The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-06
HAWAIIAN GAzETTE, TuEsDAY MARCH -sEMtwEEKtY


and let the men free to roam about the
cityf Would there be any less reason
IL / should discover a family afflicted
with cholera and quarantined the wo.
men and let the men freef Would we
not, to follow the same principle. have
TO send only women 20 Molokaif rtts
Segregation that is an outrage aud
n failure, and medical examination that
is farce Is the basis Of regulation Of
commercialized vice. Yet that Is what
the opponents OF the present abate-
ment law offer as their solution Of the
problem of eommercialized vice. |"
Doctor Schurmann was then introduced
by Judge Dole and in opening his talk,
the sole opponent of the abatement by
injunction law said: @
Negative Side Presented
t'what have to say in the negative
Of this question is contained in letter
hat / sent to the Star. Bulletin last
Tuesday, but which was, returned to
me unpublished "a
He then read the letter, which de.
Tended the need Of segregated dis
trict on the ground that the young
men with red blood" must be pro,
vided with means Of satisfying their
natural desires. In pointing out that
man was not made TO live alone, he
laid stress on the fact that present eco.
lomie conditions were such that most
Fnrng men could not afford to get mar
ried. He read statistics from a med.
zeal journal TO show that the percent.
age OF venereal diseases among uncon
trolled prostitutes is fifteen times as
great as amongst those in segregated
districts. He also read an article from
a magazine which reviewed the recent
crusade against vice in San Francisco,
led by the Rev Paul Smith, which has
resulted in closing up both the uptown
tenderloin Of unrestricted vice and the
so-called Barbary Coast district, where
vice was segregated. Mr.. Huber was
then introduced by Judge Dole
Huber Explains Law 81"
United States District Attorney
Huber was the next speaker. lie ex.
PINNED the working of the Iowa Vice
Abatement Law at length, producing
facts and figures based on the actual
operation Of the law, which stamped II
indisputably as practical success in
almost every case where adopted. He
spoke of the operation Of the law. in
vice. ridden States and pointed out with
rare eloquence that, thanks to this law
States which prior to its introduction
were kissing and by-word among
the States of the nation, had solved
the terrible problem which had con
fronted them and had today records
to show pointing to greater community
happiness, enhanced State and munici
pal Welfare and q trampling in the mirC
of the hydra-headed head of vice.
Among sovereign States which have
| adopted the vice-abatement law or 8
measure based on similar lines and
found it good, the speaker instancet
| Arizona, California, Colorado, District
of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana
of Columbia, Maine, Massachusetts,, Mi
chigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jer
sey, New York, North Carolina, Nortl
Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Soptl
| Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virgin
a, Washington and Wisconsin. He asked
whether the Terri DRY OF Hawaii with al
its enlightenment, prosperity and eul
| ture should align itself with thes'
States or take rank with others il
which vice was permitted to reigl
rampant and the sanctity of mainden
hood and womanhood was matter O.
but tTifling account. . sly
The speaker then turned his atten
ton to the argument of previou
speaker, DR.. F. H. Schurmann, who haC
stated that ed.blooded men required
red light district, restricted or other
wise. He scored this view of the mat
| ter numerically. sH
Sccrns Schurmann's Statement -
1t had been stated, said the speaker
ated against marriage. ~ don I be
lieve this for a minute, passionate
~ declaimcd Huber; "out on It'll
dom for one single moment believ
that the high cost of living in this en-
lightened country will prevent an,
young woman from getting married an,
by so doing atfording the young ma
of her choice the happiness which 1t |
in her power to bestow, and the in
estimable God ."iven privilege an,
praiseW ambition of becoming tn
head of a family. If il comes to
matter of personal sacrifice 4 am eel
tain that the young women of this Tel
ritory will not be found in any whi
wanting. .i>.I s.
"The women Of Honolulu are in ia
vOr of purrr city, purer communit,
and a purer Territory, Of that / am as
sured," remarked the speaker. e
feel certain that no woman here want
her sister to become habitue of tn
red light district and, as was the cas-
when the Inflated steamer Titani
vent down in the Atlantic, < am posi-
tive that their slogan in the campaigl
| At present under way will be 'Womel
and children Rrst,' and that they will
dc all In their power, through thei
great influence, to make Hawaii no
only the most prosperous place o.
God 5 fOOtstool, but also the cleanest
purest and most attractive pace on tn
world s map" , ID r...s. ..J
| Chairman Dole at this iuncture in
vited any person in the audience VIII
might. have something to say on tn
negative side of the discussion to ad
dress the meeting, but the invitation
failed of response. .r. -.. -.....,,....,
Wallace r. Harrington was the mex
speaker, and he said that what tn
audience had heard was all well an,
good, but that the question which aros