Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-04

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No one would ever think Of connect
Ing the profession Of nursing with the
'tarifl. Yet it is an unprotected industry
chat has already suffered 20 much from
She evil effects Of the present tariff that
almost to q woman, for am now con-
sidering the woman nurses, they are
Ill very pronounced in their denuncia-
ton Of policy that has affected them
20 seriously. Mind you, they are not
grunb.irg abon the condition OF affairs
Is brought about by Democratic con-
gress, for they have no politics and
know 70 such creed as protection. But
what they are dissatisfied with is the
fact, and not theory, that there is no
employment for them today as there
should be at this season of the year,
and the outlook Of dull winter is not
encouraging. In a college I have in
mind that graduated 25 full fledged
nurses III the class of '94 there are to-
day but eight Of this number that are
busy, and those who are more expert
enced are no better off. .~-,. :.,j
Why doctors and nurses should suffer
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diately, but let us see how it is and
when it is that these two very impor-
tant classes of people are busy. A doc
tor is necessity, and a nurse is lux
ury, SO while a physician may have
just as many cases in bard times as in
good times his percentage Of receipts
is greatly decreased and the number OF
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Of nurse, however, the result is vast.
" different. A person who is ill and in
need of nursing will not incur the OK
pense of trained nurse so long as the
income Of the family is reduced or linn
tied, and though many may need the
Offices Of one they depend upon the at
tention of some other member Of the
family to look after them.
It has been shown that during the
first six months Of tho year wages had
been reduced on an average Of 45 per
cent as compared with the same period
in 1892. If we take this percentage
and apply it to one family, what are the
results? Why, it means just 45 per
cent less to be expended on luxuries and
the limited use Of necessities. AS Ihave
stated before, a trained nurse is I'M
doubtedly q luxury, and, no matter how
great the need, the mother of the house
hold would be the last to 'expend for a
luxury what would deprive the rest of
her family Of necessities. In good times
she would be glad Of the care given her
by nurse, but when it means that her
children or husband would have less to
eat or fewer clothes she would reject all
thoughts of q trained nurse.
When one considers the evil effects of
free trade tariff, he is apt only to think
of how much the manufacturer will lose.
It never occurs to the enemy Of, the
wage Garner, or If it does he shuts his
eyes to the fact, that he is not only af-
feoting the business of the manufacturer,
but is reducing the wages Of the en-
ployee, and thereby causing him to en-
dure the privations and hardships which
poverty alone can bring. AS for those
dependent upon the demands Of the
wage Garner and who furnish the supply
for his needs, they are not brought into
the question. So it is today, with the
effects Of free trade tariff about us on
all sides in heretofore protected indus
tries, we can look still deeper and see
hundreds Of unemployed in the profess
sions that are misnamed unprotected,
and whose only hope is in the prosperi-
ty that protective tariff insures.
ELIZABETH WILLIAMS,