Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
BEAVERS TELLS
Of VICE WAR At
CHIEFS MEET
Declares at Convention of Police
Heads of u. S. That Atlanta
Now Is Clean.
Continued From Page I.

tors to rid a city Of an epidemic. but
It would not take a city long to rid
itself Of a doctor found promoting the
epidemic.
Vice is one thing and protected vice
is another and public officials are
paid to prevent crime, and when they
protect 1t and assign a place for II.
then they are subject to be i'm
peached.
Physicians declare the system
deadly and unnecessary Scientists
say that from IL come bacteria
binding and blighting Of babies,
manning and killing of wives Soci-
ologlsts pronounce IL the greatest
source Of social impurity. The law
forbids II as a menace to morals and
health.
Trouble 10 Higher Up"
I dare say that SO officers out Of
100 would enforce the laws against
the social evil II they knew that their
Jobs depended upon IT, They would
not stop TO think whether II is neces-
sary or not. The trouble Is higher up.
Defenders Of segregation have
knowledge Of the world Not with
hNl EuhlltHE AlitN say AAAt AAbEtAlk VI
the houses viii not eliminate the
social evil Some Of them almost
weep In referring TO the antiquity Of
the evil. but they forget that theft
was committed a long time ago, and
that murder also is Of ancient ORR
gin. Cain slew his brother Abel be-
fore the hrothel had been devised.
Imagination staggers at the thought
OF the heights that might have been
attained by the thief and the murder
err in their peculiar lines had they
been favored with a segregated dis
trict In which to ply their lawless
practices, Theft and murder are old
err, but the defenders OF segregation
would never think for a moment OF
advocating their protection.
/ understand a splendid jew has
been leading the battle for decency
In the city Of Plttsburg. Similar bat
ties are being fought AN over the
country, and the good people are fear
lessly standing behind the guns in
the combat against this great peril
that menaces our girls and threat
ems our glorious womanhood.
The State that officially tolerates
and guarantees houses of vice as
sumes the role Of procurer The
same must be said Of cities.
The great city Of Berlin has closed
these places. Madrid and London
have done the same thing Chicago
has closed them, as has eight or ten
other large cities I'm the United States.
Atlsnts's Vice War.
Under the segregation plan the
open house Of vice means police pro-
lection in fragrant violation Of the
law. In my own city, the city of At
lanta, we had segregated district
until eight months ago. II had eN-
listed ever since Atlanta had been "a
city There had always been SEN
timent that such a district was neces-
sary. Where such a sentiment orig
mates is a question that puzzles my
mind No doubt some men are honest
in their opinion that segregation is
the only solution. but I am of the
opinion that this sentiment is strong
est with the men who receive money
from such places. and men who care
nothing about the morals Of the
community.
We ordered all the houses known to
use TO close their doors The good
people of our city offered the women
In the way of homes and
money until they could get employ
ment so they could make an honest
living About % per cent of them ac-
Cepted this offer but the larger part
left the city and went 20 other cities
where they could continue the same
lie
Elimination Is impossible.
I do not say we have none Of this
class Of people now, nor do / ever
expect To see a time when they will
an be eliminated from our city but
do say there is not. one recognized
house in Atlanta. We have no more
complaints i'm residence sections from
designation houses than when We had
the segregated district
The closing % the district has had
the effect Of decreasing crime and dis
order fully one-third. which fact
alone shows the wisdom Of this aC-
ton Then, too we have less trou-
BILE with the cheap hotels than before.
for the reason that the -roprietors
know such places are being closely
watched and that they are under sus-
picion. Before the closing OF the dis
triCt we had much trouble with these
cheap hotels. as they were freQuented
by many young girls.
OF course I have found much oppo-
sitiou TO the, closing OF the district.
but IL comes mainly from the men
who have been making money from II
for years. There were houses that
rented for from four 10 eight hundred