The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-16
Conducted by PAUL PIERCE.

mothers OF the rising generation alb.
solutely must have every power that
a modern civilized government can
give and the symbol and sign OF
such power is the ballot. Give the
home another vote.
Carrie Chapman Gait
The effort for pure. unadulterat-
ed food ! regard as one OF the greai
humanitarian movements of this
generation. Its leaders, however.
influence OF women would be II it
had the suffrage behind II. In .
matter entrenched in politics as that
of adulterated food has been and Is
the most. And so we find among
the strongest advocates OF women
enfrauchiso ment eminent leaders In
the cvement for pure and whole.
some food. Workers for pure food
can count absolutely on the suppori
! OF women and we trust them TO use
| their influence and their votes to
make II possible for the women to
give them more substantial help in
/ the future than they have been able
10 give In the past without the pow
er of the ballot"
Mrs Ida Hustled Harper:
All matters relating TO the adul-
teratlon OF food are controlled by
/ legislation, either national. state or
local. and the action OF Legislators is
controlled by the wishes of their
| constituents. This Is natural and
| proper, for when voters elect a man
they expect him to represent them,
to act as they would act If they
| themselves were making the laws.
/ IL onehalf Of the people over II in
his ward or district have not power
either 10 elect or defeat him. ii
would be asking too much of human
nature for him to pay as much at.
teution TO their desires as to those
OF the other half"
1T may be asked IL fathers are
not Just as much interested in pure
food for their families as mothers.
All the long struggle 10 prevent the
widespread adulteratiCn of food has
been made with legislative bodies
composed principally of fathers.
They have permitted the evils that
have existed for years and they
have made il very hard to get relief
so IL seems logical 30 believe that IL
is time for the mothers TO take a
hand. II there is any sentiment on
earth stronger than a mothers de
votion 10 her children, IL is yet to
be developed, and not political or
financial consideration has a feath-
er's weight in the balance where the
welfare OF her children Is concerned.
She will get pure milk. pure food,
pure water for them II the party
goes 10 smash and the candidates TO
the bottom Of the sea. The legisla.
tor who could be influenced by dis
honest manufacturers or dealers TO
permit adulterated food would find
suicide preferable to facing the an.
cry mothers In HIS constituency II
those mothers had vote, but II
they hadn't he would continue TO
take his chances as he had done
in the past II has taken women a
long time to learn this fact, but II
has been apparent to the leaders
OF the great movement for pure food
from It's very beginning and without
exception they are ardent advocates
OF women suffrage"
Alice T. L. Parsons:
Pure food is matter nowadays
OF proper legislation and law en-
forcement One Of the obvious and
immediate benefits OF woman sui
frage is TO put into the hands OF
women who are age-long experts ir
housewifery and moreover every
where the purchasing agents of the
household and most Important,
have the interests of homo and chill
dren at heart, the power to compe
Legislation that shall draw q straight
line between good food and bad and
enforce the sale OF only that which
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