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Show A CHANCE FOR VIGOROCS ACTIO V. There are few ruler? who have given the welfare of their" people so much personal attention as has William of German'. The wants of the masses as well as those of the classes have found an open avenue to the imperial ear. It has been necessary to pass through no circumlocution ollice, nor has the emperor em-peror ever been vague or evasive in his replies. He has spoken promptly and acted with vigor. In all matters pertaining per-taining to the welfare of the people he has shown an unusual interest. The bill for the restriction of the liquor traffic finds in him one of its most earnest earn-est advocates, . and now he has also turned his attention to the deplorable immorality prevalent in Berlin. The Iieichsanzeigcr, the official paper, by order of the emperor, enjoins the local authorities to adopt energetic measures for the suppression of men who live upon the earnings of prostitutes. The police are warned to act promptly and without favor. ' . . There are few American cities in which a similar order would not be timely. The recent investigations of an agent of the mikado in regard to the importation of Japanese women for immoral im-moral purposes into the cities of the Pacilic coast and mountain region, has developed a sad standard of morality; Salt Lake City has not been' free from this blot. Suppress the pimp and in a large measure you suppress the prostitute. prosti-tute. Just now this city has had a sort of spasmodic tit of virtue. But was it genuine? Was not the recent session o the grand jury the cause? If it is permanent, much has been accomplished, accom-plished, but if after listening to the instructions in-structions of Judge Zane, the grand jurr has shut its ejes to its duty, it means only the temporary drawing of the blinds in the "burnt districts." Doors will be reopened and business will be resumed at the old stand. It has been but a few days since it was a common sight to see the "scarlet w oman" stand in the doorway and solicit so-licit trade on streets in the very heart of the city. Suppress the men who live . Upon the earnings of these women that is the men who rent houses to them . and vou suppress the women them- selves. Here is a chance for the local authorities to act and to act vigorously and promptly. |