Arizona republican., 1915-09-06
Sir George Croyden Marks, Britis h Lecturer, De clares Social Reorganiza- ti0n Will Be One Effect of Strife
WOMEN DISPLACING
 MEN IN MANY WAYS
Industrial and Commercial Cooperation of Men and Women May Mark Be ginning of Social Revolu- tion, He Says
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcHl

ASSOCIATED PRESS DlbFAANhJ LONDON, Sept. 5.-"None of the wars changes in our social structure will prove so notable to the future historian as the wholesale introduc- ton of woman labor into trades, oc- equations and professions hitherto exclusively staffed by men," declared Sir George Croydon Marks, member of parliament for Northeast Corn wall, in the first of a series Of lee lures on The New Woman. lie added.
 "The question which is of real i'm portance today however, is Wheth- CT that future historian will regard the phenomenon as coincident with war conditions and terminating with them, or whether it will mark the beginning of a social revolution and a new stage in the industrial ana commercial cooperation of men and women.
 when the war is over shall we still see the milk woman, the giIl ticket-colIector, the girl commission aire at their work. or will they auto matfcallv disappear before the re- turning tide of the civilian armies?
 we may well ask ourselves at
 
 which must inevitably arise and problem for which we cannot be too well prepared. What is to happen it the conclusion of the war to those women of every social grade and every shade of attainment who in the past year have slipped so readily into mans occupations?
 Tn considering the question broad T. of be taken into consideration. The cap acity. the business ability, and the ready grasp of affairs which the women of France, more than of any other nation, have shown themselves to rossess has been traced, perhaps fancifuIly. to the frequent necessity with which they have been forced to take upon themselves the conduct of those affairs during the absence of their men on military duties.
 Tt is quite possible, indeed quite nrobable that the wholesale intro auction of women's labor which We are at present witnessing may be to develop those qualities of resource fitness and of ready efficiency which characterize and have characterized French women for many years.
 ..Considered more narrowly, the problem which will present itself to the business man as soon as the war is over is simly stated. how far it will be his duty to replace the patriotic woman who is taking the place of the soldier fighting ms countrys battles, by that solder himself. when the time to lay down his arms arrives.
 At first sight it may seem no problem at all Apart from actual promises given there remains pledge of honor to reinstate the sol dier in his position as the wage carner. No consideration of econo- my. no consideration of efficiency rapidly acquired by the woman worker can be allowed for an instant to interfere with this.
 Undoubtedly many employers VIII feel a wrench in rejecting those women who, for the past year or more have been doing their duties so nimbly and effectively, in favor of the soldier whose new lite Will probably have unfitted him to some extent for the office stool. The eI- feet may be in many instances lhaI employers will find a way Of re tainiug the services permanently ol those women in conjunction with the reinstated men.
 'In the past, the jealousy whlch has been felt of women's employment in business has been founded entire ly on the wages question. Whlie men worked for living wage, wom- en worked for pocket money anu were able to accept it because they were able to be dependent primarily on the wage earner. It is obvious that it is upon this question ol
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