Editorials.

The article discusses the city of New York. That New York compares favorably with any great city in the world in the matter of vice, has been repeatedly and emphatically assured on the highest official authority. Whether this be true or not, so far as regards the actual extent of "the social evil" taken in itself, one should not undertake to judge. Government, in any event, is only one of the factors that enter into the case; economic conditions, the prevailing moral standards of the community, and other elements of pervasive importance and influence, go to the shaping of the situation.