Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-09
ORGANIZATION.
THE PROBLEM THAT HAS AelTATeo
WOMEN FOR MARY YEARS.

what Organization Iiss pouo for Fe-
males writer says That II n u
Mistake for Women to Dcgard Mcn as
Enemics-Sien Have Helped Them.
The problem Of organization Is one
which has ngitatod women who worl;
ever since the sex has boon regarded ms
factor In industrial competition. and
It apparent. from The almost duilydis-
cussions Of the subject, that II ~ NO
nearer solution than Il was at itB iucop-
tlou. The relative sides VI tho c0ntr5-
yorsy, whether organization assists in
The ameliora,ion 81 the sex from tue OWL
effects Of prejudice, have many cham
pions who argue the quo eion Of princi-
pie with much wisdom AID enthusiasm.
10 casual observer, or oven one who Is
interested In tho outcome Of the agitn-
ton without taking part In Il, tho
Affirmative side Of tho proposition would
seem to DO the most logical and popular,
and there arc many yvidcncta to sub
f,antiato this view.
Il Is scarcely ten years since organi.a-
ton YVES tried by industrial women, und
on observer epitomizcs the result Ia
these words; Organization has m the
fret place compelled tho recognition Of
icmal, workers a. competitors by tho
males, who previously usurpcd the fields
into which women have since venturod
and succecdcdi organization Inns dom0n-
stratcl thu capabilities of woman more
tlsn individual merit could have ever
done: Il has rendered women indcpond-
ta, u the influences Of men In the nd.
iailmont Of labor rnd social difficulties
and In the inattor " compensation
Taking this view OF the matter, which,
itilay be explained, IL advanced 10y
Wisconsin lady who Is much interested
IN The subject, Il would soom that or
ganizntion has not only done much TO
promote tho advancement Of women,
lut has In addition opened up broad
Geld for digcussion as 10 the claims Of
women for iooognition In other than an
industrial soiso. Our correspondent
argues that 80 woman who, in the face
ol the strong opposition Of men engaged
IN similar industrial pursuits, succeeds
in clovating herself BY her own efforts
to an equal plano with them, is certain.
ly entitled 20 consideration as u factor
IN both ihesociul and official spheres OF
life
The argument Is 80 logical aud patent
TO the student Of tho social aud indus.
tral status " women that 1t needs no
comment. Tho assumption. however,
that men oppose the progress Of women
and IN any way sock TO retard their ad.
yancemont and restrict their capacity
as competitors is ungoncrou8 and, in .
large measure, will do much to inspire
Prejudice In men against women. The
facts all tend the other way.
Men are not only not oppoie ed 10 wom-
en- "a fellow workers, but would, II en-
Outraged. do more to assist women In
their struggle for supremacy than any
other influence could possibly do. Tho
developments Of the agitation In the
past few years have shown this. Work
ing women have appealed 10 tho national
congress and to the legislative bodics Of
s,vcral states for recognition aud have
obtained II, purely through the assist
hnce 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 Eiponro 10
secure the same. II men arc once salts
fed that female workers are sincere in
Their efforts To secure independence, and
are willing to render all social proposi
uons subseryient TO the purpose, women
viii have no cause for aceioditing mn.
uplIhy 10 men, but on the. other hand
viii prccipiiate the millenftinm Of their
ambitions much sooner than by working
alone.
The natural conclusion to bo deducted
from these conditions u, That women
thall combine their own Gas yet digor-
gani2od and incomplete) interests with
tGoso OF men. Organization under such
circumstances viii obtnin for a woman
what she wants, Men nre TO DO made
friends, not enemies. To obtain rccog-
milton ;iom their admirably organized
Est'me of industrial pursuits is as
huch Of n triumph for working women
a. they will ever secure. This can bo
uono 10y working with them, not against
,hem.-A Club Woman in Jennoss Mil
!eT illustrated.