The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-09-23
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W0man's Journal.
Ia the home the WOman's work is
a. necessary ss the mans, and IS
hard, sometimes harder. Frequently
she does not handle IS much money
- the girl who does her kitchen
work, nor as much rs the man who
keeps the stable; while the husband
has plenty.
As q teacher, does Il pay 10 be a
woman? Let New York answer for
the Eastern States, Indiana for the
Central, aud lows for the Western.
In New York. In q grade where q man
receives $500 per year, q woman re-
ceives $500. Does Il pay her TO lose
500 q year for the circumstance Of
being 3 woman? In Indiana, la
country districts, q man gets from
forty cents 70 $ll per month more
than does q woman for the same
grade In towns from 81 40 10 $50, and
in cities from s. 10 Sli3 more. Iowa
pays . woman an average Of only one
half as much as q man, while the
average grade Of the WOmen's certifi-
Gates is higher than the mems.
Does Il pay 10 be q woman? The
ruling OF the different departments 1t
Washington gives another emphatic
negafiVs. In the Treasury depart
ment the committee for re-cOuntlng
and sealing damaged money and
bonds consists oftWO gentlemen, each
receiving 81 800 3 year, and one lady.
who receives 81 90. In the Office OF
Comptroller, AZ one time, q man clerk
became 50 dissipated that he was re-
moved 10 an inebriate asylum. A lady
In the same room, ia addition 10 her
own duties, performed the work Of
the absent clerk, and her salary was
$500 q year. The 81 800 she earned at
the other desk, was paid 10 the drunk
ard in whose name she earned 1t. In
one instance q lady was placed at an
81 800 desk just vacated by q man.
For $500 dollars she performed her
duties ~ promptly and correctly as
be had performed his. she was after.
wards awarded 81 200, but il cost her
$500 q year 10 be a woman. The Stu
perintsndent Of the Quartermaster
Generals Office Is a lady. Her duties
are the same as those Of the head Of
any other bureau yet she IL paid only
100, the same as the messenger re-
ceives who only carries papers. When
there are superfiuOus members In the
International Revenue Bureau, three
women TO one man Ere always dis
missed, although the men ars much
more expensive, and greatly exceed
In number the women. One OF the
most radical advocates Of economy
recently dismissed q woman whose
salary was $500 a year, and gave her
position 70 a man, paying him 81 900.
The woman was not dismissed be-
cause she did not do her work we'll,
but because there was not work
enough for the men. Did it pay her
10 be q woman
While the women pass the highest
examinations with honor, t. Is the
men. with rarely an exception, who
pass into the highest places. The man
who passes an examination cannot re-
celve less than 81 go per year, nor a
woman more than $500. A high ap-
pointing officer Of the Treasury once
said 10 two ladies. "You were foolish
% expect q 81 200 position because
you passed the examination Of that
class ~
A wOman's fare when travelling is
- high as q miinis. She does not get
her fuel OF her beefstesk for less. Her
kilograms do nOG 60 any cheaper her
merchant and grocer do not reduce
prices for her she pays two cents for
two postal cards. and four cents for
tWc setter-stamps; there are as many
h0uFs Ia her working day as In his
and for the same hours and same toll
she resolves only one half as mnoh -
he does when be receives bis lowest
In view Of all these points does Il
pay financially 20 be . woman
DAnville. Ind. LULU HURoN.