Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-13
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ALLOW CHILDREN TO LABOR


ALLOW CHILDREN TO LABOR
Miss Jean NJ. Gordon. OF Louisiana,
who has appeared before the LegisIa-
ture of that State in behalf Of indus
trial reform. made a special appeal for
child labor laws and for Improvement
i'm all Industrial conditions She told
Of now Louisiana had cared for ana
protected its oysters and its shrimp.
while when women appeared before the
State governing body 10 ask that laws
be enacted for the projection of chill
drcn they were asked to wait for q,
few years
Tile state" Miss Gordon said. threw
All its protection around the oyster and
shrimp because il meant money for the
state. but when we asked that il af-
ford protection for the children. they
told us 10 wait-to wait wien human
life was involved, and when women
and children were bearing burdens that
should not have been thrust upon their
Sh oulderS."
Miss Clay, who twice addressed her
self to the audience asked for a Fed
eral enactment which would give
women the privilege OF votin, FOR Con-
eresSmcn and Senators. This, SHE said,
would not Interfere with States rights
hIif u Nouib ntID lnc purpose. DIS
cussing the issue brought about by a
foreign element she said that the
greatest danger to the nation comes
from the hyphenatcd American
MANS CITIZENSHIp GiNI:S
HIM CAUSE TO SAVE COU NTRY
The man." she said comes in ;ts Il
subject and becomes Il citizen OF the
greatest and noklcSt country in the
world. Eut the woman comes III as q
subject and remains Il subject. There
is nothing TO draw upon her love in
this sex aristocr;tcy. lie has nothing
10 hope for here. and her sympathy
naturally remains with the land of her
birth. Give them the same privileges
that YOU give to man, and there will
ever be even an excuse for such
trcachery as We have seen and known"
Ia making her appeal for general
peace, Miss Clay said: War fails OF all
the objects claimed for it. 1t has
been proved that it is not even Il pre-
vcntive of further disturbance. In up
building armaments every nation in
Europe We'd with every other. and in
Stcad OF preventing war those vast
armies brought il about and made this
tremendous conflict possible. II is for
tun:ttr for MS that we are saved from
the calamity by the stretch of sea which
lies between us and Europe and by The
Monroe Doctrine" She said that arbi-
tration had been found effective, and
that the efforts made at The HAGUE
had accomplished good. She cited :hc
Atlantic fisheries controversy, between
this country and Great Britain, rs an
example of The power OF arbitration
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- No PREVENTIVE
1t has been shown u.s. she went on
that II country at war cannot give
glory TO itself. that war cannot en-
large IA nations territory and that il
does not act as an initial defense
against its enemies. If the nations in
Europe had taken recourse TO The
Hague there would nave been no war.
and thr world would not have known
the distress it is now passing through
The most spacious argument Of all Is
that preparedness for war is a prcvcn
tive. Europe was prepared, ana we see
to-day the most terrible war the world
has ever known. The United states
must see and learn that preparation Tor
war will lead to war. 10 the reason
and argument of the paciiists must he
Is woman who, In the end suffers the
most She would rather go herself 10
death than to SenG her son.
COVER NMENT NOT PURELY
4 MASCII.INE FUNCTION
when the idea OF physical force l.,
displaced by reason and justice II will
need no further a:;:uncn: 20 show tnat
government is not purely Il masculine
function. w. womci, ask now that H..
men be brave enough not to tight, that
they allow us to stand and act side by
side with them il all discussions ana
actions on peace and war"
Mis-" Gordon spoke OF her effort to
effect industrial reform in Louisiana
She said that she wanted to see Tie
state project its children as IL pro-
tects its oysters ara it's shrimp, for
she believed that child life is of more
value than fat and juicy oyster.
IL became Il suffragist," She went
on. when found out how hard it was
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