easy approach by the cadet" "If we could clear the streets of the boy mashers, we could more cas- lily clean up the cadets" Certainly"
 I MT. Finch said that looking over the records of 100 random cases he had found that 75 victims of the white slavers come from the ranks of the do- j mestics. q Mrs. Archibald Hopkins said that good housing will improve morals Mrs. Kahn maintained that the girls who do not work are just as likely to be victims as those who do. |I The training of young boys to have plenty respect for their mothers and sisters is the important thing" she said. with girls, it is simply a mat ter of temptation and the power to re- } sist it. Very few girls go wrong be- cause they want fine clothes. Train the girl properly and there will be lit.