Evening star., 1912-04-11


accept the conditions imposed and give
as many hours of toll per day as he
although no Increase I'm physical vitality
VIII respond to this demand of the equal
privilege
In twenty-five states laws have been
labor in which
comparison With woman may be EN-
Suffrage States. cable cable 20 anu al, wape- Ta
earning women. None of the six suffrage
states, with the exception of Colorado,
has any such law. and in Colorado the
law applies only to women who must
stand while they work. For all other
woman workers the hours Of labor are
not restricted in Colorado. Thirty-siX
states compel employers in stores. fac
tories. ETC., to provide seats for female
employees. Twelve states have no such
laws and one of these is an equal suf-
frage state.
Thirteen states prohibit the employ
ment Of women at night and especially
set out the hours between which Wom-
en- may not be employed. Not one or
these states has extended the ballot to
women. In eighteen states, all non-suf-
frage. the number of hours in which q
woman may be employed both day and
night are restricted. thus assuring one
day of rest in seven.- In Colorado, the
only suffrage state regulating the hours
Of work for women. the number of hours
out of each twenty-four or forty-eight is
restricted, without prohibiting night work
and without placing any limit upon the
number OF hours per week, thus making
possible the employment of women for
eight hours at night and for every night
in the week. including Sunday.
In spite of the statements that in suf-
frage states the same salaries are paid
to woman as to man teachers. the av-
erage wages paid to female teachers in
Utah is $3.50. and to male teachers
$77.322. In Wyoming the average runs
The average monthly salary for all of
the man teachers in the United States
is $62.35. and for woman teachers, SOL 81,
a difference of $1O.74, which is less than
less than one-third the difference found
in Wyoming.
The forces opposed to woman suffrage
are enlisting an increasing number of
prominent women
Some Prominent and men of the ma
Opponents. Notwitbstandins ot @ % the
number Of Catholic clergymen who have
declared themselves in favor Of the bal
lot for women, Cardinal Gibbons still as
serts that he is opposed to suffrage and
always will be. Bishop Vincent, the
founder of the Chautauqua Assembly and
a leader in the Methodist Church, who at
one time defended suffrage. is now quoted
as being convinced that "the demand for
woman suffrage in America is without
foundation i'm equity, and, if successful,
will prove harmful to American society.
Ida Tarbeli and Molly Elliott Seawell are
among the prominent American woman
writer's who have actively taken up their
pens in opposition to woman suffrage.
Miss Tarbell said recently: The assump-
ton that the Improvement of woman's
position depends upon the vote is quite as
unsound as the charge of her inferiority.
Miss Tarbell is the editor of book en-
titled ''Woman's Power" used as itera-
ture by those opposed to suffrage, and
Miss Seawei.'s book, THE Ladies Bat
tie" is also being used as campaign
literature and another of the pamphlets
issued by the Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage is from the facile pen OF
Jeanette Glider.
Among the other we'll known names
registered as opposed to woman suffrage
are those of Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Mrs.
Daniel Manning, Mrs. Elihu Root, Mrs.
Kate Gannett Wells, Mrs. Benjamin 1de
Wheeler, Mrs. Iierpont Morgan and
many others.