The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-29

A Mans Movement Against Her Enoour-
aged BY q WOMAN.


consequent upon certain provisions OF a new
codlncation OF the law prepared by Judge
Walter g. Cox. lately retired from the bench OF
the District Supreme Court. This code incor-
porated in n bill to be submitted to the coming
Congress, proposes TO restrict the rights or
women. with a view to securing justice to men.
notably in the instance OF the married " oman's
right to engage In business as an independent
person. 1t Is a proposition so strictly In accord
with natural and economic law that l am
heartily In sympathy with It, although
woman
Women work for a living until they are mar
ried. After that they arc entitled to support
from their husbands. The labor Of women.
therefore. whether actually or potentially in
volved in the sex relation. as they are married
or likely to be. constitutes an industrial sphere
free from the control OF economic law. This
labor is brought In competition with mems
labor rs women enter trades. professions. busi-
ness. with the result that the general labor
problem is confused by a factor impossible to
determine according to economic principles
The law OF wages. OF supply and de-
mand. which determines values with ref
erence to mems labor. Is so confounded
by tina advantages marriage accords to
woman's labor that the latter remains
economically lawless. operating to but ono
ciehr enu-tO uopTdNeth iluus'rlni conultlous
Of men. Roughly considered. womans labor
appears in the Industrial category as CHEAP
lnbor-as obnoxious to general labor interests
as Chinese or convict labor. to which. in TRUTH
II il akin-inasmuch as the cost OF production
OF woman's labor. because Of the right to
livelihood she enjoys by virtue OF mere sex.
presents the same Industrial inequality rcla-
lively to mems labor az does competition with
government-fed convicts or rice-subsisting
Cinnamon.
Particular confusion attends upon the exist
ing status OF feminine industry In the m after
of the popularity conceded right OF the married
woman to her own time and labor and the prof
its thereof Champions OF woman's cause
rend the air with cries OF tyranny wherever
the law accords the man the right to his wifs's
earninge BY no other principle are the pusi-
ness interests OF the family insured. but now
the law Is obsolete In an age OF rebelious
egoistic women and instead We have this
situation Of the family consequent upon fem
inine independence:
man ia hold resnonsible for the livelihood
~ his wife and children. Tho wife engages in
produo,iye labor out.ide the home: the house,
hold industry necessarily suffers because
Of the vife's attention being diverted 10
other things and the cost OF living NAV be in
creased bv waste and extravaganza. The
money the v,fe carns she hold. as h,r own. 70
srend "A her individual fancy NAV dictate.
The family has no lawful claim upon It. In
tbis Instance thsrefore feminine indenend-
ence oneratea To d,sturb the conditions
~ household labor. increase its expense,
and N unite n sense ~ moral irresnonsibiIitv
With ths yvife's nroduction of wealth All the
husband r,csiyes for the cost Of production ~
her labor. which he sustains is-well. II ia dim
anti 70 sav what II "a. for even sex con.idera-
zion and offsprina are withheld nv the Nav"
y,fs "a her Individual right To bestow That
tr,nscendental and ever elusive benefit com.
ns,iorahip"-tha Nav Woman's attsmnted
auhlimation ~ the se, reIotion-is ehout all
thot r,oaarn MARRIAGE de.igns for n man
yorv lIttlo for that u coats hin, be "a bao;n.
niro 70 And ont
have recentlv seen formulated IN print ,
thr.at Jb,xs lone has I'd nuttar,no among p,on
.rovino louder and ,,orier evsrv d.xa n. r.hol.
lion aoainst tho Iavlesaneaa ~ ,snipin. ,,do-
r.nd.no. h.. tnor.o..d II 60 thr.ot 20
ato tho ,ndp,oonco Nth which -, an hovo
AZ for narm,tted rho .gsn+le" "a, 70 NAV vItb
hu.,nes. and soc,,I interest. in n m,.t n,
rnerty and equality. In n recent magazine AR
t,c,a for Instance a man pronhesies that ..tbe
tims "a not far distant when the tsrribIa s,gn,H-
o,nca y, voman,s atr.noe tbaori.s viii cnms
home with startlinp force to all men and will
rorso than from, Tho to,er,nce xbich tbox
.h,x todav When " he nroceads .r,srr,,g.
ss an institutIon rea,Iy ssems To he IN dan
oar vb.n thu growth NJ tbs ponr,,tiop
y, our country uks that ~ France
sbovs marked dec,,pe when tho in
erx ~ woman into all tb. occnn.t,ons
nov control,ed NV man has an overcrovded
than a. 70 cut down the revard ~ labor n
starvation rates than man will be ronaed ont
a, THAR com n,aconcv md viii taka soma
a, =,
n, ali aoctetv And In ths and and after
tho RAIL gravity n, tina a,tuation bos haan
rsorzed ths remsdv will bs apnIted with
.yviftneaa and with certaintv Tho In.
st,nc, n, aeIf-preservatjon will comneI man n
cut abort n movemsn, that can only he disas-
troua 10 tho raca Tho ranedv NAV ba br,t,I
nat u wiI bo afYactiva vban II comea Tn tha
la.t reaort II IA nh .tr.nptb that rua. the
vorld and r. Ia in man and not in wom,n that
tbi. court n, l,.t annual resides I,tbe woman
as.svi.trand the ladv Iecturer and the ,smal.
s,r,r,.I.t sb,u evsr bring about n .tato y,
thing. vb.ra man coIlectvelv heoin. 70 he
,,o.m,ort.h,o bo ,x,u t,-n IN h.r ,.,,h