Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-10

'Llle OilCe Ol auul' aIlQ nave pTOIlLeu
in numberless way-~by her experience
gained by serving as corresponding
secretary at one time.
Child Labor.
"You will have the pleasure of re-
ceiving from the chairmen of the
standing committees, full reports Of
work undertaken by this organization
so it is unnecessary for me to present
the work of each committee in detail.
Two years ago you added child labor
committee to your list Of standing
committees, and when your out -going
president accepted the chairmanship,
the success of the work seemed assur-
ed, and altho the bill presented by the
committee to our legislators failed to
pass the house, the interest awakened
in the need of a restricting child labor
law in Iowa. has been so increased by
the splendid work of this committee
that it only needs the intelligent CO.
operation OF the club women of the
state to insure effective legislation at
the next session of the legislature.
I'VE call the attention of the club
women to the juvenile court and pro-
baton law which is now statute of
the state and urge them to the need
of assisting the district judges to en-.
force this law.
Feeling the necessity of higher
standard of literary work for women's
clubs, your officers added club pro-
gram committee and the demands
made upon this committee have shown
the great, need there was for 1t. At
the request of the general federation
to-, ,rk, ;,,1
believing taat club women should be
given an opportunity to better thu.
conditions Of women and children fore.
ed into the field of labor. We have al :
so been requested to add civil serv I.
ice reform committee. In urging our
interest in this subject your genera |
federation president presents it So
clearly and. concisely that / take tn .
liberty of quoting portion of her let.
ter. She says:
In making my plea to you upon
this subject, shall confine myself tt
the phase which has been Of the great :
est interest to me, and with which arl
most conversant. because of seven
years of membership upon a stats
board of charities and correction.
1.-The question Of civil service, or the
merit system In state institutions, is
one that should be of constant and liv =
ing interest to every thoughtful citi-
zen.
".By "state institutions we mean n
those having in charge persons who
are referred to in conferences and re :
ports as the "dependent( defective and
delinquent" but, in CLUB" language,
we should call them the poor and un :
fortunate, the sick and the SHINING :"
Because we have living; because We
have bodily and mental health; be-
cause we have been kept by inheritanee
and circumstances from sin and crime
how great, therefore, is our obligs.-
ton to see to it that proper conditions
surround those who have not had sini-
liar fortune 2 !" g
Library Laws. Fs
1--WE have found, upon investigation,
that Iowa is unsurpassed in the mall-
agement Of her state institutions, b ut
we urge upon each woman the du ~
of informing herself upon this subject
and of knowing how the poor and ull.
fortunate, the Sick and SHINING Of o,lr
state are cared for, and we earnestly
recommend that each club take this
subject up for discussion some time
during the next club year. In the liz
brary session you will be shown how
completely the work of the Iowa LIZ
brary Association, the work of the Iowa
library commission, and the work Of
the federation library committee sup
plement each other. Our library law
requires that there shall be at least two
ne fhn ,;cscS
Our governor recognized the work OF
the club women towards library ex-
tension in the state by appointing thr ee
prominent club women to the comm. s.
sion. Your president recommends til at
10 member Of the Iowa commission be
made an ex-officio member of the fed
GRAFTON library committee. At the last
session of the legislature the complll-
sorry education term was extended from
twelve to sixteen weeks and further
improved by compelling attendance at
the beginning of the school year. It
has been often said that If we had
manual training. which includes do
mestic science, in every public school,
we would not need a compulsory edu-
cation law. This may be true. but we
Recommend that the work Of the edu-
cational committee continue until we
have secured both manual training in
every public school in Iowa and a
compulsory education law for the full
term.
Pure Food Question.
Turning our attention to the house
hold economics committee, it may IN
terest you to hear of the assertion
made by the Commercial Bulletin. Of
st. Paul, that wholesale grocers
dump into Iowa of any canned goo DIS
ETC., that cannot pass the pure food
laws of Minnesota and South Dakota.
The same paper published lists with
the above assertion. On investigation
we found that Iowa has no pure food
law and that there has practically been
no analyses made in the state with
the exception of what has been done
in that line at Ames Agricultural Col
lege. This is a subject of vital i'm
portance to the housekeepers and
homemal,ers, for the health of the
family is endangered.
1--WE would suggest that women by
refusing to buy goods that are not
known to be absolutely pure could
compel grocers to furnish goods free
from adulteration. Your president
earnestly recommends the Iowa feder-
alton to emphasize this line Of work
thru it's household economics commit
tee, by bringing to the attention of
.J,,I> ,x.ov,o,, tho mead Of a yoIIra