lation, which is always unwise and unjust, but there is no class
legislation so complete as an aristocracy of sex. Men have qualities
in which they are superior to women; women have qualities in which
they are superior to men, both are needed. Women are less belligerent
than men, more peaceable, temperate, chaste, economical and
law-abiding, with a higher standard of morals and a deeper sense of
religious obligation, and these are the very qualities we need to add
to the aggressive and impulsive qualities of men."

The _Journal_ in commenting on this address said: "A venerable and
historical figure is that of Henry B. Blackwell, who in company with
his daughter, Alice Stone Blackwell, is in attendance upon the
national suffrage convention. This snowy-haired, white-bearded
patriarch embodies in his voice, his presence, his interest in every
passing event, in his appreciation of every beauty of earth and sky,
in the shifting panorama of nature, the loyal spirit of freedom, the
true spirit of manhood that has dominated his passing years."[42]

A valuable report on Industrial Problems Relating to Women and
Children was made by Mrs. Kelley, chairman of the committee, which she
began by saying that during 1905 eleven States had improved their
Child Labor Laws or adopted new ones and in every State suffragists
had helped secure these laws. She said that wherever woman suffrage
was voted on its weakness proved to be among the wage-earners of the
cities and she urged that the association submit to the labor
organizations its bill in behalf of wage-earning women and children
with a view to close cooperation. To the workingmen woman suffrage
meant chiefly "prohibition" and an effort should be made to convince
them that it includes assistance in their own legislative measures.
Mrs. Kate S. Hilliard (Utah) answered the question, Will the Ballot
Solve the Industrial Problem? Wallace Nash spoke on the work of the
Christian Cooperative Federation. The leading address of the afternoon
was made by Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch of Chicago on The Educational
Problem. "It is a strange anomaly in American public life," he said,
"that we have given our schools largely into the hands of women who
must teach history and patriotism but are not considered competent to
vote. I plead for the same education for boys and girls and I urge you
to take a deep interest in the public schools." He gave testimony to
the excellent legislative work women had done alo