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Show WOMAN'S LABOIt VS. MAN'S. Tlie lalior. r Is Wortliy of Ills Hire Uw l;ai'dle of he. Women nni tlriving men to tho wall in many field of industry, simply ba-caiiM ba-caiiM they work for less money. A f.tir typewriter will accept ft salary of $i to $13 a week, when man w:tli tin) M-iiuo qualifications expects from $10 to iJ-.M). Tho iniilo teiu hers in our public) m-liiMibi who receive $1,','00 ft year fo tlb'ir services pass no higher ex.iiuiiuv-turn, ex.iiuiiuv-turn, do no moro work and get no better results than thu women teachers who receive luit$!MH). I A woman will keep stock and sell g' in a dry goods house for eight did-lur.'V did-lur.'V week, whilo the man at her elbow gi tu twelve dollars and considers himself him-self worth eighteen dollars. IJitsiness enterprises are generally conducted con-ducted upon business principles. Tlia object of the capitalist is to mako a largo profits as inedible. Labor is tin big item usually, and it is tr , price of raw material and labor deducted from the gross receipt that show what t!i proliis aro. It is the objecr, tfierefore, of tliematm-factun-r to get these twoenmmodities ail cheap its iiiissible. It makes littlo difference differ-ence to him whether ho lias women or men in his employ, provided they aru eiliinlly capable. Naturally enough, if iie can get women to do his work for. half the wages ho would have to pay lii"ii, and at tho name time get the suin9 roults, he will prefer them. Tako the dry goods bazars and candy shops throughout New York, and with fovf exceptions tho chirks aro women. A few men are hired to tako stock, put thu prices on goods, study tho markets and suggest innovations and attractions, and this done tlio rest of tho work is largely roiitiiu. A certain amount of vim and attention atten-tion to business, a pleasant address, a knowledge of the three It's and a vocab-1 vocab-1 ulary of u hundred wolds or so is about ull that is required of thusuccesful saleswoman. sales-woman. Now the field of woman's lalmr is extending ex-tending rat her than contracting. Woman is lnoio ambitious and moro versatile thau sho used to be, and with all deference defer-ence to her modesty, bho claim3 that the ability to sell corset steels, braid and buttonhole twist will sufiico for the music mu-sic store, shoe shop, ticket office and suit department. Elated by the success kIio has experienced in minor lines, she lias thrown aside Iter timidity and veu-t veu-t tired into avenues of commerce and industry in-dustry which a score of years ago were looked im as man's reserve. It is well for women to work, but Rha should consider tho future ns well as th present need, and know that it is as much to her interest to keep tip tho wage scale as it is to tho man whose place she is taking. When sho does tho sumo work as a man with tho Kamo satisfaction she should insist on tho same remuneration. If her needs bo less than his sho should not reason that her work is not worth ns much, but remember that u laborer U worthy of his hire. New York World. |
