Public Employment Restricted to Citizens: La., Act 271. Sunday Labor: Mass., c. 2731 and c. 385'; Va., c. 180.1 Corrupt Influencing of Employees: N. J., c. 2842; Okla., c. 53, Art. II. Reporting Tunnel Accidents: N. Y., c. 89.1 Investigation of Conditions of Em ployment Telegraph and Telephone Companies: U. S., S. R. 205. Interest on Deposits by Employees: La., Act 31. Relative to Expenditures for Medical Inspection in the Public Schools: Mass., c. 412.' Co-operative Societies of Workingmen: N. J., c. 255.1 BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF LABOR. This Bureau now issues four separate annual reports relating respectively to: The Statistics of Labor (Pub. Doc. 15). The Statistics of Manufactures (Pub. Doc. 36). The Comparative Financial Statistics of Massachusetts The State Free Employment Offices (Pub. Doc. 80). Besides these annual publications the Bureau issues "The Labor Bulletin" at intervals during the year. It also publishes the Decennial Census of the Commonwealth; this work for 1905 is to be completed in four volumes aggregating about 3,000 pages. NOTIFICATION LIST. Individuals who so desire will be placed upon this list and will be notified of the issue of each publication in advance; and the same will then be mailed upon receipt of an amount sufficient to prepay postage. Current or back numbers of reports or publications listed below will be mailed upon the receipt of the amount indicated or will be sent by express at the charge of the applicant. I. REPORT ON THE STATISTICS OF LABOR. Publication began in 1870, but all volumes previous to 1890 are out of print, also the reports for the years 1892, 1894, 1895, 1901, 1902, and 1904. The volumes which remain in print are listed below, the figures in parentheses indicating the amount necessary for mailing. 1891 (20 c.); 1898 (15 c.); 1896 (15 c.); 1897 (15 c.); 1898 (20 c.); 1899 (10 c.); 1900 (25 c.); 1908 (15 c.); 1905 (20 c.); 1906 (20 c.). The annual report for 1907 bound in cloth will be mailed for 20 cents; the parts will be mailed upon receipt of 5 cents for each separate part; they are as follows: Part I. Strikes and Lockouts In Massachusetts, 1906; Part II. Recent British Legislation; Part III. Industrial II. REPORT ON THE STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES. (ISSUED ANNUALLY.) Publication began in 1886, but all volumes previous to 1893 (and the volume for 1901) are now out of print. The report for 1904, 1905, and 1906 was issued as a part of the Report on the Statistics of Labor, but beginning with the Report for 1907 it was again issued as a separate document. The volumes in print are given below, the figures in parentheses indicating the amount of postage: 1898 (15 c.); 1894 (15 c.); 1895 (15 c.); 1896 (10 c.); 1897 (10 c.); 1898 (15 c.); contains also a historical report on the Textile Industries; 1899 (10 c.); 1900 (10 c.); 1909 (10 c.); 1908 (10 c.). The reports for the years 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1907 can be supplied in paper edition; the cost of mailing each is 5 cents. (Continued on page 4 of cover.) III. REPORT ON THE COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF CITIES AND TOWNS. (ISSUED ANNUALLY.) Containing: Tabular presentations showing the Cost of Municipal Government in Massachusetts; Summarized Statement of All Receipts and Payments for the 354 Cities and Towns of the Commonwealth; Tabular Presentation of Municipal Indebtedness Compared with Assessors' Valuations; Statement of the Public Debt (itemized according to purpose of creation) and of the Sinking Funds for the 354 Cities and Towns of the Commonwealth; together with Analysis Tables and a Glossary of Classifications and Terms intended to promote uniformity in accounting and presentation of municipal reports. The first annual report on the Comparative Financial Statistics of Massachusetts Cities and Towns for the financial year ending between November 30, 1906, and April 1, 1907, is issued in paper and cloth. The paper edition will be mailed on receipt of 11 cents or the cloth edition on receipt of 15 cents to cover cost of mailing. IV. REPORT ON THE FREE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES. Free employment offices are maintained under the jurisdiction of this Bureau in Boston, Springfield, and Fall River. The annual reports contain numerous statistical tables and descriptive matter relative to the work of the offices, and will be sent on receipt of 5 cents each to cover the cost of mailing. The reports are issued in January of each year, the first one cov. ering the year ending Nov. 30, 1907. V. THE LABOR BULLETIN. The Bulletin contains a large variety of interesting and pertinent matter on the Social and Industrial Condition of the Workingman, Summaries of Court Decisions affecting labor, etc. Some of the leading articles in recent issues are enumerated below. We can supply copies of Numbers 14, 15, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 40 to 51, 53 to 60, and 62, and they will be forwarded upon receipt of 5 cents each to cover the cost of mailing. - No. 55, December, 1907. The Maimed, Lame, and Deformed - The President on Labor Matters-Massachusetts Average Retail Prices, October, 1907-The Need of Industrial Education in the Textile Industry-The Oilcloth and Linoleum Industry in Massachusetts-Recent Foreign Labor Legislation-Index to Volume XII (Bulletins Nos. 51 to 55). No. 56, January, 1908. Conciliation in British Trade Disputes - The Immigrant Population of Massachusetts - Employers' Associations-Extracts from the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma. No. 57, February, 1908. The Unem. ployment Situation in Massachusetts-Recent Cases under the Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation Act. No. 58, March-April, 1908. Labor Legislation in the United States, 1907 - Massachusetts Labor Legislation, 1907-Legal Hours of Labor in the United States-Comparative Surveys of Labor Legislation. No. 59, May, 1908. The State of Employment in the Organized Industries, April 1, 1908- Recent Court Decisions Affecting Labor: Federal Employers' Liability Law, Oregon Ten-hour Law for Women, Hatters' Boycott Case, Anti-union Discrimination Law, Lynn Building Trades Dispute, American Federation of Labor Boycott Case. No. 60, June-July, 1908. Labor Legislation in Massachusetts, 1908-Index of Bills Relating to Labor Acted upon at the Legislative Session of 1908-The Reduction in Wages in Fall River-The Building Trades Department of the Ameri. can Federation of Labor-Magazine Arti. cles on Labor Topics, 1907. No. 62, January, 1909. The State of Employment in the Organized Industries Recent Decisions of Massachusetts Courts-Recent Foreign Labor Legislation. No. 63, April, 1909. Carroll D. Wright: A Memorial-The State of Employment in the Organized Industries, December 31, 1908-Immigrant Aliens Destined for Massachusetts, 1899-1908-Employers' Associations, 1909-Labor Legislation in the United States, 1908. VI. THE DECENNIAL CENSUS. The Decennial Census of the Commonwealth for 1905 is to be published complete in four volumes as follows: Vol. I. POPULATION AND SOCIAL STATISTICS; about 1,000 pages. Will be sent on receipt of 35 cents to prepay carriage. (In preparation.) Vol. II. OCCUPATIONS AND SOCIAL STATISTICS; about 1,000 pages. Will be sent on receipt of 35 cents to prepay carriage. (In preparation.) Vol. III. MANUFACTURES AND TRADE; 362 pages. (Now ready.) Will be sent on receipt of 20 cents to prepay carriage. Vol. IV. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, AND COMMERCE; about 600 pages. Will be sent on receipt of 30 cents to prepay carriage. (In preparation.) APPROVED BY THE STAte Board oF PUBLICATION. MASSACHUSETTS BUREAU OF STATISTICS Rooms 250-258, State House, Boston MANUFACTURES DIVISION.-Engaged in the Preparation of the Annual Statistics of Manufactures. MUNICIPAL DIVISION.—Engaged in the Preparation of the Annual Comparative Financial Statistics of Cities and Towns. LABOR DIVISION.Engaged in the Preparation of the Labor Bulletin, and Annual Reports on Strikes and Lockouts, Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Labor, Trade Unions, Special Investigations, etc. CENSUS DIVISION. - Engaged on the Decennial Census. FREE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES DIVISION. Boston Free Employment Office, 8 Kneeland Street. For a list of the publications of the Bureau see pages 3 and 4 of this cover. |