Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-20
MATRIMONIAL PROBLEM.

iKtT&Stg OF ItEle9aAhn9A MAS AGNancs
e 3 new fkory for the solution o.
he domestic problem among the clas:
az small aage d THAT III. that
the wife shall continue to be . wage
psoducer after marriage For instance.
Il ! young ma earrs SIN so 81 i week
be should choose 4 wife from among
the young wornen engaged in some
sort ot Industrial employment ana XXI
both continue as wage earners. Until
The husbands income shall have ahoa;
doubled. He SAYS
The whole social problem would be
sozYed were the wife to become an
incorac producer. or course. 1 refer
20 The young married couples. where
each. before marriage. Is caring be-
tween SO ana 50 d week I believe
that each should continue as 4 wage
Garner until the husbands income In
creases d 81 least so, when the wife
can add more 10 The utility Of his
money hy withdrawing from The wage
producing class
The professor belieEed that the siop
ton of hi plan would have 4 tan.
dency ID ID away 70 sorne extent with
late marriages and 10 contribute To-
ward . general improvement Of the ~
.ctaI. moral and economic conditions
u Is not probable. however. that
the proposition vii receive very
hearty acceptance from those whom
4 Is intended 10 assist In the solution
n ! very difficult problem The feel.
ing ~ pride Id bis wife and bis home.
which springs eternal In the heart Of
the American man. be be lsborer or
capitalist. rebels against the thought
OF the wife IN the role Of wage earn.
er. True. In some cases the expedi
ent Is resorted 10 Temporarily and
VERY satisfactorily where the responsi.
bilities Of the home are 50 slight as to
make but little demands upon the
wifeis time. or where she can be a
capable and congenial assistant 10 her
husband 10 bis business duties. But
these examples are bot generally found
among the $40 4 week class referred
10 BY the professor. For Tia most
part. the wife can accomplish domestic
economies aud add To The wage pro
ducing capabilities of the husband best
by assuming the labors and RESPONSE
bilitses Of the house wife and mother
and adding TO the pleasures Of home.
which few men would care 10 ex.
change for the added weekly income
Of q few dollars. In commenting on
the proposed scheme the Springfield
Republican pertinently asks how far.
such an Industrial arrangement as Is
suggested can be adjusted 10 the insd
tuition ~ marriage. IN relation ID It's
primary purpose which Is the pcrpetn.
alton OF the race. II may be, as some
soclalisi5c philosophers dream. that
Ia the ultimate state Of human society,
the two sexes win be found working
nearly side by side, with pro
vision for the care OF children in com
mon through the working hours. But
as the case stands today. such an III
rangement. even where practicable,
will not be readily submitted 10, es
pccialiy al II would serve to create q
distinction Of hardship and
poverty, and unless marriage Is 70 be
suhyerted from It's principal ends 1t
must contemplate In practically all
cases the withdrawal Of the woman
from regular wage labor during the
collaborating period. and that period
before. rather than after, the
marrying couple on SO Or sl2 4 week
reached the state OF earning SEQ
or more. And no one will venture 70
affirm d moral or social uplifting 81
any such subyersion Of marriage