Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-20

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49,, Why. Do Believe in Suffrage.
Because there are $4,000 women in
Iowa laboring for their daily bread
and for the support Of their families
and they need the vote.
Because if the vote has made man
a self respecting and Independent in
dividual, the woman also needs 1t.
Because 10000 women in Iowa oper-
ate their own farms and need the bal
lot. . -,...
Because by nature woman Is nearer
the child and her interest In the care
and education Of the child is keener
than is mans and we need her insight
in the making of laws for the welfare
and education of coming generations.
She should not be denied the privilege
of the ballot. =
Because woman Is sought for places
of trust. At the Congress hotel, Chi
cago,, the largest hotel in the world,
two women handle all the money. Why
should they not vote? us n. ..gea ~ D.
= Do you realize an Incorporate, I'M
moral, illiterate, non-taxpaying man
helps to make our laws with his vote
while temperate, moral, educated,
taxpaying woman can vote?
Because I believe in progress of the
world and woman's responsibilities are
equal to those Of man and the power
of the ballot for men and women must
be recognized as economic factors.
The men Of Ottumwa needed the
women's votes on the 100000 bond
issue for the dam few years ago. On
that election day some Of our anti
friends were the first at the polls to
vote. Have they so soon forgotten the
other women who still 80 sorely need
the vote? t...s..... ...- .-..." =.
Because believe life is service and
Iowa women must be among the lead
ers for good citizenship.
+. Mrs. J. G. Hutchinson.
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Editor Courier:
We were much interested in the ed
itorial from the Tribune Of Sunday APP
ril 3Oth (and reprinted in the Courier
May p. from which we quote the fol-
lowing paragraph describing the writ
er's ideal of the service which a ma
ton owes its citizens:
"In reciprocity the nation would pro-
tect childhood from factories. women
from overwork. families from indecent,
disease producing houses, the old from
humiliatjng poverty. the diseased from
death for lack Of care, the injured from
humiliating dependency. The nation
would saw that it was not and could
not afford to be Indifferent to the well
fare OF it's citizens. If we could do this.
by magic, overnight, tomorrow would
And the real American nation In be-
ing"
While we heartily endorse the above
we wish to ask what plan the Tribune
has to offer in order to attain the ideal
condition so outlined. The only logical
simple and practical plan looking to
that end, that we know Of, Is that ad-
vocated by the socialist party. Society
is roughly divided into two classes
those who use the machines Of produc-
ton and do not own them, and those
who own the machines Of production
and do not use them. The ownership OF
a thing carries with it the right to con-
troll that thing and to receive the bene'
fits of it's use. Thus the product of the
machines naturally flow to the owners
Of them. leaving to the users just
enough for their - maintenance and
when there Is no profit In sight produc-
ton stops. c.1>. ID, .sl..ss.,..,.
Under such an arrangement all Of the
necessities of life are produced, not for
use, but for the purpose OF making a
profit for the owners Of the machines.
In order that there may be profit the
workers must be paid in wages some
thing less than the value which they
create and then that surplus which
they cannot buy back must be SOLO
somewhere else. Therefore. under the
profit system Of production, a foreign
market to absorb this surplus Is abso-
lutedly necessary in order to prevent
the utter stagnation Of our industries.
But here comes the rub. Every other
nation needs foreign mar
kets for the same reason that we do'
and to secure and hold those markets
large armies and navies are necessary
and when the struggle becomes too keen
those armies clash and the workers are
asked Gin the name Of patrtotlsm) TO
kill each other by thousands that the
owners Of the machines may nave
market for the commodities which the
workers have made but cannot buy
back .@'~- H..
It is surely evident that as long as
this profit system endures this struggle
must go on and on. Wars must come
and the earth be periodically drenched
with human blood. AS each nation to
hold these markets must strive to I'M
dersell her competitors she must pro-
duce more cheaply and get more value
out of the workers. There Is the reason
for speed up systems in industry and
also where the efficiency yells come
from. s.t..
And 50 the last possible ounce of en-
ergy must be squeezed out Of the
workers. They. must BIZ forever con-
demned to poverty and, therefore, to
housing and surroundings.
The children OF the working class must
be taken from the school and the play
ground and put in the factory and the
mine to ~roduce profits. The women