Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-27 | Page 12 | Uruguay is Proud of Latest Reforms

oo URUGUAY IS PROUD OF LATEST REFORMS MONTEVIDEO. I ru i' ii a . Feb. 26. President Bdltazar Brum believes that L'l urruay la well In the forefront of advance legislation in many respects re-spects andjhat It will soon take steps which will lead eventually to fujl suffrage for women. The laws enacted by the Uruguay congress for ihe protection of work-Ingmeh, work-Ingmeh, ho said, had niado labor contented con-tented in, this country One of tho laws now pending provides that labor cannot be employed in the country districts for less than $20 u month with board and lodging. In the city the minimum is set at approximately $15 n month. We also have a law." said Dr. Brum, "giving an obligatory day of rest each week and this has been made to include domestic servants. Our labor Is satisfied Ship all your agitators agi-tators bete; we are not afraid of them. They will not find congenial soil la, which to work " In regard to woman suffrage he said, the constitution of Uruguay provides pro-vides for votes for women but that the machinery for their balloting has cot yet been provided by the act of congresM. He adde d that he bell ' ed thai within two years women would be given the right to vote for municipal mu-nicipal representative aud that would read to complete suffrage for them, ii Brum spoke with some pride j of the cducatlohal facilities in Uru-aaylnjr Uru-aaylnjr it was now possible for a child to b( educated from the time when he begins to learn to read, i through the national schools and un!-' un!-' vers! ties until he receives his degree ! as a lawyer, without having to pay inv kind of a fee whatever.