The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21
WOMEN ON TARIFFS TRAIL
THEIR VIEWS OF ALLEGED DIS
ELIMINATION AGAINST THEM
IN PENDING BILL.

From many points in the United
States since the publication of the
Payne tariff bill have arisen cries
from the women on what they claim
is the discrimination against them.
1t appears to them that the revenue
needed to overcome the threatened
big deficit in the national treasury
must come out of their pOcketboOks
in the increased tariff on hats, gloves,
stockings and other articles of ne
cessity, together with higher priced
tea and cocoa. Some of the indig-
nation follows:
Wants the Frivolous Taxed.
Miss Florence Sanville, secretary
of the Consumers League in PhiIa-
delphia, said: eff the increased
tariff causes the poor working wo-
man to have but half a pound of
tea where her slender income now
allows her pound it is surely all
wrong And stockings for her little
ones, too! There certainly never
nave been too many pairs of stock
lngs in the homes of the poor. If
the frivolous ones want Paris crea-
lions let them be the ones to pay
for them. A woman who can pay
$40 for willow plume might as
well pay $11.
ut Is Hard Enough Now"
Milwaukee women resent paying
the proposed duty on gloves, stock
lngs and other articles of women's
apparel. The directors of the State
Consumers League of Wisconsin will
memorable congress in the matter.
Said Mrs. Julia Kurtz, head of
Home For Unfortunate Girls: 1.-The |
tariff on clothing, as proposed in the |
Payne bill, is not going to affect the |
rich, but the poor The rich woman
VIII be rather glad than otherwise |
to have higher price on her clothes. /
1t makes it harder for the poor wo-
man to approach the rich woman's
style. The working girl will be the
one hardest hit. 1t is hard enough |
now for her to clothe herself prop
erly"
stockings Cost Too Much Now"
The clubwomen of the two Kansas
cities have signed petitions to con-
SresSmen to vote against the Payne
tariff bill unless it is amended with
respect to stockings and gloves, toys,
chocolate and cocoa.
Mrs. Harlan l.. Spangler. presi-
dent of the Bancroft club and secre-
tary and treasurer of the Women's
council OF Clubs, says: Il have fig
sired that my stockings cost me too
much now without paying any more.
L don't see how any woman can get
along with less than twenty pairs
OF stockings year Gloves, too, are
a big expense. The Bancroft Club
is going to take the tariff question
up at its next regular meeting.
am sure the club will complain +
against the passing of the bill as
every woman in Kansas City should
do"
Mrs. Viola Dale McMurray, ath-
1etic instructor for the Kansas City
Womans Athletic Club, said: Con-
gressmen are not going to overlook
petitions signed by women. They
know that married women often CON
troll the votes of their husbands, and
some unmarried girls can control |,
two or three votes g."
Said Mrs Welbur L. Bell of the
Club and one of its ex-
presidents: The clubwomen of
Kansas City study all public meas
ures, but they are doubly interested
in the tariff on stockings and gloves
because it will affect every woman
no matter what her station. The
Athenaeum Club has 425 members,
and I'm sure they will all sign the
petition"
Ohio Women After Burton.
Cleveland, o., clubwomen are
planning to interest Senator Burton
in the fight against the proposed in
creased tariff on women's apparel.
He is a bachelor, and usually pre-
fers to sidestep conferences with the .
gentler sex, but he will not be al |
lowed to escape now.
we must make it so uncomforta- !
BILE for our congressman and senators
that they will join in our fight" said