St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-24
W0MAN,S WORK.
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The Ladies' Aid association of st. Paul
at its entertainment. Thursday night was
addressed by Il. II. Shadrick upon the In
1uence OF Women in the Cause of Labor.
lie said: The history of the world cannot
De written without upon every page the in
nuehce OF woman appearing. It is from
The mother that the child draws its physical
and moral sustenance, and as are the women
OF a nation so are its citizens. If the tone of
the women be brave and courageous the
men Will be noble and heroic, if the women
De punched by poverty or driven thereby to
degrading conditions the men will be weak
liIlgs ana the nation lack in patriotic de-
IenderS. The women of America are being
SUBJECTED to conditions of employment which
III tlme VIII have an effect upon coming
generations and weaken the bulwark of our
liberties. 1t is through the mothers of the
coming generations that the immutable
principles OF right and justice, upon which
labor reform is based, will be taught and the
grand work of humanity go on. He spoke
OF the almost memorable lines of social caste
which are drawn in the nation to-day. and
SAID that women are more responsible for it
than men. in that the so-called genteel lines
OF Women's employment refused recognition
to those who are engaged in labor
not deemed genteel. All labor is noble
and holy; the work of the sewing and fac
tory girl is as honorable as that of the fe-
male clerk.
Ihefe is no distinction; each works for
money upon which to live, and the lot of
Doth Is cast among the wage toiIers. 1t is
the privilege and duty of workwomen to
change all this, and teach the world that it
is not the kind of labor, but the manner it
is followed, that stamps it with honor. She
who makes shoes or shirts and maintains
her plrlty OF character is equal to her who
sells them and maintains her morality while
SO doing. There is nothing but honor and
industry which can make any employment
respectable in the world, and in proportion as
this Is the case, is the honor attached
thereto.
He also advocated the right and Justice
OF women receiving equal compensation
with men for performing the same service:
and illustrated the point by saying that if a
woman can make dozen pairs of hose as
We'll as man in day. what rule of justice
should give the man dollar and the woman
only a half? In closing, he advised them to
eStaplisl co-oderative sewing societies and
manufacture such things as are used by
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ganlzed labor could purchase from them.
and thus build up Institutions that would
give them all the profits they create.
ST. PAUL NOTES.
Business is reported very dull in the ci-
garnlakers' trade at present.
st. Paul is reported to be overrun with
printers at the present time
The carpenters open their meeting to the
public on Saturday evening next.
About two-thirds of the bricklayers in
the city have steady employment now at
the regulation price of 81 per day.
The expanding of Sc, 900 on the masonry
for the retaining wall on Oakland avenue
will furnish labor for good many hands
shortly.
On Thursday evening next public meet
ing. under the auspices of the Knights of
Labor, will be held at their hall at 81
Jackson street.
At meeting of the Trades assembly on
Friday evening a resolution was adopted to
the effect that the workingmen of st. Paul
Will not rent buildings on whose erection
''Scab' mechanics had been employed, and
If such buildings be used for business pur-
poses, they will not patronize the business
carried on therein.
A committee was appointed by the Trades
assembly at its last meeting to visit the
jewelers. and inform them that all goods of
the Brooklyn Watch Case company will be
boycotted. The same committee was
authorized to ask the various matters to pat
ronize as much as possible the Cooperative
factory of South Norwich, Conn.
The bricklayers held meeting in Arion
hall on Thursday evening, and several mat
tiers of Importance to the union were con-
sidered, among others the fact that on a
certain building under course of erection in
St. Paul non-union man was employed.
The union, after considering the matter, or
dered strike ON the building at once, and
the matter was left to arbitration. The
non-union man was, as result, discharged
at once, and work on the building resumed
at 9 o'clock Friday morning