The associations of many employments are prejudicial to morality.
Six sevenths of the prostitutes drink intoxicating liquors to a greater or less extent.
Parental influences induced habits of intoxication.
A professed respect for religion is common among them.
A capital of nearly four millions of dollars is invested in the business of prostitution.
The annual expenditure on account of prostitution is more than seven millions of dollars.
Prohibitory measures have signally failed to suppress or check prostitution.
A necessity exists for some action.
Motives of policy require a change in the mode of procedure.