New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-06

fed b, No aren't meets her ON the dpck to pnrsnade
hc, to nocc,t a passage to Illinois or Upper Canada
ilcro To be employed ON ihr worn At dollar pcr day
aud cancellations On the contrary ahc may think
lo,,elf lortunato II wocks aoarch opens TO hcr n
,iacc vhcro hy The devotion of all her waking hours
tho can earn Eve tosiN dollars per month, with chance
If ia increase after several ycAra faithful service, to
seven or eight dollars at most
Tho brother IL in many respects the equal Of his en-
rloycr may vi down beside him at the hotel whore
the, both stop for dinner their votes may balance
each other at any election the aborer lives with those
whose company suits him, and needs no character
from his last place TO secure him employment or new
lob when he gets tired of the old But the sister
payer passes out of the atmosphere OF caste-0f con
,cious and calling inlcrOry to those with whom her
dnysmus be spent There is no elecOnday in her year
and but the ghost of Fourth Of July She must live
NOT with those she likes but with those who want her
ale is not always safe from liber.ine insult in what
Serves her for n home she knows Ten Hour Rule,
and would not dare to claim its protection if were
enacted Though not a slave by law, she is too often
as near it in practice as one legally free can be.
Now this disparity between the rewards of Mans
and Womans labor at the base of the social edidce is
carried up to its very pinnacle OF brother and sis
ter equally qualified and effective as teachers the
brother will receive twice much compensation as
the sister The mistress who conducts the rural dis
trct school in summer usually receives less than half
the monthly stipend that her brother does for teaching
that same school in winter when time and work are
far less valuable and here there be no pretense
of disparity in capacity justifyng that in wages Be-
tween male and female workers in the factories and
mills, the same difference is enforced.
Who does not feelt that this is intrinsicay wrong -
that tie sister ought to have equal mot necessarily
IDENTICAL opportunities with the brOher-shouldb be as
well taught, industrialy as well as intellectually and
her compensation made TO correspond with her capac
ty, upon a clear understanding OF the fact that,
though her muscular power is less than his, yet her
dexterity and celebrity Of manipulation are greater
Where does the wrong originate Suppose that, by
some memorable law in the spirit of Hndoo caste 1t
were settled that Negroes regardless of personal capa-
city could do nothing for living but black boots and
that d.baired men were allowed to engage IN no
avocation except horse curg who does not perceive
that though boOtbacking and hOrse-curryng might be
well and cbeaply done, black-skinned and also red
haired men would have but sorry chance for making
q living Who does not see that their wages, social
standing and means of securing independence, would
be far inferior to those they now enjoy
The one great cause, therefore, Of the inadequate
compensation and inferior position of Woman, is the
unjust 0pporionment efarOedtOns Man has taken the
lions share to himself and allotted the residue to
Woman telling her to take that and be content with it
if she don't want to be regarded as forward indeli
cate presumng unyOmanly creature, who is evidently
no better than she should be- And Woman has come
for the most part to accept the lot thus assigned her
with thankulness rather, without thought-ust as
the Mussulmans wife reOices in her of prOprety
which will not permit her to show her face in the
street and the Brahmn widow immolaes herself on the
funeral pyre of her husband.
What is the appropriate remedy
Primarily and mainly, more rational and healthful
Public Sentiment with regard to Woman's Work.
sentiment which shall welcome her to every employ
ment wherein she may be useful and efficient without
necessarily compromising her purity or everlasting
her strength Let her be encouraged TO open Store,
to work Garden plant and tend Orchard, to learn
any of the lighter Mechanical Trades, to study for
Profession whenever her circumstances and her tastes
fla render any of these desirable. Let Woman, and
the advocates of Justice to Woman, encourage and
patronize her in whatever laudable pursuit she may
thus undertake let them give a preference to dry
goods stores wherein the clerks are mainly women
and so as to hotels where they wait at table,
mechanics shops in which they are extensively
employed and fairly paid. Let the ablest
of the sex be called to the ccture-Oom,
to the Temperance rostrum &c, and wherever
PosOfce falls vacant and deserving woman is COM
petent TO Ell and willing to take it, let her be appointed
as a very few have already been. There will always
be some widow of poor clergyman doctor, law
yer or other citizen prematurey cut off who will be
found qualified for and glad to accept such post il
others will suggest her aud procure her appoint
mcnt Thus abstracting more and more of the compe-
tent and energetic from the restricted sphere wherein
they now struggle with their sisters for meager and
women will find the demand for their labor gradually
increasing and its recompense proportionay enhanc
ing. With larger field and more decided usefulness
will come truer and deeper respect; and Woman, no
longer constrained to marry for position may always
wait marry worthiy and in obedience TO the dictates
Of sincere affection Hence constancy. purity, mutual
respect, just independence and life of happiness
may be reasonably anticipated.
1.-THE the friends Of Rights dsss
nsed the writer Of this Committee address the public
the subject Of Woman Industry and M rewards The above
his the subject which far they approved by bis
associates tho Committee be embodied any paper they
shall see 1T TO issue
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