Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-14

The Springfield Republican of May
3 has rather remarkable article on
''The Menacing Surplus Of Women"
I'm which the paper takes the view that
the so-callcd feminist movement"
which. TO quote. "manifests itself in
all sorts Of ways from votes for wom-
en- TO Ann Veronica and Cicely Ham
ilton's Marriage as Trade Is due to
the surplus of women over men"
The Republican refers especially TO
conditions in England. where the suf-
fragist movement has assumed al
most grotesque forms. II is there that
the most critical study is being made
by women Of the general status Of their
sex. 1t is there that the feminist re-
volt against the 'subiection" Of women
by men has become most serious. and
it is all due to the larger number Of
women, we are told.
our Springfield contemporary says
that the excess Of women over men In
England and Wales began to be notice
able in 1851, and today the one sex out
numbers the other by more than a mill
lion. The death rate, in the cities.
is higher among the male infants. At
the same time. there is no slackening
in tho drift OF the population 10 the
urban centers There are some other
factors, such as the larger emigration
Of single men compared with single
women. and the demands Of the for
eign service and the marine upon the
men. And the result is the surplus
noted The Republican continues:
From whatever cause. England
faces apparently a permanent surplus
Of single mcn--'uuattachcd' they are
sometimes called Many of thom are
highly educated and should be cOnsid-
cred the very flower of their sex in in
tellectual development and strength or
character. The intellecuals among
these women, indeed, furnish the brains
for the feminist movement In all OF It's
political Industrial and social ramihca-
lions. And they have only begun TO
poster the high priests OF complacency
in the other sex, who appeal to every
thing sacred or profane In their de-
Tense Of the existing order There Is,
in fact, all the more reason for FEM
mist insurrection IN England " II be
true AIl1A TIE numerical HAflfbiAiAf'A anu
Of women lis chiefly marked In the up
per strata of society, for, In that case,
as certain eminent Englishwomen have
recently stated. the problem becomes
more difficult the higher the education
and the social status If there D.
growing army Of educated single wom-
on at home who must work for liv-
ing but who have trouble In finding
adequate opportunities. owing TO the
h..frsr q ~ Dc
mand for their services. social and
even political disturbances are sure 20
arise"
Insofar a. the trouble has lis root i'm
an excess OF women over men, the So
luton might be emigration Of women
In this country there Is an excess Of
men, al least IN some parts. and the
addition OF few Of the charming
daughters OF Albion would be heartily
welcomed, but. after an, that would
not be a permanent remedy There is
room for number OF women in tho
British colonies and i'm Siam. II is
said, the men greatly outuumber the
women But. have the surplus ladies'
the means necessary to travel or would
tho state undertake their transporta-
ton and provide husbands for them?
Hardly Our Springfield contemporary
remarks. on the suggestion as 10 emil
grafton. that the women have as much
right to the land Of their mothers
with an of It's rich associations and IT'S
splendid civilization. as their broth
crs have To- the land Of their futbara
and then asks: "If they arc a menace.
1t made uhcm so.
And that is the point Who and what
made them "a menace? The Creator ana
not make them SO? n civilization did
there is something wrong with civili-
cation. and In that case. that wrong
lies too deep for even surragette
reform 20 right