laws giving to mothers equal rights with fathers.

The traffic in women and girls which is carried on in the United
States and in other countries is a heinous blot upon civilization
and we demand of Congress and our State Legislatures that every
possible step be taken to suppress the infamous traffic in this
country.

We urge upon Congress and State Legislatures the enactment of
laws prohibiting the employment of children under 16 years of age
in mines, stores or factories.

We favor the adoption of State amendments establishing direct
legislation by the voters through the initiative and referendum.

Inasmuch as in the second Hague Peace Conference there will be
offered the greatest opportunity in human history to lessen the
burden of militarism, therefore we request the President of the
United States to approve the recommendations for the action of
that conference which were presented by the Inter-Parliamentary
Union, to-wit: (1) An advisory world congress; (2) a general
arbitration treaty; (3) the limitation of armaments; (4)
protection of private property at sea in time of war; (5)
investigation by an impartial commission of difficulties between
nations before declaration of hostilities.

The convention at one evening session listened to interesting
addresses by Mrs. Mary E. Coggeshall, president of the Iowa Suffrage
Association, Then and Now; Professor Emma M. Perkins of Western
Reserve University (Ohio), Educational Ideals; Louis F. Post, editor
of _The Public_, The Denatured Woman. Mrs. Avery gave a much enjoyed
report of the Congress of the International Suffrage Alliance in
Copenhagen the preceding August. On the last evening addresses were
made by John Z. White of Chicago; Mrs. Upton on What Next? Miss Lexow
on The Place of Equal Suffrage in Higher Education. Dr. Shaw closed
the convention with a few eloquent words of encouragement, hope and
prophecy for the success of the cause to which they gladly gave to the
utmost their time, their labor and the best of everything they
possessed.

FOOTNOTES:

[48] Part of Call: The friends of equal rights will come together on
this occasion with an outlook even more than usually bright. During
the last year full suffrage has been granted to the women of Finland,
the greatest victory since full national suffrage was given to the
women of Federated Australia in 1902. W