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Woman's Suffrage.

however mucn one may lauSn OV-
er the matter, the suffragette move
ment Of England and of the United
States is no joke. It is one OF the
civic-social upheavals OF this new
century. Personally, have not yet
accepted the suffragette creed, but
l am liberal enough In my civil
creed to admit that the cause OF
woman's suffrage has many fine
winning points. Those who pooh,
pooh woman's suffrage as something
entirely too new for our age, and
as something very shocking to their
social nerves, had just as we'll be-
gin to get themselves adjusted to
that new movement, so that they
will not be shying every time they
see a bunch of suffragettes. They
must get used to such sights. like
the horse to the automobile. The
young horse raised back in some
corner of the country may never
have seen an automobile until he
Is driven his first trip to town.
They may seem mighty new, and in
horselike things to him. He may
shy and dance and kick at the
sight, or even the sound of one. But
the automobile has come to stay, land
II that young horse Lives to be driv-
en- any more trips, he is pretty sure
to see some more automobiles. The
best thing for his own comfort is
that he get his nervous system ad-
justed to such sights. So 1t Is with
those who think that the suffragette
movement is too new and inhuman;
at least, too uncivil, for our age.
The woman's suffrage question has
come to stay.
If one may venture prediction,
based on general observation, I
here set it down, that women the
world over will get the right Of
suffrage when a creditable number
of them really want it. Il AM A
MARRIED MANI Woman always
gets what she wants, really wants.
So when all of her wants the right
OF suffrage, verify believe she
will get 1t. She has had and ex-
ercised the right of suffering for
her race from time immemorial.
Really, it does seem but just now
to give her the right of suffrage,
since she asks for it solely on the
ground of helping her kind-of ele-
waiting society and advancing civili-
cation.
As a mere man, I want to look
at this question fairly. Every fair
minded man will try to look at it
in such a light. The argument that
the woman who owns property and
pays taxes on it should have a con-
trolling voice In the Government
which levies those taxes and spends
tho money. does sound rather fair
ma Ju6l. BUT the best reason for
woman's suffrage. that can think
of. Is the business woman. If the
doors OF industry are to swing wide
open to the girls and women of the
country, as they have done, for
there is hardly such a door closed
to them now, surely the women
ought to have a direct voice in shap.
ing legislation which protects the
rights of the girls and women in
the industrial world. For we must
admit that men have made rather
poor job OF that part of the bust
ness. While they have been prompt
enough to legislate for shorter
hours of service, and better wages
for themselves, they have been
mighty slow to enact any such legis-
lation for the working girls and
working women. What has been
done for the industrial woman in
the way of protective legislation has
come, in most cases, by the cork
screw route. It had to be twisted
out of our legislative bodies. If
women had a voice and hand in this
law-making business, am fully per
suaded the Industrial conditions for
women would be very greatly i'm
proved. Even a man can see that
that is good argument for woman's
suffrage. Garcon.