El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-23
SEGREGATION s
NOT THE REMEDY
Good Government Club
Speakers Emphasize Need
of Much Educative Work.

The petition for an injunction to
close the new segregated district. in
operation south of Eighth street, now
on hearing in the 41st district court,
has spurred the Good Government club
OF FL Paso to renewed efforts.
An enthusiastic meeting. largely at
tended by members and supporters, was
held by the club Thursday night al
the chamber Of commerce. DIT. Paul
Gallagher. one of the vice presidents.
! occupied the chair Rev. Miles Han
son. pastor Of the First Congregational
church. was the first speaker. He
said:
Find Marked Difference of Opinion.
w have during the last few days been
asking them to be present and speak a.
this meeting We find a very marked DIFF
ference Of opinion Men who are working
I splendidly and men who have done noble
work in the past for the city are almost OF
the opinion that we are mistaken in our
aims In fact. we are compelled 10 come
&c the conclusion that II it were possible
TO take a vote on the desires OF the club
We should find ourselves outvoted-
Two OF our decided aims are First, the
! LbcIitlon OF a segregated district. and prob
| ally on both We are IN a minority This
being 30 our chief work at present must be
eoucative.
immortality Old as Civilization.
Take the first object the restriction OF
| immortality A very general opinion is tha-
/ immortality is a necessity il is a bit Of hui
! man nature; in all civilization II has been
I present and always viii be. Unfortunately
! immortality is as old as civilization. but no
progress is possible II we simply say. Wei
II IS here. IL is natural. why fight No evil
from which man suffers can not find the
SINE excuse and no progress would be pos
sitle. and no reforms achieved under the
same attitude. immortality has been 2
sccurge OF humanity and has killed every
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havoc II works today Is as terrible as OF
ycre- Fifty TO so per cent OF men have.
seven out OF every 10 Half Of the opera
items on women come from the same cause.
One IN every three cases OF immortality
springs from II and one out or every i've
cases Of blindness We have either 10 fight
immortality or il viii fight and defeat u.
Segregation Does Not segreEate.
As 70 the second object the abolition o.
segregated districts Many eminent and
helpful men in our midst honestly think
such a district a necessity They assume
that il is wise 10 have an immortality in one
place. that the evil had better be segregated |
than widespread II segregation did segre-
gate then there would be something IN the
contention. but the history Of the question
shows that segregation does not segregate- /
Experience has proven that there are always |
as many women prostitutes outside the seq /
reEated area as within and the cities OF I
America that have carefully inquired into
ceuse IL fails TO segregate- ]
Attendant Evils Are Great.
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they furnish an un~answerable argument
against segregation To find the women. 1
white slavery Is necessary Solicitors ar5
over working 70 Keep Up the supply ana
meu-nay devils. are at work all the time
buying and selling women. Demand and
supply work hand in hand The redlight dis
trict is the demand and the supply must be
forthcoming Then the supply creates a
fertilizer demand and hence the vicious circle.
Close redlight districts and you strike at
the very root of white slavery
Districts Increase Disease
HHn#aanma Ha ia HnnEnnnnA hn EaMH"EE# die I
tlicts, for medical examination cannot pos
stbly be successful II is said that in ii
need that is not usual l ask al in fair
ness OF militarism to look carefully 70 this
size Of the question Boys are separated
from home Influence, they are let loose
without much TO occupy their time and are
Wc then 20 naunt before them temptation
EcW great the danger may be guessed when
We realize that the United States army has
three times as much disease IN II as any
European army with the exception OF Eng
Isud ana mas twice that OF England. ana
Of the men Of the navy who enter with a
clean bill Of health, one In every five be-
redllght districts FOR our gallant soldiers 70
visit We need TO give them some other in
tsTest and some friendly associations.
Degrade Police Force.
Their redlight districts Invariably de-
grade our police forces They are the cen
tiers Of graft and cannot be otherwise Then
We ask our citizens to think over the dan
gers Of aggregation II does not segregated
T. oeErades women: il creates immoral solf-
citcrs and largely causes white slavery
It debauches the officials: it spreads disease:
and we feel that We need a prolonged care
fui. calm and judicial campaign Of o19ca-
Attempts at Segregation Fail.
Dr. Paul Gallagher followed with an sd-
dress. in which he said:
The best arguments for segregation a-s
tie claims that It segregates, that Il p7o-
tects the rest Of the city. that Il lessens
the crime Of rape and also temptation A
any or all OF these arguments were good
then We might say let Us not see too much
and what we do not see viii not hurt Us.
However. just the reverse Is true
Rome Is the first city that really tried
segregation- All the public women were
gathered in one place. a Gordon OF police
was drawn about the district and every ef-
other parts Of the city It was found 10
be beyond their powers TO prevent the e.
Of some and the setting up OF places In
the residential portion OF the city ana later
81 was found that women from other cities
were attracted 10 Rome by the very condi-
TINS There were then more IN the district
than there had ever been and more on tbs
outside This was the first recorded failure
OF the plan. Later other cities from which
tetistics are available found the same
thing. Il has been proven beyond doubt
only from 10 TO 20 per cent OF the
Chicago AbOlishes District
Chicago in 1912 had a restricted dis
rape or attempted rape 3s7 people The
E.Nt year after the abolition Of the district
there were only sos such cases. a loss OF u
per cent In the face OF an Increase OF 10000
population That is the experiences OF other
-ities and disp0ses OF that theory
when there are street walkers in any
,1ty. regardless Of a district. 1 do not see
the temptation can be reduced by put
ing up a district where the facts can be
iscertained by anyone even innOcently.
The abolition then Of a segregated dis
rict does none Of these things that are
harged against it by its champions. What !
s. the reverse2 Who does 1t protect7 Only j
nc man in his rounds Of debauch. the r
'reedy landlord VINO can exact high rents I
md the merchant Of whatever line who has E
he patronage Of the district. I do not be- =
isvc that it Is fair for them to grow az ,
hat hes been shown the expense OF the en- Z
ire community. y
No Police Scandal Here. >
81 believe that the abolition Of the late 80
district which was accomplished without