The herald., 1894-04-19
WOMEN WHO SPEAK AND THINK
The Result of Their Conference
at San BernardinO.
Some Of the Papers Which We're
Read Yesterday.
An Increased Number of Attendants
and Very Great Interest shown.
The Features of the
Meetings.

SAN BERNARDNo, April Is. - The
Woman's parliament OF Southern Cali
fornia met at 10 q. m. in the Methodist
church with an increased attendance.
The first paper of the morning was by
Mrs. Mary E. Buss of Tustin, on Some
OF the Duties of Women.
Mrs. Buss introduced her paper by
quotations showing the varying concep-
tions OF woman's influence, and tracing &
the unfolding of the opportunities for
women during the past century.
She next reviewed the various lines OF
work open to her st the present time,
in the home aad in the community.
The clubs for her own advancement and
the charities and reforms for the help OF
Others were touched upon, but home
making, with Rll that it signifies, was
regarded by the speaker as the greatest
right and highest duty of womanhood.
The paper ELECTED much discussion.
The second address of the morning
was by Mrs. Edith Collins Perkins of
San Bernardino on The Unemployed
The unemployed are made up of two
classes-men who want work and men
that in one year can supply the needs of
the world Tor two years, and, with pIes-
ent distribution Of labor, alternate years
must be passed in idlsness. At present
there is neither war. pestilence or FAM
inc, and yet statistics show 100000
men standing at starvation's door; this
with granaries flled to bursting. Fam
inc enveloped in feast and thirst be
side the clear fountain !" Do
We wonder that the cry goes
up that there is something
wrong with our civilization? Good gov.
eminent must make happy, contented.
prosperous citizens. The underlying
causes of the present crisis were sever
ally discussed; the gravltation OF young
men to Oities. over-pioduction, aggrega-
ton of capital in the hande OF the few,
foreign immigration, intsmpersnce, I'M
settled governmental conditions, lack OF
industrial trslning, lack OF thGit and
aversion to Gil ing the soil.
Invention will not psrlorm its full
mission until it lifts from all men the
oppressive burden OF work. Not hat
man is to be freed from labor, but .se
burden OF labor
When labor saving machinery and
hours Of labor become resdjusted what
may we not hope for the future2 1t is
excess OF labor that is painful.
The necessity for excessive toll must
disappear with equitable distribution
of labor. Then, and not till then, will
man have entered into the possession of
that liberty which is his by nat1re OF
his manhood and rendered possible by
the service OF invention. That which
tends to individualism, the good OF
part. at the expense OF the whole, will
never bring unity.
Mrs. Perkins urged imprsssively the
sSsss pfopsfiS ft tIHsa ls few
iature world where all mans necessities
and many of his luxuries can be sup
piled. A Chinese gs'deder paid $l75 per
year rental for single acre OF ground.
His lease expired and he offered more
for its use. II this Ohinaman could
make this one acre of land profitable at
such a rental, what could not the un-
employed do if they had the
disposition and willingness to
engage their energies in recaiming the
wasto fertile acres found in many parts
of our country? Millions of acres un-
titled, millions OF men out of employ
ment. Can We not read between the
lines the causes that produce want?