The farmer and mechanic., 1915-08-24
WOMEN MARCHERS
BEG FOR WAR WORK
Thirty Thousand Parade. in London
and Present an Appeal to Ilo,d-
ceor.t-NPau business

London Cable IL New y ork Tisue@
Rain lnterfered cousiaarhlx Win
the Womens demonstration today and
il is estimated thar only about 30 GOO.
instead Of the 90 0oo expected took
part in the procession. Possibly the
object lesson was all the greater be
cause Of the unt0ward conditions over
which the women rose superior
Nine Clara Butt. the contralto.
" no was one OF the organizers of the
demonstration. iucidly explained the
objects aimed at She said
1T was 10 convince the new Minis
ter ST Munitions. Mr. Iloyd George
and his colleagues in the Cabinet that
80 far as winning the war j. concern
ed the women Of this country mean
business. Women Of all classes and
professions. OF all political creeds or
none. Joined in the puhl\ demand TO
be enrolled for war service
The women of EranCe are already
fully engaged not only in carrying on
the enormous agricultural work of
their country. but also in vital manu-
featuring industries. including the
production Of munitions Many
trenchWomen are now earning be
tween ST and Of i day III shell fac
tories after three weeks training The
women of Germany are renderne ire
| mendous service to their country II
is estimated that nearly 40 per cent
j
erland are women. and this represents
| but one Of their many spheres II
| activity
But what of our own country The
position IS quite frankly the reverse
| Of satisfactory Some months ago tn"
| Board Of Trade published an appeal
| to the women OF Great Britain asking
| them to register for war work. The
response was splendid. over so. 900
have registered up to the present. yet,
on the board : own admission. not
more than 1900 Of these have obtain
ed employment
Taken in conjunction with the fact
that the board s scheme was badly
designed, lnaSmuCh as registration at
the Labor Exchanges failed 70 ATTRACT
educated and professional women.
whose time is valuable, it VIII bc seen
that the blame for the comparatively
non-succeSs Of the scheme cannot be
laid upon the shoulders OF the NO
, men.
Take the case of agriculture. for
example. Although the problem Of
) feeding the nation is Of paramount
Importance, We have no fewer than
5000 coo acres under grass at the
present moment potential sources ot
food supply which, with the aid o1
trained women, could be made dlmoS
Immediately productive again.
1T is estimated that of 600 06(
workers engaged in farming about *
per cent. are Of military age. Here j
: obviously a splendid opportunity tol
r women to release many men for tn'
! | fighting line.
"Incidentally, il is worth noting tina
\ some 10000 women are already en-
aged iii agricultural work. a sutiIclen
Y answer to chose who say women ar
y useless on the land Three weeks
training. generally speaking. viii quail
= ify healthy woman for ordinar
Z farm labor
q The services IF women are edlali
= III demand iii the medical and nurs
=, ing professions particularly tn" 10!
= mer We have il upon the authorlt
!, Of a well known hospital surgeon. -
y Stanley BOVd. that some 200 nledi
y cal men are now serving win th
coIors and the result j. that The great
Il est difficulty is being experienced j
= meeting the needs Of he civil popu
II lation. i could place twelv" yo'n
= women graduates III moment ~aS
r DR. Mary ~tharlieb. the famous 7pe
n cialiSt. but ! cannot get one
e Here again prompt acton j. n~ce:
l. sary for every daH sees the furt NJ
r depletion of our male hospital staff
: and the chances for women doctor
le III the next few days viii - eucn ;
they have never vet been
There are without doubt scores
in women ready and willing 70 undertah
er the fire years training necessary
es means y It there can be no qHeStlo
,,s as 70 the necessity of encouTstgI
n such women To enter the pr"f-:+s'io 81
" Not only shouid more hoNpi'at4
thrown open 10 women. Fees SHG'4
70. he reduced aIso or even abolished -
II tirelv. to meet the crisis. Al presei
he lit costs approximately zoo poun'
yo $4,000 in fees. etc. alone to l." 2r-.'
e uated in TINS country.
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