:THE SET OF LABOR.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 258, 6 November 1911, Page 2

:THE SET OF LABOR.

In the course of his sermon at Ht. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, recently, Archbishop Clarke referred to articles! appearing in the Age entitled ''The Sex of Labor," in whic* attention has been drawn to the mariner in which women have invaded the male labor market. The Archbishop said: the true functions of women were the healthy organisation of the home and the establishment of a .harmonious family life. He characterised she placing of labor upon women to sracii an alarming extent as a reversion to barbarism, and not ? as some peopie made out, a factor m the advance of civilisation. There was not the slightest need: for sudh competition in man's territory of labor in prosperous Australia. Hajd the women of the Commonwealth realised what they were doing? They were placing themselves in a false position, and were acting unwisely "towards tnele children. , The right of. *t marned woman was to be maintained by her husband, and the idle husband who depended upon hi 3 wife's earnings was not fitted to be a married man. Men who made women wage-earners were unworthy of the natoe, and were placing a burden upon women which they had no right to bear. The health of young girls who were employed in factories day after day was being seriously impaired. In many instances, after their day's work, they were hardly fitted for anything, but through a spirit of rebellion or independence they invaded the sphere of man. At th,Q root of the whole trouble was religion, tlie conception of the home, which was the place where the mischief began and whs fostered. He (the preacher) did not suggest that the women should be idle, but he considered they should do their proper work, v which was/to be found in attending to their home duties. He did not object, however, to their being employed at teaching, writing, and lighter employment, but their invasion of the other spheres of labor for which man was better fitted was to be greatly deplored.