Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-09
NEW JERSEY GIRLS TROUBLE

.ilIk Nl AIt lilltl AfIhAh AdhNif hNN 10
Is claimed by a writer in the New York
Evening sun OF June 30th that what
they have learnt on this subject has
caused CONSERVATION They have heard
that In twenty-four or twenty-five
States Of the Union there are thousands
Of women IN excess OF the male popula-
ton. thus considerably reducing the
chances Of marriage
That the members Of the Lady
Bachelor clubs regard the situation as
extremely serious may be judged from
these paragraphs Of the correspondence
TO the Sun. The writer says;
'The clubs composing the Amalga-
mated Association have long discussed,
In secret. this serious condition OF ar.
fairs and the present institution OF
marriage. The association took the
live'iest sort Of interest In the case OF
Congressman-elect Brigham II. Rob
erts. Of Utah. and the ousting Of that
1uDlicant by Congress because Of his
mural marriages. And II was said 10
iAve been only because OF the great
gcarcity Of marriageable men that the
association did not adopt ringing reso-
Iltions prefaced By numerous where
ases, denounclng Roberts
This should be OF special interest 10
the well-meaning agitators who nearly
succeeded in creating a panic at the
time among hysterical women
especially when these statements are
added
Had the officers Of the clubs deemed
the public mind IN q sufficiently recep-
tive mood calmly to digest argument
fayorlng plural marriages as O future
necessity based upon actual statistics,
the discussions at the Lady Bachelor
clubs would have been made public. II
was truthfully pointed out then, In the
discussion by one Lady bachelor, that
the men would not now go round at the
rate Of one 10 each woman, ana NAT
the census OF 1890 showed that twelve
states had thousands more females
than males. So - This member also
predicted that the forthcoming census
would show an oyerplus Of females IN
az least twenty-five states. THIS
member said she based her prediction
largely upon the reports OF various
bureaus OF vital statistics which she had
studied. and which showed that there
were born annually from 10 to is per
cent more females than males These
same reports showed the death rate TO
be about per cent more females tnan
males. leaving an annual excess OF fe-
males from 10 30 10 per cent over the
number OF males. These figures con-
clusiyely prove, said this member that
Il Is but a question OF few years when
there will be In this country 80 many
more women than there are men that
no one woman win have the right TO
claim a whole man 20 herself
Another influential lady. a member
Of the association, Is quoted as having
given vent to her feelings in this strain;
'What In the wide world are We ever
going 20 do? Ia Ike 20 know. II Is a
condition that confronts Ne and we
must meet It somehow. am sick and
tired whispering about 1t In the club
room, and so I'm not afraid TO talk
sim another is credited with this lit
tie speech:
"Of course l don't believe IN this
plural marriage business, but In all
seriousness, now, It's really awful 1
don't see what In this wide world the
women Of twenty years from now are
going 20 do, / don't, really II seems
TO me the legislatures talk pretty freely
about stopping various classes Of men
from lmmiRrating 10 this country but /
do certainly think II would be more
sensible u they would turn their at
tentlon TO letting 80 many foreign
women come here. You may not be-
lleve Il. but it's a fact that our Ameri-
can manageable men like these for
elgn women because, you know. they
don't care 80 much for many things
that we Girls regard as an absolute
necessity. It's true And it's true that,
after some Of these men pass a certain
age. they look upon marriage as they
look upon an ordinary business trans
action. and they go over the bargain
counter like a woman al a dry-goOds
sale It's so. We've discussed this
subject al the club often. l honestly
believe that this question must be ta-
ken up seriously before many years.
OF course. girls cannot travel West 20
find O husband and the men out West
either cannot afford II or viii not travel
East IN any considerable numbers to
find wives
We have no comments TO offer on the
question that has become a source Of
trouble to the New Jersey ladies'. But
Il is more than probable that It win
force itself upon the attention Of the
public in the future. It seems to be a
law that when land is under the process
Of reclamation, when food ls scarce and
lie IS composed Of hardships and strug-
giles. or when by wars a considerable
portion OF the male population has been
exterminated, nature furnishes the
means Of restoring the equilibrium. by
supplying an excess Of males by birth.
The fact was noticed particularly in
Finland after lie devastation by wars
and famines. when. on the other hand,
prosperity and peace reign, the female
population seems to predominant.
II this observation Is correct the fears
Of the Lady Bachelors have a solid
foundation. The time must come when
the question OF marriage viii become a
problem In this country.
OF course the women that are fortu-
nate enough 20 be heiresses can general
ly buy a husband, as some OF them are
doing now, but the great multitude
must always be barred from this expe-
dlency, unless the commodity" should
fal! so low IN price as 20 be within the
reach OF the wage.earniug girl
Nobody can. az things now are drift
ing. foresee all the possibilities Of the
future. May there not yet be farms
Tor raising husbandsr And husband
trusts. and a husband stock exchange
with It's bulls and bears? There Is no
folly OF which human wisdom Is not
capable. when Il deviates from the laws
Of nature and the Creator
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