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importance as woman's suffrage and the
Quotes Census Figures.

Mrs. George said that the great adj
Vances in the interests of humanity
had been accomplished by women who
were not connected with woman's suf-
frase, nor in favor Of it. She said THAI
or the 3OS occupations entered by men
295 are entered by women today, ac-
cording to census figures.
Women are not soldiers policemen
Or firemen, to be sure" said Mrs.
George. But if there is to be a draft
of women into industry there must be
something done To protect the mother
hood OF the race"
MIS- George said that more had been
done to safeguard women and children
in the states where women do not vote
than In those states where the women
have the ballot. She said that child
labor laws and laws protecting working
women were better and more effective
in man suffrage states than in woman
suffrage states.
Men are quick to act for the safe
guarding of the race when their atten-
ton is called to the need of women and
children continued Mrs. George.
Taxation without representation"
said Mrs. George. lis a cry that has
been raised by the suffragists But
when that cry was first raised in this
country it was because a country over
seas was taxing the colonies. There
to women or even to all men. The
citizens of the District of Columbia
are taxed today. but they have no
vote.
Says Women Should Specialize.
In the final analysis. said Mrs.
George, the suffragists and anti
suffragists are about the same. THE
suffragists make the ballot the matter
of the greatest Importance. But the
nti-suffragists say the vote is the
least part of good government, and
that the matters of education and
training of the young are in the hands
of women today. We don't want to
duplicate the work of men, but to
specialize in our own line
Mrs. George said that even if woman
suffrage proved a good thing in Utah,
California and other states, it was no cri-
terion that suffrage would prove good
throughout the country. She pointed OH,
the conditions in other states which
would make suffrage bad for them.
Referring to an election in six suffrage
states and in six nearby states, Mrs
George said that the records show tina,
only Az per cent of the total possible
vote was cast in the suffrage 'st1fes
while 60 per cent of the possible vote was
cast in the non-suffrage states.
One Of the greatest menaces TODAY is
the Indifferent voter remarked Mrs.
George.
Points Out Socialistic Alliance.
She said that a part of the woman suf-
frage movement was an alliance with
| the socialistic propaganda. She pointed
out that in the March 3 parade here the
socialist contingent carried a banner stat
ing that 100000 socialists vote for wom-
an suffrage
| She quoted Dr. Anna Howard Shaw
| president of the woman suffragists, a:
| saying that. Motherhood should be in
| dependent of man. and members of the
committee and the spectators laughed
outright. The era of the home as the
| unit of society is past. and that of the in
| dividual is coming" another suffrage
! leader was quoted as saying.
| Mrs. George said that suffragists wer
insisting that motherhood was a govern
mental affair, and that the establishment
of public institutions to care for children