The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-11-02
SUFFRAGE AGITATORS.
FOOL THE FARMERS
IN RURAL DISTRICTS THEY TELL
DIFFERENT STORY THAN
IN CITIES.
DUAL CAMPAIGN CARRIED ON
Copyright Booklet Controlled BY
National American Woman Suffrage
Association Gives instructions.

In the cities, the sunragists tell
working women that woman suffrage
will bring IAN eight hour day" and
better child labor laws"
But In the rural districts, suffrage
agitators are deliberately instructed
mot TO mention or circulate litera.
ture" on child labor the eight hour
day or vice conditions In the cities!
These instructions" are being cir.
culated now In the State OF Michigan,
under the title OF how TO reach the
rural voter" booklet copyrighted by
the National Woman Suffrage Pub
fishing Company, which is owned and
controlled by the National American
Woman Suffrage Association.
on page IL OF the booklet, we find.
"Do not mention or circulate litera-
ture on tho following:
Child labor-because the farmer Is
an individualist and is opposed TO all
regulations OF labor. Also child labor
as It is known on Northern farms Is
as educational for the child as any.
thing offered for its life. There Is
rarely any abuse.
~ Eight hour day-Farmers are op,
posed to this. Their own day is about
1915 hours. Competition OF 8-hour
day labor is depicting farms OF labor.
80 Vice conditions In cities-Antis
use this 10 make farmers mistrust
the city vote of women"
What do you think of IL, Mr. Far.
mer?
How do you like TO be told that
suffrage will not bring more strict
child labor laws OF an eight hour day
while the man and woman in tbs
city are being told that 1t will?
The suffragists are trying to give
you the double cross"
They have one argument for you
and another FOR the city dweller,
Why? Because they depend on fool
ing different people in different ways,
and part OF the people all the time TO
Purify" politics
The "antis" on the other hand.
have one argument for all. They tell
you-as they tell your brother in the
city-that woman suffrage will double
the radical vote, the underworld vote.
the socialist vote, and the boss-con'
trolled vote OF the cities-while your
farm women simply cannot get to the
polls as easily as their city sisters.
They tell you-as they tell your
brother in the city that the women
on the farms and the women in the
homes will not vote In such numbers
as the radical women In the cities,
the wives, aunts. cousins and sisters
OF saloonkeepers. ward heelers, etc,
and the socialist and feminist women
who belong to the suffrage societies.
The "antis" tell you-as they tell
your city brother that woman sur
rage does not bring better legislation
for women and children; that the
worst exhibition Of child labor In the
United States is in Colorado, where
women have voted for "A years; and
that Wyoming, with woman suffrage
for 40 years, has the poorest child
labor laws In the Union!
The "antisY tell you straight
NAnl1 lhN SdthN nAoAe AHhA Al'N ANil
your city brother al along the line
They have nothing up their sleeves.
nothing that they tell one voter that
they do not mention" to anotherl
The "antis" tell you-and your city
brother,--that woman suffrage will
increase election expenses and raise
your taxes; that universal woman
suffrage in this country would mean
$25 100000 more a year-s70. 600, 900
day-wasted on doubling the cleo,
torate and sending childless women
politicians 10 the legislatures and Con-,
gress who can never represent the
mothers of the race so we'll az the
fathers OF their children.
Which story will you believe The
straight, common sense story that
the "antis- tell you-and prove by
facts and fgures-or the double-bar
relied receptions chat suffrage agita-
tors use TO catch your vote?