The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-01-15
&xstion Of Unemployed.

yfa question of the unemployed
NE discussed by Mrs. Niles Virgins
"a aaR Instructive and interesting pa
SSsT SsEore the Woman's club meet
G:y I'D the home of Mrs. j. II. Lave
zsasi. Saturday. Tie keynote of
~ uraer was that the laboring man
f>g1sSa work, not charity.
Ycs. Virgins traced the rise and
SrSswsh of labor unions in this coun-
sSr End discussed the under-fed and
sgifsg-paid laboring men, women and
.ExgEsren. She asked the pertinent
sTgTion, What is to become of the
xz1,y of gray haired men in the eve
zrg of life, with nothing to keep
aenx but the pittance they can earn
Firth sheir hands?"
.fSsS advocated a laboring man s
Exsxranoe that a working man can
stsarM and that will pay him some
.xcEg il his advanced years. Mrs.
BS<sins deplored the extent of pow
.&~E sa Michigan where there is so
.11Is swamp land going to waste and
~ zsuy state roads needed.
SsN Virgins also advocated the
lsiassnng of more economy in the
iicsTrs' aud in1the school, and express
81 lie belief that If proper steps
~zrs saken along these lines, there
SS8&h be no need of charitable or
sHxxEztiOns in Owosso. She called
acsfUsion to the case of one man, try
-Esg 20 pay for his home, and whose
xlTs1Iy was in destitute Circumstance
81 he could not buy clothing for
tis children because he had to use
Esztf few dollars he could get to pay
nj lakes, and it was necessary for
~ tl1srifable organization to clothe
Gs ss&kTdren.
The Minimum Wage
Sxyssr given at Woman's club Sat-
KrG.Gy by Mrs. George Fauth:
~ aIl questions that engage the
ssElisst mind today there are none
r&srs Important than what we shall
h. sssU cur girls. We see in them the
aseSSfrs of future generations and to
sr fszEafF degree will they influence
.s'e character and life of the nation.
q c'ts many of our great and hOnOred
:xSsv have said "All that | am | owe
10 xsy mother" If the mothers
is2tUis are pure and lofty their infiu-
assssss help to fortify our girls with
Sxs@ aSst principles and examples that
Nay may be brOad-minded and clear
srax- worthy of becoming the pro-
sfsGfors of generation that the
isSrid may look upon and ionor.
.ehis with this in view that many
SID charitable women who have
7gsgssyyH time and money are search
'aGrout 20 help the working girl of
q xsx- whose wages in many instanc-
g -1saEf below the minimum.
5oS> Fauth spoke of the work Miss
~ far' Packard is doing to interest
S& yTbIic iir girls who secure IS, Sc
Sssr ~ a week for all living expenses
azss xsieo spoke Of their going without
mezr Tor weeks to buy pair of Shoes
&iss Packard is brilliantly ed
xsSte.d woman and she can be de- |
Is&st cd TspOn for what she says. She |
asE"sAe'- went to. visit the girls in
xsf 4 ZONES and spent year talking !
strF thousands of girls and made a |
'esssSasd study of the living condi-
ag.s 81 200. These were scattered |
ss~' Ihe state of New York and
zrEsTs4 froM four groups of women
sstsS receive especially low wages,
S2c.2 as department store workers,
'sSHr~ waist makers, paper box max
.,m aud confectionery girls. OF
sseSe, she was backed by state au-
sforS3Y in this work.
Mts.. Fauth cited articles from the
<,sding magazines on the subject.
sas aHsted as follows from DR.. Hen
g'- gscgersS Seager, professor of po-
ftdcsi economy in Columbia:
N.s are bound morally to help
zssse WHO need our help for the sake
- ne rest of society, ourselves in /
.azssd- s!or' as long as any part of
sx1sty lives so unwlolesomely as
nssr<t must who do not get a decent |
sS7nS wage. all of us must share in
l6f hurt It is impossible to dam
s~" any part of the social body with
sns Fvvting the whole Of it. So it is
nmnnbent upon us all to try to bring
saTsr 4 better state Of affairs.
Ers. Fauth spoke of the work Of
iFiFs Lillian Valid, who for twenty
yesSss las been guiding star among
me immigrants who have landed
vzafCssiess and homeless.
&any either incidents were cited
M SSose who are giving practically
4zyfSeir time to helping the poor and
sq,rsy and lifting the fallen, with the
lvnnrfpar thought that all their eff
6s5zs viii avail something for those
y,-ss who are dependent upon them
~stsss for living.
Itssn Regulets are recommended by