Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-30
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Communicated.
One dollnr a week is enough to pay
= woman for her services, with time to
do her own making and monding, and
one dollar and a half is ample wages
for her services for her whole time, is
the expressed views of soMo Of tho we'll
to do, and christian matrons Of society.
Such sentiments or feelings, are the off,
springs Of unjusti6ablo aristocrat no.
bility, rs ua.ured, cultivated and I'M
posed upon the female laborers in the
days Of Pharoh Pontius Plate, Constan-
tine, Queen Mary, (called bloody Mary)
and more cultivated and refined Luther
and Melancthon, and down to the
nineteenth century even, do many &C.
cupy the same position Of monopoly
over female servitu1s, aud that with
out any conpuntious Of conscience or
blush Of shame, attempt to sway the
scspter Of oppression over their own
sex, by crushing their physical strength
without an equal equivalent with the
sterner sex What right has any per-
eon blessed with pecuniary advantages
to monopo;i.e 'he physical strength
without an equivalent. As measured by
the wear aud tear Of life. I take the
stand point. that they have NOT any
right. The sense Of feeling, the com.
pleteness Of construction, the ability to
suffer, and liability to pain aud fatigue,
Is ~ great in women, as 10 man, and
unless tho woman is Of less consequence
than man, her sutferings, aches and
palms, she has to endure Of less impor
lance, she ought certainly to be com.
peusated, equal with that Of man. Has
she not a soul, has she not spirit, an
Intelligence capable Of expanding and
enlarging Of soaring as high up the
ladder Of refinement as man? Is she
not possessed of as many virtues and
traits Of character, as many abilities "a
make mankind better men and better
women ? Certainly she has. Then why
not compensate her equal with man.
for, and according to the wear and tear
Of this physical body, this medium
through which her womanhood her SOU
communicates to the physical world
Is it not as essential that her physica
strength should be maintained as that
Of man, and does it not require a:
much care and as much food: and raj
ment, to sustain aud protect her aga;ns
the surrounding clements? Certainly i
does. Is it more Importance to hoe
hill Of potatoes, or train squash vine
than to impart the virtues Of truth, (:
calm the troubled spirit Of the weary
worn, comfort the sick, and to tender
ly rear and educate the tender bud
Of humanity, and help them to unfold
their blossoms Of beauty, and to impar'
sympathy and give encouraging word:
to the sinking mind, certainly net 1t i
among the indispensable adjuncts tina
has made us what we are, and ever
will be. Woman is the soul Of soci ETY.
the make up of all the re6nements and
tender emotions Of the human family
Yet how many there are who measure
her usefulness, her capabilities in ratio
as one to ten, that is, while the fruit 0
woman's capAbility is remunerated will
one dollar, mans capability is remu
nerated with ten. But, that is bette
Gin this our brag pation) than it i
with the waning tribe of hcathens
Who are melting like dew before civil
zation on our frontier, there womer
have all the labor to perform, they arc
herded as human cattle, driven hithe,
and yon, by acknowledging that the ,
have spirit that lives hereafter. Blu
the China nations, heather and idol
otrous people, like mono other, holt
their women as servants without soul
and like tree when dead, that is tn,
end Of all both body and soul, and mr.
treated accordingly. And just in tina
proportion from the Chinaman upward
on the ladder Of intelligence, and refine
ment as nations advance, so will woman
be elevated above drugery, until tha
plain ofintelligence is gained, which vii
: acknowledge all humanity, as childre,
Of one common parentaud all have equa
privileges to his bounty, and every on
is Of equal value, Of importance, in tn
great field Of life.
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