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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
MEN OF IOWA

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Easter Sunday
You will forgive me- citizen of Iowa for the past SIX
ty-ve years, if appeal to you for the OF Iowa
AS an Iowa daughter, an Iowa wife, an Iowa mo
ther an Iowa woman, in the name OF all these sacred
responsibilities call to you and land from
this warridden OF strife and suffering to acquit
yourselves like the Iowa men of old on June % to be
Just and fear not.
Today the Older nations of the world in the dread
crisis of their eXistences learning themselves and
teaching the whole world the living lesson that when
the women must descend from the mush-
pedestal to which unreal life condemns them and
align themselves active factors in the service of their
country.
Brave France is only able to keep her full fight
ing power at the front today because her women
taking the places of the men at home.
Ger1nany's women are raising food and making
the snews of war to keep its men in the trenches OF
France and Flanders
Britain could never have modified three, four mil
lions and more of its for soldiers had not the pat
riot British women swung to the front uswervingly
to release in the industrial ranks on all sides.
We have entirely appraisement of the
human factors of life in the last two years. and have
that there other essential ways to serve i'll
than by fighting.
In all these lands we standing behind the line
of soldiers another line of women who have taken the
places of the soldiers These women have been called
the men have been called and they have answered
gloriously-Aye, aye throughout the length and
breadth of Europe.
In another and more vital way are these women
standing behind the soldiers and that is in the creating
and preserving of new life while men are destroying
the old. When the cradle ceases to go hand III hand
with war; then nations will to exist There is
civic function high that of being the mothers OF
the nation 1t is higher than to be nation soldiers
but the two indissoubly linked together 1t is the
victory of life death in its spreest service for
the state and for the nation.
&c. men of Iowa, endow this high civic function
with citizenship and make your mothers the glory OF
the state. Don't wait for them to ask for it. Offer it to
them freely generously in the great hearted way Iowa
men have always 'done their Bit And in doing
you will ennoble motherhood which is the supreme
function of and lift it up to its rightful place
as the chef civic duty Of the women OF the state.
Give motherhood its true rating and we shall have
no empty cradles in Iowa then, falling birth rate
and shall witness the dawn of the coming of new
and heroic in our state.
Hasten the day!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
SUFFRAGE AUTO RUN

One feature of the suffrage cam
paign in Iowa was an auto run in
which every town in the state was
reached sometime within the last two
weeks of the campaign by one or
more speakers in the interest of the
equal suffrage amendment. Miss
Laura Clay of he famous Clay family
of Kentucky came into this county
for that purpose on Friday and de-
parted for Guthrie county Sunday
afternoon. While here she addressed
nearly nine hundred people. Her it.
emery was as follows: Kimballton,
Elkhorn, Brayton, Extra, Hamlin,
Ross, Gray, Viola Center. Audubon
and Mt. Zion church.
On the run of Friday through the
south part of the county she was ac-
dubon people and the band. The au-
toes were decorated in the suffrage
colors with banners and pennants
bearing the words, "Vote Yes for
Women on June 5th." At Kimballton
Mr.. Ole Jacobsen Joined the suffrage
party and continued the run with
them. In addition to Miss Clay's
speeches, talks were made by Rev.
GluuenS, MI, Ole JdCOUScu, MI Evans
Marquesen, Mrs. w. w. Smith and
Miss Daisy Frick. Enthusiastic meet
ings were held at every place.
Miss Clay is an orator with a voice
strong enough to be easily heard
some distance in an open air meeting.
Her arguments are forceful, logical
and convincing. She is farmer and
for the most part she discussed the
issue from a farmers view point,
proving in a logical manner that the
one thing needful in agricultural
states such as Iowa and Kentucky
where the larger percent OF the vot-
ers are farmers. is that the women on
the farm be given the ballot.
She proved her statement in this
way: AS a member of womens clubs
of her state and as president of the
Kentucky Womans Suffrage associa-
ton for twenty-three years, she often
went to the Kentucky state legis-
lature to try to secure the passage Of
certain bills in which the womens
associations of her state were inter-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01

for this reform only nineteen states
and the District of Columbia now
give equal guardianship to mothers.
A. BECAUSE disfranchisement
helps to keep wages down. Hon. Car
roll ID. Wright, National Commission
er of Labor, said in an address deliv-
cred at Smith College: THE lack of
direct political influence constitutes
a powerful reason why women's
wages have beef. kept al a minimum.
4. BECAUSE equal suffrage would
increase the proportion of educated
voters. The high schools of every
state in the union are graduating
more girls than boys often twice or
three times as many. (Report of
Commissioners of Education)
g. BECAUSE it would increase the
proportion of native-born voters. Ac-
cording to the census of 1910, there
are in the United States 1873 men of
foreign birth to every 100 women,
while among Asiatics the men out
number the women two to one.
z. BECAUSE it would increase the
moral and law-abiding vote very
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
WORD FROM AUDUBON PASTOR

While not presuming to dictate to Others it is
my firm belief in the equal rights honors, and peroga
tves of man and woman in the home, the church, and
the state. believe that this is reasonable, and is in
accord with the spirit of the teaching of Gods Word
believe, also, that the right of woman to vote is
part of this equality, is her right and is necessity
if she would have her full share of influence, and make
civil government the benign ordinance which God
intended
| doubt not that the practical adjustment in
perience will soon make it evident that wOman's func-
ton of voting, and all that goes with it, will
interfere with her true place in the home than do her
functions in education and in social life.
Thos. b. Greenlee
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
DIR. CHARLES BURNSIDE OF LOS
ANGELES, CALF, ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE

Since have had an opportunity to note the effect
of the behind the ballot it strange and
almost absurd to to think that this right has really
ever been questioned. Men have been forced to admit
the intellectual equality of woman have reluctantly
recognized her as strong competitor in business af
fairs and conceded her superiority in all domestic
questions We willing to trust women guard
ans of all that we hold most sacred the hOme the child
and the purse; how absurd then, to withhold from her
the right to vote upon the laws which regulate and
govern these very things.
The woman vote has unquestonably been great
blessing to California and believe it is the surest and
quickest means of wipng out the liquor traffic and 9th
vices which have for long taken their toll of vic
Tins especially in our larger cities.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
THE GOVERNOR OF KANSAS
TO THE MEN OF IOWA
BY Governor Arthur Capper

eve know what suffrage will do. And | say to
you that after complete and thorough tryout, AN
overwhelming majority of the people of Kansas, men
and women are enthusiastic supporters of equal
suffrage and there is not the slightest possibility that
the policy will ever be abandoned.
''We recommend equal suffrage to the people OF
Iowa because know that it has made Kansas a bet
ter, cleaner, happier, more prosperous State.
''All the political parties have been more careful
to nominate their candidates, clean, highminded,
honorable The Legislature has given great deal
attention to legislation that will elevate the NOR
ais of the State and progressive forward looking hum
unitarian legislation The directly respon-
sible for the enactment by last Legislature OF
mothers pension law, child hygiene bureau to pro-
mote the health of our boys and girls and industrial
welfare commission which compes all employers Of
labor to pay decent living wages and decent schedule
of hours and which absolutely wipes out the of
child labor.
'sThey say the do not want to VOTE and will
not vote if given opportunity. We have proven be-
yond the question of doubt in Kansas that this is not
true The women vote in Kansas is only about 10 per
cent less than the male vote. They not only vote, but
they vote right they vote nelgently and discrminat
ingly; and have been distinct force in making Kansas
the great State that it isl
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
CALIFORNIA HELPS,
NEW YORK HURTS
Cannery Hours Put Down Where
Women Vote and Put Up Where
They Don't

women v otC anu ut Up NhChO
They Don't
New York, April 81" is the date
line of one dispatch and "Sacremen-
to, Calf, April 10" is the date-line
of the other In one State women
vote on equal terms with men! in the
other they want to. but were refused
the right at the election last Novem-
her Here are the two dispatches:
"The bill permitting canneries to
work women and children twelve
hours a day, between six O'Clock in
the morning and midnight, was rush
ed through the Legislature In It's last
breathless hours"
The California dispatch reads:
1.-THE rules as laid down by the
State Industrial Welfare Commission
ers for the relief of women and min
ors from the strain of long hours,
small pay and bad conditions, which
obtained In some plants, went into
effect yesterday in the canneries of
California, which are engaged In
fruit and vegetable canning.
Minimum wage Set
"Ten hours a day. a maximum of
hours a week. overtime
at time and a quarter for all over the
10-hour day or the 60-hour day at
the minimum wage of 16 cents per
hour for the experienced worker and
13 cents for the recruit of less than
three weeks. are some of the regula-
ions which have been made.
"Other regulations will go into eff
feet later in the season. Under the
rules of the Commission, canneries
must furnish seats for women work
ers, and allow them to use the seats.
Women also must not be allowed to
carry boxes of fruit. or to lift other
burdens of any kind.
Further Improvement
MRS. Katherine Philips Edison,
member of the Commission. declares
that conditions for women workers
in the canneries will be bettered to
such an extent that the work will be
made more attractive and more wom-
en- may be engaged in 1t.
"She said the canneries uniformly
are going to live up to the rules. be-
cause II is realized that they are for
the interest of the concerns as well
as the workers"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01

formed and interested in these issues
tho they do pertain to her welfare
as she from childhood has been told
these affairs are not hers, but be-
long to men. Therefore, being ignor-
ant of them, the farmer seldom, II
ever talks these matters over with
her. This leads Miss Clay to conclude
that the one thing needful to over
come the isolation of the farmer
which is resulting in lack of consid-
Grafton of him in legislative halls is
for the farmer to take his wife into
partnership with him in his political
and civic affairs as well as in his
other interests in life by giving her
the ballot. The knowledge that she
has the ballot will be the incentive
needful to awaken her interest in
political issues and to acquire such
knowledge of them that she will be
able to discuss them intelligently
with her husband, thus overcoming
the isolation of the farmer voter from
other voters. Let the farmer think
along this line of argument and on
June 5th not only increase the vote
from the rural sections, but add to
the influence of the vote by overcom-
ing the effect of the isolated voter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
CORN GROWING FAST

This weather is good for corn. The
rain and heat Is causing the corn to
pop up and some of it is up several
inches above the ground and is going
so fast that its growth is equalled
only by asparagus and babboo. This
is sure corn weather and things are
breaking right for the fellows who
got their corn into the trenches in
time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
HOSPITAL CHANGE REPORTED

The report is being circulated
around Knoxville that the inebriate
hospital here will be closed some
time In the next few months. and
that the institution will be changed
into hospital for the insane, as the
four hospitals in the state now used
for that purpose are very badly over
crowded
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
YOUR DOLLAR BUYS LESS NOW

Prices of staple food in the United
States increased on an average of
per cent from Feb. Is to March | 8.
Figures made public today by the de-
partment of labor show that all meat
prices increased. as did sugar Eggs,
milk -four and potatoes were
cheaper.
Prices advanced s per cent during
the year from March, 1915. to March,
1916, and prices on March 15 1916
averaged 5 per cent higher than for
the entire year of 1915.
A table covering prices for the last
fifteen years shows the purchasing
power of dollar has decreased
steadily in all foods. In 1890 dollar
bought 81 pounds of round steak |;
today II will purchase as pounds |;
pork chops sold at 90 pounds for a
dollar, against ga pounds now; bacon
5 pounds, against SO pounds now;
ham, &C. pounds, against 3.S pounds
now; lard, 1913 pounds, against SO
pounds now; hens, IA pounds against
40 pounds now; eggs, AS dozen,
against 81 dozen now: butter, 3.9
pounds, against SO pounds now; milk
14.7 quarts, against Ill quarts now;
-four, 1.41 sacks. against Ito sacks
now; meal. Sc pounds, against 3.23
pounds now; potatoes, as pecks,
against 3.S pecks now; sugar. 14.5
pounds, against 14.7 pounds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
EDITED BY AUDUBON WOMEN

to the Republican bearing on the
Womans Suffrage question have been
edited by the women of this. city who
are interested in the matter The arr
ticles have been carefully selected.
and are worth reading.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01

Audubon county should be among
the counties in the state of Iowa
where the suffrage amendment will
carry by a large majority.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01

Vote Yes on the Womans Suffrage
June 9Th.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01

White-Full Suffrage. Gray-Par-
tial Suffrage Dotted-Presidentia
Suffrage. Black-No Suffrage.
The black States of this country
now find their only parallel in Mex
leo, Central America, Newfoundland,
and the uninhabited Northwest Terri
tory, where there is no form of sun
rage, even for men.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
NEGRO NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL
One of the Days Best Cartoons.
by FREDERIC >.

founder thinks. often make tho hos,
students, and th' ones who accomplish
VIC n"S' alter they leave school. Rut
ot'"SIonaiil there is one whose f,,niiv
has litti" money. and thereby tbo
impression that actual IL Dor is dcrr;,I
ing The head OF the school soon dis
couraGcs this opinion TndcfaticabIc
herself she has no patience yyith mo
uh"hcfRctic. She marches thi. uuriI
NJ TO ono Of the hardest tasks al, ~
place and. in her own phraScoio.y H.
h"r nave definite UNDERSTANDING r,h
WORK. Not only docs Sh" have to work
ptt Shr mas TO display the school spirit
Oh cong II ch""rfUllN. even proiidI,
Neither does this rcu.rI,,hlc y,,,,,,.,
sfnpathi%c with complaints concern
!fS rae" prejudice and lack of onpor
tunity lutcuscly loyal to her r..cc. sI,o
Is at u" same time Intensely aware
OF its shortcomings. She does No,
mink that color mas anything TO do
Win opportunity, and She so Instincts
IN" pupils in hcg talks in morning
chapel III We prove that we can do
ON" thing well aud better than any
body else. Other avenues VIII omen nm
To US. Let Us NOT tic con,cn, 10 .uIts
ana condemn such prejudice; rather.
let Us eliminate il by showing what
We can DO 10 help ourselves" She is
h"r own best argument in favor OF
this philosophy.
In tac six years tina, the Schoo, has
ocen IN existence. il has made rapid
strides. II Is turning hundreds of col.
orcd women and girls into Vocational
specialists, Inspiring Them with tho
courage ana determination whi.b ar.
lhc ndlinG Of d" capable race Tho
great pity lies IN tho fact that tn.
- moo! can accommodate only ITO pupils
AT time. The land is there. with 4,
i"w additional acres for gardening, but
money is required to enlarge tho
school Twenty-Five thousand dollars
Is needed - erect a buIl1iuy that will
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

4 ,is
Emblem Of chastity. sweet nun Of
\ rosary Of dcwdrops thou dos, wear
And Thy fair head drou,,s .cr,I, nc
in prayer.
As If thou ever dreamed Of r,.t.r
Faith looks al thee ,hcu ,urrs ,ra
walks with one
scmanc.
Hears the deem :.rnan .,os ,bc o..
cursed tree.
And knccls before the scrulchrn alone
Perhaps when Mary ,rod, At hrc,h .,
dav. 20
The path that led her TO the cmptv
tomb.
Lilies an white aud ,,,ro .,ra
bloom
rolled away,
Till All about the scpuI,brc bc,,m.
\ garden where celestial lowers grow
knew,
And faircr than tho in,mor,o,,os
No chimes awoke the scented Eastern
air
Mankind WA. dumb I'm, H,,ur, four,
"a voice
And birds and brooks with angels. djd
While The fair Hly drooncd bor bo,d
in PRAYER
To-day. tho bells in sweet rejoicing
ring
They tell OF Him who died ia 60, us
free
They sing. ooh, Grave. where is thcv
victory?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

Judicial decision that reaches beyond farce
into the realm of sheer knock bout comedy,
with slapstick trimmings. AS the author of
the most grnning opinion that generations
OF courts have yet produced comcdy's crown
OF comedy goes to Circuit Court Judge Tut
hill. of Chicago.
Everything conspircd to add TO the joy
BUSINESS OF the Glowing. AS the dispatche
show. one George Fabyan was engaged in
publishing books supporting the theory that
Bacon wrote Shakespeare. William y. Sclig
rushed TO the defense of Shakespeare and
sought an injunction against 'abyan. It's
almost incredible. but the ground OH which
he based his petition was that Fajyans books
tended to injurc certain Of Seligs motion
picture productions. In other words. If the
public led to believe that Shakespeare
didn't write Shakespeare, then Shakespeare
as scenario writer for Selig wasn't SD much
OF asset.
And the judge decided Selg had no stand
ing in court. because Shakespeare didn't
write Shakespeare; Bacon did. If this de-
cison is ever pcturized, nominate Charlie
Chaplin to play the Judge.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
SEEN ON THE SIDE
EASTER. 1915.

Dcnr risen Lord. whose earthly ntny
Wns crowned with triumph on this day
With triumph over death aud ain
Who taught men endless love to win,
Taught them TO tread the Fathers why,
Hear. Lord. the prayers Your children say
For pence ON cnrth-lct hate decay,
with NIL hntc's murd'rous kith and Kin
Dear risen Lord:
Stretch forth Your arm to wars array,
To wnr's full-pnnoplicd display.
To battle lines grown rcd and thin
Amid cnsnnEuincd battles din;
UrinE pence Garth. huInbIy pray,
Dear risen Lord!
EDWIN RIVALS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
Doubly Glad OF Norfolk's Dry Dock

wv It'll the rest OF Virginia. Richmond is
w doubly glad that the House Naval AT
fairs Committee has decided TO construct :
great naval dock al Norfolk. No other spot
on the Atlantic coast is better adapted in all
ways AS a site for navy repair and supply
plant than Norfolk. AS pointed out before.
its terminal facilities. as we'll as its proximity
to shipyards and munition factories. make il
an ideal location for the governments pur-
pose AS part of the whole country. Rich
mond recognizes the wisdom of constructing
dry dock AT Norfolk; and as a sister city
in Virginia Richmond is proud of Norfolk
and congratulates her.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23


pheasant down Wilmington way The wiIm,I,n "
toh '"i So!lIouuiZcS lust tell en- tina, yom o.,
~ ny E"h SopuoStcrcd brook, sitting ihere Il,
S'''h' S'"H Watching whoppcrs take the nook
IN, Charlotte Observer lets ont - bcr.,oror
Mei-ktni secret in the following nara rr,nh.
,"A"S maj rroposes TO limit the lawyers to one
!" 40" reputation. on that basis j:bar,ottc
could not increase it's supply until il had nas 80.
nc 5000" mark seemingly however the niHcr
pe"nir worry great deal more about ibe
themselves" " "o inc lawyers
Ev"ry nov snd then the gold fever breaks
MontG omrry County. The Troy Nont ,nm,or ~.
says; some Of Troy's ci,izcns have bcsn hi,.
~ nc sold bug Messrs. W A. Cochran and
on their return Mr. Cochran Was seen ind n,sa
irIouslN banning gold AT tho public pump w.
nave NOT Ac' i"athcd the result Of his la bors"
IN" Raleigh Times makes this announccp'nni.
-MfS' - T.. Stafford of Hot Springs. has ,lonatri
49," ares OF land and $4,000 in cash toward the
rt'' 'lom 81 u tuberculosis sanatorium near tshc
VINE. The announcement WAS made Mt tho moe,
III OF me Sociological Conference in New
..at,tTt!!s. 9mSh woman is an honor to North
the a elevation OF suffering does more TO str;.e
NC chord OF human kindness than those who
devote millions 10 other purposes"
The Sampson Democrat is disposed to rriev.
as ioiiow"; - j. King. who is II fisherman thar
hrinss home the fish when he goes a-fishin'. was
recently caught club in Big Gohar rha' th ne
weighed six and three quarter mounds Mr.
king fears that the repeal OF tho fishing laws
harmful thing that IN" fish are going To he
DESTROYED At such rate that i'm a fcw wears
more there Will no, be any. Al present the only
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
TnttlinE s.

Love is worth more than wealth when va,
have plenty Of cash.
me current OF matrimory is liable 10 run
awry where there is a negative husband ami
positive wife $3.50
The man VIII" courts trouble will he surs IN
got lawsuit. ~
ne man VINO rs always talking about diving
Tor ms country usually lives to a rinc OH 40.
your Sltt whatever ii is, is useless unless
II is some benefit - others
man can he on the level without getting
down in the dirt. -