New-York tribune., 1873-03-06
MRS. SWISSHtLMS VIEwa
Mr.. GREELEY AND THE WOMAN QUgS1,.
WITH SOME COIMEETs OK wONAs's W.
WAGES AND CONvENTIOSs. IS~<

| oooiov INC latter are nnaniIn0us IN at'ribua,.
GOOD oniujo1 OF him 10 GRATITUDE for personal a.
One man or woman siguiDg Der name mul-fasAta, -
only intial5 and n surname, gays; " n indiun,,
ou,ea can testify to b.s acts OF personal hh1aes l.
ylad they should do So with their pens wen a. o.
nps Eut I am sorry when Anna Dicdnsoa or n
s,yi..l,In fas into The weakness ~ often CHARGED
| yomen OF permitting personal favor 70 blind tbe,
! rrlncioIes Comfortable women, the world over :,
are foothed by such opiates, are the great obstael
the prorress Of that justice to woman which ree, .
! eternal principles"
Imust nave expressed my thought badly 10 iesy., ,,
Impressiou end wonld now correct y ~ saying t,,t
| yyas personally unknown % Horace Greeley. I rev.
I,tt once. saw him-aDd tbIs was when he vas On a.
n,ot,orn and one Of a arSe audience-1ntl, IN M,
toca when we met for tle first and list tims ia =
home Of mutual friend George T. Lincoln OF BroI,,
On meeting he told he had come there for ths sxg
| r,osa M bfing introduced to "a slya 90 "-icsatb
ravsen and alddi1g 10 my Indian policy, which hs h
uutsicy eOndemG.d ald he spent portion 0. TIE N,
we were together IN tryingto cohyin1c ns that -
uostiyely bari ar0us for me to want the General Ga
eminent 10 haue or hold az bosfages tHe 20 Sioux VIA
| the people OF Milheso9a "'u '"|''''' "''u a'a ~
| yeted OF murder.
We con,d not agree on that, and seldom had % az,
o,ber ouestion so far from ny bolng personal iafu
| go he I think, considered me an unusually ingedts
speelmen OF the genus homo. IL vas sinpy a. S9s,
| of "A
right and duty to take part Ia the adaiFs Of ggyemue
and OF freedom for the slave and the race that lie
o,s,oa mo That in'dong he aided the aaiisagsl
oorao and that OF woman's en'ranchsemen', and "a
Intentionally Is very clear to my mlnd II II doati
n Minnesota could have been redeemed from inc d1as
nation OF pro-slayeFy Democracy before tHe Lneca
election II my press had gone down By thelF violence,
think 1t would have done, without the isoFai soPge
otT-,r TntnUSE Gov. Miller Of that STATE said, "a
/ 81.
ahted 20 her editorial abors for ts present proud T
,cal and financial prosperity" and those labors
largely due TO Horace Greeley's support boih sus
time Of the trouble and afterward, when the Demo'l
made freedom OF tho press an Issue Dy hoinbalAs1
Iieutenant Governor the man kno|n 70 nave Decn -F
staor and principal asent Of the destruction o. IAs %
| Cso,,d Visitor when my Office was guarded night sa
| dav Inv armed men for months; when was oarhf9 q
ce9v by bowling mob Ia front Of hall where GallsA
! A Crow was speaking and which wds assaulted VA
stones bricks aud bullets. Through al thls-a tle g.
| citenent OF a most bitter border campa'sn' IL "Aai
WAS forced 70 bear the painful prominence OF oeA'A
object Of attack and defeDse-Borace Greeley stood
me- not from any personal FAVOR but because q
| hs sheer love OF justice and devotion 70 t'
slave, for whose liberty was eoH'eodAk
Up 10 that time and long after II VIC had never NET a'
was not only not personal friend, Uut up to saet
| tme preylous had been political enemy, doing ny
best as the cOndrctor OF L.oef;y party or rec De-
cratic organ 20 pull down that darling old NHlS of'
zation which he had beeA laborlng 70 bud up ana @0O
tienize So much for persona! iayoEitl and We COLA
,o " hi. s,ps about working -w0mans wages" OR eis
savs He mas favored equal compensation Ior "S-Sa
when she did a mans work (vhy not when sae d4l ~
own II of equal yalue) but with such restrictions as re-
der the nlan entirely imperative; rs mucn' 30 Sah
for setting type, bat don't let her INTO ol'es NI'
men work. or she will be contaminated 10 nc SUE
thee Offices offer the only practical opening, bar tlA
is complication 10. for hin to settle he iAs D~o0
| his bonors as advocate OF equal pay tor women
Assuming that this all true, 1t proves what Is aresI
known yiz that Mr. Greeley was an editor not paT
sber. aud that THE TRIBUNE would probably have gon'
dawn II he had taken Nj. McE.ra,h's place. lie VI
ms,ed by his own generosity aHd the halIlh5 u 'Ae
harpers who perpetualy Harp on that lIsIf'iea' o.
thousand strlngs--eQual wages. Ier theory y ul'-iV
impracticable new force, in mechanics, must oe V'
economical the old to insure or even permit US 2
PRODUCTION It's saving muet be sufficient 10 coVerA
riss the cost OF all necessary changes, nd have prs
margin IN It's favor Newspaper Offices as at pFeSeu
arranged are adapted 10 the use Of men as hoofes-
10 that OF men alone To introduce women there mus
be considerable change. Before making these I've pup
Usher will look az the new power which he proposes
introduce. He takes view Of your average wolA4a-
| the raw material from which his new tpesegiils
machine is TO be constructed lie notes her cUncToss
skirts and flowing sleeves; her puched waist and c
| pied feet her headaches and Pains In the back; he
frns founees, friz1es, folds gumples, frnge and Or
ings; her bows, ribbons, rings, chains, bracelets ans
loose ends generally; her curs braids, rolls, rats acl
other headgear moastrosiues, liable Oioppe OF az aJ
time her puts, pads, and pauiers, and II he is va
old typo, he thinks OF her presence N cymp0slgrcoE
much as a house,eeper would regard the prospect o. 3
| pet monkey in her china closet.
Ifhe oyerlooks the nexOrable laws oirade aBd mecAlH
ics lets his philanthropy run away With hs Judgment aF
taxes the apprentice, lie probably finds next week
that his atten len is pretty evenly divided between h9
case and her impression Hot tie one that shah he iak
from ner galley but he other that she is making OIL h
ofce comparisons She is either very lest tal
may be thinking I'll Of her. or is getting mp nrtauOi
with some half dozen Of them. Just she wci In Il
evening party; and they have been neglectng thei
work justify and empty her sticks, fix up the "a she h
been making, and her deficiencies generally sues
has been the experience Of many publisher yet w9nes
peculiarly adapted TO setting type With less iha'
an hours instruction, from rat" during stike di
printers union, learned much Of the black art list
years afterward. up the business OF boss printer
with two apprentices, and carried newspspd
and Job Office for seven years. had one apprentices
girl OF IT, wBo in the beginning OF her second yearaN
case, would set legal advertisements in BREWER RAPIDLY
and so clean that her proofshees would not ayerage"
| corrections 10 the stick.
have successfully introduced women as conposior
into cue large daily and one weekly newspaper ono,i
practical printer; for seventeen years Pss
| Usher, and know that women and ought 10 do tn
principal part OF all the typeseting, aud that it ls
| equal wages fallacy which prevents It was bY i@a.
the work FOR less pay that took tie psct
OF men in Government Departments It i by dong Us
same work for less pay that John Chnaman l. push.s
Paddy to the wall; and women supereede mea,
In department VI labor until they prepared
do the work for less wages and do it as we'll To man
their introduction into newspaper offices safe may Po.S
bic, there must be women 10 authority there, 20 whoa
| they ameuable for dress and department, and Wp
have power TO protect them where protection Is ues
sary. II women wish 10 take equal place with men =
trade mechanics, they must, equally observe the sW
which regulate trade and mechanics. IL Is by sel4s
goods cheaper and better than his competitors that M
merchant builds up his trade and by doing his vo,
cheaper and better that the mechanic takes the con
| from his rival. Let women propose themselves 70 ~
mems work cheaper aud better than il is done aa
| they will get the work AS 10 wOman's wages ID ha
present department of labor. think Horace Gree1
contributed his full share TO the ocean OF wOrs whAD
seem 10 have been wasted anon tha subject Years agv