The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-06
INFORMATION FOR
WOMEN EMIGRANTS
Society Formed to Send Them
Where There Is a De-
mand for Them.

London. a.-Br1nrG
and other ladies have published an in
teresting letter on the emigration OF
women. Her royal highness is presi-
dent Of the South African Colonization
her represent other organizations en-
gagged In promoting the employment or
the emigration OF women. Their letter
announces the formation Of an intelli-
Eence committee for collecting and sup
plying information with regard TO open
ings for educated women in the self
governing dOminiOns, and they appeal
Tor FUNDS TO carry u on. The question
thus raised is interesting from several
points Of view. Il mas to DO with the
excess Of women over men. their edu-
cation. their employment. and the pos
sible field Of operation offered to this
class by the younger states Of the en-
pire, in which the sexual balance Of the
population is on the other side.
The preponderance OF the female over
the male population in this country is
a very curious fact. entailing obscure
consequences and exercising a subtle
influence on society. II is shaged in
some measure by Germany. France and
other European countries. but not to the
same degree. With England the dis
crepancy is perceDtibly increasing; IL
has been rising since 1851 and at the
last census. when the females enumer-
ated in England and Wales exceeded
the males by over million. Nor is IL
altogether explained by the reasons
usually set forth.
The allowance which must be made
for the absence Of considerable number
OF men on various services abroad and
at sea does not account for the rising
discrepancy. Nor does emigration. nor
the higher mortality Of male infants.
itself a most obscure phenomenon. It
IS OF course a primary cause. because
every year more males are born than
females. but to account for the in
creasing disprOpOrtion other factors are
needed. one is the falling birth rate.
which necessarily diminishes the nu-
at birth: and a second appears TO be the
Increasing urbanization of the popula-
ton. because the higher mortality
Of male over female Infants is more
marked I'm urban than in rural districts.
Whatever the true causes Of the
movement may be. Il appears TO be con-
slant and progressive. The emigration
OF women to countries in which men
prepOnderate naturally suggests itself
as means Of redressing the steadily
declining balance at home.
There is an active demand for female
tmmt grants Of a certain class in most
OF the dominiOns: and a good deal is
being done both by public and private
effort &c organize the supply. The Of
fetal emiErants' information office is
sues a special circular every year on
the emigration Of women giving infor-
nation with regard TO the demand in
the several states. the conditions and
the cost Of getting to them. and so on.
Private effort is represented by the
British WOmen's Emigra ton associa-
ton and the South African Colonizatio
society. which specially interest them
selves I'm helping girls to emigrate. in
addition to the various other more gen
eral organizations which deals with
men. women and children alike. But
as regards single women. a glance at
the official circular suffices to show
that the effective demand IS almost con-
fined to domestic servants. That does
not mean that there are no openings
for other classes. The countries OF des-
tination naturally lay stress on the
kind OF emigran they want most and
make a point Of inviting them. on the
male side these always are. first and
foremost. farmers. and secondly farm
laborers. and on the female side domes-
tics. both for town and country. But
these classes by no
m eans represent the surplus DoDula-
ton at home which desires to find oc-
cupation in the less crowded areas Of
Great Britain. The advance Of educa-
tion has produced large movement to-
acter. and this Is particularly notice
able among women. The new intelli-
gencc committee aims at helping the
great and growing army Of educated |
women. who are capable Of earning a
living but cannot find the opportunity |
ut home. The appeal put forth on their /
behalf states that the question OF their /
employment is becoming year by year
2 more urgent matter. It assumes that /
the numerical nreDondera Of women I
over men Is chiefly marked in the up-
ner strata Of society" That may be so \
though there IS no evidence to prove 81. /
But. whether IL be So or not. there is I
undoubtedly great surplus OF educated \
women who have no natural domestic I
occupations. and are highly i'm excess /
OF the demand offered BY the EMPLOY
ment market az home.