Arizona republican., 1916-07-19


 zona. since they could always depend on him to vigorously support them no matter what the consequences the restricted district is adopted or allowed to live; and experience has taught me that ordinarily the prime movers for segregated district are those who expect to benefit financially from the arrangement. Now, if Phoe- nix faces a severe problem today in the way of prostitution spread over the city, and if it is not ridding itself of a-condition manifestly in violation of the law, what assurance is there that if restricted district were or ganized it would be properly reeulat- ed? l have yet to see regulated dis trict that l would consider fit to rec ommcnd to my church members or l that l would be glad to advise my son ' to enter. Evil can never be so regu- i lated as to make it safe or right, and men and women banded together to see Christian teaching practiced in 1 society should see to il that nothing of this sort is fostered in our midst. l am told that Phoenix formerly had a restricted district and that it was d constant menace to the welfare of i the community. Has the method of handling such districts, or the dis tricts themselves, improved so much | of late, that they are now safe?
 Taking up the question of venereal disease and medical inspection If the sinners disease is so prevalent in ] Dhaa fx- I l is certain, the group that will frequent such a district is largely made up of the present sufferers from venereal disease. The inmates of a ditsirot will become infected. Now. if such a thing as medical inspection could be enforc- ed, it would require the removing of the infected girls from the district But the district must go on. Have the people of Phoenix ever considered where the new supply must come from and where will we get girls to main tain this district through the years |? On the other hand, if we do not get adequate medical inspection, and prac- tically all recent studies have proven we cannot then the district becomes d veritable center for the spread of the most dangerous diseases that now face our country. Medical inspection has proven farce almost universally. , and another source of graft upon the unfortunate girl who is forcel to sell herself to q shining society Usually the doctor who will engaged in such a practice is d man whom we cannot trust. In a number of states venereal diseases are supposed to be reported just as small pOX is reported The laxity in this matter is well known. 1T our respectable physicians are un- able to report, because of a dulled public conscience, how may we expect doctor engaged in such a trade to keep the law?
 Again, the authorities agree that the segregated district does not seg- reSate nasty glance at our larger cities will prove the fact in moment And furthermore. if it is possible to rid city of occasional prostitution when you have a district, then why IS 1t not possible to rid city of. it's prostitution without a district? As a matter of fact, the segregated district becomes the commercial center of this business. With such a center. it is ! possible to trade in women buy and sell, and carry on the nefarious busi- ness, even going so far as to selling stock and in general carrying on a regular business. Kneeland, our fore most authority on this subject says:
 Houses of prostitution cannot exist except through the trafficking in women. Prostitutes who live scat tered through the city may earn money for their pimps; but traffic in scat tered prostitutes is practically impos- slble. As soon as houses are set up
 the opportunity for trade is created
 The proprietors give specific order.
 to the procurers and the
 procurer fills the order, resorting tC
 every possible device in the effort tc
 do so, to deceit, misreprehension, in.
 toxication, doping, or what not Tn,
 white slave traffic is thus not only
 hideous reality, but reality almos
 wholly dependent on the existence 0
 houses of prostitution" pr. Flexner
 in writing on Prostitution in Europe
 concurs, as do the reports from vari
 ous vice commissions
 In some ways, there is a close paral : Tel between the licensing of the saloo - and bootlegging; and establishing seg Il regated district and scattered prosti N tuition. The saloon men used to te | us that they sold more liquor in tn | prohibition states, and we used t | wonder why fhey fought prohibitio
 so hard. And from interested source | today we hear fbaf thare is more ViC