Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-05-12

fur as protection against the rigors of
such climate as we of the northern
United States must endure for many
months of the year And let it not be
forgotten that under a social and civil
system of production and distribution
instead of our present competitive and
warlike methods, all could have them.
Ny heart fills with unspeakable SORROW
to think of the hands that are empty
which need to be filled, and of those
which are idle either from choice or
compulsion. When think of the men
who 90 about carrying weapons with
which to kill their brothers, and of all
the labor required to make these weap-
ons, of how much good it might do if
turned in the direction of good, long to
say something that shall cause the voter
to reflect long and seriously on the folly
of worse than throwing away his vote
on either of the two old parties, which
are unit on all the essential principles
that maintain such a condition. Were
voter, if every one besides voted to
maintain either of these CaptalistiC cats
paws. yet would not |. Think on a state
of affairs that makes it seem crime for
women to be comfortably clothed or
sheltered women too, who have been
through an experience the horror of
which eternity will be none too long for
forgetting.
If Mrs. Spies pays only $50 month
for rent, and Chicago tenements are like
those in New York at the same price, she
does not have as good place to live in
as she ought to have.
OF course, gOld watch is not neces-
sity; silver one does very well; but do
those who diligently circulate the story
that Mrs. Parsons has recently bought a
gold watch know how much gold Is ly-
ing idle in the treasury at Washington !?
A friend of mine who visited Washing
ton last fall says, went into the treas
ury vaults and they said there are
S25, 900. 600 in gold, and SSO,OOo,oOO IN
silver" Will those who think it ter
rble thing for Mrs. Parsons to buy a
gold watch (Which she probably did not
do, please figure ont how many gold
watches could be made out of this gold,
which lies there idle with armed men to
guard it? A microscope does well at
times, but for people to dwell contnu-
ally on such small matters destroys their
comprehension of large ones. | suppose
good many who will cry out against
Mrs. Parsons having or buying gold
watch, will vote for party that boards
idly in the treasury enough to supply
everybody in the country with gold
watch. Jesus Christ said to the Phari-
sees. " Ye pay tithes of mint, rice, an
Use and cummin, and neglect the
weightier matters of the law" and judg-
ing by the attention to little things and
neglect of great ones, there must be a
good deal of Phariseesm in this country.
would like to impress on the minds of
the people that if they were unltcd in a
demand for justice, they might all have
good warm fur cloaks, good timekeepers
in their pockets, and houses Of their own
instead of paying rent to some landlord
for poor place to live in.
And again, in closing, | want to re,
mind all who think it would be wrong
for Mrs. Parsons to buy gold watch,
that 5000 would buy one hundred 900
watches at $50 piece, and that 1t is be-
coming quite common thing for our
public servants in Washington to vote
$1,000 a year of our money to women
who, so far as | know, have never done
anything for us. 1t is not so much the
money care about as the principle OF
the thing, and if | were a voter no man
or woman should be helped into office by
me who would not vote against giving
away our funds to women who do not
need the help, while millions of women
| inst as deserving cannot have the com
forts of life. CELIA B. WHITEHEAD.