The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-21

in her report 10 the convention In De-
tTOit, which showed that while the
growth of the organization had been
slow. il had been very steady and con
trasted with that of other states very
favorably; New York leads In size Of
membership and that state also. the
president showed. had developed an
organization known as the Farmers
Wives Reading club. to whose inter-
prise the Michigan federation's atten-
ton was called.
The work accomplished along the
line Of civics, public health, public
baths and Fairgrounds and for the
schools in the year has been great but
attention was called to the hamper
ing effect that the limited funds at
the disposal of the organization en-
tailed.
The growth and scope of the fed
Grafton was increased" said Mrs. Will
liams, without bringing an increase
in the dues and it is for this conven-
ton to take some action regarding
the increasing of these dues. so that
our work may advance. Push and
pluck are needed i'm our work, for the
! federation is a factor i'm the future
development Of the state. The club
must take care OF the ordinary
things; extraordinary things take care
Of themselves. and as some one has
stated, what we most need is common
sense. We have sufficient of other
kinds"
Mrs. Kate " English, for the leg
islative committee. presented an un-
! ique report which did not spare GER
tain delinquent workers on her force
| "The amount Of work done was
enormous" she said, amount accom-
lplished-some; active workers on the
committee, Il; inactive workers, four.
Her report showed the amount of leg
islation attempted, 1866 bills being
brought before the state legislature. OF
which some 1858 were passed. Among
those was that which now permits
women to vote for school officials: that
which gives women their right TO
their own earnings; the one which for
bids messenger boys on the street
from 10 at night to I'm the mornings
two laws for conservation and that to
give INDECENT parents assistance so
that children will be kept in schools.
The speaker referred TO the work
done on this latter as most thor
ough, clean, conservative lobbying"
"A backbone is more influential than
a wish bone. she continued for if
the public support on these measures
undertaken by the federation is to be
solicited it must be based on accur-
ate information. VIII the women of
Michigan be content to sit i'm COM
modious, comfortable club rooms, dis
cussing the morals and times Of Ne
TO, while children serve as messengers
or bar-maids in our state?"
Opposed to Votes For Women.
Mrs. Philip n. Moore. president of
the National Federation Of Womens
clubs, who is i'm Detroit attending the
State Federation convention, is not i'm
sympathy with votes for women. In
an interview she said:
Il wish women were not asking for
the ballot. l wish there were another
way for them TO accomplish directly
what they are doing in indirect ways
now. but there's no denying it, the
best women I'm the land seem To want
the ballot to feel that it is their right
and there is no use lamenting 1.-THE
ballot will be theirs soon, very soon.
In my opinion II only means doubling
the vote we now have-doubling the
good vote Of good people and that
other vote which is not good. How
are things going TO be remedied in that
way? / can't see how, although l add