Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-03
Man Who Framed Successful Act al DeS MoneS Explains
Workings and Points Out Value of Community 0ecency

claimed that the adjustment OF the
red light district scatters crime over
the city; n 90, il acts precisely in
the zane way as the cleaning OF the
haeK a'iess under the orders OF the
heard of health. II may be that the
removal Of garbage and filth and re-
fuse from The alleys scatters flies and
gscsquitoeS and other insect spreading
pdieases; but If so, let IL be remem-
bered that by this very process the
treedlDP i!ac,-s FIR these insects are
destroyed. That Is exactly what the
hoard OF health seeks to accomplish.
viz, to eliminate the breeding place.
"a destroy the source Of evil, and that
is exactly what higher type of citi
Zenship seeks 10 do in the adjustment
of the segregated district. IL is to
destroy the breeding places. the source
of the evil The light of the avenue
Is better than the darkness of the
alley. III we are TO have evil at either
place, let's have II on the avenue
where IL may be seen by all persons.
Light is destroying agency whether
OF disease-breeding germs or disease
breeding social conditions. When evil
is segregated II is invariably segre.
gated to poorer quarters 1t is the
daughters of the poor who are made
the white slaves; il is the unfortun-
ate moor who are made to suffer; the
father without means or influence 10
fight the evil and with little or no
family comforts. can least of all af.
ford TO suffer the destruction of home
and the shame of his daughters
misery
When vice appears upon the avenue
there is always some one to fight il;
police protection is furnished. the
police officer becomes yigilant with
the result that the evil is for a short
period and in a light form. 1t is like
smallpox after thorough vaccination
lit either does not apDear at all. or
IL ii does appear fits effect is seldom
serious.
To restate the matter; a segregated
district means corrupt police force.
q licensed breeding place of evil, and
an invitation to young men to SOW
their wild oats and to young girls to
lead a checkered life. II means in.
creased crime; 1t means larger sjsils,
more penitentiaries, large insane asyl-
ums. and a greater relief fund for the
poor. II means a market for white
slavery. and 1t mans a lessening of
all spiritual values and corroding OF
all moral forces. II this is true, then
IL follows that the best methods
should be adopted for the humiliation
Of the segregated district. II is self
evident that wherever vice is the most
wherever relief is most
needed. the jury system is the most
Inefficient We must therefore turn
to some other constitutional and legal
method of dealing with conditions:
hence the value OF the Injunction and
abatement law. which is not depend
ent upon local conditions for its eff
ficiency.
5 The injunction and abatement bill
pursuant to a state law.
This means that the combined moral
value of the state may be used to
war against the evil of q particular
locality. II means that the city must.
annul its partnership arrangement
with vice, but, more than that, it
means that the man who leases a
building knowingly for immoral pur-
poses Is equally guilty with the un-