Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-29
DOES NEW YORK
BREED BACHELQRS2
LYDIA kINesMILL COMMANDERS
RATHER SENSATIONAL CON-
TENTIoN.
BUT HERBERT N. cAssoN AR
CUES THERE'S NOTHING IN
HER THEORY.

New York is a race suicide center.
It is anti-matrimonial in every re-
spect," was the opinion expressed by
Mrs. Lydia Kingsmill Comnlan6er,
author OF The American Idea, BOOK
dealing with topic dear to the hear
of President Roosevelt. Mrs. Com
mander gave her views in comment
ing on an interview with Charles R
Andrews of Richmond, Va, which has
created lively interest among New
Workers.
New York is breeding bachelors"
Mr.. Andrews has said. Ninety per
cent of the young men I meet around
town at night are single. When
ask them why they don't get married
they say that the corporations which
they work for prefer single men.
Then they add that New York is
filed with hotels and bachelor apart
ments where their every wish is
catered to- They also say that their
tastes are cultivated and the girls
they would marry also have cultivated
tastes, which the present day salaries
will not permit"
So far as the assertion that New
York men are not marrying is CON
cerned nearly every one, except DR..
Roland P. Faulkner, one of the best
known statistlcians in the country,
agrees. But that the big corporations
prefer single to married men seems to
be disputed question.
None of the officials of big corpora
tions would commit themselves on the
subject, but it was the consensus Of
opinion among those close to them
that this was not the case.
New York does not offer much, if
anything, to the married man." said
Mrs. Commander "On the contrary,
the life here induces celibacy. Obsta-
Giles against marrying seem unsur-
mountable, and as both men and
women usually follow the line of least
resistance the result is that marriage
| is growing unpopular. A man prefers
COltLG4 ldbtC CAAol14lSS Iva Q41G AeShNA
than a pinched income for two. Only
few years ago-in 1903, for instance
1t cost 100000 to build the average
house in New York, and there were
only 100 built in that year. Now the
cost is even more, and the result is.
that fewer persons are able to build a
house of their own.
when it comes to living in an
, apartment, the rental of one large
enough for family in the downtown
portion of the city is practically pro
| hibitive, so one must go further and
further out to obtain one at reason
able rent. So many who wish to
marry find way out of financial trou-
Bile by both husband and wife becom-
| ing wage earners. This tendency is
noted particularly by the fact that the
| board of education is fighting against
their teachers marrying and continu-
ing in the schools. To my mind the
best feature of it all is that it is tax
ing marriage from the old basis, and
women are marrying for The very best
reason in the world-for love-where
formerly they married for home"
Herbert N. Casson, author of maya
zine articles concerning the history of
trusts and who has come in close con
tact with most of the big financiers OF
the country, says:
Il never heard it said that the cor
porations preferred single to married
men. If it is so it is an entirely new
idea. The only point that, to me,
would seem to warrant the statement
would be in regard to the large num-
ebr of agents which the trusts send
out to foreign countries. These men
must naturally be those without home
ties.
Take the international Harvesting
company, for instance. They have
not to speak of those travelling here.
The Standard Oil must have a great
many more. But outside OF this fact the
corporations all call Tor steady men
that is the cry nowadays. They want
men who will remain with them for
lHueHnlte peEIOuSi ulSu VINO Will name
their career in the employ of the com
panies rather than individual careers,
as formerly. They want men who are
DESTROYS of steady employment, and
these invariably are the married men.
The steel trust is tying their men to
it by gifts of houses, stocks and par
ticipation in profit sharing schemes.
IT was only a short while ago that the
steel trust distributed some 100000
worth of steel stock among employees.
SO I hardly think that idea is COED
BIC THINGS or tony