The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-04

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VOTES NO.
Kfttfe Hoye. clerk at Yerxa's: mo, I
would not get married If my husband was
to make from s. to S12 per week only"
why not?"
Because wouldn't want to; because
1t would not be enough to live on, and
because l think it is not necessary"
DO you think such marriages are salts
factory, as a ruler
II don't see how they can be, but I
really suppose many Of them are. would
not like to try what I believe would be
an experiment at best"
WHAT CAN BE DONE.
Annie Nelson. clerk at Yerxa's: eff a
young couple had start, mean a home,
either owned their home or their house
| hold goods, I think they might be able
to get along ON s. or so week But 1t
would depend much on the disposition Of
both. They could not be extravagant or
even Hive as we'll as most of US would
like to live
DO you think such marriages should
be eneouraged?'
No. I think people, mean the public
should not interfere with any who want
to marry. They should be left to take
| care Of their own welfare"
1EABOH . STANDPOINT
John F: Krieger, representative of or
ganized labor:
There is without doubt a serious cues
tloh involved In the advisabilfty of young
people marrying while the bread WIN
ner IS on small salary. Marriage is
not generally viewed in the light Of ex-
pedleney. anyhow, and I am inclined to
| peAeVe that few marriages are prevented
/ on account of the small wages of the
| husband
Yes, 1 think such marriages frequently
prove ACKNOWLEDGEMENT disastrous.
but without being able to- suggest a rem,
| edy L am unwilling to think that the
| proper course would be one to prohibit or
| discourage such marriages.
Many of the states have laws profib-
ting the employment of children under
| a certain age, yet the fact that there are
| many marriages when the husband earns
| no more than Will support two gives ex-
( 1stence to the very conditions such laws
/ are framed for prohibiting. I mean that
( IN nine cases out of ten the children of
+ parents so situated are kept out of school
| and compelled to work for living. In
| this way the standard OF intelligence of
T the state or community is reduced The
| employment of child Or Juvenile labor.
I reduces the wage earning capacity Of
I men, and thus one evil is heaped upon
/ another. To my mind the discourage
7 ment or prohibition of marriages ON ac-
/ count of the small wages of the husband
T Will never work a reform or have even
!, a beneficial effect 81 - -
| CONDITIONS TO BLAME
| Rev. j. j. LAWYER, rector of the eathe-
| dral:
ITO my mind the existing industrial
J conditions tend to make young men de-
f0sy w,{a<r -
| that they are unable to support wife
and family on salary of So to $40 per
/ week. especially in large cities.
| AS to It's relation to the social prob
| lem. my belief is that the standard of
/ morality would be raised If conditions
were such as to encourage early mar
| rtages.
! ''As our country grows older oppertu-
/ mites for young men of limited means
+ to enter into business for themselves be-
/ come fewer. The result is that there are
more young men dependents than there
/ should be. When their positions are not
/ guaranteed they are slow to assume the
/ responsibility of sustaining a home. 1t
seems to me that if the wage Garner
were not so dependent the situation
would be greatly improved
| MANS SIDE OF Tt.
/ j. II. w OIL, Clerk at SCnunenldn &C
| Evans retail store:
! while have the fullest belief in mar
riage at the proper age, my experience
/ compels the opinion that there should
/ be less marriages where the husband
| earns but SIS or $40 per week. Tt is not
a safe undertakings fails as frequently
| as it succeeds I will not say that two
| cannot get along on $40 week l think
| they can unless one or the other has eX-
nsv,yry
| not indulge in extravaganza of any kind.
| They cannot bring up family on $40 or
$12 a week Sickness OF death will IN
| variably interfere with the best plans"
what bearing, in your opinion, has
| the subject on the social problen?'
| "a VERY great one You have only to
knew how many marriages have been
| prevented, how many have failed. how
many will be prevented In the future.
/ Marriages are decreasing in proportion
/ with the population. What will be the
! result of continued and increasing de-
! crease? Then there are evils of morals
| and health that must be considered when
| the question Of the inability of married
| people to raise a family is considered
| The evil reaches about as far as 1t can
| in my opinion.
Further Improvement in Industrial
| conditions might result in general better
opportunity"
HAS HER DOUBTS.
Miss M. Gordon. clerk at Schuneman &
! Evans retail store:
| 'sNo, do rot think marriages of young
people should be discouraged for any
| reason. My belief Is that persons con-
templating marriage should not be inter
| fered with by outsiders. It may be-
probably Is true-that q great number
of marriages sustained On eight or ten
| dollars per week are not successful. At
the same time my opinion Is that many
of them turn out all right. For these
reasons my belief is that the outcome Is
largely a matter depending upon the
dispositions and habits of husband and
wife To be successful they must both
be able TO suffer seif-denial frequently
to an inconvenient degree.
applied to young women who work
for living I would say that girl VINO
quits work whereby she earns So per
week to marry man earning $40 per
week will be far more likely to be salts
fled and to succeed than the girl who has
been at work long enough to earn $l5 per
week and who quits 1t to marry man
earning $2e per week. On SIS per week
she Is more than self-supporting and for
that reason Is fneulcated with a spirit
of independence that makes her Ill fitted
for any sort OF dependency. My personal
knowledge tells me that many young
women who have become able to support
themselves and save something from
their earnings would not enter into the
marriage relation where such sten
would involve a sacrifice Of their indie
pendence.
'.As to the matter having. a bearing on
the social problem, cannot say that
/ see 1T in that way. think tt issa matter
that no one should interfere with