CHAPTER IV

WOMEN’S LABOUR AND CHILD-LABOUR

History of Child Labour--Diffusion of Child Labour--The Causes of Child Labour--Women’s Labour--The Consequences of Child Labour--The Consequences of Women’s Labour--Regulation of Child Labour--Regulation of Women’s Labour--Reform of Apprenticeship-- Enforcement of such Regulations--Objections to the Protective Regulation of the Labour of Women and Children--These Objections Answered--Radical Solution of the Problem--The Tendency of Evolution 155