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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR. BULLETIN BUREAU OF LABOR. V O L U M E V I I I .-1 9 0 3 . WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1903. EDITOR, CARROLL D. W RIG H T, COMMISSIONER. ASSOCIATE EDITORS, G. W . W . H AN GER, CHAS. H . Y E R R IL L , G. A . W EBER. CONTENTS OF V O L U M E T IL L No. 44.—JA N U A R Y, 1903. P a ge. Factory sanitation and labor protection, b y C. F. W. Doehring, Ph. D . . . Agreements between em ployers and em ployees............................................... Statistics of cities—erra ta ...................................................................................... Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statistics: K ansas............................................................................................................... M ich igan ........................................................................................................... Digest of recent foreign statistical publications................................................. Decisions of courts affecting labor........................................................................ Laws of various States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1896___ 1-131 132-135 136 137 137-140 141-156 157-174 175-202 No. 45.— M ARCH , 1903. Course of w holesale prices, 1890-1902 ................................................................. Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statistics: M assachusetts................................................................................................... New H am pshire................................................................................................ P en nsylvania................................................................................................... R hode Isla n d ................................................................................................... W est V irginia................................................................................................... Digest of recent foreign statistical publications................................................. Decisions of courts affecting la b o r ...................................................................... Laws o f various States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1896___ 203-356 357,358 359,360 360-364 364,365 365-367 368-379 380-390 391-436 No. 46.—M A Y , 1903. Report of the Anthracite Coal Strike Com mission: H istory of the appointm ent of the Com m ission....................................... Anthracite coal region and its p rod u ction ................................................. M arket condition s............................................................................................ Hazardous nature of anthracite m in in g ..................................................... H istory and causes of the strike of 1902..................................................... Losses from the strik e .................................................................................... W ork of the C om m ission.............................................................................. Demands o f the m ine w orkers...................................................................... Summary o f answers of operators................................................................ Findings of the Com m ission.......................................................................... A ppendixes....................................................................................................... h i 437-443 443-448 449-453 453-457 457-463 463 463-465 465-467 467,468 468-513 515-683 IV CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII. No. 47.—JU LY, 1903. Report of the Com m issioner of Labor on H aw aii: In trodu ction ...................................................................................................... H istory of the penal labor con tra ct............................................................. Plantation labor................................................................................................ Labor conditions in the sugar industry in Hawaii, California, Texas, Louisiana, Cuba, and Porto R ic o ............................................................. M inor rural in du stries.................................................................................... Urban em ploym ents........................................................................................ General conditions affecting la b o r ............................................................... General tables—wages, hours of labor, and prices of fo o d ...................... Agreem ents between em ployers and em ployees............................................... Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statistics: California........................................................................................................... C olorado............................................................................................................. M issouri............................................................................................................. New Y o r k ......................................................................................................... W ashington....................................................................................................... Digest of recent foreign statistical publications................................................. Decisions of courts affecting labor........................................................................ Laws of various States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1896___ Page. 685-689 689-697 697-766 767-772 772-776 777-784 784-797 798-902 903-909 910,911 911-913 913-915 916-918 918-920 921-934 935-977 978-982 No. 48.— SEPTEM BER, 1903. Editorial n o te ........................................................................................................... 983 Farm colonies of the Salvation Arm y, by Commander B ooth Tucker........ 983-1005 The Negroes of Xenia, O hio: A social study, b y Richard R. W right, jr., B .D ......................................................................................................................... 1006-1044 Agreem ents between em ployers and em ployees............................................... 1045-1063 Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statistics: M innesota.......................................................................................................... 1064-1068 N orth D akota.................................................................................................... 1069 Statistics of manufactures in Massachusetts: Sixteenth annual report........ 1070-1074 Digest of recent foreign statistical publications................................................. 1075-1099 Decisions of courts affecting la b o r ....................................................................... 1100-1125 Laws of various States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1896___ 1126-1136 No. 49.— NOVEM BER, 1903. Cost of liv in g ............................................................................................................ 1137-1141 Labor conditions in New Zealand, b y V ictor S. Clark, Ph. D ...................... 1142-1281 Industrial conciliation and arbitration act of New Zealand............................ 1282-1311 Agreem ents between em ployers and em ployees..................................................1312-1340 Digest of recent reports o f State bureaus of labor statistics: C onnecticut....................................................................................................... 1341-1344 M ain e................................................................................................................. 1344-1347 M assachusetts.................................................................................................... 1347-1351 M ontana.............................................................................................................. 1351-1353 N ebraska............................................................................................................ 1353,1354 Digest of recent foreign statistical publications................................................. 1355-1359 Decisions of courts affecting la b o r ....................................................................... 1360-1379 Laws of various States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1 8 9 6 .... 1380-1388