The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-21
shall Aynmcn Vote.

have not the ,imc to write just
! now. a. l am busy with sewing and
shopping. but ! cannot rcmEih Si!en
after reading inc article, w ouid the
Ballot Help Women surely the
writer has only read ono side OF the
argument, and hope will pardon me
, IL | tell her the Otacr. d!d not see
the article signed on. Of the Women
of Virginia" but feel sure that the
| writer WAS misunderstood about eiii-
+ p!0yers and employees what ! do see
mcllacinL- the working girl Is the dan
ger OF having a vote. aa.i FOR many
reasons. Her employer VIII nave Nor
to her; Note as wish: or you can lind
other employment ] know OF one
large corporation right here IL Rich
mond which treated it's clerks IN this
way when they were so afraid Roosc-
| Welt would not be elected. Is not
ottent!incs wha, i life to capital
sell her vote aud who would bus IT?
| ny what tricks and what corruption
wuuld she be cn.iccd 20 sell II?
! Equal suffrage stands for equal pay
I for man and woman. and does not
necessarily mean increase in wages.
| SO says the writer. Is not this won
dcrful society tnat can guarantee that
as good work az every man: All wo-
men cannot work alike. some are
brilliant and some mediocre. am
surprised that she says II does not
necessarily mean increase in wages
II Thought they also guaranteed ihat.
| can guarantee that II means lowering
wages, for there Will be 50 many wo-
mc!! working that the supply VIII pc
greater than the dcmand--thus lower
| ing them; Voting cannot regulate
wages. Wages are according 10 the
| demand In jcnScly populated cities.
where 80 many women are forced to
work, and therefore wnere the Supply
IS a3nn4ant, vases are po"T' nut IN
salaries are high. supply ana demand
| REG ulatc wages, not voting. There
| has never bean any law, no! can there
! work ANA WAGES heiwe"t private IN
| dividuaIs." II would DC socialism.
There j. Socialist society, believed in
! BY sutIragists. which Is trying 10 say
/ that no shop girl shall work 70. tss.
than 81 d week W" don't think she
should, but IL the girl chaoscs 10. who
has the right TO stop hcr? Tae sui
frag!a,S say that vote would make
womenS wages equal 10 mems. II that
We're 50. why Is It not so in the sut-
fTaEe States? In the suffrage state.
non suffrage states. In none OF the
suffrage States do women teachers
! have as higA wages as men. In Wyo-
ming and Utah women paid over
with men. In Indiana and Missouri,
80 per cent, and in New Mexico, 80 per
nothing to do with II. again say. it's
supply and demand. Woman's work
lis only temporary usually She in
tends TO marry, and whtn she does. she
considered more valuable to their en-
ployers, as marriage makes them
value their position mor> IMAM ever
Woman Will not only lose money hy
her wages being lowered, but she
will also lose some NJ her much talked
ri property rights" For instance, a
suffrage states. Then, too. they are
! jointly responsible tor the support OF
their children and may, under some
circumstances nc required ny law to
census of 1900 shows that six women
were .fivorccd ny th>ir husbands for
non-support Colorado has oesn
proven by official figures 10 be the
most corrupt electorate III this country.
and New Zealand. where women have
full suffrage, has been proven 10 he
Then why do we want "? Il would
s.om that we are tired OF moral ity ana
rchncmcnt and will hcnceforih spend
our TING. as | see they arc doing in
ana possibly mud with accuracy at our
nriEhburs. This. also will nc great
: civic reform" which the young VIII
snjoy, but II will be Of doubtful bene.
Equal Suffrage Leagues watchword
was "Uriift:' = leading Colorado
| paper, the For; Collins Express, says:
The women Of Colorado are on trial
! In regard to the suffrag: movement.
Their failure to benefit Colorado by,
their suffrage is doing more TO rctard
woman'a suffrage In other states and
nations than anything T!se his
from their own paper. Colorado may
have the hes, laws in tn. statute
Books, the most progressive and most
scientific" for children, but they are
not enforced, for juvenile, crime has
increased alarmlngly and in every
sixty Their, Is found one il!itcratc chilc
the highest rate in the white poru-
laton in the United States. judge
IIailett. CHIEF Justice of TIC Spprem.
says: II am not prsjudiced In any way,
but honestly DO not see where the e, ex.
pertinent has proven Of benefit. The
presence OF women at the polls has
only augmented ths total vo;e--it has
worked no radical changes: il has pro-
noted no special reforms, and IT has
had no particularly purifying effect
upon politics If 1T were to be. done
over again. the people OF Colorado
would defeat woman's suffrage by an
overwhc Ginning maioriiY. .Also Mrs.
Frances w. Goddard. president of the
! Colonial Danes of Colorado, says: mo
law has been put in the statute books
OF Colorado for tho benefit of women
. .