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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1915.
THE MOTHERS PENSION LAW.
It is observed with .some pleasure
'hat the state of Arizona has recent-v
passed a bill inaugurating what is un
doubtedly one of iiie most commend
able features of state legislation of
recent years, tlie Mothers Pension Law
The first ai t of siii li nature created
oi the I'nited States was pissed by tlo
v ■ -'an i legislature in 11*11. and since
that lime twenty -one stales including
* klahoma. have passed laws, whieli.
though differing in detail, are all di
rected t" tlie etnl that in ihe event of
the death or desertion of the bread
winnei the family shall he kept to
gether as far as possible, tlie allow
ances or pensions for their support i -
he paid from tlie public funds
Data from which to make compari
sons is not available, but broadly
speaking the various laws have tie
same general provisions: need must
exist, the mother must be morally ot
and competent to care for her ohildr si,
must maintain a certain standard f
living and must not be employed out
Ride her home. In the majority of
** «••?» the allowance is ample for the
r i.ircd need and at the same time is
n« t of sufficient size as to cause the
recipients to refrain from it tempting
to help themselves when opportunity
offers.
The need of such laws is apparent
when one considers the thousands of
needy mothers throughout the land
who are trying hy every means in their
power to keep their growing families
together and give them such education
as can be afforded Such are surely
deserving of outside help Private re
lief is charity, pure and simple, and
ofti a those in the greatest need will
not a. i-ept of it fearing the stigma of
pauperism, which is almost invariably
attached.
\nd. while the pehsion system may
.iIso be viewed In the same sence, that
d is charity in a different garb, the un
deriving idea is not the same Under j
the pension system the state assumes'
the vi< w that the raising of children in
tie best possible environment redounds
to the good of the state and. ns this
environment is not to he found except
in rare cnscs, outside of the home, it
is therefore a proper function of the*
state to preserve the home life as far
. s possible b\ keeping the family
intact. Thus, it may be seen that the
pensioning of the needy mother to that
end is. in reality, the granting to her of j
.1 salary which she is expected to earn,
hy serving the state in giving her time
to the raising of good citizens. It may
he argued, of course that the granting
"f money alone will not make good
homes Yet as op|*»sed to the public*
institution system which has been
found wanting in the great majority
<>f cases and the difficulty of finding
other homes where proper care is as
sured, the normal home life is, by anil
large, belter conducive to good cit
/.ensiiip in the end.
Tut* struggle to preserve the home
life unassisted in many cases results &u
'. lie physical breakdow n of the moiuii
from over work, poor housing ail
liourishmc i , and also in the frequent
ueliuqtietJ y of the children during tit
mot he! s . »sellce H orn the home.
»’uiiMUfO i m the i -,ht that the child
i-s a public heritage it is the duly of th«*
stale to insure as lui as possible that
it be raised under the most favorable <
• oiiaitious, and, if the mother be Hot 1
ibie to supply those conditions, owing
to the difficulties of obtaining a living,
the state should assume at least a poi -
‘ion of the burden. Private funds con
tributed for that purpose generally gi\«*
only partial relief and are both irreg
ular and inadequate, and so do nut 1U1
the ever-present need. Furthermore
it is properly a function of the state to
meet such needs where they exist and
no other remedy is adequate. Tho
thousands of wan and toil worn
mothers whoso lives arc one constant
sacrifice in the effort to properly raise
ml doth** their offspring are the most
efiVetive argument for measures of this
kind. There are many arguments
against the system, some of which are
founded on logical reasons, but there
can be no objection to the principal.
Mothers pension laws arc working suc
cessfully in many states despite tho
difficulties of administering them in the
most efficient manner, but this will
improve as it continues. In the major
l*' rtion of cases the families thus help
• d, according to the best information
obtainable, have proven worthy of the
effort expended, and have shown not
only a tendency to become more closely*
knit but lmvt* generally displayed a
tendency to help themselves wherever
opportunity offered. While, ns before
i remarked, there are many difficulties
of administration involved, the system
as it whole has proven its value, and
the ever growing number of states that
are incorporating a like measure into
their code, is ample attestation that it
is looked upon as fitting to the need
fold analysis may find many objec
tions to .a system of this nature, but
| f"r humanitarian reasons alone it is
worthy of the support of all who have,
within their bosom one spark of feeling
for their fellow creatures or who hold
in honor the struggle of a good woman i
to avoid the parting with all that bn
unkind fate has left to cherish.
EXPOSITION
NOTES
I .oh Vngeles sportsmen have suh
serihen $20,000 for the construction of
a 12 mere yacht to he entered in the
international regatta of the Panama
I’acitie International Kxposit ion. Van
couver. Victoria. Seattle and Portland
are some of the cities that are to havo
yachts entered.
So comprehensive is to lie the display
of paintings and statuary embraced in’
the international lo;*n collection at the
San Kmneisi a exposition that many
annual art exhibits are to give way to
the exposition The Carnegie Institute
of Plttshurg has notified the exposition
that it will not hold a U*la exhibit and
this will be the first time in 1R years
that there has heen no annual display.
One of the features of the Washing
ton building at the exposition will ho
Ezra Meeker and his team of oxen.
Meeker white of hair and heard, will
drive his team from the State of Wash
ington to he at the opening of the ex
position A few years ago he drove
them over the trail from Seattle to
Washington. D. C
Henry Ford, automobile manufact -
urer. will show in the Palaoe of Educa
tion and Social Economy of the exposi
tion the detailed workings of the social
service Innovation made in his fac
tories The details of his division of
3.nan acres into 15 acre tracks for work
ers also will he shown.
The largest paid admission-atten
dance of the exposition was registero.l
on Sunday, August 1 when 7.051 per
sons paid 25 cents admission. The pre
vious record was the Sunday preceding
when the attendance was 11,430 The
daily attendance now runs more than
1,000. N'o special programs are offered
and the advanced stage of completion
is the drawing card
The number of national and interna
tional congresses and conventions that
have chosen San Francisco for 11*15 1ms
readied the total of 241 with the addi
tion of Hie American Association of
Dairy Food and Drug Officials. There
are now twelve national food and drug
conventions scheduled for San Fran
cisco the coming year and a movement
has been tsnrted at the suggestion of
Dr Harvey Wiley, food expert, to have
the International Food Congress in San
Francisco.
Australia and New Zealand recently
selected a joint site for their national
pavilion at the Panama-Pacific Expo
— -——
sition. Joint ceremonies were held and
participated In hy exposition officials,
former and present residents of the
countries and commissioners A lunch
eod was gi\en to Commissioner Niel
Nielson, chairman of the delegation
from \list i alia Kdmnnd Clifton, re
presenting New Zealand* R. T A
I'ricke. rei resenting A'letoria and i'. 1C
Quinn of New’South Wales Australia
will make a marvelous e\llitdt
Japan has appropriated $<100,000 and
the pavilion will he built by'Japanese
workmen, rtne of the features of the
Japanese site at tile exposition Will be
I garden of ir,0,000 square feet which
will be stocked with plants, rocks and
soil brought from the land of the
Mikado
All of the brooms used by the Pana
ma-Pacific exposition will lie made in
a working exhibit in the Palace of
Manufactures where a modern and
fully equipped broom factory was re
cently installed Right machines will
make it possible for the exhibitors .to
make every type of broom commonly
used or that the exposition will have
any need for. from the heavy street
sweeping machine to the light pocket
whisk broom. The eight machines in
* huh* three winders, one sewer, one
wish, une trimmer,'one stapler and one
hander. The exhibit represents an ex
penditure of $19,000 and is located in
tile southwest corner of the Palace of
.Manufactures
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