, 1865-03-31

l34Sl1 t4e 6oskuu LILLY dnFefuser.l
The general attention excited by Governor
sexes In Massachusetts has proved If great
value in every regard. For while few care
ltss Persons have protested thst tllinge as
they arc are very we'll, the working women
themselves, and all persons systematically
interested In the relief Of poyert}, or in social
science. have brought for9ard in the proper
quarters facts ard statistics which show that
the Governor was none too early in calling
general attention to growing public evil.
The surplus of women over men In Massa-
chusetts IN 1850, was 5000. Massachusetts
las s:nce placed in the nary more than g, ,00o
ealloTs, and has sent to the army more than
1c0, OO0 men, who h:ye not yet returned. It
the number Of meu who have left Massachu-
Eetts lor other purposes in public or private
business, which has been set on foot, or stim-
nlattd hy the events Of the last Eve years,
but every one knows that it Is very lurgc.
Whatever allowance, therefore, is TO be made
Tor The arrival OF mcn from the Provinces, or
from Europe, 1t is evident that the surplus Of
1850.
1t would probably not be an .ovcr-cstimate
to say that there are now 100 600 less men
1han women in Massachusetts, the number of
men in round numbers being about 225o, 900.
1hese statistics, taken fiom the tables, show
distinctly enough why it is that Of class Of
1renty Elk female graduates at commercial
school only three find situations in the course
Of four months application. They show at the
EQme time why 1t is that those who are en-
rloyed receive wages but just above the limit Of
hta1yatirn-wageB. which drive men from
competition with them irthe same business,
and therefore increase the emigration Of men
fem The State, and the evil VII .ch is com
rlalned Of. All this, which WIS distinctly In
t.mated in few well chosen paragraphs in
the Governors speech. has been Illustrated in
every detail IN the valious discussions which
Lave followed.
It appears: on inquiry, that this dispropor-
placed on the free emigration Of women who
cahnot go when aud where they like as men
Can. To take the extreme case, which the
Governor himself a!!udcs to, man cau 90 to
Oregon for $l35 in gold, while woman can
no' go for less than $500. This is because
man can go In the steeIage, where no woman
should go; 60 That all The eptEeat5 Of the en-
ig7ant eommissioncrs{ b the Pacific aud Rocky
Mountain States ard Territories is met by the
prohibition which our present sys,cm 1m-
poses, preventing III large measure The dis.
liant travel of Women
70 meet this difficulty, however, and to
enable the labor market to adjust itself, as it
certainly viii do. two plans are suggested.
We call tue attention of our friends through
ont the Commonwealth to both Of them.
First, Mr. Crawford, the lutte Emi9rant
Ct mmissloner Of the State of Oregon, states
That 1ami.ics which are willing to cmfgT0te
overland can join the train Tor which the
goSerrment provides escort, and make the
e1pt di,ion In wagons from the head Of nay
iEnt1on on the Missouri to Boise city, at
the head OF nnyigation in Oregon, at nd ex-
pnse not larger than the cost Of provisions
!o1 me patty. That is, be computes that The
c,,ea ohea fa ano wsgons which they would pur-