The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-20
now HIGH TARIFFS AFFECT
WOMEN.


The women who yesterday solcmnly In.
formed the Finance Committee oiihc Sem
ate that the better and higher and lrccr
condition Of American women rs compared
with the women Of Europe, was entirely
due to tho robbcr war tariff evidently
spoke out Of the abundance Of their igno-
rance, and were merely acting rs cats
paws Tor their Republican husbands. II
these women hnd any bowels OF compassion
ior the working Womcnoi the country they
would havc Informed themselves NJ 70
their condition from the investigations
made by The Ciirlyo Tims in that city.
and by tho Congressional Committee 10
investigate contract foreign labor in New
York. they would learn from that that
their roorcr sisters employed IN clothing
manufactures, that arc highly protected
by the robbcr war tarll, arc la lar worse
condition than any Of the negro women
who now or In slave days worked in the
cotton fields oi the South. They would,
had they road what The Cl,crgo Tins
published aud the evidence given
by wagc-caning wom0n bgiuro the Con.
rrvssiunal Committee, have paliz'd that
the condition OF our working women H. in
many instances, not one r'moyc better
than that Of the abirci working slaves Of
Germany, the most highly protected Of III
tho European nations next 10 RuUia,
where tho case OF the people Is hopeless
and presently beyond rcmcly, These
women, hal thoygonc farther. and having
rccourc 10 the monthly reports Of our
Consuls aud Consular Agents, read what
is ,hcr,in freely stated by these officers.
would have found, ~ Commercial Agent
Smith reported on the 9th Of January last
from Germany. that In that county
The war. u lhc ~ofklng Tcople waain aiau,
the same. in ihr, they an so lps that thri could
not well h. much ipWcE A. " a. tho labpdns
|
waFr against want and misrry. Handy any man
OF family ran earn enough 10 support hs family In
thr simplest manner without bvng aided - MI,
wlic IN snmc way Thcy eat the rlaiue,i bod aui
| dwell ln iuftidiinu booking. over crowded tcnr
| m.ata aud often times whole family dwell b.
esthrt ~ Que fpum. Nest IN aime uara II the
i EnpItu Il q luNuD obtained but once of wicu a
/ wofs tons huuu ui laiuf. slanly itfu ani pnur
compensation IL tho fulo among thcm nlark
| br,nd aud Iutatros make 40 the chif dict n many
81 them They cauno, live with any dcocnoy on
| thC wu1s th'y ryt.
In Russia, where the iahn IL higher than
In Germany. the condition Of women, ~
Gcorgc KEENAN, has bccu telling In Tbs
C1luy Mign;h,, Is infinitely worsn. In
decd very little better than the beasts OF
tho lcld whose burdens they shirc, ~ tho
women OF Austria and some parts Of Ger.
many ilsp no. Tho women Of America arC
indebted 10 the taTilr only ior high priced
ucccssuics Of lie aud Tor thc infamous
trusts, combines aud monopolics that 70.
duco the working classos men, women
and childvn 60 the restitution aud Icy.
radiation Of ahjcrt and rclcntlcssly killing
poverty lithrc was personal God who
could be- appealed TO, whose scnsc OF jus.
tioo could b. aroused by the wocs II work.
ingWomcn, hc would be invoked unccas
ingly until be- ,molc hip and thigh
all greedy money gmbbcp aud such
dcspicaby .alaciou. brutcs m have NJ
Gently been exposed In Chicago, New
York aud Water Valley, Miss.