The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-08-31
THE NATIONAL LABOR CONVECTION.

LABOR OOQVeDOOn ex0bDlto q commend
able breadth Of view in many of the is
sues which are treated, andfhough SOM
Of the resolutions reveal crudity and lacl
of information, it is rare to meet with
SO generally sound a platform from such
a mixed assemblage. Perhaps the mosl
important feature in this document ii
that which relates TO the rights Of
women in relation TO labor. 1t is Of the
utmost importance that the views oil
the working classes on this question
should be elected, and it is matter for
congratulation that their representa-
tiv.s should have taken so just and en-
| Igbtened a stand IN this connection.
Toe COnSsBtion holds that the time has
arrived for throwing down the barriers
of custom and conyentionality which
have hitherto ennbied mean me0 20 de-
fraud women of their fair remuneration.
Undoubtedly this adjustment OF The
relations of man and woman is one of
the first matters to be secured by those
who have undertaken to advocate the
claims of the latter. Happily We live in
An age in which appeals TO reason and
justice seldom fail eventually TO secure
attention. TIE world is beginning to
see that there is neither reason nor jus
tice in docking the wages of a woman
because she is a woman. There can be
but one answer to the inquirer who seeks
the cause of this custom, and it is this
that women are less able to protect
themselves from injustice than men,
and hat being The weakest they 60 to
H.
find supporters at time when mems
minds are more than ever directed To
The extension of equal rights to all
human beings. Those who have lifted
up The negro from the slough of drs
pond, and have bid him claim and
maintain the privileges inaIienably due
To his humanity, cannot avoid the re-
sponsrbiiity which the women's rights
question forces upon them. Custom
must give way to justice in this as in
many other instances during the las;
twenty years, and though il will cling
To It's ancient dogmas with The tenacit,
of the limpet to the rock, it will sooner
or later be torn from i:s hold by the
lever of public opinion. The Labor Con
vention maintains that a wOman's work
should be as valuable as mans, not
only 10 her employer but TO herself, so
long as it is as good as mans. The
custom which assigns To women less
for equal exer'IOn OF equal
skill, is a custom born of an age when
woman was the ;brall of man, and
when no man burst assert her claims TO
equality. The opinion of This Republic
has so long since been declared in favor
of equality of social position between
the sexes as to render it a matter of
surprise that nothing more practical has
, ct come of this sentiment. 1t is, how
ever. generally the case that theory
pr~cedes practice, and many people
often find it hard to reconcile them |
selves to the experimental test Of prin |
ciples which they have maintained the
truth Of, perhaps for years
When women's wages are paid as mems
are. wirhou, any reservation or reduc
tim on the score of sex, there will be
some cause for believing that we have
really advanced in civilization. Until,
however, we give some evidence Of our
faith in The tenets we uphold, our utter
snces in this regard are little better
than :" sounding brass or tinkling GYM
balls" We trust that the manly ex |
preston of the Labor Convention on
This subject will have some good effect |
upon this nation
We desire also TO call attention to !
'hs, plank in ,he platform which deals
with Chinese labor. The Convection
i-nounces the Coolie system, and very