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

claim cd tia; tho abOlisnment Of the
red Hgh: district Ecatters crime over
the city: II so. IL acts precisely in
the zane way IA the cleaning Gf tn"
back al'"rs under the orders OF the
hoard OF health. IL may be that the
removal Of garbage and filth and re-
fuse from the alleys scatters Ties and
mosquitoes and other insect spreading
dIeases: iut. iC so. let it he remem-
hcrcd- that by this very process the
i-raed'ne Jls-".-q fer these inpo"te 2re
destroyed. That is exactly what the
heard Of health seeks TO accomplish.
viz. to eliminate the breeding place.
II destroy the source Of evil. and that
is exactly what a higher type of citi
Znnship seeks to do in the adjustment
Of the segregated district. 1t is TO
destroy the breeding places. the source
Of the evil The light of the avenue
is better than the darkness Of the
alley. II we are to have evil at either
place. let's have IL on the avenue
where il may be seen by all persons.
Light is destroying agency whether
OF disesse-bTeeding germs or disease
breeding social conditions When evil
is segregated ii is invariably segre-
gated to poorer quarters. II is the
daughters Of the poor who are made
the white slaves; il is the unfortun-
ate poor who are made TO suffer; the
father without means or influence to
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 it;
police protection is furnished. the
notice officer becomes vigilant with
the result that the evil is for a short
period and in light form. II is like
smallpox after thorough vaccination
-it either does not appear at all. or
IL IT does appear fits effect is seldom
serious.
To restate the matter; a segregated
district means a corrupt police force.
a licensed breeding place Of evil, and
an Invitation to young men to SOW
their wild oats and to young girls TO
lead q checkered life. Il means in
creased crime; IL means larger jails,
more penitentiaries, large insane asvl-
ums. and a greater relief fund for the
poor. Ii means market for white
slavery. and it mans a lessening of
all spiritual values and a corroding Of
all moral forces If this is true, then
1t follows that the best methods
should be adopted for the annihflation
Of the segregated district. 1t is self.
evident that wherever vice is the most
predominant, 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 ef-
ficiency.
The Injunction and abatement bill
operates pursuant to a state law
This means that the combined moral
value of the state may be used to
war against the evil of a particular
locality. 1t means that the city must
annul its partnership arrangement
with vice, but. more than that, it
means that the man who leases
building knowingly for immoral pur-
poses is equally guilty with the un-