The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-19


ports of clubs and any special features Of
club work are solicited.
All communications should be sent to the
PRESIDENT
OFFICERS OF THE K. S. S. F.
President. Mrs. S. R. Peters, Newton
Vice President Mrs. H. G. Toler, Wichita
Corresponding Secretary.
Mrs. George W. Puett, Newton
Recording Secretary. ......-.....-..-......
.......Mrs. J. NJ Miller, Council Grove
Treasurer. Mrs. Hill P. Wilson. Lawrence
General Fedora ton Industrial Circular
The following is the circular letter issued
by the committee on Industrial Problems
Affecting Women and Children" General
Federation Women's clubs:
At the biennial meeting of the General
Federation Of clubs held in Denver, June,
1898. the following resolutions were unani-
rously adopted:
Believing that right and justice de-
mand that women of larger opportunities
should stand for toiiers who cannot help
themselves, we therefore beg leave to pre-
Mt the following resolutions:
Resolved, First, That the United States
government be asked to establish a sys-
TEN Of postal savings banks for the bene-
1t of small wage earners.
Resolved, Second, That no child under
II years of age be employed in mill, fac
tory, workshop, store office. or laundry,
and no boy under Is years old be employ
cd in mines.
Resolved, Third, That adequate school
facilities, including manual training.
ha 7nI IN, ba
for every child up TO the age of II years,
and also that good school laws shall be
occurred and strictly enforced in every
community.
Resolved, Fourth, That in mill, factory,
workshop, laundry, and mercantile es-
Enlistment, the maximum working day
for women and children shall not exceed
eight hours, or forty-eight hours per
week.
Resolved, Fifth, That so far as possible,
Uniform legislation shall be secured
throughout the different states.
Resolved, Sixth, That each club in this
Federation shall appoint standing COM
raittee whose special duty it shall be to
inquire into the labor conditions Of women
and children in that particular locality
That each state federation shall appoint
& similar committee TO investigate its
state laws, and those relating to SANTA
ION and protection for women and chill
dren. That it also shall be the duties Of
these committee to influence and secure
enforcement Of labor ordinances and state
laws of this character That these COM
mitttees at specified times shall inform
their organizations Of all conferences and
conventions in the interest Of social and
industrial progress; also that the General
Federation shall appoint a COMMITTEE of
i've members whose duty il shall be to
collect the reports of the above mentioned
work and present the results at the next
biennial"
IN accordance with the last resolution
the following were appointed a committee
on the Industrial Problems Affecting
Women and Children: Mrs. John X
Ottley, Atlanta, Ga; Mrs. J. c. Hume.
Des Moines. Iowa; Mrs Levi Young,
Portland. ore; Miss Clara Graffinread
Washington, d. c., and Miss Corinne S.
Brown Chicago, chairman.
To carry out the purpose for which the
committee was appointed your attention
Is invited to the following:
Women's clubs have mainly been de-
voted TO intellectual study and to phiIan-
thropy. 4 few have dealt with legislativef
reforms. but along whatever line they
have worked, unequal industrial con-
ditione have formed a common barrier to
progress. The question Glow shall earn
my living?" is displacing the question
How shall ] live righteously?" and club
women cannot ignore the disa effect
If such displacement upon their own sex
or upon their IN ldrer So large a portion
Of the people are obliged To Gevote their
best energies to bread getting. that grace
and refinement born Of leisure are bcoom-
ing rarer. Industrial necessity i shorten
ing the period Of childhood, is driving the
bays and girls into factories and shops
"a, so early an age. that to predicate the
ignorance Of the future citizen IS as start
ling as il i sure.
The development Of all social factors,
art literature. education. philanthropy
and law. is now waiting on industrial de-
velopment It is for these social factors
that women's clubs are working. The |
time has come for an extension of effort |
towards those members of society upon |
whose labor all depend. and without whose
improvement all demands for a higher |
standard VIII fail.
The best and brightest minds of all |
are bending their energies tow /
ard industrial reform. Therefore, to at /
tain a clearer vision for her own pur-
suits % insure a safe and positive future !
for her children. 10 ally herself with tina .
mental vigor Of the age, organized /
womanhood must study fundamental |
basis Of progress. the growth Of Industrial /
methods
Recognizing this necessity. and IN COM
r,iance with the resolutions Of the Cen I
oIal Federation. the undersigned urge that |
your club a. once appoint a committee
ot those who are interested in the sub
je1J. and that their names and addresses
&c forwarded TO the chairman Of the
general committee with such suggestions
ana information as may apply 10 your
own Particular society.
Upon receipt Of these names and ad-
dresses a second circular letter will be
sent to all local committees containing
such advice and help as the general COM
mittee can offer. and arranging as nearly
as may be uniform course Of invesuga-
ton and study.
Meanwhile the local committees are ad-
vsed IN discuss the resolutions adopted
by the federation and determine whether
their application would make any change
in their own community
Send the addresses Of chairmen and
members 70 Mrs. Corinne :. Brown. $50
Woodlawn avenue Chicago.
Mrs Lowe has sent gu, a circular letter
t. presidents. emphasizing the Importance