Resolved, That the general court of Massachusetts earnestly requests the congress of the United States to enact national and uniform laws regulating the employment of children. Be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the senators and representatives in congress from this Commonwealth. In House of Representatives, adopted April 5, 1910. The following is a descriptive list of all labor bulletins issued by this Bureau. Those numbers preceded by an asterisk (*) are out of print. All other numbers listed below will be forwarded to applicants upon receipt of 5 cents to cover the cost of mailing. No. 1, January, 1907. Pay of City Laborers Savings in Massachusetts. No. 2, April, 1897. Strikes and Lockouts, 1887-1894- Prison Industries in Massachusetts -The Cotton Industry - A Tramp Census. No. 3, July, 1897. Hours of Labor - Model Houses - Arbitration and ConciliationComparative Wages and Earnings. No. 4, October, 1897. Wages under Contracts for Public Work- The Baltimore and Ohio Relief Department - Accidents to Employees in Massachusetts. *No. 5, January, 1898, Cotton Manufacturing in Massachusetts Massachusetts. - Home Ownership in No. 6, April, 1898. Wealth Accumulation Through Life Insurance- The Legislation of 1897 Relating to Hours of Labor, and to the Employment of Women and Children - Quarterly Report on Employment and Earnings. No. 7, July, 1898. The Improvement of the Slums in London - The Productive Age. No. 8, October, 1898. Hours of Labor in Domestic Service - The Objections to Domestic Service. No. 9, January, 1899. Comparative Position of Boston Wages, 1870-1898-German and French Progress in Weaving-The Aims of Trades Unions in England - The Maintenance of the Standard of Living. No. 10, April, 1899. Labor Legislation of 1898- Trade Unionism in Massachusetts Prior to 1880- Contracts with Workingmen upon Public Work - Foreign Labor Disturbances in 1897. *No. 11, July, 1899. Certain Tenement Conditions in Boston. No. 12, October, 1899. A Study of Charity Statistics. *No. 13, February, 1900. Social Conditions in Domestic Service - Employment and Unemployment in the Textile Industries- The Collateral Legacy and Succession Tax. No. 14, May, 1900. Free Public Employment Offices Unemployment in the Boot and Shoe and Paper Industries-Legislation Affecting Hours of Labor, 1899. No. 15, August, 1900. Household Expenses Comparative Occupation Statistics for the Cities of Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton - Subjects Pertaining to Labor Considered in the Latest Reports of American Statistical Bureaus Massachusetts Labor Legislation in 1900. *No. 16, November, 1900. Persons Employed in Massachusetts Industries - Three Leading Massachusetts Professions- - Recent Immigration at the Port of Boston. No. 17, February, 1901. Occupations of Residents of Boston Unemployment in Boston Building Trades - Conjugal Condition of Women Employed in Restaurants-Comparative Earnings in Five Leading Industries- Resident Pupils in Public and Private Schools in Boston. No. 18, May, 1901. Social Statistics of Workingwomen Residential Conditions of Women and Girls Employed in Trade and Manufactures. No. 19, August, 1901. The Relative Cost of Home-cooked and Purchased Food - Legislation of 1900 affecting Hours of Labor - Court Decisions Relating to Labor, 1900- Semi-Annual Record of Strikes - The Saturday Half-holiday for City Employees - Massachusetts Labor Legislation, 1901. No. 20, November, 1901. Statistics of Retail Trade-Compulsory Arbitration in New Zealand Women in Industry - Quarterly Record of Strikes-Historical Note on the Eighthour Movement. No. 21, February, 1902. The Physically Defective Population in Massachusetts in Relation to Industry - Distribution of the Industrial Population of Massachusetts — -Compulsory Arbitration in New South Wales - Quarterly Report on Strikes. No. 22, May, 1902. Rates of Wages in City Employment The Progress of Co-operation in Great Britain. *No. 23, August, 1902. Court Decisions Relating to Labor, 1901 Directory of Labor Organizations in Massachusetts. No. 24, November, 1902. Classes Occupied in Massachusetts Manufactures - Directory of Labor Organizations in Massachusetts (Revised). No. 25, February, 1903. The Chinese in Massachusetts- The Unemployed for a YearRetired With a Competency-Dependents Upon Public or Private Charity - Strikes and Lockouts in Massachusetts for Twenty Years. No. 26, May, 1903. Trade and Techincal Education in Massachusetts - Laws Relating to Child Labor. No. 27, August, 1903. Aliens in Industry - Immigration Act of the United States - Labor Day Labor Legislation, 1903. *No. 28, November, 1903. Aliens and Citizenship - Proportional Earnings and Production Trade and Technical Education - Labor Legislation in Other States and Foreign Countries. No. 29, January, 1904. Eight-hour Day-Licensing of Barbers - Early Closing and Halfholiday Laws of Australia Proprietors - Palaces for the People. No. 30, March, 1904. National Trades Associations- Massachusetts-born living in other States Industrial Betterments A Partial Religious Canvass of Boston. No. 31, May, 1904. City Labor in Massachusetts Average Retril Prices. No. 32, July, 1904. Child Labor in the United States and Massachusetts Net Profits of Labor and Capital- The Inheritance Tax - Absence after Pay Day - Pay Day of Navy Yard Workmen Labor Legislation in Massachusetts, 1904. -- - No. 33, September, 1904. Labor and Education - Night Work in Textile Mills Massachusetts Trade Union Directory, 1904. No. 34, December, 1904. Increases in the Cost of Production -Strike of Cotton Mill Operatives in Fall River Average Retail Prices - Absence after Pay Day, No. 2. No. 35, March, 1905. The Wage-earner and Education - Free Employment Offices -Legislation relating to Employment of Women and Children. No. 36, June, 1905. Census of Tramps and Vagrants, 1905 The Loom System - Weekly Day of Rest-Wages and Hours of Labor on Public Works The Census Enumerators of 1905 Average Retail Prices. *No. 37, September, 1905. Work of the Bureau-Earnings of Cotton Mill Operatives — Old Age Pensions Trade Union Directory of Massachusetts, 1905. No. 38, December, 1905. The First Trade Census Schools of Industrial and Mechanical Drawing Industrial Schools of the Christian Associations- Directory of Employers' Associations Average Retail Prices Alien Arrivals Destined for Massachusetts. No. 39, January, 1906. Massachusetts Immigrants-Alcohol in the Trades- Legislation Affecting Hours of Labor and Employment of Women and Children, 1905. No. 40, March, 1906. The taking of a Census - The True Basis of Political Representation The Restriction of Immigration - Free Employment Offices - Trade Unions, United States and Foreign Countries - Wages Paid Employees in the Navy Yard and Private Establishments. - -The No. 41, May, 1908. Occupations of Girl Graduates - The Distribution of Wealth Inheritance Tax in the United States - Five Years' Strike in Massachusetts The Fall River Sliding Scale of Wages - Welfare Work Among the Cotton Mills of Lowell Nationality of Lowell Cotton-mill Operatives Average Retail Prices, April, 1904, 1905, 1906. No. 42, July, 1905. Non-collectible Indebtedness - Pawnbrokers' Pledges - Hours of Labor in Certain Occupations. No. 43, September, 1906. The Organizing of Trade Schools - Textile Schools in the United States Maternity Aid Stone-meal as a Fertilizer Injunctions against Strikes and Boycotts -Trade Union Directory, 1906. No. 44, December; 1996. A Living Wage - Divorces in Massachusetts, 1860-1904 — Average Retail Prices Directory of Employers' Associations. Railroad Pensions → Convict No. 45, January, 1907. Income and Inheritance Taxes Labor in Massachusetts Magazine Articles on Labor Topics, 1906. No. 46, February, 1907. Unemployment in Massachusetts - The Massachusetts State Free Employment Office Insurance against Unemployment in Foreign Countries - The Metropolitan District - Labor Legislation, United States and Canada, 1906. No. 47, March, 1907. Boston's Tax-payers Distributive Co-operation in New England Industrial Education for Shoe Workers Technical Education: England and the United States The State Free Employment Office - Labor Legislation in Foreign Countries. No. 48, April, 1907. Manufactures: Massachusetts and other States, 1900-1905 - The German Workman - Business Advertising - Postal Savings Banks - The State Free Employment Office. *No. 49, May, 1907. Manufactures: Massachusetts and other States, 1900-1905, No. 2 Immigrant Aliens Destined for Massachusetts, 1897-1906-Average Retail Prices, April, 1907 The Massachusetts State Free Employment Office. No. 50, June, 1907. Manufactures: Massachusetts and other States, 1850-1905, No. 3 Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Labor in Massachusetts, 1906 - Free Employment Offices. No. 51, July-August, 1907. Place of Birth of Inhabitants of Massachusetts and of the City of Boston-Census of the Deaf-Wage agreements in Fall River Cotton Mills - Free Employment Offices in Foreign Countries-Municipal Pawnshops in France and Germany - Employees' Mutual Benefit Associations in Massachusetts, 1906 Movement of Manufacturing Establishments in Massachusetts, 1906-Factory Construction in Massachusetts, 1906- Failures in Massachusetts, 1906. No. 52, September, 1907. Editorial Review - George Frank K. Foster- Standard Length of Print Cloth Cuts No. 53, October, 1907. Editorial Review - Census of pensation Acts. No. 54, November, 1907. in Massachusetts. Edwin McNeill; A Memorial by Editorial Review - Census of Chronic Diseases - Shipbuilding No. 55, December, 1907. Editorial Review - Census of the Maimed, Lame, and DeformedRetail Prices, October, 1907- The Need of Industrial Education in the Textile Industry - Recent Foreign Labor Legislation. No. 56, January, 1908. Editorial Review - Conciliation in British Trade DisputesThe Immigrant Population of Massachusetts - Employers' Associations - Extracts from the Constitution of the New State of Oklahoma. No. 57, February, 1908. The Unemployment Situation in Massachusetts. No. 58, March-April, 1908. Labor Legislation in the United States, 1907- Labor Legisla tion of Massachusetts, 1907 - Legal Hours of Labor in the United States - Comparative Surveys of Labor Legislation. No. 59, May, 1908. Employment in the Organized Industries, April 1, 1908 — Recent Court Decisions Affecting Labor. No. 60, June-July, 1908. Labor Legislation in Massachusetts, 1908 Legislative Action on Bills Relating to Labor, 1908 - The Reduction in Wages in Fall River. Mas No. 61, September, 1908. Employment in the Organized Industries, June 30, 1908sachusetts Trade Union Directory for 1908. No. 62, January, 1909. Employment in the Organized Industries, September 30, 1908 —Recent Decisions of Massachusetts Courts Recent Foreign Labor Legislation. No. 63, April, 1909. Carroll D. Wright: A Memorial by Rev. Samuel A. Elliott, D.D.-Employment in the Organized Industries, December 31, 1908- Immigrant Aliens Destined for Massachusetts -Employers' Associations, 1909-Labor Legislation in the United States, 1908. No. 64, May, 1909. Employment in the Organized Industries, March 31, 1909. *No. 65, July, 1909. Tuberculosis in the Industries of Massachusetts. No. 66, August, 1909. Employment in the Organized Industries, June 30, 1909. No. 68, October, 1909. Directory of Labor Organizations in Massachusetts, 1909. Employment in the Organized Industries, December, 31, 1910. Employment in the Organized Industries, June 30, 1910. No. 74, July, 1910. *No. 75, August, 1910. Massachusetts, 1909. Immigrant Aliens Destined for and Emigrant Aliens Departed from No. 76, September, 1910. Directory of Labor Organizations in Massachusetts, 1910. Employment in the Organized Industries, September 30, 1910. Litigation arising from Labor Disputes and Related Causes in the No. 77, October, 1910. Employment in the Organized Industries, December, 31, 1910. Quarterly Report on the State of Employment, March 31, 1911. Immigrant Aliens Destined for and Emigrant Aliens Departed from Quarterly Report on the State of Employment, June 30, 1911. No. 83, September, 1911. Directory of Labor Organizations in Massachusetts, 1911. No. 84, October, 1911. Labor Legislation in Massachusetts, 1911. BUREAU OF STATISTICS Rooms 250-258, State House, Boston The Bureau is organized into four permanent divisions: 1. The Labor Division, engaged in the collection and tabulation of Statistics of Strikes and Lockouts, Prevailing Time-Rates of Wages and Hours of Labor, Labor Organizations, Employment, and other data relative to the condition of labor in the Commonwealth; 2. The Manufactures Division, which collects and tabulates Statistics of Manufactures; 3. The Municipal Division, which collects and tabulates Statistics of Municipal Finances; 4. The Free Employment Offices Division, embracing the administration of the State Free Employment Offices, of which there are three, located respectively at 8 Kneeland Street, Boston; 24 Bridge Street, Springfield; and 41 North Main Street, Fall River. During the period of taking and compiling the Census a fifth, the Census Division, is organized. The functions of the Bureau and the duties of the Director are summarized in Section 1 of Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1909, entitled "An Act to Provide for a Bureau of Statistics," as follows: SECTION 1. There shall be a bureau of statistics, the duties of which shall be to collect, assort, arrange, and publish statistical information relative to the commercial, industrial, social, educational, and sanitary condition of the people, the productive industries of the commonwealth, and the financial affairs of the cities and towns; to establish and maintain free employment offices as provided for by chapter four hundred and thirty-five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and six and amendments thereof; and to take the decennial census of the commonwealth required by the constitution and present the results thereof in such manner as the general court may determine. PUBLICATIONS. This Bureau now issues four separate annual reports relating respectively to: (a) The Statistics of Labor (Pub. Doc. 15). Containing statistics of strikes and lockouts, wages and hours of labor, labor organizations, etc. (b) The Statistics of Manufactures (Pub. Doc. 36). Containing statistics of capital invested, materials used, wages paid, value of product, etc. (c) The Statistics of Municipal Finances (Pub. Doc. 79). Containing statistics pertaining to the cost of municipal government in Massachusetts, revenue, maintenance, interest payments, and municipal indebtedness. (d) The State Free Employment Offices (Pub. Doc. 80). Containing statistical tables and descriptive matter relative to the work of the offices maintained under the jurisdiction of this Bureau in Boston, Springfield, and Fall River. Besides these annual publications the Bureau issues from time to time: (a) The Labor Bulletin. Containing a large variety of interesting and pertinent matter on the social and industrial condition of the workingman. (b) The Municipal Bulletin. Containing matter relating to municipal affairs, especially finances, and intended to promote a sound and efficient administration of city and town government in Massachusetts. (c) The Decennial Census. The Decennial Census of the Commonwealth for 1905 is published complete in four volumes. Vol. I. Population and Social Statistics (37 c.); Vol. II. Occupations and The Defective and Delinquent Classes (17 c.); Vol. III. Manufactures and Trade (15 c.); Vol. IV. Agriculture, Fisheries, and Commerce (23 c.). APPROVED BY THE STATE Board of PUBLICATION. |