The Washington times., 1915-10-04
LIVING COST LAID TO
BAD TRANSPORTATION
Yrs. MoCan, Suffragist, Comes
From California to Undo
.-i!ilouster's Work.

We arc making desperate efforts to
,ytend credit 20 the farmer; now we
tnve reached the roint where we must
6ve him Government aid In distributing
3,r products we fclp him TO raise"
This, in a nu: shell. is the purpose OF
Ter visit to Washington, an defined by
Mrs. David Chambers McCan. sur
'rs1ist. president Of tho Los Angeles
-tviI Service Commission, and advocate
" A national marketing commission.
Even TINT list does not exhaust tho
.anre of Mrs McCans activities. Tor
,'c also Is deeply interested IN music
md art. Her travelling companion Is
yIss Maud Allan. classic dancer. VINO
,ccomc converted to the woman sur
rage cause while In California.
Mrs. McCan held a conference today
ri,h genator Duncan Y. Fletcher re-
harding the national campaign she plans
'or the national marketing commission,
o precede the introduction OF oli
,ress T.s,ns such W a biii was introduced last
,essjou. but was sidetracked by tho
slibuster.
Lack Of intelligent Study.
mot over production. but poor
methods Of transportation" she SAID.
.has bcen the cause Of the glutted mar
eats In the summer. and soaring prices
- tho winter. Take the case Of the
Jtrus fruits. There would be tales OF
,eavv ,hipments. then the fruit growers
.o,,d atom sending oranges. The word
would 70 forth that there was dearth
,ranses on Chicago. for example. than
.ouid be used In weeks. Perhaps tne
md 'G by the time it got there, higher
orices were being paid In. Chicago.
"AU that 10 trite to those who have
,tudied problems Of distribution. EVERY
,ne realizes that 2 principal fsSsos ,Ss eonn m
restion Of population in cities. away
rom the farms. and the lack OF inteii-
GENT study Of the channels OF supply
The plan urged by Mrs. McCan, wnicn
~ national marketing commission. IN
.lose touch with State commissions. ana
ihese. in turn, to be centers OF informa-
lion Tor country commissions IN every
State.
HELPED Get Women Votes.
Mrs. McCan brings to bear on her
work as campaign chairman OF this
movement u personality that has served
her we'll in many previous crusades.
Her appointment to the Civil Service
Commission grew out OF her work on an
effjcjency commission In Los Angeles.
she was chairman of the publicity COM
mittee of the Political Equality League
when suffrage won In California. She
then became president Of the Friday
Morning Club. civic organization OF
Los Angeles which does things. and
she was president of the South Call
fornia woman's Press Club.
The thing that hurts a suffragist In
the East" she continued. lis to see the
unjust and futile cartoons. without point
and reason. One was posted In Now
York window. showing q mother. with
her child. and opposite her an alleged
'suffragette.' with feet on the table.
smoking a cigarette. Could anything be
more ridiculous.
another criticism that has been ex-
ploded BY experience In California ID
that when women get the vote. they
will usurp all offices. We have had the
vote some wears now. and there are
only two women office holders who
draw pay, but there are nineteen women
on boa rds and commission who serve for
the love OF It."
Mrs. McCan herself serves without
pay on the Civil Service Commission
which already has accomplished much
Of the work In standa rdisinR positions
just undertaken by New York city.