The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-04
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native country. has stood sponsor
for more experimental legislation
than any other country. large or
small, on the globe, and expressing
gner belief that the women's infln.
ence in politics has been largely in.
strumentaI in having this leglsla.
ton enacted. Miss Nellie NJ. Scan.
een, prominent newspaper and cluO
woman Of New Zealand. put New
Zealand on the map so far as Fal:.
mont club women are concerned.
when she addressed the Woman's
U Club and the Business and Profe4.
sional Women's Club at the Bill.
tngsley Memorial Church last night.
In spite OF the fact that ciViliza
tion in the little South Pacific
island, Of less than a million popu.
lation, is not yet a hundred yeats
old, the country has made rapid
progress, commercially and indus
trially, and thirty years ago yolun:
'3tarily gave its women the right Of
suffrage. Since that time It has
passed much experimental leglsla-
ton. Miss Scanlon pointed out.
While the women Of Now Zca-
land have not taken the leadership
iti1the governing bodies of New Yea.
land nevertheless their influence
has been a great factor, an example
worthy of emulation by other couu.
tries who are Just feeling out tho
ehectl OF women in governmental
affairs" she continued.
The fact that New Zealand has
been widely exploited recently in
newspapers and magazines tended
~ evening to create unusual in.
| terest in tho announcement that
one OF its native daughters would
tell Of conditions existing in tina
country.
New Zealand is about the size o;
sngland, Scotland or Wales IN
Sea. has less than million popu.
!ation. with few large cities, the
largest having population Of some
kG000. It is producing country.
largely given oyer to agricultural
persuits. Its lands are fertile. its
climate salubrious and moderate.
It Is mountainous, and when first
settled was rugged TO the extreme.
Miss Scanlon said.
Among the pieces OF experiment.
tal, legislation which the country
first sponsored and which have
made 1t the progressive country It
IS are: The minimum wage scale,
which gives to women and children
asliying wage; an old age pension,
which gives TO women and men
without criminal record a pension
enabling them to live and reduces
materially the number of paupers;
Flaw which controls child welfare,
resulting in New Zealand having
the lowest death rate In the world.
The government maintains a ra.
ting bureau, through which the
exports of the country are rated
before being SHIPPED in other coun.
tries, thus enabling only the best
to leave the country, which tends
tnigtye the country high standard
OF excellence in its trading cen.
tets, Miss Scanlon continued.
The railroads, postal telegraph
companies, hospitals and other pub
lie utilities are all under govern.
ment supervision and the country
s1Rports state Insurance companies
which tend to keep down rates
Through competition with corpora.
\ tons. The government also oper-
= ates coal mines in competition with
I. privately owned operations.
I The country has practically no
iliterates, 81 per cent being Of En-.
glish extraction the other three
per cent negro.
! Miss Scanlon believes In every
a5ation and every individual having
IA viewpoint and In being tolerant
otsothers. viewpoints" Because one
country or individual has a differ.
emit outlook from yours" she said
SIS no reason that viewpoint IL
bad. A crow flies over a field and
Zee the carion.a.bee flies over the
4 same field and sees the honey. The
old adage that the early bird
catches the worm is all right from
the birds point Of view, but how
about the early worm, being the
one to be caught.
Miss Scanlon came to the United
States from New Zealand to attend
the Armament Conference at Wash
| tngton and was SO impressed with
the country she decided to remain
Hand has been here nearly a year.
Shots employed on the FREQ Lance,
D paper published in Wellington,
the largest city in the country, auI
during her stay hero has written
and Is writing for New Zealand
publications and for metropolitan
newspapers in this country. She
came here from Washington, where
she had. COME from tour OF At
lantic Coast cities. This afternoon
she talks at Pennington and viii
thenSreturn to Washington.
4 Preceding the address Of Miss
Scanion, Mrs. Joseph Roster, presi-
dent OF the Woman's Club. under
whose direction Miss Scanlon ap.
peared here, presided. Miss Dor
cas- Prichard, president Of the
Business and Professional Wom-
I ants Club, occupied q seat on the
rostrum with Mrs. Roster and Miss
Scanlon.
An artistic musical program war
rendered previous to the address,
cthe members Of which included a
pgroup Of organ selections brilliantly
executed by Mrs. Florence Clayton
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