The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-06-16

among, the farmers daughters an,
wives Of New. Hampshire, for instance
who do the work eheapiy, just fo
| pocket, money These do, not know
j that they are, starving .poer womel
here; If they did they would forego Oh,
little amounts they receive. If TIL,
Estate wonld give $4,000. and put it il
proper hands. the scheme would Ii
snccAssfnl. In Chicago they have
| these cooperative houses bnilt where
the inmates do the work obtained fol
them, and they alsolhavetimes of re,
i.creation.f 9s 'g49. g lss.. s'.if :
THE STATE is REALLY 100 Fooa.
liGc-1hr. Stephen Foster, member ofth+
l''Wsniea's Leasne.c said Tint he was nc
tqaainted viii the financial condition ofthe
State, and it was in debt 10 The, amount
Of $4,000 600 and that an areat has gone
ito Fnrope with some Of the bonds TO pay
| tb@debts He was, however, sure that
something would grow out Of this meeting
hAne6 ial 70 the working, women. Il, was
said to the women, .".Gu West" fbut how
are they to go L. tf T l.tA
sEcEDg.
Mrs. BireIow-- Getiup company and
20 on todt. IApplausc1 IF the woman.
viii sec@de from the fac.ories,sthe owbers
viii go down, Applause ~ istat
isis ~ ThE OTHER SIDE i3s.i y
Professor Wetherell. editor Of Lie Cult
raior. was the n-xtspe..iser ,Heisaidsthat
lie had been told that the wages of COAT
makes we're from, $40 to $50 d week, and
right opposite his Office .ihele was "a sign
hanging cut asking for these. coat ,,uakers,
40 he Iii light there .were two kinds OF
facts. II there are cpaf-mak rs working
Tor 81 cents garment when they can get
all the way from $40 to $40 a week, he
wantedsto know Why they did it. Itu,ight
be said thu, all could not get it, but when
the fact came out that those who did not
get that amount were not able for Che work,
who is tn blame The city is full of women
from the country, and they say, "Oh II
would rather live here on q bare subsistence
than go back into. the country.us it is so
dull there" whose fault is il that ther,. is
so mnch zcompe.iii ~? he thought that
the thfeatenings whic!. he had heard against
capital would not avail much. IL these
women would GO into domestic families,
instead Of making shirts ut six cents. they
would do better. Even ia, his printing
nfIice som, Of the girls make $40 1a per
week, AID they: only work from eight in the
n,pruina Till six at night. Let every vo-
man, therefors, learu to do something well.
instead lofthreatening capital as the con-
vention at .Halifsx did in 1884, when the
wpmen said that aqless they got what they
wanted thy would stop pepnlating the
globe. But ifwomen only. learn 70 do
something they will never have to marry,
ike the woman down at WASHINGTON the
other day, who said that if she could not
get situation size would have to marry,
and If >he did obtain It she would not.
[Laughtar.I
Az THE OTHER SIDE ANSWERED..
Miss Jennie Collins tailoress and lee
turvr) said that men epine there and if
they had driven afsccw and turned a
eripdstone they say they nre laboring men.
r[Lspghter] Here at The, last meeting,
continued the lady, our statements were
doubted-.hey were said to be. exaggera-
lions. But they are true. and if the NO.
men dared to come here aud hay open their
lives Instead of the accounts being .ex
a.gera,ions they would harrow up -your
-uuls. What, the gentleman has said about
the wagns its true. Women fnr custom
work receive from Sl4 to S2l week
But what encouragement have, women to
hecatfe as perfect as that There are not
many iHsn IN the United States who can
afford u pay that amount 81, wages. Men
who call FIR this kind of work are few. but
when merchant tailor has the custom /
have never known them TO hesitate TO pay
for it, But these few are not what the
workinewomen depend upon !; it is upon
the public, aenerallyi npefi the laboring
man aud the farmer. Miss Collips further
went on 70 refer to tho had school system
there was in the Country that looked only
to the giving ofpi,ls the law Of polarity
and eqciibridm rather than, q common
and good education. She also coutrasted
f,vorahiy for the old gcountries the way in
which the men there use their wives. aud
the manner in which they are taken csre Of
ther /, like so many dolls.
THE RAGE DYING ouT--ISlANTIc1DE.
Mrs. Daniels said: lit is true that wo-
men would prefer starvation to labor in the
houses, is there not something radically
wrong with the mistress as well as with
the maid? [Applause.l II seems singular
the report that comes from this State as
we'll as from others, that women would
gladly 60 into the Kitchens If they would
Uat dpppnf fraatmnnf dr sucb q hn,,s, a.