THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, JUNE 24 1899.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 11, 24 June 1899, Page 2

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. SATU RDAY, JUNE 24 1899.

ismeutrj of ;> corf^n mtave Iris b?en bronsjht , rather forcibly under our notice lately, and as wo have to lvfnse publicity to what mo consider an objectionable class oi advertisement, it might not be an inopportune time to emphasise the vast amount of harm that is done to the rising generation by the dissemination of corrupt and immoral literature. T hia takes place partly through suggestive advertisement*, and partly through the post—by whose instrumentality a mass of lewd and lying pamphlets are kept constantly distributed among

t.io yotmqr p->opb oE oai* colonial com,nuniiie3. Such leiflets and booklets have not infrequently reichodour own h.inds ani for rli'j last few years our ama/sem-n' us grown, as our knowledge in-or"a->ed, at tli3 astonishing imount of h'ivm that 13 beino laily inflicted on unsuspecting yoalhs. This is a deeply secivt tra iic of rhe most pernicious kind and being' of a delicate nature it h not easy for the Press to 1 t that daylight 1,1, that a wholesome Press should do. Nor indeed arj the Press faultier m the mater ; they h ive not is clean ha'ids is they might hive, dow irj uiy oH oar larg-i piper* have ujcrei^d rheir dividjirls by- i'.ie pro, ids 0" tinssugi?e4i\e .ut/'i-Usiug! V/u lo not knovv how niAu.i cio lit l, dae to the pivs.'.it g)Vc'rnaiGnt for pas<ing iiii Act lo sappivss ! Indece.it A lvcrh.-? 'injuts, u.id^i .vhich pro^'catiii^ have takin place lately, b. if v/ ) do raiijtciiu i,hat it is one of the kind?- it Acth that could have b^co ne la ,v, fo, the preservation of. oac yoatli oi both sexos. Whefher tiu 'Jku Itirnment deserve m ich ere- 1 it fo: the Act or no', tncy certain iy took a long tim j to put it in force One prosecution ha.-? forttiaacelj 7 had a most sil'itury oife.-t, especially in r^girl io ■Viwtmliau papers which li tve naclto remove che most obviously indecent and ob.eotiou iblrj of their iidveriibementa befo/e circulation in thitcolony wouid be permitted. Can the spreading abroad ihroagh the post 01 11 bimilar if not a wors? class of literature be prevented ? vVeknowin this di^incialo iatha( tne damage done is much greater th m anyone woald suppose posrt.ble, and (he rem viy lies apparently in the instrat-tion of our » r oulh when th_>y leicj'i a certain <ige — just as the Jews have done to •ye ins — md iv r •straining tue ilisseniination oi the ob.ioxious books and pamphlets. If the 'hvat Avere more fre jueutl) a lopted by the heads of laimhos a.ul if kuiil but |.irtivjio'is iustruciion ware given to oar children it would jejait 111 gre it b 'ne.it to tneiii in their after livei — as regirds their health as well as their pocket:. 'A'/hapn tui g^a'e.curse of all in this sinful secret business is the suggesting to youth tho existence of disease which have no foundation in fact, [t results iv an o/erfhro.v of their m°ntal balance and a fleecing of their pockets. Thepersoiib who ply this ti-ada, it is noi necessary to say, have no ends to serve but their own— to fill then pock-ts by one of the most cowardly practices human nature has ever descended to, theii' plausible letters and "sincere regards for your future welfare "'&<•., &c, notwithstanding. It will hardly ba believed that hundreds of pounds leave "South Canterbury annually to'fettefc the liarpigs

u t Melbourne and riyj,iej who prey on iiiKorfcua'aij young moQ by their larid sag g-vtious. These m&\m3 tiij inixids of tlsr>Q who aro barrej *>f the L-nowb'dga that th?2j ."should doss-sb aad they ivadiij uke the bait of tie 3.'aif;d hlj£ <in rap a j 0,13 angle,*, If they re* eei/ed same value, howe/er intiJjqut', m refcaru fo,.' t ieh»i aiouey tne cisj would uufc be si b d, but ia reihtythu dupjs o£ • tixe isouuadreiri Wiio ;UyertiS3 fcO"; euro •' iovv j-3 1 vitd.ty," vie, p\iyj id- less t lav nothiag. Tjiey p'ljf' to !idve inveulvid ior t^e^u imig-, nury diaeise-j whici Vas/ ai-e 113-, ■>cwe*l wjll drive Uen to t>i&; liiucic asylum or taa grave ua-le-ss they pay handsomely tor b>' i.jg ro..cu^d. TiKit yoaihs wja' ire bdxi'jriijg from noumjg proiubly bat Uxou- ownauxiotieiaaJl ten 1 ,., or from some siig.it t^mp-^ oiui'y want of toni or vigour ia-,1 ei'lental to gi-owth and do/elopeneut, shoild be dape.l, fl^eyeJ and rendered hypoehondriacal througj advertisements i% \v£ < nold, a dingrdce to the JrVess j t bat we f.-el bound to jioiat out? that oar ctbbUi'd stretciiiug of ths idea of moiedfy alono rend3r3 \ such a tiviflic possible. The I sooner this e/il is faced boldly! instead of tryiug to miiafcdiu aa * mjuiious igjorauce of the ejaont- i idl facts of liie and uaraj-e tu^j better it will be ior our boysandH g.rls and tor txii nex:b gjiiQi'-s j atiou. Since the introdaccioa of : the OxTensive Publications Act we j have opened oar eyes and ears | widely with (he resulting conj- ' viction that if we have to rely on ; Uie profits of such adverlisnie.ilg is we have iadicate !, to make both ends meet, we saouM prefer co "close down " and saeli d liv- ' lag by some otiie' 1 meiny. 'fhig 6A L \ve iur gaiieiess yoata aot dad i«s way into our cuiumnjfc ; La bpite of the Uw it isttill pos*. I sible to insert mo-.t objjcUozjtibld | tau suggestive adveHisemeata i .vnich techiiically comply with, j .ac terms or tLe Aci, .but w.iicl» I eatirely contravene its provisions.'- 1 j bpiiit and reality, m my of the 1 no .t ianocjnt-loo'ciHg ser/ing I the purpose of inducing youths 1 o apply <o th« advertisers 1 Tor hooka or painphir ts. No ; eTort will be pp.u'e.l to kec-p this j paperfreafi'OJn all aacM blemished '*