The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-06
Opera House Is Crowded To Hear Leaders 10 Fight For
Clean City Score Segregation As a Failure In
Dealing With the Business Of Prostitution and Defend
Eradication As Real Solution Of the Problem
Plain Terms Mark Discussion

AhNN thC BhVBoHtHlb anu tHt UHDOntNto
of the abatement by injunction law
disagree. 80
Two Methods offered
1.-TWO distinct. methods are offered
as the solution Of the problem Of com
inereialized vice-eTadiction and regula-
tion. Which of these is right AZ
Twenty years ago both sides Of the
discussion over eradication versus re-
gulation could give plausible argn-
ments, citing concrete facts, describing
specific conditions and drawing there
from conflicting conclusions
To-day the facts and the conditions
are the same; but our knowledge of the
facts and Of the conditions has changed
and our conclusions tend all toward
eradication as the solution Of this
problem.
fFor there have been countless com.
missions investigate this problem In the
last, twenty years and every one has
reached the same Conclusion. Every
scientific, every civic, every commercial,
every religious, every medical organiza-
tion that has dug to the roots Of this
question, and the studies have been
deep, thorough and impartial, have I'M
earthed but one answer and that
answer is: = E..A f
Methods That Fail
n THAT segregation does not segre,
gate; that regulation does not regulate
. :" The figures of every investigation
of this problem show that not more
than between five and fifteen per cent
Of the prostitutes are reached by the
so-called regulation of eommercialized
vice. - ,"t
9Th Honolulu we have had regula.
tion of the business of prostitution for
many years. A. few years ago we gave
regulation special trial; we enforced
segregation as best II could be forced;
we made p fair test; and at the end
of a year IL was shown that only
twenty-five per cent Of the prostitutes
had been reached and brought under
the system of regulation. y,
Ear from controlling commercial.
lied vice, segregation improves and
builds up the business of the prosti-
tute. 1t centralizes vice and adver.
tises it. 1t gives to the community a
false sense of security, false by the
very fact that 1t segregates but q
small percentage of the prostitutes of
the city. IL provides easy access to
sin for the youth. 1t affords an open
and free display of women for the
curious, the indecent, the passionate
or the degraded man. And it provides
an ever open market and a ready de.
mand for the pimp and procurer Ia
vend his stock in trade Of human
bodies. ..,S 90. r- h..r.-
Promotes Disorder y....-
a. In the third place segregation pro
notes disorder instead Of maintaining
disorder. Segregation affords oppor
tunity, an opportunity universally TAX
en- advantage of, for corruption of the
law enforcing authorities. 1t brings
viciousness together and affords a con.
gregating place for the criminal class
segregation does not diminish but
extends contamination and spreads
general moral degradation throughout
the entire community
Governor Frear then related facts to
show the failure of segregation in
European cities and cited many ma.
lions in which it had been given up
and stated that in the balance Of
European nations that the theory Of
segregation t'was on its last legs"
- In recent years, - he said, "eradi.
cation has come TO the fore as the real
solution of the problem of CONNER,
eialized vice and the abatement by in.
Junction law has come to be recog,
nized as the most effective means of
accomplishing eradication of the bust.
ness of prostitution.
Shows Laws workings
He then explained briefly the work,
ing of the usual abatement law spec,
ifically mentioning the details of the
law before the legislature.
In explaining the advantages of the
proposed law for Hawaii, he pointed
out that II accomplished its end by
simple procedure and characterized Il
as about as mild bill on this subject
as can be found anywhere" The
validity of such laws, he pointed out
has been thoroughly tested. Among
the features of the law, he mentioned
were that 1t is essentially civil pro,
eedure, and not criminal action; that
u need not go before a jury and was
therefor not hampered by the delays
Of jury trial; that il provides for ac.
ton against the business and not d.
Irectly against the persons engaged in
the BUSINESS, either prostitutes, 1pimps
or landlords. He added that the pro
noHed Hawaii abatement law was dis
tinguished from most such laws in that
1t provided that before a citizen could
institute proceedings for an Injunction
against an alleged house of prostitu
tion, he must obtain the consent Of
the encouragement or the city ani
county attorney. In citing the mum
Der Of States that have adopted sucl
laws, twenty-six and congress, the lat
ter for the District of Columbia, Gov
elnor Frear said; a"..,.
Laws Proved Effective
"These laws have been effective
They. have cleaned out the segregate,
districts aud the houses Of prostitution
outside the former segregated district
as well. They have diminished In
stcad Of increased the amount OF con