LABOR'S CONSCIENCE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 230, 3 February 1911, Page 7

LABOR'S CONSCIENCE

AX ARCHBISHOP'S VIEWS. Ilis (<r;ioo tin l Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr. Low!hi l ]' Clarice, who is now spending I ;i short holiday in the Dominion, gave a few of his impressions of the country to a Star reporter at Auckland. "This is by no menn.s my first visit to the Dominion," said Dr. Clarke. "I have been here three or four times, but hitherto climate I considerations have led me south for my holidays, and that is why I have not previously visited Auckland. To my mind, the scenery of the country is vastly more interesting than that of Australia. What impresses me most is the greenness visible everywhere—a pleasant change from the dry and burnt-up country so common on the other side. The generally prosperous condition of the community is readily apparent to the visitor. Your advanced legislation undoubtedly is for the benefit of the working man. I i ecognise that in principle the organisation of unions is right and beneficial, and should be extended to include workers of all classes. There seems, however, both here and elsewhere to be a tendency on the part of the worker to cast aside the obligations which are imposed by the privileges he enjoys. The law insists that lie should be paid liberal wages, and he on' his part does not always endeavor to give honest value for I what he receives. It is here that the voice of the Church should be heard making it plain that such selfishness eventually brings its reward." The Archbishop considered that the spread of free thought among large numbers of workers had a highly detrimental effect, and was in some measure responsible for the unsatisfactory state of affairs he had alluded to. With regard to the liquor problem, the Archbishop said that he had not studied the question very deeply while in the Dominion., Xew Zealand's advanced legislation in regard to liquor was interesting to him,, as being experimental, but he had not ihad time to enquire into the effeo-i tivepess of the local option law, an<J was thereforo Unable to express an opinion regarding it.