The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-22

could she do? But when the specu-
lators invaded the home. when the
baby's milk, the eggs that the sick
and aged needed for their very life !
nourishment. the fuel that the bitter .
winter makes a necessity. the very
essence of life itself, were all held
up for a rising market. when the
daily press TO force trade at trade
prices wrote long articles on coal
famine, on food famine, then wom-
en- awoke. Their children must be
aenemic and cold. their sick ones
must be refused nourishment their ,
homes were invaded
Woman Lowers the Market
The boycott on eggs and butter
in many cities has brought down the
market. the Thanksgiving turkeys
roasted so high that other meats
graced the Thanksgiving table. and
| Immediately after Thanksgiving the
turkeys came down from the roost to
see what was the matter They are
now being saved for other use. The
| housekeepers declined to put up the
usual supply of summer preserves
and jellies at the advanced price of
sugar, the refineries wondered at the
short demand. and decided that they
had met a match in the women of the
country. Sugar is now coming down,
or at least has had drop in price.
Proving her fitness to meet all the
responsibilities of life both within
and without the home she can not
be further overlooked
Politicians See the Signs
Politicians see the signs, a blind
man could almost see. at least he
could hear the rush of public opin-
ion, and the day of Votes for Both"
has arrived. it is here and now. 1t
would humiliate me to enumerate
the foreign countries that have given
full citizenship to women, that have
admitted them to their legislative
halls. that have appointed them to
real offices. Canada our neighbor has
in the last year given to her women
in three provinces full citizenship
England has for many years given
/ to women municipal citizenship. and
women have been mayors of Eng
i lish towns. This may surprise some
of you. it is only the vote in Parlia
n ment that the women are now ask
| ing for. And in asking for this vote
\ they are also asking Votes fol
\ Both, the new slogan of the Nation
/ al American Woman's Suffrage As
\ sociation that has taken the place o.
\ Votes for Women. In England meI
II closely allied with the government
h have no vote,l may not state tn,
), case exactly. but think the soldier,
II and sailors, and some other govern
| The women of England are askin,
universal franchise. More generous
than their brothes. they will not &,
in and leave a part of the men ou
of the body polite.
The Present Day Tendencies
And so we see that the presen
day tendencies are for a full either
ship. for a democracy in truht. for
platform broad enough for men an
women and the people to stand upoI
For broad thinking. for helpin
hand to each other, for the democr;
cy in fact. that the United State
of American has so long had in theor,
If il lead to Socialism. who knows
If the marketers of food force
their speculation. the formation
great central bureaus of food ce
tralization and distribution. then ii
army of clerks and book-keepe
must become producers. must go o1
and till the soil. Then they W
, have unadultered food. then tn,
will have fresh air direct from hea
en-. then they will view space
p day and night, then they will dev,
ope that individuality that builds
race Present day tendencies are ;
for broader lives. and for humi
fellowship. For the development
: the best in the human race.