Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-08


ing to add morality and kindness to mans COVER
ing selfshness, and NOTHING WILL STOP IT.
There is time for each important work THIS IS THE
TIME TO WORK AND GET THE VOTE FOR WOMEN
You will hear the subject often this
You are invited to join discussion The Georgian has
talked Of votes for women oftenbut only the begin
ming We shall succeed 'votes for women campaign as
we succeeded in the others BY THE HELP OF WOMEN
Our purpose is to first of all the poorer women
It is easy for the rich and prosperous lady to discuss in
distant Indifferent way future and her rights She has com
fort luxury and Her rights do not really worry her
very much, except added luxury
Those especially interested in whom The Georgian Is
especially interested are poor whose hns
bands or fathers earn two day FIVE dollars
dsv perhaps They are the really the cost Of
government today
Is not our government trust government Are not the
real taxes in this country imposed BY THE TRUSTs9
The man with little house pays little tax on that house
And he navs 10 the government his tobacco his
beer he uses another little his WOODEN suit But
the government the REAL tax That goes to the
trusts The real tax laid upon the people WITHOUT REPRE-
sENTAT1oN IN THE TAXING BODY, made BY the trusts
There is Mr. Rockeeers tax from the Oil Trust There
is the tax from the Sugar and the Meat Trust and all
the other trusts.
WHO PAYS THOSE TAXES THE WOMEN PAY
THEM They spend household money and the trusts raise
.their incomes by taxes in the household
The women of the poorer families. the of with
four or five hundred year of the lucky with his
three or four thousand year THEY PAY THE COST
IN. orr TRUST GOVERNMENT
The poorer women pa, the poorer should
be allowed .
There are hundred ways of looking this question of
for women you look it. if respect
en- you have good mother good wife good daughters
and sisters GOOD WOMEN AROUND YOU, YOU MUST
WORK IN FAVOR OF THE VOTE FOR WOMEN
Suppose woman railroad Is she not allow
ed to vote like any man as stakeholder ralroad
Is not every woman in America stakeholder this MA
TIoN? Do not the women CREATE the Will
there anything left of the United States hundred from
now EXCEPT THE CHILDREN CREATED BY THE WOMEN
LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES?
made up IFS people and do the
CREATE the people, they entitled opinion
vote awmakng, in the country governing in the
posing.
You will hear women say that they vote they
are happy as they quite by
some of intelligent directions
excellent morally
We would ask them to remember that exactly the same thing
was black slaves when abolition suggested When
there talk Of freeing the slaves Of the very best be-
haved worthy the slaves said eve do
freedom; abolition satisfied
But very good that wanted REMAIN slaves
realize that kind freedom better than any kind of
slavery
And to the women ve-meanng satisfied intelligent But
NARROW would say. and shall often repeat, THAT
WHILE THEY MAY THINK THEY ARE CONTENTED N
THEIR SLAVERY ONCE THEY GET FREEDOM. ONCE
THEIR MORAL CHARACTER is EXPRESSED IN THE COUN-
TRY's GOVERNMENT, THEY WILL FIND THE FREEDOM
AND TIE RIGHTS OF THE VOTER INFINITELY PREFERA-
BIF TO PEACEFUL WELL DRESSED SILKY SLAVERY.