The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-17

The plant that the obtaining low rate
OF pay for clerks is almost or wholly
due to woman IS venture into the field
OF business has of late grown so loud
that it is entitled to respectful hear
ing. Men are even going SO far as to sug-
gest that woman be excluded from bust
ness life on economical grounds. Others,
more m 9: ia ialrmlnded, concede the fair sex
the right to go into the whirl Of money
making and become selfsupporters, but
at the same time declare that she is.
largely responsible for the low salaries
paid to clerks. Nearly all men
with theories on the wage question
contend that she is to a large extent
taking the place Of man in doing the
clerical 'lAar work of big firms. &
a woman can work cheaper than a
against her. AS Consequence, she is
superseding him in all places where she
can be possibly used to do the work.
But is she9 Here is the condition as
1t exists IN most big offices in the cities,
expressed by man in charge of great
establishment s office.
A woman is all right up to $50 a
month, after that she is not eligible, at
least with u.s. is his opinion in the
matter. Furthermore, if we can get a
man to do the same work that she does
Tor the same money, we would sooner
have him. He is the better worker of
the two, and that is the only question
which may be considered by the man
employing help. We do not want women
IN the capacity of clerks s-.>f' h..t @s:
J: Why Man Is Better Worker.
There are any number of reasons as
to why man is the better worker Prob
ably the great and prime reason for this
/ n 1S 0F lar IL
wage Garner. Her place has been
from the beginning in the home. Man
has always been the provider. When
she leaves her proper environment for
the business life she is at once at a
disadvantage. The qualities that make
her fitted as a power in the home are q
hlndrance to her in business. The ma
|sture that is shining light to husband,
or to children, is all at sea when it be-
gins. to gTrapple with the problems Of
money making. -" -. 50
That this is fact is shown. by the
way the new woman, who is supposed
| to be creature altogether different
from the old, does not make good bust
hess unit. For all the talk about
women replacing men in office work is
wrong. There were few years of ex-
Perlments: Many firms, delighted at
the. way in which women accomplished
on0ii uuGioo dS SCeHOgTapnerS, went to
work and installed many other women
as clerks; But the experiments are over
now: When you hear now of a; firm as
serting that they are putting in women
clerks In their offices you can depend
upon it that firm is content to have,
and wants to have, cheap class help.
! Women can work cheaper than
men. That is about all that Can be
said for them in business way. While
they may be able to fill SO or $40 DO.
sitions quite as well as most men would
fill them, they are utterly incapable
of developing into good business men
worthy, or possible. OF promotion tc
positions of power and responsibility
No; women are not BUSTING men from
their positions in the good offices.'
Women Not Favored in Offices.
A canvass Of the larger Offices in al
most every city in the country wou1c
show this to be true. With the grea1
1 packing firms of Chicago, whose office
are among the largest, if not the, larg
est, in the world, the$,woman as an Of
4 ficeworker in any other position thar
that Of stenographer does not find ia
vor. She is employed to some extern