The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 21, 1921, Page 14

if 141 &l b | S FETTITR T (2 ad ‘the last election. Letters From =~ - Farm Women _ Women Score Success Two Elected Members of League State Com- mittee in Minnesota HE Minnesota convention of Women’s Nonpartisan clubs, held in Minneapolis the Nonpartlsan league men, were holding their staté- convention were elected members of the League state execu- tive committee. One of these women was Mts.-Harold Baker of 7 Renville county, Club No, 82, and the other was Mrs. Flossie Van Dyké of Rush "City, Club No. 44. On the second day ¢ of the two conventions the men and women held a Jomt session, which. Mrs. Baker addressed on the subject of “Organ- ization,” scoring a big’ success. More than 100, deiegates we/r,e present from clubs out- - side the Twin Cities, to- gether with a largé rep- resentation of women from Minneapclis and St. Paul. Besides listen- ing to many interesting speeches, including one by A. C. Townley, the delegates visited the ses- sion of the legislature at the state capitol. : A state committee of seven was elected, as fol- lows: Mrs. A. E. Smith, Ram- sey county; Mrs. Frank- lin ‘Hynes, Hennepin of county; Mrs. Albert R. Miller, Fillmore county; Miss Lily Anderson, Ren- ville county, Mrs. Minnie Cederholm, Isanti county; Mrs. J. A. Josephson, Lyon county; Miss Tena Schwartz, Todd county. Miss Anderson was ap- pointed recording secretary. . The state convention adopted resolutions as fol= lows: Indorsing the Sheppard-Towner bill for the pro- tection of maternity; urging a higher minimum wage and better hours for working women; pledg- ing support to organized labor; congratulating and indorsing the “fighting farmers of North Dakota”; urging better laws in regard to illegitimate chil- dren; expressing confidence in Mr. Townley and other League officials. & A committee on emblems recommended adoption of the North Dakota “goat that can’t be got” for the clubs. ~ Delegates were entertained at a theater party and at the home of Hennepin county members of the clubs. All the seven members of the state committee League state committee. are well-known Minnesota women. Mrs. Smith is . - the wife of the commissioner of public safety of St. Paul. Miss Schwartz was the organizer of the first Women’s Nonpartisan club in Minne- sota. Miss Anderson was the first woman to be chosen as a candidate for state office in Ilinnesota, having been indorsed by the Nonpartisan league for state treasurer at DRISCOLL CLUB ACTIVE Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I have been silent long enough and feel that it is my duty to break loose and express what our club has been doing. I so much enjoy the letters on the Woman’s page, both from our.state and other states. I'm sure they feel their dollar has been spent for a good thmg. Our club is No.-2, and it has 23 very ac- tive and ardent members. Awhile back a victory celebration was given under our auspices, and we raised $54.94. We are planning another program in the near - future, “Hiram the Rube.” At our last meeting we contributed $25 to the Lemke fund. We also serve refreshments after our business meeting, by three members as hostesses, and our lunch feeis 10 cents per. March 3 and 4, made such a hit with ‘who at the same .time, that two women- Mra. Harold Baker, mmheg 2 partisan Clubs. 'THE FARM WOMAN’S PAGE member or visitor, which is placed in our treasury. " Let us hear from other club workers through the Leader. g MRS. JESSIE OLSON. Driscoll, N.-D. -+« - Where Life Is Hard Tr¥éstigation of night' work among women in - New Jersey textile mills, recently made by the + National. Consumers’ league, showed that of 100, " “typical _cases chosen for’ investigation, 53 night workers were émployed in a mill controlled by gov- ernment ‘officials, this mill having been seized and operated by the alien propérty custodian. Of the 100- women investigated, 92 had small chil- . ‘dren. . None of these women were able to get eight hours’ sleep, caring for their children in the day- 3 time and-working at night. Officials of the mills said the women preferred ~-night work to work during the day. The committee reported: that night work was necessary for all the women intérviewed except two, as the wages paid their husbands by the cor-. porations were insufficient to maintain the family. Mill officials laughed when investigators proposed " that men should be paid 'enough to support their families. The investigators also reported that the night work of these mothers led to a high death rate among their children. Numerous cases were cited of deaths of children due directly to the fact that mothers were compelled to work up unmtil a few days of childbirth. New Jersey is one of the few states which allow mght work «in factories for women. Women are. now working for a law prohibiting such work. A .. HAVE WE THE RIGHT? I wonder if I have the right To let myself forget to care How children shiver in the night Where all is dark and cold and bare? My little ones are free from dread And sheltered safely from the storm; . Their eyes are bright, their cheeks are red, S Their laughter glad, their clothing warm.. But other little ones must weep And face new dread with each new day, Where Hunger’s fangs bite very deep, And Want %its like a ghost in gray. I have no need to share the blame If pallor dims the orphan’s cheek; I have not made the cripple lame, Nor taken from the poor and Wweak. If children who are hungry sigh, If others who are cold complain, .No guilt lies on my conscience—I Have never wronged them for my gain. But, knowmg how they weep at night, Where all is dark and cold and bare, ‘I wonder if I have the right To let myself forget to care? . —S E. Kiser. Above are the oflicers of the Isanti County Federation of Women’s Non- Left to.right are Mrs. Swan Anderson, Dalbo, vice president; Mrs. Minnie Cederholm, Grandy, president; Mrs. Mary B. Stubbs, Dalbo, secretary-treasurer. _ are affiliated with this federation but the number has proved no “hoodoo" to these live women. PAGE FOUB.TEEN e T e s T T R e N SRR s T OE 52 R Thirteen clubs so far News Not From e -3 Wom_enls Clu!)s a ‘What Makes Discontent Woman Physician Reports Conditions on Farms of the Northwest HAT happens to a mutton chop to make it cost 75 cents on the plate when it cost an infinitesimal fraction of that on the sheep?” is a question Dr; Esther Lovejoy propounded upon her return from her congressional cam- . paign in Portland, Ore., says the Woman Citizen. Dr. Lovejoy gave some idea of the conditions ag she had ‘just seen them of stock farmers in the Northwest. “If farmers refused to provide food under present circumstances they would be - justi- fied,” she concluded, after giving- mstances of then' _deplorable plight. Here is one instance, taken from life in. Central Idaho. Itis the story of a sheep farmer who was obliged during the excessive cold of early 1920 to feed his flocks with hay, since they could not feed on the ranges. Hay cost him from $40 to $80 a ton, and his expenses were so heavy-that to main- tain his animals he borrowed money. The banks would only loan on his ranch and-ata cost to him of 12 per cent. This year when he came to sell his sheep, sustained at such heavy expenditure they brought $4 each. “It is facts like these that are creatmg' Bolshe- viki,” said Dr. Lovejoy, “not the soap-box orator on the corner; for every farmer knows that some- -where between the sale price of his stock and the ultimate consumer, there are some people who are - taking toll and giving nothmg in exchange. They are literally bandits, holdup men even more danger- ous to society than those who menace pubhc safety at the point of a pistol.” . : . Dr. Lovejoy, who' is the head of ‘the - A.mencan Women’s Hospitals and -is also “president of the Medical Women’s International association, has just escaped going to congress from the Portland (Ore.) district. She polled 10,000.more votes than did ‘the successful candidate from that sectlon ‘at the previous congressional election. - This she did as a Democratic candidate in a local- ity strongly Republican and in face of the tremen- dous Republican landslide of 1920. - MISS ALLEN CHOSEN JUDGE - Miss Florence Allen of Cleveland, Ohio, who will " be remembered by Leader readers on. account of her protest against Secretary of War Baker’s mil- itaristic program, was elected a judge at the recent election. Miss Allen was one of the few Democrats to win any office in Ohio. She polled 116,699 votes, more than 10,000 ahead of her nearest opponent. RAISE MONEY AT DANCE Editor Nonpartisan Leader: Our club was organ- ized last fall by Mrs. Wood, our lieutenant gover- nor’s wife. Since then it ha.s been steadily grow- ing in both enthusiasm and membership. The last meeting was held at the home of our president, Mrs. Jens Hansen, at which time definite club work was taken up. . ~ We gave a neighborhood dance at a spacious and modern farm home, where a most ' enjoyable evening was spent. We cleared $21, which will be sent to our at- torney general to be used to fight i increas- ed freight charges. .. MRS. O. LOKEN Secretary-Treasurer Club No. 208. Velva, N. D. DOING THEIR. BIT Editor ‘Nonpartisan Leader: We have a - live Women’s Nonpartisan club. We gave a pie supper at our central schoolhouse re- cently. We took in $22.95 for supper and then had a good time playing cards and dancing and sold a quilt for $25, - Mr. . Johnnie Clark -getting the quilt and then turmng it back to the club to be sold over again. Hoping this will be put on_the Farm Woman’s page so they can see we are do- ing all-we can to help the League, - - MRS. T. J.-CASSIDY,- . . Secreta Club N : 50 Dunsexth N : 7 3 ¢