New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
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ditions CT labor which are the usual ~
suit of overcrowding the labor msrsst
namely, low wages. long hours ana
uncertainty of employment. lbs
consequence of the outside empleymsn'
of wives has been sterility, high inisn'
mortality and the physical and psyehi-
cal degeneration of the surviving Gnu
Gren; n debased domestic life, WIN !"
consequences - discomfort. drunken
ness and crime. Among Wv
middle classes, competition between 'na
sexes has directly reduced mass
chances of marriage and indireeuI
ooa,raot notrinorv Womsn's
competition with man in the heia "
labor has, in fact, occasioned p~
found al feeling between the sexes
And now, if | get the gist OF soss
editorial. to this industrial eompenHVA
between the sexes you would aas
lit.cal competition, euphemlstiesny
scrioed as "woman's eontriouuva
the political wisdom OF the 49,.
This beautiful sentiment-brand ~
enough to satisfy the newest proh,,
sive- should make you very pops.
with the suffragette, since u "a
with her large conception Of nsf -.
cheney with The ballot. But. Ike NV,
of the beautiful suffrage theorls.
DOESN'T tally with fact and experien..'
"Voting by his side"-as you so w.,
phrase il -throughout all the oiAs -.
social strata, while doubling tne e.
torate and the cost of the electoisi
chinery, cannot possibly aheet 'ns
result of the balloting; ana VIZ.
against him in any OF these sHs
simply rulliies both the mans anu ~.
woman's vote. and the result Is ~
same as if neither had voteo' snIS
family, or that group OF families, .ssSs
announce, Voters here are p 49,.
and save themselves the trouble o. 81
ing TO get representation th'''
You are rather severe upon ~
medieval dulness OF the ~
editor, so amazingly ignorant =.
"real living force behind the piS IA
day desire of American women hs.
their full share by the state e'..
where did you get such a sure *
line on this, Mr.. Editor! From ~
suffragettes? But they are :
small! fraction Of American wom. Ia
Why should you plead tue esus' s,.st
handful Of agitators against tns
majority of your country~ons". tAs
government whose eornerstohe ,hiss
will of the majority! II yogg o!
they are right, that is-your DIVE sud
course. but it is only your oplhle. ara
that OF the suffragettes. ~, h
others. After ali, much may ,;sv
said for that eighteenth centui, 40
of the matter Of which you A
scornful. Il is Just as true ~. .r,-
then that woman is Fundamentals lea.
alton and fundamental IN cary hsf
ton, and this fact not only glses 40.
greater opportunity for seqnil,hs
premacv. but makes her primary
responsible than man for whatevs...,
whether good or evil. AS 70 n.nts
the woman viewpoint into goveI;.s
| don't know Of any way OF Assp'
outl a.. DAYS
NJ the spinning wheel and the X
coach that the sex relation nSyrnl;es.
complementary, and neither true
tive nor competitive; IL is Jus. - ssly
now as it was 1000 years ago; us esa
by doing the work OF the nom ian 10
woman escape competition viva ~, n.
industry, and only by coninlng ." he
forts 70 home government can ~.
avoid duplicating or nullifyins ~, 4
forts in state government. IL u La
question of equality. still less o. Al
vidual within or preference ous mr.
social expediency, Of diversinss ,upe-
suits based on difference OF he
ton, and arranging the wore russy
woria upon the basis OF sex
instead Of sex war. y uAIL
New York, Feb. .. lsie'