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TJHLtC K. U KAL NEW-YORKER 
81 
“VOTES FOR WOMEN.” 
The cartoon on this page is taken from 
the Woman’s Journal, the okl and influ¬ 
ential advocate of “votes for women.” 
Probably this expresses fairly the atti¬ 
tude of the wiser and saner advocates for 
suffrage. They realize that the way to 
influence Congress is through popular 
thought or demand, and this is best ex¬ 
pressed through the State Legislatures, 
and so they propose to hang on to Con¬ 
gress by the most convenient handle while 
they throw feed in the way of argument 
for the State legislatures. Without doubt 
these legislatures are coming, for more 
than ever before their members are being 
influenced by the folks back home. 
Everyone knows that when sensible and 
determined women make up their minds 
that they want a certain thing, they prove 
the worst hangers-on of any class of citi¬ 
zens. There is no escaping them, no 
frightening them, or bluffing them away 
when they are once convinced that what 
they are after is right and true. The 
advocates of “votes for women” will be 
wise if they follow out this idea. Hang 
on to Congress and get the legislatures 
REFLECTIONS OF A RTJRALIST. 
An Egg Lecture. —One can hardly 
pick up a paper without seeing some¬ 
thing about eggs—the city end of the egg. 
One would almost think no eggs were 
used in the country. Here there is some¬ 
thing about the egg on its native heath. 
Housewife No. 1 has eggs to use, plenty 
of them, no eggless recipes for her. She 
put down a goodly supply in water-glass 
last Spring when the price was 23 cents. 
The fresh-laid eggs of good size are sold 
at top price. The pullet-eggs that are 
small, the invalid has. Housewife No. 
2 has a few eggs put down in salt early 
in the Fall when the price was 30 cents, 
and better. She uses them sparingly and 
sells the scattering fresh laid at top 
prices. Housewife No. 3 has no eggs 
laid down, uses eggless recipes, cooks the 
occasional fresh-laid for “him,” and goes 
without herself. These three had a com¬ 
mon starting point. Each began with 
practically nothing. No. 1 hires No. 2 
to help her occasionally; No. 2 is glad 
to help; No. 3 can neither hire nor do 
much herself. Tell me how a country 
housewife uses eggs in November and I 
UNWILLING CONGRESS 
AND APPRECIATIVE LEGISLATURES. 
coming. We have been asked by both 
the advocates of suffrage, and its bitter 
opponents, to take their side of the case. 
During the past year we have made what 
seemed to us as fair a test of the opinion 
of our readers as could be made. We 
quietly arranged with several people with 
whom we were well acquainted to make 
an actual personal canvass of the farm 
women in their own neighborhood, and 
asked them quietly and fairly how they 
stood on the question of suffx-age. A 
great many people conducted these inter¬ 
views, chiefly in New England and the 
Middle States. The result was that six 
out of eight women thus interviewed de¬ 
clared that they didn’t wish to vote, or 
were not interested in the subject. Not 
satisfied with this, we took at random 
again and again a large number of names 
of women from our list, and asked them 
by mail to express an opinion. This was 
also confined to the Eastern States. The 
result was the same, with an even more 
decided expression against “votes for 
women.” We concluded that in the East 
at least the movement for suffrage is 
very largely an industrial one, strongest 
at present in the towns and cities, among 
women who work for their living at man¬ 
ufacturing or business employments. We 
should say that in the Eastern States 
the movement is largely among those who 
are fighting for fairer industrial treat¬ 
ment in their work. At the same time 
it is unquestionably true that whenever 
country women have the case put before 
them fairly, by some advocate who has 
made a thorough study of the question, 
they change their minds, and we think 
a much larger proportion of them will 
join the cause. It is also unquestionably 
true that all the reliable reports which 
come to us from those States in which 
woman has been given the ballot, there 
is uniform testimony to the fact that 
political conditions have improved. With¬ 
out argument the liquor question, the 
question of social improvement, and mat¬ 
ter affecting the health and legal rights of 
women and children, have felt the effect 
of woman suffrage, and in every case 
conditions have been improved. Evident¬ 
ly this is one of the things which have 
come up for argument, and cannot be 
put down. We shall give fair statements 
from women in those State where suffrage 
has been tried, and we are quite willing 
to give the other side of the ease from 
those who are opposed to suffrage. Of 
course, these arguments must be fair and 
good-tempered. We want to get at the 
real truth of the case, in order that our 
women may understand it thoroughly. 
will tell which way the wind blows. No. 
3 is drifting toward a lee shore, No. 
2 is backing to windward, No. 1 is 
heading out to sea. Now do not 
think it is- too early to think of putting 
down eggs next season. When No. 1 be¬ 
gan she found the local store did not 
keep water-glass but would send for 
some. It didn’t come, and didn’t come. 
“Be here sure next week.” In the mean¬ 
time eggs steadily increased in price. An¬ 
other time the jar she uses had been taken 
by the man of the house for pork, caus¬ 
ing delay. It is much better to be be¬ 
forehand than behindhand. 
Timely Help. —It is on that lee shore 
that the poorhouse stands. Our communi¬ 
ty is all agog over an old man who is 
close inshore. Will he be washed up on 
the shore or will some kindly hand rescue 
him? It is curious how concerned we are 
at the eleventh hour. It isn’t pleasant, 
the thought that earlier in the day we 
might have trimmed a sail or bent an oar 
for him. But how about that young man 
with a family of little folks and little 
work, at this off season, or that other 
struggling man who had the misfortune 
to lose his cow, leaving the babies in a 
sad plight? It is at such crises as these 
that many become discouraged. We 
might if we would, carry a part of the 
load through the shoal water and keep 
the boat from grounding. We ought in 
some degree to feel responsible for the 
wreckage that dots the sea of life. 
Prices of Groceries. 
Under the heading of “Business,” J. L. 
C. says, that housewives are paying six 
cents a pound for sugar, and that 
he is going to get a large bag for 3 V-z 
cents a pound. Just think how unreason¬ 
able that is. The raw sugar costs more 
than that, and any child can tell at a 
glance that sugar costs $4.35 per hundred 
in ton lots f. o. b. New.York. Why did 
not J. L. C. tell the whole story, and say 
he bought $10 (or more) worth of other 
goods to got the price he named? My ob¬ 
jection to the whole thing is this: I am 
a grocer, and see the practical side of 
this, and know that a good many women 
are going to their grocer, saying they know 
of people who are getting sugar at 3% 
cents a pound, which is absolutely im¬ 
possible; so much so that if J. L. C. will 
prove it, I will give $10 to him on con¬ 
vincing evidence. A lot more could be 
said about the practice of sending away 
for goods under the “club order” plan, 
but will touch on only one phase. Let 
us suppose that any one of many women 
in many towns, who send away for their 
supplies are members of a church or 
lodge, and are going to give a harvest 
supper or to hold a fair. Who is the 
first person to be solicited? Why, dear 
Mr. Brown, the grocer. He always gives. 
See? e. g. w. 
In reply to this I give below two or¬ 
ders for groceries and other goods. Will 
someone tell me where I could have bet¬ 
tered them? 
Nov. 24. 1013. 
1 pair snow excludors. 3 buckle 
3 cans salmon. 
3 mackerel . 
3 clam juice . 
1 pineapple . 
4 pkg. figs . 
5 pkg. cluster raisins. 
20 lbs. rolled oats . 
33 1-3 lbs. sugar . 
1 tea strainer . 
6 cans tuna fish .. 
10 lbs. peanut butter . 
5 % lbs. cheese . 
10 lbs. beans. 
10 lbs. honey . 
3 lbs. horehound candy. 
1 doz. soap . 
1 doz. soap . 
3 cans powd. soap . 
3 whiz .. 
$1.73 
.53 
.53 
.25 
.22 
.53 
.67 
.63 
1.00 
.02 
1.10 
1.50 
1.03 
.41 
1.57 
.30 
.50 
.38 
.20 
.20 
Oct. 22, 1913. 
1 pair slippers . 
1 pair woolnap blankets ... 
4 pkg. Kneipp malt . 
% lb. cinnamon . 
3 lbs. currants . 
5 lbs. peanut butter. 
12 bars Magic soap. 
6 lbs. starch . 
5 lbs. honey ..... 
1 gal. molasses . 
10 lbs. rice . 
25 lbs. sugar . 
$13.30 
.$ .72 
. 1.98 
. .76 
. .25 
. .35 
. .73 
. .50 
. .31 
. .79 
. .62 
. .53 
. 1.14 
$ 8 . 6 S 
Our friend says that when the women 
hold a harvest supper the first person 
they go to for a contribution is Mr. 
Brown the grocer. That is probably be¬ 
cause these women have for years con¬ 
tributed to Mr. Brown through high re¬ 
tail prices! He might well “come back.” 
The rural population has largely drifted 
to the city, yet my old uncle, who re¬ 
members back two generations, says there 
are more grocers in the small towns now 
than when he was a boy. I am pleased 
to note that one woman wants to know 
where those large sacks of sugar come 
from. It is not necessary for women to 
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