328 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 



Heve that we can put the boys and the girls on the same wages so long as 

 the girls do not hire the livery rigs, and send American Beauty roses, etc. 



Mr. Milhous: I have had a little experience, having raised two sons, 

 and a daughter. Our children have quite a good deal of spunk— they get 

 It from their mother. Our daughter always said that whenever she mar- 

 ried she would marry a farmer, and she laid the law down pretty posi- 

 tively that if her husband got sick she would know how to run the 

 business on the farm, etc. She came to the field one day when I was 

 plowing and said. "Pa, it may be that when I get married the ground will 

 be ready to plow and my husband will get sick, and so I want to learn 

 how to plow." I handed her the plow handles. She did this of her own 

 free will; she wanted to do it. All of our sons can work in the house, and 

 can get a very nice meal. Well, if they hadn't wanted to do it they would 

 have had to do it anyhow, because it is one of the rules of the house 

 that the boys shall know how to work in the house and help their mother 

 as well as for the girl to know how to help me. I want to impress this 

 upon the parents here, that there should be no double standard between 

 the boys and the girls, either at home or away from home. A moral sin 

 is just as much a sin on the boy's part as it is on the girl's. A young man 

 should be held responsible for his sin as much as a girl is held responsible. 

 If one must walk a chalk line then the other must do likewise. 



Mrs. Garretsou: That is right, but a great many girls are responsible 

 for a young man's wrong actions. I have been surprised in riding on the 

 ears, the interurban cars, to hear rude talk and indecent slang from 

 young girls. It has made me heartsick sometimes. I have wonderi'd 

 what the young men would think of that, and what a bad influence they 

 would have. I would be glad if girls would think moi*e about the influ- 

 ence they have on young men to lead them into evil. 



Miss Brown: While that is true, I have always noticed that when a 

 young lady steps just once out of the w^ay she very seldom can get back, 

 but with a young man it is all different. A young man may go in the best 

 society and drink, gamble, swear, etc., and I can not see why. If the 

 girls would look upon those things as they should I think they would have 

 more influence for good over some of the young men of our country, and 

 there would be less evil doing. AVhen a young man steps out of his way 

 the young ladies put themselves on a level with him and take him back 

 into their society. This is very common but still very objectionable, 

 almost accessory. 



Mr. Swain: I think the young ladies are responsible for this, because 

 when a strange young man comes to town they do not inquire as to his 

 reputation and character, but of his looks and money, and what kind of a 



