The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-06

ment might harm the club movement.
Older club women we'll rememher
the struggle between the conservative
and progressive element when the
cluhs We're evolving from the stage of
social eXclusiNencsS and self culture
irto the broader field of democracy
and public usefulness. What would
Lave happened to the club movement
II the reactionaries had succeeded in
controlling its policy? Would the fed
Grafton be, as it is today, one of the
strongest factors in the world, for hui
mar advancement?
The club organization, in making
It's effort for the betterment of society.
came constantly in contact with the
machinery OF government. If a club
was interested in schools, good roads.
cream milk, its members must inter-
We" w county and city officials;
II a state park or regulation of child
labor was sought. the legislature and
governor must be reached: if pure
1000 or lower tariff was the object.
ngr and the president must be-
petitioned.
While women have accomplished
Euch by then united. persistent eff
!crt, they have learned from this prac-
tlca! experience how intimately gov
concerns every day life, and
Trey nave come to realize further how
much more disnitied and effective it
Woul he tn vote directly for law
makers, instead of all this Indirect
lohhNlns. The e numbers of pro-
SresslNe club women who have reach
ed this conclusion are moi going to he
satisfied to go on working in the dis
credited. indirect way. unless clubs
take an affirmative stand for suffrage.
Just as it would have been a seri-
u mistake in the early period Of
have refrained from taking up civic
work because there We're those who
thought they should exist only for the
study of art and a cup of tea, so now
i'm this epoch. ] believe the general
federation and state declarations ought
'"t "a hesitate TO take the next logical
Step in tho line OF progress and growth
and declare for SUFFRAGE"
The newly elected members Of the
departments of the general federation
are now sharing their work for next
Near. in accordance With the sugges-
tons and recommendations made by
the retired president. Mrs. Philip y.
Moore. and with the resolutions pass
ed at the biennial meeting in San
Francisco. These resolutions, which
w NV 'dSlS VI tIl' WORK OIL 0c-
I artments. V the following points:
That the general federation COOP
crate with the movement to erect a
colossal statue at the Panama canal.
That it indorse the good roads
movement. the subsidy for post roads
and the orcan-to-ocean highway. to he
known as Lincoln high way.
That is protest against the further
rrrtailment of the national forest re-
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ment OF the fund for the protection of
forests.
That it indorse the congressional bill
for the creation of q bureau of nation
al parks, under the department of the
interior.
That is express to President Taft its
appreciation for his appointment of
Miss Julia Lathrop as head of the
children's bureau.
That it request of the National Ed
ucational association the appointment
of a special committee of experts to
outline a course of hygienic instruc-
ZION for students of normal schools.
That it seek federal aid in the pro-
c%urenlent of vocational training and
direction for boys and girls leaving the
public schools.
That it urge it's clubs to be active in
promoting household economies.
That it indorse the national employ
ers' liability bill now pending in con-
gress.
That it urge ome at ports of en-
try in the United States to study i'm
migration conditions, and urge also
the appointment of women employees
IN the immigration service.
That it indorse the movement for
the appointment of women police Of
ticers in all cities of the United States.
Tha it declare it's disapproval of the
present contract labor system in pri-
sons; that it rye the healthful out
door employment of convicts: that it
advocate that the product of convict
la o he consumed by the state. and
that the profit of convict labor, above
the o of the convict's support, be
devoted to the dependent family of
the convict.
That it recognize the English bible
as a literary classic. and urge it's in
II PRODUCTION to the literary program OF
. clubs.
That it recommend to the clubs the
necessity for plans for the better medi-
cation of schools.
That it advocate the passage of laws
requiring a certificate of health before
the issuance of a marriage certificate,
That it go on record as favoring uni
form marriage and divorce laws. (Ne-
vada. the home Of the easy divorce,
was the first state to cor the mo-
ton to adopt this resolution.)
That it request the national Chill
dren's bureau to print and distribute
information touching the subject of
birth and death records.
That 1t petition congress to increase
the appropriation for the enforce
ment of the white slave law. and that
a protest be voiced against the ligh,
sentences often imposed upon persons
convicted in the federal courts of a
violation of the law.
That it recommend the appointment
Of a subcommittee to study political
science as a preparation for citizen
ship.
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