The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-24

In their enquiries and more thorough
In their search only TO make n dear
women meet suspicion with ingenuity
]; IA. even gone 50 far tina; n NO
man was recently discovered with =
-, 81 false teeth that were nothing
worse than pgaSscred diamonds
This IL trur. HaYs tins World cor
respondent. bat II - no proof 81 "o-
mani weakness On the contrary ~
Is evidence 81 womanly strength snd
sense Of Justice II the law wsT"
women would obey II. saaSe "
Is wrong their innate --1ghtsoasaess
feels no h~e~.,ancy IN detyins II TAKE
on the tariff. Is the deduction OF M"
and women vii ease
smuggling. IL appears that the coz
respondents remedy - the only hope
for the suppression Of the evil IN
discussing hts theory. the correspond
emf sn.x
Women OF the very highest moral
standards viii. a you rctnATN. fA4 ."
declare duiiable goods. Now. when =
phenomenon OF this sort presents
Itself It IS usually worth ~s,usY.ns .
little. and a very little study 81 fhls
particular phenomenon reveals the
fact that most people who have ac-
Quired a perfectly valid title To GOODS
n s;incttvely feel that they have an
inherent. an inalienAhlo right 10 TAX
them with them wherever they may
choose TO 60. and that no one IS
wrouged thereby. The reason they
have this instructive feeling - because
II fl right. and there Is scarcely n
better proof OF the iniquity OF tne
whole protective tariff scheme. These
women intuitively know that the tartr
is robbery. and they simply do what
they can to avoid being robbed
II were easy 10 remark that the
fault lies in the inability OF women 70
accurately guage the motives that are
responsible and expressed In the laws
1t might be said hat the case Of the
woman smuggler has its parallel IN
that of the Illicit distiller. h lat
ter has a property highland an In
alienable title TO his corn. Yet II ~
conceded. after years OF practice IN
the collection of internal revenue. that
to make the corn into corn he must
pay a privilege tax TO the government
According to the correspondent. the
women who smuggle insist thai the
law is immoral. hence 1t must be i'm
moral.
The true theory in connection with
the smuggling phenomenon is. prob
ably. not hat women are dishonest
but thai they are independent. Wo-
men do not as a rule consider law at
all, except as they wish 10 use 1t for
the ends of their own beliefs. Wo-
men are great law makers for others
and poor ervants OF law themselves
1t is haro for them to appreciate the
force Of a statute that interferes with
liberties or desires. or. equally.
to appreciate that their own desires
should not be made into law forth
with. And man Is taking their view.
notably in the extension OF the po-
lice powers Of the country. and pc
culiarly in the South to the liquor evil
and other social problems which are
dealt with according to n logical
theory that is the direct outgrowth
of illogical womanly persistence.
We do not say thai the women who
smuggle are not morally right In
their views OF the tariff; and in stating
they are legally wrong In vio-
lating it we do not impute to them a
moral stigma. If the women would
obey the law a. long as 1t exists and
as strongly for its adjustment
as they battle for the enactment Of
other statutes, State and national, de-
to carry out their views, the
would have to go.
There would be nothing left for
Il in the hope of peace.