The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-15
WOULD AFFECT WOMEN
Free Silver Issue of Vital Import
to Wives and Mothers of
Wage Garner.


.,,,. a.. x,Iu. of the wages carmel
bx .v.r>.n. who works for :, iE'hs VIII
L,. greatly reduced Icy th" Tree ''i''hE'
.t silver. the working women VIII '' TAT
worse off in this respect IMAM tht ""
r,L.;r wages will not probably be re-
J,..J in = Greater ratio than the wages
of th. men. but they will stand II poorer
chance of securing an advance to meet
,b. increased cost of living. They will
have 10 submit to the hardship OF high
nrices and low wages with less hope of
remcdying their condition.
One principal cause oil TINS diSadVaht-
40, is that the women employed III pro
,Juctiyc industries have not the organized
unions with which To sustain their inter
,sts. The great advance III the wages
If |, hor. especially of skilled Labor,
which has been made duriit" the past
twenty years. is due in iarg" measure u"
thc intelligent organization OF tn" work
;urmrn. 1t is I'M error to regard the
I,Lor unions rs the machinery Tor pro
| ,luciny strikes and boycotts. Properly
| and sagaciouSly conducted. These "f-ahi-
| cations are preventive" OF TABOR '""''"c
| ycrsics. for they provide the means Oh
conference. and adjustment of questions
an which there is disagreement between
~,ulrlnycrs and workmcn; and cSp'ciah!.
| when the question is that oi increase Oh
wages they have been effective III S'ch'
iu- \ proper recognition "l WHAT i ""'
10 labor rs lis share III the '"ihP'N""'"
| Of production. ~
indeed advanced along with thuS' "'
men. though not to Il r"rrtSi "ii'l"'' hN
urr. and the laliur unions nave r'S''"
i'm some degree for the Wages "i i'Ih'''"
oncrnti,,s as we'll; but III" lath "i .i
carnations of their own VIII lr'iN" inc
thousaulS of women workers III our
manufacturing industries nj II nia,N,''
Disadvantage if their wages should Il"
on, ,nwn IN value 10y til" Tree '"iiaS'
,f silver and the consequent depreciation
Of the money III which they are paid,
In this respect. as always. II Is the
weaker that must bear the greater share
of the burden; and the struggi" I" irliE
v,ucs M io II living rate after Tree com
,r,. has reduced them 10y perhaps one
half of their purchasing value W"uih ne
long and weary for th" working w"n'
ON IL IL not Il pleasant prospect Tor
tb, thousands of women who today WORK
for wages in our mercantile AMI manu-
Cnrturinr establishments They are ~
industrious. sell supporting class. many
of Them contributing IL til" family iu'd
from their week., EARNINGS aud having
n inst pride IN their own independence
and their ability I" atd "'hrrn' Any
nuhl,c policy which "u,s off their r"
snur,ra ~ n cruel wrong 10y which thu
whole community must suit"r.
>, Every mother "f n family has ever u"
for,. her the dread possibility IT the
, death of the one who's. labor p%r",il"S The
, means of living i"t"r" the day '"m"'
, hon ia. sons will /" ailr (" tab" NJ
: th, burden of support and III" daughter
. hc comfortably settled ~ homes "i th't
AVN Even II the children ~" grown NJ
,uJ ,,Liur care Of themselves. AMI "N"i
IL ih,y are ,iniug so W,ll 80 I" hc all' Il
CIV, her a homc after thu death 81 t'
; husband aud father. sit" l""lg forward T.
y th,. Time when she viii lw lolt nl"u" Wit
, dread ot til" loss nt iul"irn'"n'" u
y ,.,s,, tl.,. a,rumul1tiuus 81 her husband
WORKING years have mot boon Fr"a
= rrnurh to prov .,c her mCanq "t gulei~'
ruc,, after he L. r"n" 50 II - that I'll
rrulrnt man insure hIa ~" for Tia" hcu'
y it of his wife aud las ,~llllrcu. itnNln
from wear To year dutlur his aCttN" Il
! the cost OF assurance that ut his deaf
' his family will receive a sum oi mono
/ sufficient To- avert ia" euil'rlugs Of drSt
tuition.
TN many cases. the Insurance policy
i" ,hr ,ul, thing ot value the husband IN
'' father can lclv" (" til" Wit" and 'hl
" iron lie may have been aide to lay i
;" -, money in the savings bank, he MA
y ii, suddenly IN u period OF hard illu'
i, ,nJ business rcNcrScs. which have StrI
" ned him Of the savings Of better day