Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-07-26
ORGANIZATION.
THE PRoBLIM THAT HAS AelTATEo
WOMEN FOR MANY YEARS.

What Organization uns Done for Fe-
maies-one writer says That II IL =
Mistake for Women 70 Regard Men ~
Enemics-Men Have Helped Them.
The problem Of organization is one
which has agitated women who work
ever since the sex has been regarded as
q factor in industrial competition, and
It Is apparent, from the almost daily dis.
cussions Of the subject, that 1t Is no
nearer solution than it was at its incep-
ton. The relative sides Of the contro-
versy, whether organization assists in
the amelioration Of the sex from the evil
effects of prejudice, have many cham.
pions who argue the question Of princi
pie with much wisdom and enthusiasm.
To a casual observer, or ven M who Is
interested in the outcome Of the agita'
ton without taking part in It, the
affirmative side of the proposition would
seem to be the most logical and popular,
and there are many evidences to sub.
stantiate this view.
1t is scarcely ten years since organiza-
ton was tried by industrial women, and
an observer epitomizes the result in
these words: Organization has in the
first place compelled the recognition Of
female workers as competitors by the
males, who previously usurped the fields
into which women have since ventured
aud succeeded; organization has demon.
strated the capabilities Of woman more
than individual merit could have ever
done; il has rendered women independ-
ent Of the influences of men in the ad.
justmeut Of labor and social difficulties
and in the matter of compensation"
Taking this view OF the matter. which,
it may be explained, is advanced by a
Wisconsin lady who is much interested
ia the subject, it would seem that or.
ganzation has not only done much tc
promote the advancement of women,
but has in addition opened up a broad
field for discussion as to the claims of
women for recognition in other than an
industrial sense. Our correspondent
argues that "a woman who, in the face
Of the strong opposition of men engaged
in similar industrial pursuits, succeeds
in elevating herself by her own efforts
to an equal plane with them, is certain.
ly entitled 20 consideration as a factor
in both the social and official spheres OF
life"
The argument is so logical and patent
to the student of the social and indus.
TRIAL status Of women that it needs nc
comment. The assumption, however,
that men oppose the progress of women
and in any way seek to retard their ad-
vancement and restrict their capacity
as competitors is ungcnerous and, in a
large measure, will do much to inspire
prejudice in men against women. The
facts all tend the other way.
Men are not only not opposed TO won.
en- as fellow workers, but would. if en-.
couraged, do more to assist women in
their struggle for supremacy than any
other influence could possibly do. The
developments of the agitation in the
past few years have shown this. Work.
ing women have appealed TO the national
congress and to the legislative bodies OF
several states for recognition and have
obtained it, purely through the assist.
ance of men who realized the justice OF
the demands. Without the assistance
of these men the recognition could never
lave been secured.
Further than this, women have found,
when seeking to obtain the questionable
benefits Of organization achieved by
men, that they had only to be sincere Il
secure the same. If men are once salts.
fed that female workers are sincere in
their efforts to secure independence, and
are willing to render all social PROPOSE
tons subservient to the purpose, women
will have no cause for %accrediting an.
tipathy to men, but on the other hand
will p~recipitate the millennium Of theil
ambitions much sooner than by working
alone.
The natural conclusion to be deducted
from these conditions is, That wOmeI
shall combine their own (as yet disor
ganized and incomplete) interests will
those Of men. Organization under sucl
circumstances will obtain for a woman
what she wants. Men are TO be mad,
friends, not enemies. To obtain recog
milton from their admirably organized
systems Of Industrial pursuits is a
much Of a triumph for working womeI
as they will ever ecure This can b,
done by working with them, not agains
them.-A Club Woman in Jcnness Mil
Ter Illustrated.