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INDEX TO VOLUME XII—JANUARY TO JUNE, 1921.
Note.—This is a subject index and names of places are used only in connection with Government offices.
Both monthly and consecutive page numbers are given.
A.
Accident insurance:
Italy. Employees on tugboats. Provision of new working agreement .
Feb 94-5 (342-31
(See also Workmen’s compensation and insurance.)
Accident prevention:
Massachusetts. Organization of safety council through Department of Labor and
....... ......................
..................................................................... Apr. 183 ( 899)
Industries.
-----Recommendations of Department of Labor and Industries............
May 173 ( 1097)
United States. Administration of laws, State agencies for..................................... Jan. 171-4 (171-4)
-----Relation of first-aid an d rescue training to reduction in fatality rates in coal and
m etal mines............................................................................................................. June 108-10 (1224-6)
(See also Safety provisions.)
Accident rates, Frequency and severity:
United States. Fatality rate in mines per 1,000 workers, 1911-1920.
June 109 (1225)
June 1-5 (1117-211
Wisconsin. Frequency, 1915 to 1920. (Tables)..................
Accident statistics:
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Boston. Childlabor................................................................
j an 55 ( 55}
California. Year 1919-20.............................................................. ! 11! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ] ! Jan. 176-7 (176-7)
Canada. Fatalities, 1920, by industry group.................................................... ...........
Mav 130(1054)
Chile. 1919 .. - -,....... - - -..........................................................................................Mar. 178(662)
Colorado. Coalmines, 1920......................................
June 198(1314)
Mexico. 1920
............................................................Feb.i50(398)
New York. Accidents to women and m en compared...........................
Feb 148-9(396-7)
Ohio. Cost of accidents, 1912 to 1920....................................................................... May 129-30 (1053-4)
Ontario. Accidents in mines, metallurgical works, quarries, and ciay and gravel pits
in l9 2 0 ...............................................................................................
June 117 (1233)
Pennsylvania. 1916 to 1920.................................................... ...................................... Feb 161-2(409-10)
Queensland. 1916to 1920.......................................................... ;
p eK 163-4(411-12)
Switzerland. 1917andl918..................................
................................
ivvi 152-3Ï 400-11
United States. Coalmines. Fatalities, 1920.......
..............................................
Jan 159 ( 159)
---- - Coke ovens, 1919.
.................
..................................... V . V . y..'.; . jan.' 160 (160)
-----Inadequacy of, m State reports. (Gadsby)...................................................... Mar. 167-76 (651-60)
-----List of State offices in charge of reporting..............
Tan 171- 4 M 7 I- 4)
-----Metallurgical works 1919.................................................................. Ï . Ï June 107-8(1223-4)
-----Quarry accidents, 1919.......................................................
Mav 127- 8 ( 1051- 9 )
Uruguay. 1909 to 1919....................................................................................... ! !'. ! ! ' Feb 150-2^398^400
Wisconsin Summary............ .......
................. ................................................ Apr. 100-1 (816-17
(See also Workmen’s compensation and insurance: Reports.)
Acts. (See Laws and legislation.)
Adult working-class education :
Development of m ovem entin the United States.................................................... June 185-93 (1301-9)
Summer school for woman workers at Bryn Mawr College.................................. ' ’ ' j une 193-4 (1309-10)
Agreements. (See Collective agreements; Labor conventions.)
Agriculture :
Cooperative organization among farmers in the United States...................................
Feb. 102 (350)
Employment. Ohio. Decreasein number of persons working on farm s.......... '
Jan. 207(207)
Hours. Italy . Results of shorter workday (8-nour).................................................. ’ ’ M ai.94(578)
Training. Cuban farm schools........................................................................................ j Apr. 189(905)
-----Philippine Islands. Work of agricultural school pupils...................................May 178 (1102)
-----United States. List of State schools teaching agriculture.................................. Jan. 19-20 (19-20)
Wages. England. Minimum rates for male workers under 21.. . ........................* May 97-8 (1021-2)
-----France............................................................... ..............................May 85-6; Ju n e68(1009-10, 1184)
-----Germany. 1913,1919, and 1920...................................................................
Mar 103 ( 587)
-----Great Britain. November,28, 1920..................... ....................................
’ ’ ‘ M ar'105 ( 589)
-----Sweden. Miilarand’Skànedistricts................................................................Mar.’108 ( 592)
-----United States. 1913 to 1920. (Table andindex numbers).................................... Alar. 84-5 ( 568-9)
Wages and hours. France. Provisions of various collective agreements.....................
M ar.90 ( 574)
---- -Sweden. Statistics for 1911-1919. . .
Apr 75-8(791-4)
Italy. Strikes, seizure oil and, etc...............................‘
” .....................June 156-7 ( 1272-3)
Java. Wages, working conditions, etc., on plantations...........................................Jan. 117-19(117-19)
New Jersey, itah an sm development offarm colonies. (Jacob)............................... . Jan. 1-22(1-22)
unitea “totes. Recommendations of governors of various States in messages of JanuAliensTy ’ 1921’........................................................................................................................ Mar. 187-8 (671-2)
Decision of Secretary of Labor in Martens’ case........................................................Ja n . 187-94 (187-94)
Statement of Secretary of Labor as to jurisdiction over expulsion of aliens............... Jan. 200-1 (200-1)
(See also Immigration.)
All-American cooperative congress, February, 1921.......................................................... Mar. 118-21 (602-5)
Allowances, Fam ily:
Australia. Scheme of Basic Wage Commission................................................................
Apr. 81 (797)
France. Development of movement................................................................................... Feb. 197 (445)
—— Monthly bonus for children.................................................................................... May 84-5 (1008-9)
Germany. Special provisions in collective agreements of 1920................................ May 89-91 (1013-15)
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Reference to, in new agreement, March 23,1921................................- -........- • • - - Apr. 180,181 (896,897)
Retroactive wage award in meat-packing industry covering July 5-December 5,1920.. Mar. 8b (570)
Altmeyer, A. J. Industrial accident frequency in Wisconsin, 1915 to 1920.....................June 1-5 (1117-21)
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Wage demand and award effective April
2§ X921.................... . ......................................................................................................... June 59-61 (1175-7)
American Academy of Political'and Social Science.
i‘Present-day immigration.” Annals, Jan., 1921....................................... - ...........M ar. 213 15 (697 9)
American Federation of Labor. Labor principles adopted by representatives, February, 1921............................................................................. ................. V -i‘V 7 'V 7 : -----APr ' 144-5(860-1)
American Public Health Association. Report of committee on retail distribution and
marketing of foods................................................................................................................. May 44-5 (968-9)
American Statistical Association. Meeting, December, 1920, referred t o ........................
May 1-6 (1050)
Americanization, European governments an d ..........................................................- — Mar. 214-15 (b98-9)
Annual leave. (See Vacations.)
Anthracite coal. (See Coal.)
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Anthracite coal mining. (See Mines and mining.)
Antistrike legislation. (See Laws and legislation: Antistrike.)
Apprenticeship:
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Building trades. Canada. Scheme for apprenticeship council........... ..................... Apr. 145-6 (861-2)
Printing trades. Importance of, discussed by International Joint Conference
Council................... : . ............................................................................................ Jan. 29, 40-1 (29. 40-1)
Minnesota. Minimum wage award effective December 1, 1920.................................. Peb. 100-1 (348-9)
Oregon. An unsolved problem.......................................................................................... Apr. 80 (796)
(See also Industrial education and training; Vocational education.)
Arbitration. (See Conciliation and arbitration.)
Argentina. (See Wages: Argentina.)
Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Bulletin No. 3 of Federal-State Employment
Service
................................................................................................................. May 103 (1027)
-----Reportj " 1 9 1 9 - 1 9 2 0 ." * ........................................................... Feb. 83-4,125, 214 (331-2, 373, 462)
(See also specific subjects.)
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Arsenous oxide. Hazards from, in copper smelting............................................................... Apr. nw (8i9j
Association of Chief Clerks of the Executive Departments. Survey of rents in District of
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C olum bia............................................................................................... --------------..........Jan- 96-8 (96-8)
Association of Governmental Labor Officials of the United States and Canada. Convention May, 1921. Program, resolutions, and officers.......................................................... June 6-9 (1122-5)
Australia:
Basic Wage Commission. Report............................................................. ...................... Apr. 8O-1 (796-7)
(See also specific subjects.)
Austria. (See specific subjects.)
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Awards. (See Collective agreements; Conciliation and arbitration; Wage adjustments
based oncost of living.)
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Ax factory. Hazards. Dust in ax grinding...................................................................... Jan. 163-4 (163-4)
B.
Bakeries. Bakers’ strike in Madrid, Spain, April, 1920................................................. May 158-9 (1082-3)
Banks and banking:
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’ Cooperative National Bank of Cleveland---- Jan. 130.(130)
Jan. 135(135)
Cooperative bank established, F inland............................................................................
Cost of living as basis for salaries..................................................................................... Feb. 78-80 (326-8)
Federal reserve districts. Reports on employment and wage conditions.................June 76-81 (1192-7)
Opinions on cooperative banking and credit............................................................. Mar. 118-21 (602-5)
Basic eight-hour day. (See Eight-hour day.)
Basic wage commission. Australia. (See Australia: Basic wage commission.)
Belgium. (See specific subjects.)
Benefit societies. (See Fraternal orders.)
Benefits. (See Fraternal orders; Health insurance; Workmen’s compensation and insurBeyCT, Clara Mortenson. Award for District of Columbia laundry workers................. Mar. 109-11 (593-5)
Bibliographies. Publications relating to labor (official and unofficial)................................
Jan. 234-48;
Feb. 223-35; Mar. 218-31; Apr. 192-207; May 181-92; June
205-15 (234-48, 471-83, 702-15, 908-23, 1105-16, 1321-31).
Bing, Alexander M. War-time strikes and their adjustm ent.......................................... Apr. 174-6 (890-2)
Bituminous coal. (See Coal.)
Bituminous coal mining. (See Mines and mining.)
Boards of arbitration. (See Conciliation and arbitration.)
Bolivia. (See specific subjects.)
Bolshevism. Germany. Prevalence of; activities of various parties........................ Apr. 160,167 (876,883)
Bonuses, cost of living:
France. Government employees................................................................................... May 84-5 (1008-9)
Germany. Special provisions in collective agreements of 1920....................................... May 89 (1013)
Great Britain. Recommended for Government employees........................................... Apr. 70-1 (786-7)
(See also Allowance, family.)
Book and j ob printing. (See Printing and publishing.)
Boots and shoes. Agreement. Shoe Manufacturers’ Association and Shoe Workers’ Pro
tective Union, Nov., 1920.................................................................................................... J a n -136-8 (136-8)
Boston. (See specific subjects.)
Boycotts:
Court decision re picketing store in order to make owner break his contract. (West
Virginia.)...................................... ...... .............................. ....................
June 129—
30 (1245—
6)
Supreme court decision in Duplex Printing case........................................................ Feb. 165-8 (413-16)
Brescia Construction Co. Court decision re interference with business on account of em
ployers’ nonunion status. (New York.)........................................................................ June 124-5 (1240-1)
Bricklayers. Employment records, Philadelphia.......................................................... May 107-10 (1031-4)
British Guiana. (See specific subjects.)
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’ Cooperative National Bank . . . Jan. 130; Mar. 118-19 (130; 602-3)
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Brundage, Dean Iv. Sickness statistics in industrial establishments. (Tables).......... May 126-7 (1050-1)
Bryn Mawr College. Summer school for woman workers...............................................June 193-4 (1309-10)
Budgets:
Family. Cincinnati. Distribution of family expenditures and percentage decrease
in cost.................................................................................................................................
May 45 (969)
-----Denmark. Cost, 1914 to 1921.......................................................................................
May 46 (970)
---- . Italy. Average weekly budget of workman’s family, Milan, 1914 and 1921.......... June 141 (1257)
-----New York City. Minimum health and decency budget, Nov., 1920.......................
Feb. 65 (313)
Individual. Ohio. Average estimated weekly expenditures.........................................
Feb. 98 (346)
(See also Minimum wage.)
Building industry:
Canada. Operations in St. John and Vancouver........................................................... May 166 (1090)
England. Operations hi Nottingham.......................................................................... .
May 166 (1090)
Northern Europe......................................................................................................... Apr. 127-36 (843-52)
Pennsylvania (Harrisburg and Pittsburgh). Operations, 1919...................................... Jan. 207 (207)
United States. Court decisions re interference with business on account of employers’
nonunion status. (New York.)................................................................................June 124-5 (1240-1)
-----Operations in leading cities.................................................................................. Feb. 176-80 (424-28)
-----Senate report on building situation, and recommended legislation. (Calder re
port) . . . . ..... ............................................................................ - .................... . . . . . June 96—
100 (1212—
16)
Building laborers. (See Building trades.)
Building materials. Cost, Norway.......................................................................................... Apr. 128 (844)
U Agreement establishing arbitration board, San Francisco....................................... Mar. 128-9 (612-13)
Apprenticeship council approved, Canada.................................................................. Apr. 145-6 (861-2)
Days lost. Irregularity of employment. Records of employment of bricklayers and
slate and title roofers. Philadelphia........................................................................ May 107-10 (1031-4)
-----Seasonal irregularity as shown by chart giving average value of building con
tracts in various years....................................................................................................... ‘L i H
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Employment statistics. E ngland.............................................................................. Jan. 218-20 (218-20)
Hours. (See Building trades: Wages and hours.)
Unemployment. Great Britain. 1920.............................................................................. Mar. 203 (687)
Wages. France. Hourly rates in Paris, 1913 and 1920................................................. May 84 (1008)
-----Great Britain. 1914 and 1920............................................................................... Mar. 104-5
-----Saskatchewan. 1916 to 1919...................................................................... -.................
Feb. 9i (335)
-----United States. Dec. 31,1920, Apr. 30,1921........................... Feb. 75-7; June 57-9 (323-5,) (1173-5)
-----------Changes in wage rates of plasterers, May 15 and Aug. 31, 1920......................... Jan. 108 (108)
Wages and hours. France. Provisions of various collective agreements................. Mar. 91-2 (575-6)
——Massachusetts. July 1,1914, and 1920.......................................................................
May 73 (997)
---- United States. Union scale, Sept. 1, 1920......................................................... Mar. 70-1 (554-5)
-----------Union scale of carpenters, Dec. 31, 1920..............................................................
Apr. 68 (784)
Canada. National joint conference board of the building and construction industry.
Plan for apprenticeship.............................................................................................. Apr. 145-6 (861-2)
Bulgaria:
Central office of compulsory labor. Organic act...............................................................Jan. 198 (198)
(See also specific subjects.)
Bureau of Education. (See United States: Bureau of Education).
Bureau of Industrial Research, New York City. Referred to...............................................
Jan. 23 (23)
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. (See United States: Bureau of Labor Statistics,.
Bureau of Mines, U. S. (See United States: Bureau of Mines).
Burgess, William. Wages, hours, and working conditions in certain industries m Japan Mar. 94-7 (578-81)
Buss, Else. Die Frauenarbeit im Dienst der preussisch-hessischen Staatseisenbahnen Feb. 129-34 (377-82)
C. G. L., Italy. (See Confederazione Generale del Lavoro, Italy.)
C. G. T ., France. (See Confédération Générale du Travail, France.)
C. G. T ., Spain. (See Confederación General del Trabajo, Spain.)
Calder, Wm. M. Report on building situation. (Senate report)............................. June 96-100 (1212-16)
California:
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June 195 (1311)
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Report, 1919-20............................................................. .
Commission of Immigration and Housing. Report, 1920.................................. June 195-8 (1311-14)
Industrial Accident Commission. A rational death benefit schedule................. May 132-3 (1056-7)
-----Report, 1919-20...................................................................................................... Jan. 176-9 (176-9)
(See also specific subjects.)
Camps. (See Labor camps.)
Committee on industrial fatigue. Findings............................................................. Jan. 165-6 (165-6)
(See also specific subjects.)
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Canadian committee on standardization of domestic service. Report, 1921............ June 103-5 (1219-21)
Canning. (See Food canning and preserving.)
Cardboard box industry. (See Paper goods.)
ar*Union scale of wage rates per hour and hours per week, Dec. 31, 1920............ ...............
Apr. 68 (784)
(See also Building trades.)
Ceramic industry. (See Pottery industry.)
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Chambers of labor. Italy. Origin, function, and activities....................................... June 139-40 (I2o5-o)
Charts*
Industrial accident frequency.............................................................................................
Prices of wheat, flour, and bread.........................................................................—.........
lAvtñni
Principal features of minimum wage laws.........................................................................
Mar. lb (500)
Production and labor cost....................................................................................................
J eb*°° )“3b)
Retail T)rices of coal. . .
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Alar • w (.ooo)
Retail prices of food.. Jan. 68; Feb. 22; Mar. 29; Apr. 21; May 16; June 16 (68, 270, 513, 737, 940, 1132)
Value of building contracts................................................................................................ JunEie a/ Í
Wholesale prices of building materials....................................------ —
— ------Mar- bl l545)
Chief clerks of the executive departments. United States. (See Association of Chief
Clerks of the Executive Departments.)
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Child labor:
Boston. Survey of working children (before and after leaving school).. ..... ........... Jan. 45-59 (45-59)
Great Britain. Employment in lead and zinc works restricted................................ Mar. 157-8 (641-2)
Oklahoma. Ruling re occupations injurious to health and morals................................ Mar. 185 (669)
South Carolina. 1920, by industry..................................................................................... June 201 (1317)
United States. Special licenses and effect of............................................................... Mar. 10-11 (494-5)
——Trend of. 1913 to 1920. (McGill)............................................................................ Apr. 1-14 (717—
30)
Washington (State). Inadequacy of law.......................................................................... Jan. 230 (230)
West Virginia. Court decision re compensation to child injured while illegally em
ployed at coal m ine........................................................................................................... June 128 (1244)
Wisconsin. Compensation to minors illegally employed........................................... Mar. 179-80 (663-4)
-----Employment certificates..........................................................................
Mar. 157 (6
-----Statistics onpermits and distribution of child labor outside of Milwaukee____ May 124-5 (1048-9)
Child welfare. United States. Recommendations of governors in messages of January,
1921............................................................................................................................................... Mar. 192 (676)
Child welfare committee. Women’s City Club, New York City. (See Women’s City Club,
New York City. Child welfare committee.)
Children’s Bureau. (See United States: Children’s Bureau.)
Chile. (See specific subjects.)
China. (See specific subjects.)
Chinese. Order admitting Chinese industrial students canceled by United States Depart
ment of Labor.......................................................................................................................... May 176 (1100)
Chocolate industry...................................................................................................................... May 91 (1015)
Cigar industry:
Court decisions. Michigan. Findings in case involving breaching collective agree
m ent............................................................................................................................. June 121-3 (1237-9)
Wages. Germany. 1920........................................................................................... ........ May 90 (1014)
Citizenship. Immigrant farmers in southern New Jersey.................................................. Jan. 13-15 (13-15)
City employees. (See Public employees.)
Civil service employees. (See Public employees.)
Claims. (See Wage claims.)
Clark, Lindley D.:
Federal labor legislation................................................................................................ Apr. 116-22 (832-8)
Legal effect of collective agreements........................................................................... Feb. 168-71 (416-19)
Minimum-wage laws of the United States................................................................... Mar. 1-20 (485-504)
Classes for employees. Washington (State). Day-unit trade classes and part-time Work. Jan. 229 (229)
Clay, Henry. Quoted, re necessity of systematization of British wages............................... Mar. 200 (684)
Clayton Act:
‘Re Duplex Printing case................................................................................................ Feb. 165-8(413-16)
Referred to ............................................................................................................................ Jan. 196 (196)
Cldmenceau, Georges. Referred to ........................................................................................... Feb. 192 (440)
Clerical service:
Salaries compared with cost of living. Employees of Federal Reserve Bank of New
York............................................................................................................................... Feb. 78-80 (326-8)
(See also Public employees.)
Clerks, mercantile. («See Stores.)
Clothing:
Agreement between Baltimore firm and employees, effective January, 1921, to May,
1922........................................................... ............................................................... Mar. 127-8 (611-12)
Prices. Great Britain. Fixed wholesale and retail prices of men’s and boys’ cloth
ing.................................................................................................................................. Apr. 59-60 (775-6)
Retail prices. Great Britain. 1914 to 1921.................................................................. June 47-8 (1163-4)
Wages. Chicago. Award of board of arbitration, effective April 28, 1921............ June 59-61 (1175-7)
-----Cleveland. Award of referees in ladies’ garment industry, effective May 1,1921
June 61-7 (1177-83)
—— Germany. 1920............................................................................................................... May 91 (1015)
-----New South Wales. Weekly rates, December, 1919...................................................... Jan. 120 (120)
Clynes, J. R. Quoted re labor in politics................................................................................... Mar.
211 (695)
Coal:
Prices. Effect of high prices of fuel on building industry....................... ................ June 96-8 (1212-14)
----- Germany. Price movement of anthracite coal, Ruhr Basin, 1913-1920............Feb. 206-8 (454-6)
Retail prices. United States. Various dates, by c ity .. .Jan. 85-7; Feb. 39-41; Mar. 44-52; Apr. 37-9;
May 33-5; June 33-5 (85-7, 287-9, 528-36, 753-5, 957-9, 1149-51)
Coal dust. Hazards. Danger of explosions from use of pulverized coal as substitute fuel
for natural gas............................................................................................... .................. June 110-11 (1226-7)
Coal mining. (See Mines and mining.)
Coffee industry. Java. Wages per month on coffee plantations............................................. Jan.
119 (119)
Coke-oven accidents in the United States, 1914 to 1919.............................................................. Jan.
160 (160)
Collective agreements:
Building trades. San Francisco. Agreement providing for permanent arbitration
board............................................................................................................................ Mar. 128-9 (612-13)
Cigar manufacturer enjoined against violating terms of agreement with workmen to
furnish employment............................................................. .................................... June 121-3 (1237-9)
Clothing. Baltimore. Effective January, 1921, to May, 1922. (Henry Sonneborn
& Co. (Inc.), and employees)..................................................................................... Mar. 127-8(611-12)
:-----Chicago. Wage award under board of arbitration, effectiveApr. 28, 1921____June 59-61 (1175-7)
-----Cleveland. Wage award of board ofreferees, effective May 1,1921.................. Juiie61-7 (1177-83)
Definition.................................................................................................................... .......... Feb. 168 (416)
Fishermen’s Union of the Atlantic and three firms................. .....................................Jan. 138-9(138-9)
Legal effect of. (Clark)............................................................ ................................... Feb. 168-71 (416-19)
Longshoremen and United States Shipping Board. Extension to Sept. 30, 1921....... May 72-3 (996-7)
Packing industry. Agreement of Mar. 23,1921............................................................ Apr'. 180-1 (896-7)
-----Retroactive wage award, July 5 to Dec. 5, 1920. (Alschuler)...................................
Mar. 86 (570)
Printing industry. Efforts to standardize contracts in printing industry....................
Jan. 41 (4l)
Shoe Manufacturers’ Association and Shoe Workers’ Protective Union, Haverhill,
Mass., November, 1920................................................................................................... Jan. 136-8 (136-8)
Stone and brick masonry. Creating monopoly. (Brescia Construction case)___ June 124-5 (1240-1)
France. January to October, 1920. Analysis of. (Chart)......................................... Mar. 89-93 (573-7)
Germany. Wages according to collective agreements of 1920. Various industries. May 88-91 (1012-15)
Italy . Hours, wages, and insurance of employees on tugboats.................................... Feb. 92-5 (340-3)
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Collective bargaining:
Court decision as to right of unions and employers to contract............................... May 145-7 (1069-71)
Explanation of, by Secretary of Labor Wilson..................................................................
Tan. 199 (199)
Prevalence of, in Germany since w ar................................................................................. Apr. 168 (884)
(See also Conciliation and arbitration; Disputes, methods of adjusting; Employees’
representation.)
Colleges and universities:
Salaries, 1920.......................................................................................................................... Jan. 110 (110)
Scholarships in summer school at Bryn Mawr College.................................- ........ lune 193-4 (1309-10)
Jan. 19 (19)
State Schools teaching agriculture.....................................................................................
Workers’ universities.............................................................................- .................... June 185-92 (1301-8)
Colonies:
Cooperative. Llano Cooperative Colony at Leesville, L a................................................ Jan. 130 (130)
Immigrant farm colonies in southern New Jersey............................................................. Jan. 1-22 (1-22)
Colorado:.
Coal Mine Inspection Department. Report, 1920....................................................... ... June 198 (1314)
Industrial Commission. Court decision on scope re strikes...................................... June 120-1 (1236-7)
Colored women. (See Negroes.)
Communism:
Germany. Communist unions..........................................................................................- Mar. 135(619)
(See also Internationals.)
Compressed air:
Pennsylvania act of July 19,1917, referred to .......................................................... .
May 131 (1055)
Protective legislation for workers of Germany, effective Oct. 1,1920........................ May 130-1 (1054-5)
Compulsory labor. Bulgaria. Law of June 10, 1920.................................................... .......... Jan. 197 (197)
Compulsory rest. (See Holidays.)
Conciliation and arbitration:
Building trades. Personnel and duties of permanent arbitration board. San Fran
c is c o .................................................................................................................................. Mar. 128 (612)
Clothing. Wage award of board of arbitration, Chicago, effective Apr. 28, 1921... June 59-61 (1175-7)
—— Wage award of board of referees, Cleveland, effective May 1,1921.................... June 61-7 (1177-83)
Coal mines. Court decision re strikes an d lockouts during investigations of disputes by
Colorado Industrial Commission.......................................................................... *... June 120-1 (1236-7)
Packing-house industry. Retroactive wage award, July 5 to Dec. 5,1920. (Alschuler)
Mar.86 (570)
-----Text of agreement between companies and employees, Mar. 23, 1921.................. Apr. 180-1 (896-7)
Printing trades. Award fixing wages and hours in book and job printing, New York
City. .................................... ...................................................................................... - Mar. 81-4 (56,5-8)
Shipbuilding. History of United States Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board June 183-4 (1299-1300)
Steam railways. Dissolution of boards of adjustment established during period of
Federal control................................................................................................ ....... . Feb. 115-16 (363-4)
Minnesota. Activities of arbitration board....................................................................... Apr. 181 (897)
New York. Work of Bureau of Mediation, 1918-19........................................................- Apr. 182 (898)
Rumania. Law on obligatory conciliation................................................................ May 150-1 (1074-5)
United States. Adjustment of war-time controversies. (Bing)...............................Apr. 174-6 (890-2)
(See also Collective agreements: Disputes, methods of adjusting.)
Conductors. . (See Street railways.)
Confectionery industry:
Wages. Germany. 1920..................................................................................................... May 91 (1015)
- — Massachusetts. Woman labor. Survey, June to September, 19Í9................ May 75-6 (999-1000)
Confederación General del Trabajo, Spain. Origin and growth----....................... May 155, 163 (1079, 1087)
Confédération Générale du Travail, France. Organization and activities................. Feb. 188-200 (436-48)
Confederazione Generale del Lavoro, Italy. Organization and activities................. June 137-159 (1253-75)
Congress. (See United States: Congress.)
Congresses, conventions, etc.:
Cooperation. All-American Cooperative Congress, February, 1921. (Farmer-labor)..
Mar. 118-21 (602-5)
-----National Cooperative Convention, 1920. Program, resolutions.............. ......... Jan. 127-32 (127-32)
Education. Conference of leaders in adult working-class educational movement,
April, 1921.......................................................................................................................... June 185 (1301)
Emigration Commission, International. Referred to ...................................................... Mar. 183 (667)
Governmental Labor Officials of the United States and Canada, May, 1921...............June 6-9 (1122-5)
Industrial conferences. Great Britain, 1919....................... ......................................- - Mar. 197-9 (681-3)
International Labor Conference, Geneva, April, 1921. Postponed to October, 1921... Mar. 183 (667)
Labor congresses. Belgium. Referred to ..............................................................- - - Apr. 151-3 (867-9)
Minimum wage. Laundry industry. District of Columbia, 1920......................... . Mar. 109-11 (593-5)
Social welfare. Conference of national social agencies on the coordination of national
social work, April 14, 1921............................................................................................... May 177 (1101)
Trade-unions. A. F. of L. ánd branches, Februarv, 1921. (Labor principles adopted)
Apr. 144-5 (860-1)
-----Constitution organizing Federation of Ecuadorian Workers....... ...................... Feb. 183-4 (431-2)
-----Danish Federation of Trade Unions, Copenhagen, 1921. Resolutions adopted.. Jan. 207-9 (207-9)
-----France. 1920........................................................................ -................................... Feb. 193-5 (441-3)
-----International Joint Conference Council of the Printing Trades............................ Tan. 27-41 (27-41)
Works councils. Germany. First congress, Berlin, October, 1920................................ Apr. 157 (873)
Connecticut:
'
.
Board of Compensation Commissioners. Report, 1919-20............................................... Apr. 108 (824)
Department of Factory Inspection. Report, June 30, 1920............................................ Mar. 184 (668)
(See also specific subjects.)
Constitutional rights. Court decision re rights of members of labor organizations, Penn
sylvania................................................................. ...............- ........................................... June 126 (1242)
Construction industry. (See Building industry.)
Consumers’ League óf Eastern Pennsylvania. Survey of colored women in industry in
Philadelphia................................................................................................................ íday 122-4 (1046-8)
Consumption. (See Tuberculosis.)
Continuity Qf employment. (See Irregularity of employment; Seasonal employment.)
Continuous industries:
Iron and steel. Investigation into three-shift system announced.................................. Mar. 217 (701)
Paper and pulp. Experience with three-shift system. (Wolf)................................. Feb. 87-91 (335-9)
Steel. Argument for three-shift system....... ............. - ............................................... Jan. 113-16 (113-16)
Conventions (agreements). (See Labor conventions.)
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Conventions (meetings). (See Congresses, conventions, etc.)
Cooperation:
Agriculture. Organization among farm ers....................................................................... Feb. 102 (350)
Attitude of International Labor Office tow ard..............................................................Jan. 132-4 (132-4)
Congresses. All-American Cooperative Congress, February, 1921. (Farmer-labor). Mar.18-21 (602—
5)
-----National Cooperative Convention, 1920. Program, resolutions........................ Jan. 127-32(127-32)
Cooperative League of America. Organized....... ........................................................ Jan. 131-2 (131-2)
Growth and activities. Various foreign countries................................................... Feb. 103-14 (351-62)
Llano Cooperative Colony at Leesville, L a ........................................................................ Jan. 130 (130)
Belgium. Development of m ovement.............................................................................. Apr. 148 (864)
Italy. Organization of Cooperativa Garibaldi.................................................................. Jan. 135 (135)
Cooperative banking. (See Banks and banking.)
Cooperative communities. (See Cooperation.)
Cooperative League of America. Organization, officers.................................................... Jan. 131-2 (131-2)
Cooperative NationalBank, Cleveland, Ohio. (See Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’
Cooperative National Bank.)
Copper. Hazards from arsenous oxide in copper smelting..................................................... Apr. 103 (819)
Cost of living:
Australia. Purchasing power of money in 6 capitals....................................................... June 44 (1160)
-----Retail prices. Index numbers, 1914 to date............................................... Jan. 92; Apr. 50 (92,766)
— Wholesale prices, index num bers............................................................ Mar. 63; June 43 (547,1159)
Belgium. Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to date.....................................Jan. 92; Apr. 50 (92, 766)
Canada. Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to date....................................... Jan. 92; Apr. 50 (92, 766)
-----Wholesale prices, mdex num bers........................................................... Mar. 63; June 43 (547, 1159)
Denmark. July, 1914, to January, 1921.............................................................................. May 46 (970)
-----Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to d ate................................................. Jan. 92; Apr. 50 (92, 766)
— Various dates................................................................................................................. June 56 (1172)
District of Columbia. Survey of rents covering employees of executive departm ents. Jan. 96-8 (96-8)
Egypt. 1920....................................................................................................................... Apr. 62-3 (778-9)
Finland. 20 districts, 1920 and January, 1921............................................................... .. June 58 (1172)
France. Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to d a te .. .•.................................. Jan. 92; Apr. 50 (92, 766)
-----Various dates............................................................................................................... May 48-9 (972-3)
-----Wholesale prices, index num bers............................................................. Mar. 63; June 43 (547,1159)
-----Wholesale prices, index numbers, 1914 to 1920...................................................... Apr. 53-5 (769-71)
Germany. Wholesale prices, index numbers................................................................... June 46 (1162)
-----1913 and 1920 compared............................................................................................. Apr. 162-3 (878-9)
-----1920................................................................................................................................ Apr. 55-7 (771-3)
Great Britain. 1920 as compared with 1914.......................... . ...................................... Apr. 57-8 (773-4)
-----Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to date.................................................... Jan. 92; Apr. 50 (92, 766)
-----Wholesale prices, index numbers, January, 1920, to February, 1921........................ June 49 (1165)
India. Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to date............................................ Jan. 93; Apr. 51 (93, 767)
Italy. Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to date............................................Jan. 93; Apr. 51 (93, 767)
-----(Turin). September and October, 1920, and per cent of increase over 1918............
Feb. 68 (316)
-----Wholesale prices, index num bers............................................................ Mar. 63; June 43 (547,1159)
Japan (Tokyo). 1914 and 1919 as compared with 1909.....................................................
Feb. 69 (317)
Mexico. 1910, and August and September, 1920...............................................................
Jan. 98 (98)
Netherlands. Increase in cost of various commodities................................................. Apr. 61-2 (777-8)
-----Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to date................................................... Jan. 93; Apr. 51 (93, 767)
-----Wholesale prices, index num bers............................................................. Mar. 63; June 43 (547, 1159)
New YorkCity. Employees of Federal Reserve Bank of New York....................... Feb. 78-80 (326-8)
-----November, 1920......................................................................................................... Feb. 61-6 (309-14)
New Zealand. Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to d a te .............................Jan. 93; Apr. 51 (93, 767)
—— Wholesale prices, index num bers............................................................ Mar. 63; June 43 (547, 1159)
Norway. January, 1920 to January, 1921................................................. ......................... June 55 (1171)
-----Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to d a te ................................................ Jan. 93; Apr. 51 (93, 767)
Ohio. Survey by Council on women and children in industry......................................
Feb. 98 (346)
Paraguay. Teachers and telegraph operators............................................................... Apr. 52-3 (768-9)
St. Paul. Ordinance adjusting salaries of public employees to cost of living...........Feb. 80-3 (328-31)
South Africa. Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to date..............................Jan. 93; Apr. 51 (93, 767)
Spain. 1914 and 1920........................................................................................................ .. May 164 (1088)
Sweden. December, 1916, to January, 1921................................................................. June 54-5 (1170-l)
-----Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to date..................................................Jan. 93; Apr. 51 (93, 767)
-----Wholesale prices, index num bers............................................................. Mar. 63; June 43 (547,1159)
Switzerland. Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to date............................. Jan. 93; Apr. 51 (93,767)
United Kingdom. Wholesale prices, index numbers................................. Mar. 63; June 43 ( 547,1159)
United States. Changes in 13 cities, 1917 to 1920......................................................... Feb. 57-60 (305-8)
—— Changesin 19 cities, 1914 to 1920............................................................................ Feb. 52-7 (300-5)
——Retail prices, index numbers. Food. Recent datescompared with earlier years..
Jan. 65-7;
Feb. 19-21; Mar. 28; Apr. 20; May 15; June 15 (65-7, 267-9, 512, 736, 939,1131)
-----Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to date................................................. Jan. 92; Apr. 50 (92, 766)
-----Retail prices, relative. Food.......................................................................................
Feb. 16 (264)
-----Retail prices of food. (Charts)....................................................................................
Jan. 68;
Feb. 22; Mar. 29; Apr. 21; May 16; June 16 (68, 270, 513, 737, 940,1132)
-----Trend of prices of wheat, flour, and bread, November, 1918, to November, 1920.. Jan. 94-6 (94-6)
-----Wholesale and retail prices, relative. Food. Selected cities, 1913 to date............
Mar. 59;
June 41-2 (543, 1157-8)
-----Wholesale prices, index num bers............................................................. Mar. 63; June 43 (547,1159)
-----Wholesale prices, index numbers. Groups of commodities, 1913 to date................
Jan. 90-1;
Feb. 44; Mar. 55-6; Apr. 48-9; May 38; June 38 (90-1, 292, 539-40, 764-5, 962,1154)
---- Wholesale prices, index numbers, 1890 to 1920, groups of commodities...................
Feb. 45 (293)
-— Wholesale prices, relative. Various commodities. Recent dates compared with
earlier years.......................................................................................... Feb. 50-1; May 42-3 (298-9,966-7)
Various countries. Changes in generallevel ofprices............................................... June 52-3 (1168-9)
— - Index numbers of wholesale prices and rates of exchange, 1913 to June, 1920........ June 54 (1170)
— - Retail prices, index numbers, 1914 to date....................................... Jan. 92-3; Apr. 50-1 (92-3,766-7)
-----Wholesale prices, index num bers............................................................. Mar. 63; June 43 (547, 1159)
(See also Retail prices; Wages adjustments based on cost of living; Wholesale prices.)
Cost of living, decrease in:
Cincinnati. Distribution of family expenditures and percentage decrease in cost of
living.............................................................................................................. ...................
May 45 (969)
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Cost of living, decrease in—Concluded.
United States. Retail prices. Percentage change in 22 food articles in 1 month and
in 12 months, and average cost in 1913..............................................................
Jan. 84; Feb. 38;
Mar. 44; Apr. 36; May 32; June 32 (84, 286, 528, 752, 956, 1148)
-----Wholesale prices. Per cent of decrease in 1 month, groups of commodities...........
Jan. 89-90;
Feb. 42-3; Mar. 54; Apr. 47; May 37; June 37 (89-90, 290-1, 538, 763,961,1153)
Cost of living, increase in:
Great Britain. Retail prices. Per cent of increase.........................................................
Jan. 99 (99)
Italy. As a cause of u nrest......................................................................................... June 140-1 (1256-7)
Portugal (Lisbon). Costofvariouscommodities,recentdatescomparedwithl914... Jan. 100-2 (100-2)
United States. Retail prices. Percentage change in 22 food articles in 1 month and in
12 months, and average cost in 1913................................................................................ Jan. 84; Feb. 38;
Mar. 44; Apr. 36; May 32; June 32 (84, 286, 528, 752, 956,1148)
-----Wholesale prices. Per cent of increase in 1 month, groups of commodities............Jan. 88; Feb. 42;
Mar. 53; Apr. 46; May 36; June 36 (88, 290, 537, 762, 960, 1152)
Cost of living bonuses. (See Bonuses.)
Cost of living and wage adjustments. (See Wage adjustments based on cost of living.)
Cost of living compared with wages:
Austria. Various dates...................................................................................... ...........May 81-3 (1005-7)
Italy (Milan). Relation of food prices and wages, 1912 to 1920....................................... June 143 (1259)
New York State. Factory earnings and food prices................. Jan. 111-12: June 82-3 (111-12, 1198-9)
Ohio. 1917 to 1919............................................................................................................ Feb. 97-8 (345-6)
Paraguay. School teachers and telegraph operators..... ............................................... Apr. 52-3 (768-9)
United States. Printing trades......................'................................................................ Jan. 32-6 (32-6)
Cotton manufacturing:
Mexico. Statistics re factories, operatives, wages, unrest, etc......................................... Jan. 211 (211)
South Carolina. Working conditions, group insurance, production, etc...................... June 199, 200,
201 (1315, 1316, 1317)
United States. Wages and hours, 1907 to 1920.............................................................. Feb. 70-2 (318—
20)
(See also Textiles.)
Cotton spinning. Wages. Ghent, Belgium, 1914 and 1921................................................... June 67 (1183)
Cottrell, E . G. Use of Cottrell system in removing dust....................................................... Feb. 145 (393)
Council on industrial relations for the electrical construction industry. Text of plan by
employers’ and employees’ representatives.................................................................... Mar. 126-7 (610-11)
Council on women and children in industry, Ohio. (See Ohio Council on Women and
Children in Industry.)
Court of Industrial Relations. (See Kansas: Court of Industrial Relations.)
Credit. Difficulty of obtaining money a cause of stagnation iii building industry....... June 98-9 (1214-15)
Credit unions:
Opinion of Mr. McCaleb............................................................................. : ....................... Jan. 130 (130)
Opinions of various authorities.................................................................................... Mar. 118-19 (602-3)
Cutting oils. Skin troubles caused by chemical irritants i n .............................................Mar. 176-7 (660-1)
Czechoslovakia. (See specific subjects.)
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Dangerous and injurious occupations:
Compressed air. German decree effective Oct. 1,1920, for protection of workers... May 130-1 (1054-5)
Dust. Coal-dust explosions........................................................................................June 110-11 (1226-7)
-----Hazards in grinding shops........................................................................................Jan. 163-4 (163-4)
-----Suggestions and devices for handling fumes and dusts.......................................... Feb. 144-8 (392-6)
Hazardous occupations.................................................................................................. Mar. 161-7 (645-51)
Hazards from arsenous oxide in copper smelting......................... .................................... Apr. 103 (819)
Lead and zinc works. Great Britain. Law restricting employment of women and
young persons............................................................................................................... Mar. 157-8 (641-2)
(See also Diseases; Poisons and poisoning.)
Danish Federation of Trade Unions, meeting, Copenhagen, 1921. Resolutions..............Jan. 207-9 (207-9)
Day of rest. Uruguay. Promulgated December 10, 1920.................................................... June 132 (1248)
Days lost. (See Time lost.)
Death benefits. (See Life insurance; Workmen’s compensation and insurance.)
Decisions of court s:
Boycotts, secondary. (Duplex Printing case)........................................................... Feb. 165-8 (413-16)
Child labor. West Virginia. Compensation to child injured while illegally employed
at coal mine........................................................................................................................June 128 (1244)
-----Wisconsin. Compensation to minors illegally employed..................................Mar. 179-80 (663-4)
Collective agreements. Various decisions as to legal effect. (Clark)..................... Feb. 168-71 (416-19)
---- - Violation of......................................... : ................................................................. June 121-3 (1237-9)
Collective bargaining. Decision as to rights of unions and employers to contract... May 145-7 (1069-71)
Colorado Industrial Commission. Power re strikes and lockouts............................June 120-1 (1236-7)
Handling nonunion goods by transportation companies............................................. Apr. 125-6 (841-2)
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. Report and decisions, 1920...............................
Apr. 122-5;
June 133-4 (838-41,1249-50)
Labor organizations. France. Suit against French Confederation of Labor.......... Feb. 191-2 (439-40)
----- New York. Interference with business on account of employer’s nonunion
status........................................................................................................................... June 124-5 (1240-1)
-----Pennsylvania. Constitutional rights of members of labor organizations................ June 126 (1242)
-----Switzerland. Individual rights of members of unions upheld................................. May 148 (1072)
Minimum wage. Decisions of various courts.................................................................. Mar. 3-4 (487-8)
-----Texas. Constitutionality of law re discharge upheld............................................Jan. 124-5 (124-5)
-----Washington (State). Order re wages and hours in public housekeeping industry
upheld . ......................................................................................................-..................... Feb. 96-7 (344-5)
Open shop. New Jersey and Oregon cases....................................................................Jan. 194-7 (194r-7)
Picketing. Michigan. Injunction to restrain........................................................... June 121-3 (1237-9)
---- - West Virginia. In order to make owner break his contract............................June 129-30 (1245-6)
Rehabilitation. New York. Constitutionality of law.................................................... June 125 (1241)
Workmen’s compensation. California. Violation of safety order........................... Feb. 171-3 (419-21)
-----New York. Compensation allowed for injury due to horseplay.............................. Jan. 176 (176)
---------- Insurance of employer........................................................................................Jan. 174-5 (171-5)
-----Ohio. Supreme Court decision re insurance in stock companies-----•................. Feb. 173-4 (421-2)
-----Relation of compensation and liability statutes.................................................. May 144-5 (1068-9)
-----Utah. Constitutionality of law ............................................................................ Mar. 180-1 (664-5)
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Denmark. (See specific subjects.)
Department of Labor, U. S. (See United States: Department of Labor.)
Department stores. (See Stores.)
Deportations. (See Aliens.)
Direct trading. (See Cooperation.)
Directories:
Jan. 20 (20)
State officials in charge of agriculture.................................. ____: .....................................
Workmen’s compensation offices.................................................................................... Jan. 171-4 (171-4)
Disability:
Physical defects among registrants for m ilitary duty............................................... Apr. 96-100 (812-16)
(See also Diseases; Sickness.)
Diseases:
Causing disability in certain industrial establishments.............................................. May 126-7 (1050-1)
Cost under workmen’s compensation acts in the United States................................. Feb. 154-9 (402-7)
List of diseases for which compensation is allowed under New Brunswick law............... Jan. 184 (184)
Miners’ Consumption. Butte, Mont....................................................................... June 113-16 (1229-32)
Nystagmus in colliery district of Liege, Belgium...................................................... June 116-17 (1232-3)
Skin troubles among workers in a wood-preserving establishment................................. Apr. 102 (818)
Skin troubles caused by chemical irritants in cutting oils....... , ................................. Mar. 176-7 (660-1)
Statistics on cases of occupational diseases in 1919-20. (Minnesota).............................. Apr. 110 (826)
Tuberculosis. Among grinders and polishers in ax factory................... ........................ Jan. 163 (163)
—— Decline in death rate among wage earners........................................................... May 128-9 (1052-3)
—— Prevalence and causes among miners of Butte, Mont..................................... June 113-16 (1229-32)
Disputes, methods of adjusting:
Bolivia. Text of decree of Sept. 29,1920....................................................................... Feb. 174-5 (422-3)
Netherlands. Proposed law for voluntary arbitration..................................................... June 204 (1320)
San Francisco. Establishm ent of arbitration board in building trades.................. Mar. 128-9 (612-13)
Spain. Committees established by governmental decree................................................ May 165 (1089)
Sweden. Central arbitration board created...................................................................... Jan. 232 (232)
United States. Functions of various adjustm ent agencies during the war............... Apr. 174-6 (890-2)
-----Longshoremen. Provision of new agreement covering various cities................... May 72-3 (996-7)
-----Memorandum of understanding between management and employees of Pennsyl
vania Railroad system.................................................... ............................................. Mar. 122-5 (606-9)
United States and Canada. Council on industrial relations for the electrical construc
tion industry created................................................................................................... Mar. 126-7(610-11)
Washington (State). Cannery workers...................................................................... Mar. 185-6 (669-70)
(See also Collective agreements; Conciliation and arbitration.)
District of Columbia:
Minimum Wage Board. Award for laundry workers, effective Mar. 19,1921.........Mar. 109-11 (593-5)
-----Report, 1920................................................................................................................ June 71-2 (1187-8)
(See also specific subjects.)
Dodge Co., F . W. Referred to ................................................................................................... June 101 (1217)
Domestic and personal service:
Canada. Report of committee on standardization of domestic service.................. June 103-5 (1219-21)
Massachusetts. Proposed minimum wage for office and other building cleaners, effec
tive Feb. 1,1921.................................................................................................................. Jan. 126 (126)
Sweden. Wages, horns, vacations, etc.............................................................................. June 104 (1220)
Switzerland. Wages, horns, vacations, etc....................................................................... June 105 (1221)
Drury, Horace B. Three-shift system in the steel industry........................................... Jan. 113-16 (113-16)
Drygoods. Retail prices. United States.......... : .............................................................. Apr. 40-5 (756-61)
Dry goods stores. (See Stores.)
Dublin, Louis I. Occupational hazards and diagnostic signs....................................... Mar. 159-67 (643-51)
Dunlap, Lawrence G. Hazards from arsenous oxide in copper smelting............................. Apr. 103 (819)
Duplex Printing Press case:
Cited....................................................................................................................................... Apr. 126 (842)
Supreme Court decision.................................................................................................. Feb. 165-8 (413-16)
Dusts. (See Dusty trades.)
Dusty trades:
Arsenic dust in copper smelting.....................................................................................— Ajlr. 103 (819)
Cottrell electrical precipitator for-the abatement of dust............................................. Feb. 145-6 (393-4)
Grinding shops, New England ax factory...................................................................... Jan. 163-4 (163-4)
Occupations offering exposure to certain dusts; symptoms of disease.....................
Mar. 161 (645)
(See also Dangerous and injurious occupations.)
Dye industry. Wages. England. Award of Feb. 5,1921.............................................. May 94-5 (1018-19)
E.
Earnings. (See Wages.)
Economic conditions:
Japan. Industrial depression and unemployment................................................... Jan. 210-11 (210-11)
(See also Unrest; Working conditions.)
Economic councils:
Germany. Attitude toward provisional national economic council.......................... Apr. 157-8 (873-4)
(See also Labor councils.)
Ecuador. (See specific subjects.)
Education. (See Adult working-class education; Classes for employees; Industrial edu
cation and training; Vocational education.)
Education bureau. (See U. 8. Bureau of Education; Workers’ Education Bureau of
America.)
Efficiency:
Elimination of waste in American industry. (Hoover)............................................ Apr. 143-4 (859-60)
Railroads. Increased efficiency of labor as shown in loading cars.............................. Jan. 204-5 (204-5)
Seamen. Pacific coast. Fallen off 50 per cent............................................................ Feb. 186-7 (434-5)
Textile workers. Japan.........................: ............................................................................ Mar. 96 (580)
Woman labor on railways. Germany....... ........................................................................ Feb. 134 (382)
Egypt:
Ministry of Finance. Statistical Department. Report on cost of living................... Apr. 62-3 (778-9)
(See also specific subjects.)
Eight-hour day:
Navy yards. United States....................... ....................................... ................................ Jan. 110 (110)
Paper and pulp industry. Experience with three-shift system ............................... Feb. 87-91 (335-39)
Steel industry. Experience with three-shift system............................................. Jan. 113-116 (113-116)
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Street railways. Kansas. Refused by Court of Industrial Relations........................... Apr. 123 (839)
Woman labor. Great Britain. Effective Dec. 9, 1920, by employment on the twoshift system ................................................................................................................... Apr. 92-5 (808-11)
Costa Rica. Law of Nov. 29,1920.............................................................. Feb. 175; June 204 (423, 1320)
France. Attitude of employers and employees................................................................ Feb. 198 (446)
Germany. Established Nov. 23,1918. Referred t o ........................................................ Apr. 168 (884)
Greece. Effective July, 1923, and July, 1924........................................... : ....................... Jan. 123 (123)
Italy. Agriculture...............................................................................................................
Mar. 94 (578)
-----Prevalence, in various industries............................................ .............................. June 148-9 (1264-5)
Japan. Several im portant industries....................................................... .........................
Mar. 97 (581)
Netherlands. Effective Oct. 24, 1920. Principal provisions........................................... Jan. 123 (123)
Spain. Approved Mar., 1919.............................................................................................. May 164 (1088)
Sweden. Results of operation of law..................................................................; .......... Mar. 97-8 (581-2)
Switzerland. Granted to Government employees, Oct 30, 1920..................................... Jan. 123 (123)
(See also Forty-five-hour week; Forty-four-hour week; Forty-hour week.)
Electric railroads. (See Railroads; Street railways.)
Electrical Contractors, National Association of. (See National Association of Electrical
Contractors.)
Electrical industry:
Employees representation. Creation of council on industrial relations, Apr., 1920.. Mar. 126-7 (610-11)
Wages. Railway electrical shopmen, London district, Oct. 31, 1920............................. Mar. 108 (592)
Electrical Workers, National Brotherhood of. (See National Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers.)
Emigration:
Meeting of International Emigration Commission referred to ......................................... Mar. 183 (667)
Germany. 1919 and 1920..................................................................................................... May 179 (1103)
Italy. 1913 to 1918......................................................................................................... Feb. 220-2 (468-70)
Mexico. Russians and Germans in agricultural work..................................................... Apr. 189 (905)
Portugal. Effect on labor supply, Oporto........................................................................ Jan. 211 (21l)
United States. Statistics for year ending June 30,1920................................................... Jan. 200 (200)
-----1910 to 1920...................................................................................................................... Feb. 220 (468)
(See also Immigration.)
Emigration commission. (See International Emigration Commission.)
Employees representation:
Electrical construction industry. Creation of council on industrial relations......... Mar. 126-7 (610-11)
Printing trade. United States. International Joint Conference Council. Organized
1919, outline of principal features, etc.......................................................................... Jan. 23-44 (23-44)
Railroads. Memorandum of understanding between management and employees,
Pennsylvania Railroad System................................................................................... Mar. 122-5 (606-9)
Belgium. Establishment of industrial councils............................................................... Apr. 154 (870)
Denmark. Proposal of Federation of Trade Unions to introduce shop councils__ Jan. 208-9 (208-9)
Germany. Council movement.........................,.........................................
Apr. 155-8, 168 (871-4, 884)
-----Recent developments in works council system....................................................June 135-7 (1251-3)
Great Britain. Demand of workers for share in management; nonapplication of
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Whitley plan ............................................................................................................... Mar. 200-1 (684-5)
Italy. Works council movement; workers’ demand for joint control of industry; Gov
ernm ent’s proposal, etc......................................................................................... June 149-54 (1265-70)
Employers’ attitude toward employment of colored women......................... Apr. 142; May 123 (858, 1047)
Employers’ organizations:
U nited States Potters’ Association referred to ..................................................................
Mar. 96 (580)
Germany. Growth, membership, etc....................................................................... Mar. 129-31 (613-15)
Ohio. A ttitude toward minimum wage legislation................................................. Feb. 99-100 (347-8)
United States. Printing trades.................................................................................. Jan. 24, 28 (24, 28)
(See also National Association of Electrical Contractors; San Francisco Builders’ Ex
change.)
Employm ent agencies:
Arkansas. Activities for 18 months ending Sept. 30, 1920............................... Feb. 125, 214 (373, 462)
Connecticut. Activities, Apr., 1921................................................................................... June 81 (1197)
Great Britain. Activities, 1914 to 1920....................................................................... May 111-12 (1035-6)
Illinois. Activities, Nov., 1920................................. ..................................................... Jan. 143-4 (143-4)
-----Activities, Apr., 1921..................................................................................................... June 81 (1197)
North Carolina. Free employment service established................................................... May 173 (1097)
North Dakota. Free employment bureau established.................................................... June 126 (1242)
Ohio. Activities, Apr., 1921..................................................................... ......................... June85(l20l)
Oklahoma. Activities, 1919-20........................................................................................... Mar. 185 (669)
United Kingdom. Activities, 4 weeks ending Jan. 7,1921.......................................... Apr. 87-8 (803-4)
-----Activities, 5 weeks ending Oct. 8, 1920........................................................................ Jan. 150 (150)
United States. Activities, 1918 to June 30, 1920............................................................... Feb. 123 (37l)
Wisconsin. Activities............................. .............................................. Mar. 144-5, June 86 (628-9, 1202)
Employment certificates:
Boston. S urvey............................................................................................................ Jan. 47-50 (47-50)
Louisiana. Increase in 1920................................................................................................ June 199 (1315)
United States. Statistics, 1913 to 1920.......................................................................... Apr. 1-14 (717-30)
Wisconsin. Statistics, 1918-19 and 1919-20........................................................................ Mar. 157 (641)
(See also Child labor.)
Employment exchanges. (See Employment agencies.)
Employment statistics:
Arkansas. 1920 and 1921............................ .................................... Mar. 141-3; May 104-5 (625-7; 1028-9)
Canada. 1920............................................................................................................'....... Apr. 86-7 (802-3)
England. Specified building trades, various dates..................................................Jan. 218-20 (218-20)
France. Devastated regions................... .......................................................................... Jan. 2i0 (210)
-----Various dates......................................................................................................... May 112-14 (1036-8)
Germany. Ruhr coal mines, 1914, 1919, 1920.............................................................. Feb. 210-11 (458-9)
Japan. Factory workers by sex, Dec., 1918, Sept., 1919.................................................. June 160 (1276)
Maine. Various dates.................................................................................................. ---- Feb. 215 ( 463)
New York State. Factories.............................. Feb. 124; May 105-7; June 82-5 (372, 1030-1, 1198-1201)
Ohio. Decrease in number employed on farms................................................................ Jan. 207 (207)
-----1919..................................................................................................................................
Feb. 85 (333)
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Pennsylvania. Various periods..... ................................................................................. Jan. 205-6 (205-61
Philadelphia. Days worked. Bricklayers............................................................... May 107-10 (1031-34)
South Australia. Specified occupations, 1919.................................................................... Jan. 122 (122)
South Carolina. 1920........................................................................................................... June 201 (1317)
United Kingdom. Various industries...................................................... Jan. 151; Apr. 88-9 (151, 804-5)
United States. Bituminous coal mines, 1917,1918, 1919...................................................
Feb. 6 (254)
-----Selected industries............................................................................................. Jan. 140-2; Feb. 120-3;
Mar. 137-41; Apr. 83-6; May 100-3; June 73-6 (140-2, 368-71, 621-5, 799-802, 1024-7, 1189-92)
United States. Survey, December, 1920, referred to........................................................ Jan. 143 (143)
-----Survey of various Federal reserve districts........................................................... June 76-81 (1192-7 )
Uruguay. 1914 to 1917.......................................................................................................... Feb. 128(376)
Wisconsin. February, 1921......................................................................................... May 110-11 (1034-5)
-----December, 1920............................................................................................................... Mar. 144 (628)
(See also Unemployment.)
Engineering foundation, referred to ........................................................................................... May 176 (1100)
England. (See specific subjects.)
Epstein, A. Report on adult working-class education.................................................. June 185-93 (1301-9)
Establishment funds. Sickness statistics compiled from establishment disability re
cords...................................................................- ................................................................ May 126-7 (1050-1)
Executive Departments, United States. Association of Chief Clerks of...............................
Jan. 96 (96)
Executive departments, United States. Employees. (See Public employees.)
Explosions. In using pulverized coal as substitute fuel for natural gas...................... June 110-11 (1226-7)
Ex-servicemen. (See Soldiers and sailors.)
Eyestrain. Effect of defective lighting in mines............................................................. June 116-17 (1232-3)
F.
Factories. (See Child labor; Employment statistics; Hours; Wages; Woman labor, etc.)
Factory inspection. (See Laws and legislation: Administration.)
Family allowances. (See Allowances, family. )
Farm colonies. (See Colonies. )
Farm labor. (See Agriculture.)
“ Fascisti.” Activities during period of unrest in Italy.......................................................... June 159 (1275)
Fatigue:
Detection and elimination. (H ayhurst)............................................................................ Jan. 166 (166)
Effect on industry; measures for combating. (Newman.)..........................................Jan. 164-6 (164-6)
Findings of Canadian committee......................................................................................Jan. 165-6(165-6)
Relation to accidents among women................................................................................... Feb. 149 (397)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Survey of cost of living of employees.................. Feb. 78-80 (326-8)
Filipinos. Washington (State). Settlements in casein enforcingof seasonallaborlaw. Mar. 185-6 (669-70)
Finland. (See specific subjects.)
First-aid. Mines. Results of 10 years of first-aid training by United States Bureau of
Mines........................................................................................................... - .........
June 108—
10 (1224-6)
Fishing industry. " Trawling branch. Provisions of labor agreement.............................. Jan. 138-9 (138-9)
Five-day week. (See Forty-hour week.)
Florida:
Labor inspector. Reports, Jan. 1,1919, to Dec. 31, 1920.................................................. May 172 (1096)
(See also specific subjects. )
Flour mining industry. Decision of Court of Industrial Relations re regulating production
in Topeka............................................................................................................................. Apr. 124-5 (840-1)
Food canning and preserving. Washington (State). Enforcement of seasonal labor
law .............f . ...... . .............. : ............................................................................................ Mar. 185-6 (669-70)
Food control:
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Germany. Rations of the miners......................................... .................................... Feb. 211-12 (459-60)
Spain. Maximum prices for sugar..................................................................................... Jan. 102 (102)
Food industries:
Wages. Massachusetts. W om anlabor..................................................................... May75-6(999-1000)
Wages and hours. France. Provisions of various collective agreements.................. Mar. 90-1 (574-5)
Fort Scott Sorghum-Sirup Co. Decision of Kansas Court of Industrial Relations.. . . . —
Apr. 125 (841)
Forty-eight-hour week. (See Eight-hour day.)
Forty-five-hour week. Netherlands. Effective October 24, 1920, for factories and work
shops ......................................................................................................................................... Jan. 123 (123)
Forty-four-hour week:
Printing and publishing. United States. Discussion by International Joint Confer
ence Council of the Printing Trades.............................................................................. Jan. 31-2 (31-2)
Stone trades. United States........................................................................................... Feb. 72-3 (320-1)
Forty-hour week. Stonecutters. Tacoma, W ash................................................................
Feb. 73 (321)
France:
Ministry of Justice. Salary scale for employees, 1914, 1918, 1920................................. May 84-5 (1008-9)
Superior Labor Council. Constitution and duties..................................................... June 134-5 (1250-1)
(See also specific subjects.)
Fraternal orders. Benefits. Among Government employees, Washington, D. C......... Feb. 160-1 (408-9)
French Federation of Labor. (See Confédération Générale du Travail.)
French, W. J. Reappointed to California Industrial Accident Commission........................ Apr. 188 (904)
Fumes. (See Gases and fumes.)
G.
Gadsby, Margaret. Inadequacy of industrial accident statistics in State reports....... Mar. 167-76 (651-60)
Gases and fumes. Arsenous oxide in copper smelting........................................................... Apr. 103 (819)
Gathany, J. Madison. W hat’s the m atter with the eastern farmer? (Briefly reviewed).. Feb. 102 (350)
Germany:
National Economic Council, Provisional. D uties...................................................... Apr. 157-8 (873-4)
Statistisches Reichsamt. Wages in iron and metal industry......................................... May 86 (1010)
(See also specific subjects.)
Government employees. (See Public employees.)
Governmental labor officials. (See Association of Governmental Labor Officials of the
United States and Canada.)
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Great Britain:
Agricultural Wages Board. Minimum rates of wages..... ...... ......................................May 97-8 (1021-2)
Civil Service National Whitley Council. Cost of living committee. Report, May,
1920........................................................................................................ .......................... Apr. 70-1 (786-7)
Department of Overseas Trade. Report on the conditions and prospects of British
trade with China. 1919................................................................................................. Jan. 120-1 (120-1)
Home Office. Committee on the two-shift system. Report.......................................Apr. 92-5 (808-11)
-----Report on workmen’s compensation, 1919..............................................................May 141-2 (1065-6)
(See also specific subjects.)
Greenhurg, Leonard. Dust hazard in grinding shops ofan ax factory.............................. Jan. 163-4 (163-4)
Grinding. (See Dusty trades.)
Guilds. (See Labor organizations.)
H.
Hambrecht, George P. Statement on induustrial accidents........................................... Apr. 100-1 (816-17)
Handicapped. Disablement branch of International Labor Office formed......................... May 169 (1093)
H ard coal mining. (See Mines and mining.)
Hatters’ case, referred t o ............................................................................................................. Feb. 166 (414)
Hawaii:
Governor. Report, 1920...................................................................................................... Apr. 188 (904)
(See also specific subjects.)
Hayhurst, Emery R. Points in the detection of industrial fatigue and measures for elimi
nation......................................................................................................................................... Jan. 166 (166)
“ Hazards, Occupational, and Diagnostic Signs’’ (Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.),
reprinted............................................................................................................................ Mar. 159-67 (643-51)
Hazards. (See Dangerous and injurious occupations; Diseases; Gases and fumes; Poisons
and poisoning; hazards under various specific industries.)
Health insurance:
Italy. Provisions of agreement re tugboat personnel......................................................
Feb. 94 (342)
Poland. Law of May 19,1920............................................................................................. May 143 (1067)
United States. Government employees. Sick benefits from m utual relief associa
tions ................................................................. : ............................................................. Feb. 160-1 (408-9)
Heavy lifting. (See Woman labor: Heavy lifting.)
Henry Sonneborn & Co. (Inc.). Working agreement with employees, April, 1920.......Mar. 127-8 (611-12)
Hirscn-Duncker unions. (Sec Labor organizations: Germany.)
Holidays:
Compulsory rest law of Dec. 10,1920, Uruguay................................................................. June 132 (1248)
Saturday half holiday in Navy Yards, United States....................................................... Jan. 110 (110)
(See also Vacations.)
Home work:
Milwaukee. Earnings by industry, 1920....................................................................... Apr. 68-70 (784-6)
New York. Survey of workers in tenements. (Hours, earnings, nationality, etc.). Feb. 187-8 (435-6)
Hookstadt, Carl. Cost of occupational diseases under workmen’s compensation acts in
the United States......................................................................................................... . Feb. 154-9 (402-7)
Hoover, Herbert. Address on elimination of waste in industry...................................... Apr. 143-4 (859-60)
Horseplay, compensation for injury due to. Decision of New York court............................... Jan. 176 (176)
Hospital and medical service:
Inadequacy of legislation re camp workers and medical fees................................ '___Apr. 185-6 (901-2)
(See also Physical examination of employees.)
Hotels, restaurants, etc.:
Minnesota. Hours of woman workers..................................................................................Apr. 92 (808)
Washington (State). Court decision on order re wages and hours.............................. Feb. 96-7 (344-5)
Hours, specified industries and occupations:
Agriculture. England and Wales. Weekly................................................................ May 97-8 (1021-2)
-----Sweden. Daily. 1911-1919....................................................................................... Apr. 76-7 (792-3)
Building trades. Massachusetts. July 1,1914, and 1920.................................................... May 73 (997)
Carpenters. United States. Union scale, December 31,1920............................................ Apr. 68 (784)
Coalmines. Germany. Ruhr basin and Upper Sdesia............................................. Feb. 204-6 (452-4)
Cotton-goods manufacturing. United States. 1907 to 1920....................................... Feb. 70-2 (318-20)
Hotels, restaurants, etc. Minnesota. Women.....................................................................Apr. 92 (808)
Molders (iron). United States. Union scale, Nov. 30,1920........................................ Mar. 71-2 (555-6)
Navy yards. United States. Eight-hour d ay ................... .................................................Jan. 110 (110)
Painters. United States. Union scale, Sept. 1,1920........................................ ............Mar. 70-1 (554-5)
Paper and pulp. Experience with 3-sluft day ............................................................. Feb. 87-91 (335-9)
Petroleum industry. United States. (Bureau of Labor Statistics survey)...............May 50-2 (974-6)
Printing and publishing. South Australia........................................................................... Apr. 74 (790)
-----Umted States. Forty-four-hour week discussed by International Joint Confer
ence Council of the Printing Trades................................................................................ Jan. 31-2 (31-2)
Railroads. Decision of Kansas Court of Industrial Relations re employees of Joplin
& Pittsburg Railway Co................................... : ......................................................... Apr. 122-3 (838-9)
Shipping. Italy. Agreement re tugboat employees.................................................... Feb. 92-3 (340-1)
Steel industry. Argument for 3-shift system .............................................................Jan. 113-16 (113-16)
-----Investigation into 3-shift system m iron and steel industry announced. (Inter
national Labor Office).... ................................................................................................... Mar. 217 (701)
Telephone. Minnesota. Women.......................................................................................... Apr. 92(808)
Women. Germany. Railroads..................................................................................... Feb. 133-4 (381-2)
-----New York (State). Rest periods, various industries............................................ Jan. 162-3 (162-3)
-----Virginia. Daily, Apr. 1, 1920.............. ........................................................................
Feb. 86 (334)
Woolen and worsted goods. United States. 1907 to 1920.............................................Mar. 67-9 (551-3)
Horns, by locality:
Australia. June 30,1920........................................................................... ..........................
Mar. 99 (583)
Canada. Selected trades, 1920....................................................................................... May 78-9 (1002-3)
France. Provisions of various collective agreements, January to October, 1920........Mar. 89-93 (573-7)
Italy. Eight-hour day in various industries.............................................................. June 148-9 (1264-5)
J&pan. Various industries............................................................................................ Mar. 95-7 (579-81)
Paraguay. Working-day shortened as a result of strikes...............................................
Mar. 89 (573)
Switzerland. Railroad, postal, telegraph, and telephone services.................................. June 70 (1186)
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Washington.' Seattle and Spokane, 1920..................................... . ...................................
Mar. 87 (571)
Mar. 88 (572)
Wyoming. Various occupations, 1918 and 1920...............................................................
(See also Eight-hour day; Forty-five-hour week; Forty-four-hour week; Shifts; Twelvehour day; Unrest.)
Housing:
Coalmines. Germany. Shortage............................................................................. Feb. 210-11 (458-9)
Legislation. United States............................................................................................. May 1-9 (925-33)
Rents. Denmark. 1918 and 1919..................................................................................... Apr. 127 (843)
-----District of Columbia. Survey covering clerks of the executive departments in
Washington.... ............................................................................................................... Jan. 96-8 (96-8)
-----Sweden. 1919............................................
Apr. 129 (845)
-----United States. Legal regulation.............................................................................. May 1-6 (925-30)
Shortage. Germany..................................................................................................... Apr. 163-4 (879-80)
-----Great B ritain.................................................................................................................. Mar. 201 (685)
-----Italy. Decrease in building operations............. . — . ..................................... June 143-4 (1259-60)
-----United States. Senate inquiry into building situation........................................... June 96 (1212)
-----Various countries.................................................................. Feb. 180-1; Apr. 127-36 (428-9; 843-52)
Tenements. N ew Y orkCity. Survey of 500 families in tenement home work.......Feb. 187-8 (435-6)
Canada. Building activity in St. John and Vancouver.................................................. May 166 (1090)
England. Building activity in N ottingham .................................................................... May 166 (1093)
----- Shortage, Government policy, etc...................................................................... Jan. 213-21 (213-21)
Various countries. Rents, building activities, Government aid, etc.............................
Feb. 180-1;
Apr. 127-36 (428-9; 843-52)
Hughes, Charles Evans. Opinion on legal aid society...........................................................
Mar. 80 (564)
Hungary. (See specific subjects.)
Hygiene:
Personal hygiene in dangerous occupations................................................................ Feb. 146-8 (394-6)
(See also Physical examination of employees.)
I.*
Iceland. (See specific subjects.)
Immigrant colonies. (See Colonies.)
Immigration:
California....................................................................... . , ........................................... June 196-7 (1312-13)
Canada. Restriction. Order in council of November 29,1920....................................... Jan. 233 ( 233)
New Jersey. Immigrant farm colonies in southern New Jersey.................................... Jan. 1-22 (1-22)
United States. Deportation of C. A. K. Martens..................................................... Jan. 187-94 (187-94)
-----Offices giving information for placing immigrants on land....................................Jan. 17-19 (17-19)
-----Opinions of various writers................................................................................... Mar. 213-15 (697-9)
----- Statistics, 1910 to 1920................................................................................................... Feb. 220 (468)
----- Statistics for year ending June 30,1920.......... . ........................................................... Jan. 200 (200)
-----Women’s section in U. S. Bureau of Immigration established July 1,1920............. Feb. 218 (466)
(See also Emigration.
Index numbers. (See Cost of living; Prices; Wages.)
India. (See specific subjects.)
Indiana:
Industrial Board. Report, year ending Sept. 30, 1920............................. June 118,198-9 (1234,1314-15)
(See also specific subjects.)
Industrial conditions. (See Economic conditions; Unemployment; Unrest; Working
conditions.)
Industrial Conference, Great Britain. (See National Industrial Conference, Great Britain.)
Industrial councils. (See Employees’ representation.)
Industrial democracy. (See Employees’ representation.)
Industrial education and training:
Progress in Argentina and Uruguay.......................................................................... . — Apr. 189 (905)
Resolution of Syndical Commission of Labor Party, Belgium......................................... Apr. 152 (868)
Seamen. Establishment of school for seamen on Pacific coast.................................. Feb. 186-7 (434-5)
Statistics of industrial training of ex-service men, Great Britain, January and Feb
ruary, 1921........................................................................................................................ May 180 (1104)
(Seeatso Adult working class education; Apprenticeship: Vocational education.)
Industrial fatigue. (See Fatigue.)
Industrial hygiene. (See Hygiene; Physical examination of employees.)
Industrial Information Service, referred to ...................................................................... June 101-2 (1217-18)
Industrial relations:
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations, decisions...... . ...................................... ..........Apr.122-5 (838-413
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations, report, 1920................................................... June 133-4 (1249-503
•
Recommendations of governors of various States............................................................. Mar. 191 (675)
(See also Employees’ representation.)
Industrial Relations, Council of. (See Council on Industrial Relations for the Electrical
Construction Industry.)
Industrial Women’s Organizations, joint committee of. Membership, policy, etc................
Apr. 95 (811)
Injunctions:
Case re transportation of nonunion goods..................................................................... Apr. 125-6 (841-2)
Cigar industry. Employer enjoined against violation of terms of collective agreement,
Michigan...................................................................................................................... June 121-3 (1237-9)
Court decision re picketing store in order to make owner break his contract. (W.
V a.).............................................................................................................................June 129-30 (1245-6)
Restraining North Dakota Minimum Wage Department.................... ................ ...... May 96-7 (1020-1)
Supreme Court decision in Duplex Printing case....................................................... Feb. 165-8 (413-16)
Insurance companies. Ohio. Supreme court decision re insurance in stock companies. Feb. 173-4 (421-2)
International (Third). (See Internationals.)
International Association of Machinists. Supreme Court decision in Duplex Printing
case...................................................................................................................................... Feb. 165-8 (413-16)
International Emigration Commission, referred to .................................................................. Mar. 183 (667)
International Joint Conference Council of the Printing Trades. Origin, proposed activities,
etc......................................................................................................................................... Jan. 23-44 (23-44)
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International Labor Office:
Arbitration Commission. D uties............................................................................. June 118-19 (1234-5)
Attitude toward cooperation................................................................................'
j an_132-4 (132-4)
Conference, Geneva, Apr. 21, postponed to October, 192Î............ ..
Mar. 183 (667)
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Disablement branch. Organization.......................................................................’ ’
May 169 (1093)
Eight-hour day in Italian agriculture.............................................................. ..................
Mar. 94 (578)
Growth of trade unionism, 1910-1919................................................. ............... ’ ' ’ ' '\fay 167-9’(1091-3)
Production and labor conditions in German hard-coal fields*........... ............................ Feb. 200 (448)
Scientific division. Functions, staff, publications................................................... June 202-3 (1318-19)
Seventh congress of the Belgian Cooperative Office..............................................
Feb. 104-5 (352-3)
Survey into 3-shift system in iron and steel industry announced..................................
Mar. 217 (701)
International Labor Review. Scope; summary of first number................................... June 202-3 (1318-19)
International Longshoremen’s Association. Wage agreement extending to Sept. 30,1921. May 72-3 (996-7)
International relations. (See Labor conventions (agreements).)
International Seamen’s Union of America :
Established school for seamen................................................. .............................
Feb 186-7 (434-5)
Nationality of members................................................................................' .’ Feb. 182-3 (430-1)
International Typographical Union. Awards in New York City branches............
Mar. 81-4 (565-8)
Internationals:
Action of German Communist Labor Party re joining Third International.................. Apr. 160 (876)
Adherence of various Italian labor parties to Third International.......................... June 144-5 (1260-1)
Attitude of Spanish Socialist Party toward Second and Third Internationals........ May 162-3 (1086-7)
Attitude of various parties in France toward Third International............................. Feb. 195-6 (443- 4 )
Second and Third Internationals................................................................................... Apr. 152-3 ( 868-9)
Jan". 191-4 (191-4)
Third International referred to in Martens deportation case........................... .
Interstate commerce. Supreme Court decision in Duplex Printing case..
Feb. 165-8 (413-16)
Interurban electric railways. (See Street railways.)
Interurban railways. (See Street railways.)
Iron and steel:
Hours. Investigation of three-shift system announced. (International Labor Office). Mar. 217 (701)
—— Three-shift system. (Drury).............................................................................. Jan. 113-16 (113-16 )
Wages. France. 1913 and 1920...............................................
Mar 101 (585)
-----Germany. February, 1920. (Iron and metal industry)...................... ’
' May 86-7 (1010-11)
Iron molders. (See Molders, iron.)
Irregularity of employment:
Building trades. Records of employment of bricklayers and slate and tile roofers,
Philadelphia............................................................................................................... May 107-10 (1031-4)
-----Seasonal irregularity as shown by chart giving average value of building contracts
in various years................................................................................................................. June 101 (1217)
Italian Federation of Labor. (See Confederazione Generale del Lavoro, Italy.)
Italians. In the development of farm colonies in southern New Jersey...............
Jan. 1-22 (1-22)
Italy:
Statistical Office. Emigration statistics, 1916, 1917, 1918........................................... Feb. 220-2 (468-70)
(See also specific subjects.)
.1.
Jacob, Samuel. Im migrant farm colonies in southern New Jersey....................................... Jan. 1-22 (1-22)
Japan. (See specific subjects.)
Japanese. Opinions of various writers regarding admission of Japanese to the United
States.................................................................................................................................. Mar. 213-14 (697-8)
Java. (See specific subjects.)
J oint International Conference Council in the Printing Industry. (See International Joint
Conference Council of the Printing Trades.)
Joplin & Pittsburg Railway Co. Decision of Kansas Court of Industrial Relations re
demands of employees.............................................................„ ......................................... Apr. 122-3 (838-9)
Feb. 192
Jouhaux, Léon. Secretary of Confédération Générale du Travail, referred to ....................
194 195 (440,442,443^
J ugo-Slavia. (See specific subjects.)
K.
Kansas:
Court of Industrial Relations. Enlargement of duties................................................... Apr. 188 (904)
-----Report, 1920......................................................................................................... j UIle 133.4 (1249-50)
— -V arious decisions.................................................................................................... Apr. 122-5 (838-41)
Department of Labor. Reorganization, Mar. 16,1921......................................................Apr. 188 (904)
Industrial Welfare Commission. Reorganization, Mar. 16,1921..................................... Apr. 188 (904)
Kilker, C. II. Zinc chloride poisoning..................................................................................... Apr. 102 (818)
L.
Labor Adjustment Board, Shipbuilding. (See United States: Shipbuilding Labor Ad
justm ent Board.)
Labor agreements. (See Collective agreements.)
Labor and politics. (See Politics and labor.)
Labor and the war:
Germany. Woman labor on railroads.................. .......... ..................................... Feb. 129-34 (377-82)
United States. Adjustment of war-time controversies.. ........................................... Apr. 174-6 (890-2)
—— Effect of war on child labor................................ „•........... ........................................Apr. 6-9 (722-5)
-----History of the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board.................................. June 183-4 (1299-1300)
-----Negro labor................................................................................................................ Apr. 137-42 (853-8)
-----New position of women in industry..............................: .................. •...................Jan. 153-7 (153-7)
Labor Bureau (Inc.), New York City. Cost of living survey, New York C itv............... Feb. 61-6 (309-14)
Labor bureaus, etc.:
France. Superior Labor Council. Constitution and duties................................ June 134-5 (1250-1)
Minnesota. Creation of industrial commission................................................................. May 148 (1072)
Nebraska. Repeal of minimum-wage law ......................................................................... June 127 (1243)
New Y ork. Reorganization of Department of Labor........................................................ May 147 (1071)
North Dakota. Creation of Free Employment Bureau.....................................................June 126 (1242)
Rumania. Creation of Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare.......................................... Feb. 219 (467)
Spain. Ministry of Labor established May 8,1920........................................................... May 164 (1088)
Switzerland. Duties of Labor Department created by decree of Oct. 8, 1920.........:... Jan. 232 (232)
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Texas. Commission created by minimum-wage law of 1919............................................Jan. 124 (124)
-----Minimum-wage law of 1919 repealed........................................................................... June 127 (1243)
United States. Annualreport of Department of Labor, June, 1920.....................Jan. 199-201 (199-201)
—— Collection of wage claims by State labor offices.................................. ........... Mar. 72-81 (556-65)
-----Duties of minimum-wage commissions in various States.................................... Mar. 5-15 (489-99)*
-----History of the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board.............................. .. June 183-4 (1299-1300)
-— - Recommendations of governors in messages of January, 1921............................. Mar. 191-2 (675-6)
-----Reports of activities, various States................................... .........................................
Jan. 223-30;
Feb. 214-17; Mar. 184-6; Apr. 183-7; May 172-5; June
195-201 (223-30; 462-5; 668-70; 899-903; 1096-9; 1311-17)
-----State offices reporting accident statistics............................................................. Mar. 168-71 (652-55)
Washington. Creation of Department of Labor and Industries; duties, etc.......... June 127-8 (1243-4)
(See also Directories.)
Labor camps. Work of camp sanitation department of California Commission of Immigra
tion and Housing.'...........................................................................................................June 197-8 (1313-14)
Labor conditions. (See Economic conditions; Unemployment; Unrest; Working condi
tions.)
Labor contract. (See Collective agreements.)
Labor conventions (agreements). Transfer of social insurance funds in ceded terri
tories...................... 7............................................................., ........................................... June 118-19 (1234-5)
Labor conventions (meetings). (See Congresses, conventions, etc.)
Labor costs:
Sulphite pulp mill. Under 2-shift and 3-shift systems. (Chart)...................................
Feb. 88 (336)
Japan. Effort to secure labor which will accept lower wages......................... .............. Jan. 211 (211)
Labor councils:
France. Decree defining constitution and duties of Superior Labor Council---- June 134-5 (1250-1)
(See also Economic councils.)
Labor exchanges. (See Employment agencies.)
Labor m arket. (See Employment statistics; Unemployment.)
Labor officials. (See Association of Governmental Labor Officials of the United States
and Canada; Directories.)
Labor organizations:
Belgium. Membership, congresses, etc..................................................................... Apr. 147-54 (863-70)
China. Progress of guild movement............................................................................. Feb. 184-5 ( 432-3)
Denmark. Demands of trade unions, 1921................................................................ Jan. 207-9 (207-9)
Ecuador. Constitution organizing Federation of Ecuadorian W orkers.................... Feb. 183-4 (431-2)
France. Attitude of C. G. T. toward military occupation of Ruhr district.................. Feb. 219 (4671
-----Growth of trade unionism; congresses; action of unions during unrest, etc. Feb. 188-200 (436-48)
Germany. Growth, membership, etc., of various unions.........................................Mar. 131-6 (615-20)
-----Organizations and memberships............................................................................. Apr. 164-6 (880-2)
Great Britain. Transport and General Workers’ Unions organized; membership. May 169-70 (1093-4)
-----Membership; restoration of trade-union privileges, etc................................... Mar. 193-212 (677-96)
International Labor Office. (See International Labor Office.)
Italy. Membership, etc., various organizations....................................................... June 137-40 (1253-6)
Japan. Membership, March, 1920................................................................................June 160-1 (1276-7)
New York City. Printers. Wage adjustments in various unions............................. Mar. 81-4 ( 565-81
Paraguay. Membership, etc.............................— .......................................................... Mar. 183 (667)
Pennsylvania. Court decision regarding constitutionalrights of members................... June 126 (1242)
Spain. Origin and growth.......................................... ................................. May 154-5, 163 (1078-9, 1087)
Switzerland. Court decision upholding individualrights of members of unions.------ May 148 (1072)
Turkey. Types................................................................................................................ Apr. 170-3 (886-9)
United States. Declaration oflabor principles, meeting, February, 1921................. Apr. 144-5 (860-1)
-----International Seamen’s Union of America. Nationality of members................. Feb. 182-3 (430-1)
—— Printing trades................................................................................................................. J a n - 28 i28)
Various countries. Growth, 1910 to 1919....................................................................... May 167-9 (1091-3)
-----Unemployment statistics, 1913 to 1921...................................................- ........June 87-95 (1203-1211)
(See also Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; American Federation of Labor;
National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; San Francisco Building Trades Council,
etc.)
Labor parties:
Belgium. Aims, membership, congresses......................................... Apr. 148, 151, 152-3 (864, 867. 868-9
Germany. Factional differences among the four labor parties................................ Apr. 159-60 (875-6)
Italy. Origin and aims of various labor parties......................................................... June 144-6 (1260-2)
(See also Politics and labor.)
Labor policy:
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Declaration of trade-unions, February, 1921.................................................................. Apr. 144-5 (860-1)
Fishing industry. Principles governing........................................................................... Jan. 139(139)
Labor recommendations in governors’ messages, January, 1921...... ..........................Mar 187-93 (671-7)
Printing industry. Creation of policy-making body and cardinal points adopted— Jan. 29-40 (29-40)
Recommendations of Governor General of Philippine Islands.......................................... May 179 (1103)
Recommendations of Secretary of Labor, 1919-20............................................................. Jan. 201 (201)
Labor unrest. (See Unrest.)
Land settlem ent:
Canada. Success of plan for soldiers.................................................................................. Jan. 2ol (231)
New Jersey. Italian immigrant farm colonies. (Jacob)................................................ Jan. 1-22 (1-22)
United States. Statement and recommendation of Secretary of Labor, 1920.......Jan. 199-200 (199-200)
——Sources of information.............................................................................................. Ja n -17-20 (17~20)
Landis, Charles K.,referred to ...........................................................................-........- - - - - Laundries. Wages. District of Columbia. Minimum-wage conference and aw ard... Mar. 109-11 (593-5)
Laws andlegislation:
Administration. Connecticut. Recommendations of commissioner of labor and fac
tory inspection................................................................................................................... Mar. 184 (668)
-----Florida. Factory inspection work, 1919-20................................................................ May 172 (1096)
-----Louisiana. Activities of factories inspection departm ent of Parish of Orleans,
1920
............................................................................................................................ June 199 (1315)
-----New Hampshire. Activities Of factory inspection force, 1917-1920........................... Apr. 184 (900)
-----South Carolina. Factory inspection, 1920.......................................................June 199-200 (1315-16)
-----Tennessee. Factory inspection during 1920.........
Apr. 187 ( 903)
-----Texas. Activities of Bureau of Labor Statistics.....................
Jan. 228 (228)
-----Wisconsin. Factory inspection, 1918-1920................................................................. Mar. 177 ( 661)
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Laws and legislation—Concluded.
Antistrike. Jugo-Slavia. Decrees, Dec. IS, 1920, referred to.......................................... Apr. 190 (906)
Belgium. Reforms secured since armistice....................................................................... Apr. 154 (870)
Bolivia. Decree of Sept. 29, 1920, providing means for settling disputes.................. Feb. 174-5 (422-3)
Bulgaria. Compulsory labor law enacted June 10, 1920............................................... Jan. 197-8 (197-8)
Costa Rica. Eight-bour law of Nov. 29, 1920............................................ Feb. 175; June 204 (423, 1320)
Czechoslovakia. Housing measures............ ................................................................. Apr. 130-3 (846-9)
France. Decree defining constitution and duties of Superior Labor Council.«__ June 13-1-5 (1250-1)
Germany. Decree regulating work in compressed ah, effective Oct. 1, 1920...........May 130-1 (1054-5)
Great Britain. Amendment to unemployment insurance act, 1920............................... May 142 (1066)
----- Provisions under unemployment insurance act, 1920........................................... Jan. 185-6 (185-6)
-----Restriction of employment of women and young persons in lead and zinc works. Mar. 157-8 (641-2)
-----Two-shift system for women effective Dec. 9, 1920. (8-hour d ay)......... ............. Apr. 92-5 (808-11)
Greece. Eight-hour day, effective July 1, 1923, and July 1, 1924, various industries... Jan. 123 (123)
Italy. Government decree re participation by workers in control of industry............. Feb. 116 (364)
----- Government’s proposal for joint control of industry........................................ June 152-4 (1268-70)
Louisiana. Recommendations of commissioner of labor and industrial statistics........ Jan. 223 (223)
Massachusetts. Recommendations of Department of Labor and Industries................ Jan. 224 (224)
Netherlands. Eight-hour day effective Oct. 24, 1920....................................................... Jan. 123(123)
-----Proposed law for voluntary arbitration of disputes................................................... June 204 (1320)
New South Wales. Labor legislation........................................................................ May 148-50 (1072-4)
North Dakota. Free Employment Bureau established.................................................. June 126 (1242)
Ohio. Opinions on minimum wage law ..................................................................... Feb. 98-100 (346-8)
Pennsylvania. Compressed air workers. Act of July 19,1917, referred to ................... May 131 (1055)
Philippine Islands. Recommendations of Governor General......................................... May 179 (1103)
Poland. Sickness insurance law, May 19,1920................... ............................................ May 143 (1067)
Rumania. Obligatory conciliation of disputes........................................................... May 150-1 (1074-5)
South Carolina. Recommendations of factory inspectors. .*............................................ June 200 (1316)
South Dakota. Compensation law and amendments summarized............. .................. Jan. 183 (183)
Spain. Compulsory old-age insurance........................................................................ June 130-1 (1246-7)
Sweden. Results of operation of 8-hour law ................................................................... Mar. 97-8 (581-2)
Switzerland. Provisions of law regulating hours of labor of employees in railroad,
postal, telegraph, and telephone services, Oct., 1920................................. Jan. 123, June 70 (123, 1186)
Texas. Minimum-wage law repealed................................................................................ June 127 (1243)
United States. Administration of workmen’s compensation and accident prevention
laws, State agencies for.................................................................................................. Jan. 171-4(171-4)
-----Housing, various States.............................................................................................. May 1-9 (925—
33)
-----Measures proposed by Senate committee to remedy building situation................... June 100 (1216)
— - Minimum wage. Various States. (Clark)......................................................... Mar. 1-20 (485-504)
-----Provisions in various States for collection of wage claims..................................... Mar. 75-7 (559-61)
-----Recommendations of governors of various States in messages of January, 1921.. Mar. 187-93 (671-7)
-----Recommendations of Secretary of Labor..................................................................... Jan. 201 (201)
-----Summary of Federal labor legislation. (Clark)................................................... Apr. 116-22 (832-8)
-----Workmen’s compensation. Methods of amending, various States................... Jan. 167-71 (167—
71)
-----(See also Laws and legislation: Administration.)
Uruguay. Compulsory rest law of Dec. 10, 1920............................................................... June 132 (1248)
-— - Workmen’s accident law, November, 1920..........................................................June 131-2 (1247-8)
Wisconsin. Workmen’s compensation. Amendment granting increased compensa
tion to minors illegally employed.............................................................................. Mar. 179-80 (663-4)
(See also Decisions of courts; Minimum wage; Workmen’s compensation.)
Lead poisoning. Symptoms of, methods of preventing, etc. (R and)......................... Feb. 135-48 (383-96)
Lead works. Great Britain. Law restricting employment of women and young per
sons........................... .......................................... ..................................... ........................ Mar. 157-8 (641-2)
Leather trade. Wages and hours. France. Provisions of various collective agreements.. Mar. 93 (577)
Leave. (See Holidays; Vacations.)
Legal aid societies. Extent in United States...................................................................... Mar. 79-80 (563-4)
Leiboff, Philip. Occupational hazards and diagnostic signs........................................ Mar. 159-67 (643-51)
Length of service. (See Mobility of labor.)
Life insurance:
Group. South Carolina cotton mills.................................................................................. June 200 (1316)
Mutual relief associations among Government employees, Washington, D. C.......... Feb. 160-1 (408-9;
Post-office insurance project, Japan.................................................................................... Apr. 191 (907)
Lithuania. (Seespecific subjects.)
Living wage:
Referred to................................................................................................. ..........................
Jan. 34 (34)
(See also Minimum wage.)
Llano Cooperative Colony at Leesville, La...... ................ ................................... .................. Jan. 130 (130)
Lockouts. (See Strikes and lockouts.)
Longshoremen. (See W ater transportation.)
Longshpremen’s Association. (See International Longshoremen’s Association.)
Louisiana:
Factories Inspection Department. Parish of Orleans. Report, 1920............................ June 199 (1315)
(See also specific subjects.)
M.
McChord, Carey P. Zinc chloride poisoning........................................................................... Apr. 102 (818)
McGill, Nettie C. Trend of child labor in the United States, 1913 to 1920...................... Apr. 1-14 (717-30)
Mackey, Harry A. Five years of compensation in Pennsylvania......................................... May 135 (1059)
Maine:
Department of Labor and Industries. Biennial report, 1917-1918................................ Feb. 215 (463)
(See also specifi c subjects.)
Manchuria. (See specific subjects.)
Manufacturers’ Club of Philadelphia, referred to .....................................................................
Mar. 94 (578)
Manufacturing. (See Employment statistics: Wages; and specific industries.)
Markets and marketing:
Distribution and marketing of foods................................................................................ May 44-5 (968-9)
Prices received for crops of immigrant farmers in southern New Jersey.....................Jan. 10-11 (10-11)
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Martens, Ludwig C. A. K. Decision of Secretary of Labor, deporting......................... Jan. 187-94 (187-94)
MaSDenartment of Labor and Industries. Minimum wage division. Investigations in
progress
.................................................................................................................. J a n .126 (126)
Report, 1920.................................................................................................... Mar. 111-15 (595-9)
-----------Report’on wages of women in paper-box factories— ........................ .
Mar. 114-15 (598-9)
-----------Report on wages of women in food industries, June-September, 1919— May 75-6 (999-1000)
Industrial Accident Board. Report, 1918-19............................................................... Apr. 108-9 (82L5)
(See also specific subjects.)
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Mattresses. Report on administration of law for 1919, Pennsylvania....................... - - - - Apr. 180-7 (902-5)
Maylander, Alfred:
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Labor unrest in Italy ............................................- — ------...................................
Production and labor conditions in German hard-coal fields..................................I eD. 200-15 (448-64)
Meatpacking. (See Packing houses.)
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Meeker, Royal. Referred to ..................................................................................................... June 202 (1318)
Mercantile clerks. (See Stores.)
Merchant marine. (See Water transportation.)
Messengers. Wages. United States. Navy yards........................................................ Jan. 109-10 (109-10)
M<itHazards^’ Skin troubles caused by chemical irritants in cutting oils........................ Mar. 176-7 (660-1)
Strikes. Spain. December, 1920..................................................................................--Wages. Germany. February, 1920................................................................ ........... May 86-7 (1010-11)
-----Netherlands. Average hourly and weekly wages...................................................... JV?e
Wages and hours. France. Provisions of various collective agreements.....................
Mar. 93 (577)
(See also Iron and steel.)
Metallurgy:
Accidents in ore dressing, smelting, and auxiliary works, 1919. (United States) — June 107-8 (1223-4)
Hazards from arsenous oxide in copper smelting.............................................................. Apr. 103 (819)
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.:
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Decline in death rate from tuberculosis....................................................................... May 128-9 (1052-3)
Occupational hazards and diagnostic signs. (Reprinted)...................................... Mar. 159-67 (643-51)
Mexicans. Illegal entrance into the United States................ ................................................ Mar. 214 (698)
Mexico. (See specific subjects.)
Migration. (SeeNegroes.)
Millerand, Alexandre. Referred to ........................... - - - - - - - - - .................... -....................... F.®b - x^2
Millinery. Virginia. Wages and hours of women, Apr. 1,1921...........................................
I eb. 86 (334)
Milwaukee. (See specific subjects.)
Mine accidents. (See Mines and mining: Accidents.)
Miners’ consumption. (See Mines and mining: Diseases.)
Mines and mining:
, . .
Accident prevention. Relation of first aid and rescue training to reduction m fatahty
rates in coal and metal m ines.......................................................................------ Jun? 108-10 (122L6)
Accidents. Ontario. 1920. (Mines, metallurgical works, quarries, and clay and
gravel p its)......................................................................................................................... June 117 (1233)
-----United S tates." Coal-mine fatalities in 1920 (Jan.-June)........................................... Jan. 159 (159)
Anthracite coal. Pennsylvania. Production, number of employees, etc., 1919.......... Feb. 218 (466)
Bituminous coal. United States. Tonnage output per pick miner per day.......... Feb. 1-11 (249-59)
Coal. Colorado. Number of men employed, time lost, number of accidents, etc., 1920. June 198 (1314)
-----France. Wages and production............................................................................ Mar. 101-2 (585-6)
-----Germany. Production and labor conditions.................................................- - - I eb. 200-13 (448-61)
-----Great Britain. Strike of 1920........................... -.............................. - ................
-----Nova Scotia. Production, fatalities, etc., in 1920.............................................. June 203-4 (1319-20)
Court decision re compensation to child injured while illegally employed at West Virginia coal m ine............................................................................................................... - - June 128 (1244)
Court decision re strikes and lockouts during investigations of disputes by Colorado
Industrial Commission...............................................................................................June 120-1 (1236-7)
Diseases. Nystagmus in Belgian m ines.................... ......... .................................... June 116-17 (1232-3)
-----Prevalence and causes of consumption amongminers of Butte, Mont...........June 113-16 (1229-32)
Petroleum. Wages and hours. United States. (Bureau of Labor Statistics survey). May 50-2 (974-6)
Potash. France. Wage scale effective Sept. 15, 1920...................................................... Jan. 117 (117)
Strikes. Spain. Penarroya mines and Rio Tinto copper mines, 1920........... May 158, 159 (1082,1083)
Unrest. France. Threatened strike........................ ......................................................... Feb. 197 (445)
Wages. Germany. (Coal, salt, and m etal)..................................................................... TXar'
-----Netherlands. Average daily and yearly wages, 1910 to 1920.................................... June 69 (1185)
^^C^urTdecckons. Washington (State). Law held constitutional............................... Feb. 96-7 (344-5)
Exemptions. Children and substandard workers....................................................... Mar. 10-11 (494-5)
Injunction restraining North Dakota Minimum Wage Departm ent..........................- May 96-7 (1020-1)
Legislation. Nebraska. Repeal of minimum wage act in 1919...................................... June 127 (1243)
— - Texas. 1919,1921............................................................................Jan. 124r-6; June 127 (124-6; 1243)
-----United States. Minimum wage laws. (Principal features in outline chart).. Mar. 1-20 (485-504)
-----Washington (State). Change in Industrial Welfare Commission..................... June 127-8 (1243-4)
Office cleaners. Massachusetts. (Proposed)............................................................... --- Jam 126 (126)
Opinions on minimum wage legislation........................................................................ I eb. 98-100 (346-8)
Printing trade. Switzerland............................................................................................-fPr Reports. Australia. Report of Basic Wage Commission............................................ Apr. 80-1 (796-7)
-----District of Columbia. 1920.......................................................................................June 71-2 (1187-8)
-----Massachusetts. 1920............................................................................................... Mar. 111-15 (595-9)
----------- Wages and earnings of women in food and confectionery manufacture, JuneSept 1919
................................................... May 75-6 (999-1000)
-----North Dakota.’ ' Aug'.UDec.'iii,' 1919.......................................................................... Feb. 216 (464)
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Apr. 79 (795)
___ Oregon 1919-20............ JJ J J J J J ........................................................
Apr. 80 (796)
-----Washington. 1919-20.......................................................................................... Mar.
Ohio. (Council on Women and Children in Industry.) Survey looking toward establishment of law....................................................................... --------- - - - - - - ------- Feb. 97-100 (345-8)
Minimum wage for men. New South Wales. Order of Board of Trade, Oct. 8, 1920........ Feb. 101 (349)
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Minimum wage orders:
District of Columbia. Laundry industry. Effective Mar. 19,1921......................... Mar. 109-11 (593-5)
England. Agriculture. Recent revision......................................................................May 97-8 (1021-2)
Massachusetts. Various industries.............................................................................. Mar. 111-15 (595-9)
Minnesota. Workers of ordinary ability and learners and apprentices..................... Feb. 100-1 (348-9)
North Dakota. Various occupations................. ............................................................... Feb. 216 (464)
South Australia. Cardboard box and paper-bag making, and stove, range, and safe
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m aking.......................................................... ............................. ...................................... May 98 (1022)
Minnesota:
Board of Arbitration. Report, 1919-20......................................................................... Apr. 181-2 (897-8)
Department of Labor and Industries. Report, 1918-1920....... .....................Apr. 92,109-10 (808,825-6)
House. Interim commission on workmen’s compensation. Report............................. Apr. 105 (821)
Industrial Commission, creation of................................................................................
May 148 (1072)
Minimum Wage Commission. General award, Dec. 1, 1920............ ........................... Feb. 100-1 (348-9)
Senate. Interim commission on industrial accident Compensation and State indus
trial Insurance. Report.............................................................................................. Apr. 104-5 (820-1)
(See also specific subjects.)
Minors. Labor. (See Child labor.)
Missouri. (See specific subjects.)
Mobility of labor. Boston. Child labor. Length of service in first position...................... Jan. 52-3 (52-3)
Molders, iron. Wages and hours. United States. Union scale, Nov. 30, 1920.......
Mar. 71-2 (555-6)
Montana:
Industrial Accident Board. Report, 1920...................................................................... Jan. 180-2 (180-2)
(See also specific subjects.)
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Morbidity. (See Sickness.)
Moscow International. (See Internationals.)
Mothers’ pensions. United States. Progress of movement................................................... Jan. 184 (184)
Motormen. (See Street railways.)
Municipal employees. (See Public employees.)
Mutual aid societies. (See Fraternal orders.)
Mutual relief associations. (See Fraternal orders.)
N.
National Apprenticeship Council of the Building Industry organized.................................. Apr. 146 (862)
National Association of Builders’ Exchanges. Hourly wage scales in building trades.......
Feb. 75-7;
June 57-9 (323-5, 1173-5)
National Association of Electrical Contractors and Dealers. Creation of council on indus
trial relations, April, 1920................................................................. ............................... Mar. 126-7 (610-11)
National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Creation of council on industrial relations,
April, 1920........................................................................................................................... Mar. 126-7 (610-11)
National Cooperative Convention, November, 1920.......................................................... Jan. 127-32 (127-32)
National Industrial Conference, Great Britain, 1919. Questions discussed..................... Mar. 197-9 (681-3)
National Joint Conference Board of the Building and Construction Industry. Plan for
apprenticeship..................................................................................................................... Apr. 145-6 (861-2)
National Research Council, referred to...................................................................................... May 176 (1100)
National Workingmen’s Association, Norway. Profit-sharing plan...................... ........ Feb. 117-19 (365-7)
Nationality:
International Seamen’s Union....................................................................................... Feb. 182-3 (430-1)
Skilled and unskilled laborers on Hawaiian sugar plantations, May, 1920..................... Apr. 188 (904)
Naturalization. United States. Statistics for 1919-20.......................................................... Jan. 201 (201)
Navy yards:
Belgium and England. Wages for repairing ships in dry dock, by occupations........... May 95 (1019)
United States. Increases in wages for clerical, messenger, and police forces........ Jan. 108-10 (108-10)
Nebraska:
Department of Labor. Report, 1919-20. (Workmen’s compensation.)....... May 133, 134 (1057, 1058)
Minimum W age Commission. Repeal of minimum wage act, referred to ...................... June 127 (1243)
(See also specific subjects.)
Negroes:
Pennsylvania. Increase in number employed, 1919 over 1916.................................. * ... Jan. 206 (206)
Philadelphia. Survey of colored women in industry and success..........................May 122-4 (1046-8)
United States. Employment during and after the w ar............................................ Apr. 137-42 (853-8)
—— Migration to northern industrial centers............................................................... Jan. 201-3 (201-3)
Netherlands. (See specific subjects.)
Nevada:
Bureau of Labor. Report, 1919-20................................................. ............................Apr. 183-4 (899-900)
Industrial Commission. Report, 1918-1920................................................................Apr. 111-12 (827-8)
(See also specific subjects.)
New Brunswick:
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Workmen’s Compensation Board. List of diseases for which compensation is awarded Jan. 184 (184)
-----Report, 1920.....................................................................................................................May 141 (1065)
(See also specific subjects.)
New Hampshire:
*
Bureau of Labor. Report, 1919-20...................... ................................................ Apr. 112; 184 (828; 900)
(See also specific subjects.)
New Jersey. (See specific subjects.)
New South Wales:
Board of Trade. Order re basic or living wage to be paid to adult male employees__ Feb. 101 (349)
(See also specific subjects.)
New York (State):
Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration. Report, 1919..:................................................
Apr. 182 (898)
Bureau ofW om eninlndustry. Survey re rest periods................................................ Jan. 162-3 (162-3)
-----Work accidents to women....................... ................................................................ Feb. 148-9 (396-7)
Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation. Report, 1918-19............................................. Apr. 112-13 (828-9)
Department of Labor. Reorganization............................................................................. May 147 (1071)
(See also specific subjects.)
New Zealand. (See specific subjects.)
Newfoundland. (See specific subjects.)
Newman, Bernard J. Shop standards and fatigue............................................................ Jan. 164-6 (164-6)
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Nonunion labor. Court decision as to handling nonunion goods by transportation companies.................................................................................................................................... Apr. 125-6 (842-3)
North Dakota:
Department of Agriculture and Labor. Free employment service established by legis\ lation................................................................................................................ .................. June 126 (1242)
Workmen’s Compensation Bureau. Report, 1919-20............................: ......................... Apr. 114 (830)
-----Minimum Wage Department. Injunction restraining..........................................May 96-7 (1020-1)
-----------Report, Aug. 4-Dec. 31,1919................................................................................. Feb. 216 (464)
-----:----- Report, 1919-20........................................................................................................ Apr. 79 (795)
(See also specific subjects.)
Norway. (See specific subjects.)
Nystagmus. (See Diseases.)
O.
Occupations. Child labor. Occupational distribution after leaving school..................... Jan. 50-2 (50-2 >
Ohio:
Council on Women and Children in Industry. Women’s wages............................... Feb. 97-100 (345-8)
Industrial Commission. Safety division. Accident experience.......................... May 129-30 (1053-4)
-----Wages, 1919................................................................................................................. Feb. 84-5 (332-3)
(See also specific subjects.)
Oilindustry. (See Mines and mining.)
Oklahoma:
Department of Labor. Bulletin featuring activities................................................. Mar. 184-5 (668-9)
Industrial Commission. Report, 1919-20.................................................................... Apr. 114-15 (830-1)
(See also specific subjects.)
Old age and invalidity :
Spain. Obligatory old age insurance by decree effective Jan. 23, 1921.......................... May 165 (1089)
-----Provisions of decree effective Jan. 23,1921.................................................
June 130-1 (1246-7)
Ontario:
Department of Mines. Report, 1920.................................................................................. June 117 (1233)
(See also specific subjects.)
Open and closed shop:
Attitude of Kansas Court of Industrial Relations............ ....................................... .
Apr. 125 (841)
Court decision. Injunction to restrain striking employees from picketing............ June 121-3 (1237-9)
Court decisions relating to closed shop, New Jersey and Oregon................................. Jan. 194-7 (194-7)
Ore dressing. (See Metallurgy.)
Oregon:
Industrial Accident Commission. Report, year ending June 30,1919...................... May 134-5 (1058-9)
Industrial Welfare Commission. Report, 1919-20............................................................
Apr. 80 (796)
(See also specific subjects.)
Orphans’ pensions. (See Widows’ and orphans’ pensions.)
Output:
Coal. Germany. Per worker per day. Various dates.............................................. Feb. 203-4 (451-2)
•---- United States. Tonnage output per miner, bituminous coal fields. (Stewart).. Feb. 1-11 (249-59
P.
Packing houses:
Adjustment of dispute in meat-packing industry, United States, Mar. 23, 1921... Apr. 180-1 (896-7)
Award retroactive July 5 to Dec. 5,1920, United States...................................................
Mar. 86 (570)
Painters. Wages and hours. United States. Union scale, Sept. 1, 1920...................... Mar. 70-1 (554-5)
Paper bag industry. (See Paper goods.)
Paper goods: .
Wages. Great Britain. Nov. 15,1920.............................................................................. Mar. 107 (591)
—— Massachusetts. Inspection of wages of women in paper-box factories............ Mar. 114-15 (598-9)
-----South Australia. Minimum rates, cardboard-box and paper-bag making............. May 98 (1022)
(See also Pulp and paper industry.)
Paper industry. (See Pulp and paper industry.)
Paraguay. (See specific subjects.)
Parker, Florence E. All-American Cooperative Congress...............................................Mar. 118-21 (602-5)
Parker P aint & Wall Paper Co. Court decision re right of union members to picket store
in order to force owner to break his contract. '(W . V a.)............................................ June 129-30 (1245-6)
Parm enter, D. C. Tetrachlorethane poisoning and its prevention...............................June 111—13 (1227-9)
Paym ent in kind. (See Purchasing power of money.)
Pennsylvania:
Bureau of Statistics and Information. Survey on industrial activity...................... Jan. 205-7 (205-7)
Department of Labor and Industry. Division of industrial hygiene and engineering.
Report, 1918-19.............................................................................................................Apr. 186-7 (902-3)
-----Activities ofindustrial board; safety program; work of rehabilitation bureau.. Jan. 225-7 (225—
7)
----- Five years of compensation................................................................................ May 135-8 (1059-62)
Insurance Department. Statistical analysis of workmen’s compensation insurance. May 135-8 (1059-62)
(See also specific subjects.)
Pennsylvania Railroad System. Memorandum of understanding between management
and employees.............................................................................................................. ...... Mar. 122-5 (606-9)
Pensions. (See Mothers’ pensions; Old-age and invalidity; Widows’ and orphans’ pen
sions.)
Periodicals:
International Labor Review. Scope, and summary of initial num ber................. June 202-3 (1318-19)
Personnel Research Federation. Organization, scope, and officers................................ May 176-7 (1100-1)
Petroleum, industry. (See Mines and mining.)
Philippine Islands:
Governor General. Recommendations in annual message to the legislature................ May 179 (1103)
(See also specific subjects.)
Phthisis. (See Diseases.)
Physical examination of employees:
Measure in health program................................................................................................. Jan. 165 (165)
Methods of conducting................................................................................... ................Jan. 161-2 (161-2)
Miners, Butte, Mont. Results................................................................................... June 115-16 (1231-2)
Picketing. Court decision re picketing store in order to make owner break his contract.
(W. Va.).......... ................................................................................................................June 129-30 (1245-6)
-----Court decision on injunction to restrain picketing of cigar factory............................June 121-3 (1237-9)
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Plantations. (See Agriculture.)
Plasterers. Wages. United States. Changes, May 15 to Aug. 31,1920.............................. Jan. 108 (108)
Plumbism. (See Lead poisoning.)
Poisons and poisoning:
Arsenous oxide. In copper smelting.......................................................................... ; . . . Apr. 103 (819)
Industries offering exposure to certain poisons, and symptoms of such poisons....... Mar. 162-4 (646-8)
Lead poisoning. (R and)............................................................................................ Feb. 135-48 (383-96)
List of poisonings for which New Brunswick law allows compensation......................... Jan. 184 (184)
Tetrachlorethane. In manufacturing artificial silk; methods of preventing poison
ing.............................................................................................................................. June 111-13 (1227-9)
Zinc chloride. In a wood-preserving plant......................................................................... Apr. 102 (818)
Poland. (See specific subjects.)
Police. (See Watch service.)
Polishing. (See Dusty trades.)
Politics and labor:
Belgium. Activities of Labor Party. (Congresses, resolutions, demands)...........Apr. 147-54 (863-70)
France. Activities of various parties.................................................................... . Feb. 188-200 (436-48)
Germany. Communist labor party and trade unions..................................................... Mar. 135 (619)
-----Council movement, socialization, bolshevist propaganda, etc............................ Apr. 155-60 (871-6)
Great Britain. Relation to unrest................ .......................................................... Mar. 193-212 (677-96)
Italy. Origin and aims of various parties........................................................... ...... June 144-6 (1260-2)
Spain. Relation to unrest......................................................................................... May 154-65 (1078-89)
Population:
United States. Increase in white and Negro population in industrial centers, 1920
over 1910......................................................................................................................... Jan. 202-3 (202-3)
-----Index numbers of growth, 1899 to 1919...................................................................... May 73-4 (998-9)
Portugal. (See specific subjects.)
•
Postal employees. Hours. Switzerland. Provisions of law ............ .................................. June 70 (1186)
Potash mines. (See Mines and mining: Potash.)
Pottery industry:
Ceramic industry. Wages. Germany. 1920........................................................... May 89-90 (1013-14)
Wages, working conditions, etc., Japan......................... ............................................... Mar. 96-7 (580—
1)
Potthoff, H. Proposed payment-in-kind scheme............................................................ May 92-3 (1016-17)
Prices:
.
Food. Prices received by immigrant farmers in New Jersey for various crops............ Jan. 10-11 (10-11)
Trend of wheat, flour, and bread, November, 1918, to November, 1920, United S tates.. Jan. 94-6 (94-6)
(See also Retail prices; Wholesale prices.)
Printing and publishing:
Arbitration awards. New York City. In various book and job printing trades__ Mar. 81-4 (565-8)
- Creation of International Joint Conference Council, and new labor policy................Jan. 23-44 (23-44)
Wages. Great Britain. Nov. 15, 1920........................................................................ Mar. 106-7 (590-1)
-----Italy. Weekly rates, 1912 to 1920........... .................................................................... June 143 (1259)
-----Switzerland. Minimum wages................................... .•..................... ......................Apr. 81-2 (797-8)
-----United States. Changes, May 15 to Dec. 15, 1920...................................................Jan. 103-7 (103-7)
Wages and hours. South Australia.................................. ...............................................
Apr. 74 (790)
Production:
Address of Herbert Hoover on elimination of waste in industry.............................. Apr. 143-4 (859-60)
Coal. Germany. Various periods.............................................................................. Feb. 200-4 (448-52)
Decrease. Germany....................................................................................................... Apr. 166-7 (882-3)
Flour. Court decision re regulating of production in Topeka flour mills.................. Apr. 124-5 (840-1)
Index numbers of physical volume of production......................................................... May 73-4 (997-8)
Pulp and paper. Effect of 3-shift day.......................................................................... Feb. 87-91 (335-9)
(See also Output.)
Profit sharing:
Great Britain. Scheme in effect in Lancashire cotton mills..................................... Jan. 231-2 (231-2)
Norway. Plan of National Workingmen’s Association............................................ Feb. 117-19 (365-7)
Profiteering:
Act for prevention of, New South Wales................................................................... May 149-50 (1073-4)
High prices of coal and effect on building industry.................................................... June 96-8 (1212-14)
Protective clothing. Accidents due to lack of proper clothing.............................................. Feb. 149 (397)
Public employees:
Accidents. United States. Statistics of, imdepartments of Government................... Apr. 106 (822)
Civil service. Salaries. St. Paul. Ordinance adjusting salaries to cost of living. Feb. 80-3 (328-31)
Compensation for accidents. United States. Statistics on operation of Federal com
pensation act September 1916-September 1920.......................................................... Apr. 105-7 (821-3)
Hours. Switzerland. Railroad, postal, telegraph and telephone services. Jan. 123; June 70 (123,1186)
Navy yards. United States. Wage increases for clerical, messenger, and police
forces........................................................................................................................... Jan. 108-10 (108-10)
Relief associations. Washington, D. C. Survey......................................................... Feb. 160-1 (408-9)
Rents. Washington, D. C. Survey covering Government employees......................... Jan. 96-8 (96-8)
Strikes. Portugal. Street cleaners, Lisbon...................................................................... Jan. 212 (212)
-----Spain. January, 1921.................................................................................................... May 162 (1086)
Wages. Dundee, Scotland. Increases to municipal employees of various depart
m ents.................................................................................................................................. Jan. 120 (120)
-----France. Salaries of employees of the Ministry of Justice, 1914, 1918, and 1920___ May 85 (1009)
-----Germany. 1920.............................................................................................................. May 91 (1015)
-----Great Britain. Cost-of-living bonus recommended for Government employees. Apr. 70-1 (786-7)
Public Health Association. (See American Public Health Association.)
Public Health Service, U. S. (See United States: Public Health Service.)
Public housekeeping. (See Hotels, restaurants, etc.)
Public utilities:
Germany. Presidential order regarding strikes and lockouts......................................... Apr. 178 (894)
Kansas. Account of utilities division of Court of Industrial Relations................. June 133-4 (1249-50)
St. Paul, Minn. Salary adjustment in Bureau of W ater.......................................... . Feb. 80-3 (328-31)
(See also Telegraph; Telephone, etc.)
Pulp and paper industry:
Hours. Three-shift system. (Wolf)................................................................. ...........Feb. 87-91 (335-9)
(See also Paper goods.)
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Purchasing power of money:
Australia. Average in six capitals.................................................................................... June 44 (1160)
Germany. Payment-in-kind scheme proposed.......................................................... May 92-3 (1016-17)
United States. Amount of food purchasable for $1,1913 to date....................................
Jan. 63;
Feb. 17-18; Mar. 24; Apr. 18; May 13; June 13 (63; 265-6; 508; 734; 937; 1129)
(See also Cost of living; Prices.)
Q.
Quarries. United States. Accidents in 1919..................................................................... May 127-8 (1051-2)
Queensland:
State Government Insurance Office. Report, 1919-20............................................... Feb. 183-4 (411-12)
(See also specific subjects.)
R.
Race discrimination. Employment of white and colored women in same shops................May 123 (1047)
Railroad Administration, United States. (See United States: Railroad Administration.)
Railroads:
Hours. Switzerland. Provisions of law .......................................................................... June 70 (1186)
Joplin & Pittsburg Railway Co. and its employees. Decision of Kansas Courfrof Indus
trial Relations............................................................................................................... Apr. 122-3 (838-9)
Labor. Efficiency. Increased efficiency as shown in ear loading.............................. Jan. 20U5 (204-5)
Pennsylvania Railroad System. Memorandum of understanding between manage
m ent and employees..................................................................................................... Mar. 122-5 (606-9)
Strikes. Portugal. September, 1920................................................................................ Jan. 212 (212)
-----Spain. 1920..................................................................................................................... May 158 (1082)
Unrest. Great, Britain. Demands for 8-hour day, improved working conditions,
and extra p a y ................................................................................................................ Mar. 208-9 (692-3)
Wages. Ecuador. 1921. (Government railroad)........................................................... May 80 (1004)
-----Great Britain. Rates per week of 47 hours of railway electrical shopmen, Lon
don district, effective Oct. 31, 1920.................................................................................. Mar. 108 (592)
-----Italy. Yearly wages, 1913-14 and 1920........................................................................ June 148 (1264)
-----United States. 1915 to 1920.................................................................................... May 53-7 (977-81)
-----Wyoming. Daily wages, 1917 and 1920.................., ..................................................
Mar. 88 (572)
Womanlabor. Germany. Wages, hours, etc. (Buss).................... ...............- - -. Feb. 129-34 (377-82)
United States. Abrogation of railroad working agreements ordered by United States
Railroad Labor Board, effective July 1,1921............................................... ........... May 152-3 (1076-7)
-----Dissolution of adjustment boards by order of Dec. 9,1920.................................. Feb. 115-16 (363-4)
Rand, W. H. Occupational lead poisoning.................................................................... Feb. 135-48 (383-96)
Real wages. (See Purchasing power of money.)
Reconstruction:
France. Attitude of C. G. T. toward m ilitary occupation of Ruhr district.................. Feb. 219 (467)
— - Industrial recovery in devastated regions.................................................................... Jan. 210 (210)
Referendum. Workmen’s compensation. Missouri law rejected by ............................. Jan. 175-6 (175-6)
Refineries. (See Metallurgy.)
Rehabilitation:
California. Work of Industrial Accident Commission.................................................. Jan. 178 (178)
Institution of disablement branch of International Labor Office.................................... May 169 (1093)
New York. Court decision re constitutionality of law establishing rehabilitation fund June 125 (1241)
Pennsylvania. Work of Bureau of Rehabilitation .................................. ................... Jan. 226 (226)
Relief associations. (See Fraternal orders.)
Rent bonuses. (See Bonuses.)
Rents. (See Cost of living; Housing: Rents.)
Rescue work. (See Mines and mining.)
Research. Personal Research Federation, Washington, D. C., organized..................... May 176-7 (1100-1)
Rest day. (See Day of rest.)
Rest periods. W omanlabor. New York State. Practices of various employers.......... Jan. 162-3 (162-3)
Retail prices:
Food. Austria. July, 1914 and 1916, and October, 1920................................................. May 82 (1006)
----- Denmark. January, 1921, compared with October, 1920..................................... May 46-7 (970-1)
—— -----July and October, 1920..................................................................................... Feb. 66-7 (314-15)
----- Germany. Dec. 1, 1920....................
Apr. 57 (773)
-----Hungary. 1914 and 1920. (Budapest).......................................................................
Apr. 60 (776)
-----Mexico. 1910, and August and September, 1920. <......................................................
Jan. 98 (98)
-----New Zealand. Meat........................... *........................................................................ June 50 (1166)
-----Spain. Maximum and minimum prices in Bilbao, January, 1921........................
Apr. 62 (778)
----------- Sugar, October, 1920.............................................................................................. Jan. 102 (102)
-----Switzerland. June 1,1914, and Mar. 1, 1920 and 1921................................................ June 51 (1167)
-----United States. Average, and amount purchasable for $1.........................................
Jan. 63);
Feb. 17-18; Mar. 24; Apr. 18; May 13; June 13 (63; 265-6; 508; 734; 937; 1129)
----------- Averages, and recent changes....................................................................... —
Jan. 60-1;
F eb.13; Mar. 21-2; Apr.15-16; May 10-11; June 10-11 (60-1; 261; 505-6; 731-2; 934-5; 1126-7)
----------- Averages, by years, 1913 and 1920, and by months for 1920 ........................ .
Feb. 15 (263)
----------- Averages, recent dates compared with earlier years..........................................
Jan. 62;
Feb. 14; Mar. 23; Apr. 17; May 12; June 12 (62; 262; 507; 733; 936; 1128)
----------- Averages for selected cities reporting to the bureau, recent dates compared
with earlier years............................................................. Jan. 70-82; Feb. 2U36; Mar. 30-42;
Apr. 22-34; May 18-30; June 18-30 (70-82; 272-84; 514-26; 738-50; 942-54; 1134-46)
----------- Compared with wholesale. Selected cities, 1913 to date..................................
Mar. 57-8;
June 39-41 (541-2; 1155-7)
Index numbers. (See Cost of living.)
Relative. (See Cost of living.)
Various commodities. Denmark. July and October, 1920......... ............................ Feb. 66-7 (314-15)
-----Germany. Dec. 1,1920. (H am burg)........................................ ’. .............................
Apr. 57 (773)
— Great B ritain . Clothing. 1914 to 1921.............................................................. June 47-8 (1163-4)
—— ——• Men’s and boys’ clothing................................................................................ Apr. 59-60 (775-6)
-----Hungary. 1914 and 1920. (Budapest).......................................................................
Apr. 60 (776)
-----Mexico. 1910 and August and September, 1920.........................................................
Jan. 98 (98)
-----Portugal. Increase since 1914.................................................................................. Jan. 100-2 (100-2)
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Retail prices—Concluded.
Various commodities. United States. Coal. Various dates, by c ity ......................... Jan. 85-7; Feb.
39-41; Mar. 44-52; Apr. 37-9; May 33-5; June
33-5 (85-7; 287-9; 528-36; 753-5; 957-9; 1149-51
----------- Dry goods, various cities........................................... ..................................... Apr. 40-5 (756-61)
----------- Flour and bread, November, 1918, to November, 1920. (Minneapolis and
Kansas City).................................................................................................... Jan. 94-6 (94-6)
(See also Cost of living; Wholesale prices.)
Roofers,slate an d tile. Employment records, Philadelphia......................................... May 107-10 (1031-4)
Rubber industry:
Disabling diseases among employees of rubber company during year ending Oct. 31,
1920. (Table).................................................................................................................... May 127 (1051)
Java. Wages per month on rubber plantations................................................................ Jan. 119 (119)
Rumania:
Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare. Created Mar. 29,1920......................................... Feb. 219 (467)
(See also specific subjects.)
Russia. (See specific subjects.)
S.
Safety codes. (See Safety standards.)
Safety provisions:
D ust. Cottrell electrical precipitator............................................................................. Feb. 145-6 (393-4)
Regulations regarding dust and fumes in lead and zinc works, Great Britain............... Mar. 158 (642)
Pennsylvania. Summary of safety program.................................................................. Jan. 225 (225)
. Wisconsin. Orders issued by Industrial Commission..................................................... Mar. 177 (661)
(See also Accident prevention.)
Safety standards. Codes. Pennsylvania..................... .......................................................... Jan. 226 (226)
St. Paul,M inn. Council. Ordinance re salaries of employees........................................ Feb. 80-3 (328-31)
Salariedemployees. (See Banks and banking; Clericalservice; Public employees; Teachers.)
Salaries. (See Wages.)
San Francisco Builders’ Exchange. Agreement with Building Trades Council, establish
ing board of arbitration.................................................................................................... Mar. 128-9 (612-13)
San Francisco Building Trades Council. Agreement with Builders’ Exchange, establish
ing board of arbitration................................................................................................... Mar. 128-9 (612-13)
Sanitation. Devices for preventing dangers from fumes and dusts................................. Feb. 144-6 (392-4)
Saskatchewan. (See specific subjects.)
Sawyer, W. A. Examinations of major im portance.......................................................... Jan. 161-2 (161-2)
Schonberg, Mary G. Study ofhome workers in New York City tenem ents.................. Feb. 187-8 (435-6)
Schwartz v. Cigar Makers’ International Union................................................................ June 121-3 (1237-9)
Scotland. (See specific subjects.)
Seamen. (See Water transportation.)
Seamen’s Federation, Italy. Agreement with shipowners re personnel of tugboats.
(Wages, hours, and working conditions)........................................................................ Feb. 92-5 (340-3)
Seamen’s Union of America, International. (See International Seamen’s Union of
America.)
Seasonal employment:
Building trades. Records of employment of bricklayers and slate and tile roofers,
Philadelphia................................................................................................ ............ May 107-10 (1031-4)
-----Seasonal irregularity as shown by chart giving average value of building contracts
in various years................................................................................................................. June 101 (1217)
Clothing. Cleveland. Guaranty of continuity of employment in award of board of
referees................................................................................................................................ June 66 (1182)
Washington (State). Enforcement of seasonal labor law of 1919..............................Mar. 185-6 (669-70)
Second International. (See Internationals.)
Secondary boycotts. (See Boycotts.)
Shifts:
Iron and steel industry. Three-shift system. Investigation by International Labor
Office, referred to .......................................................................................... ................
Mar. 217 (701)
Pulp and paper industry. Three-shift system. (Wolf)........................................... Feb. 87-91 (335-9)
Steel industry. Three-shift system. (Drary)........................................................Jan: 113-16 (113-16)
Woman labor. Great Britain. Two-shift system effective Dec. 9, 1920................. Apr. 92-5 (808-11)
Shipbuilding:
Belgium and England. For repairing and dry-docking ships........................................ May 95 (1019)
United States. History of activities of Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board.. June 183-4 (1299-1300)
Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board. (See United States: Shipbuilding Labor Adjust
ment Board.)
Shipping. (See Water transportation.)
Shop committees. (See Employees’ representation.)
Shop councils. (See Employees’ representation.)
Sickness:
Statistics. Annual number of cases of sickness among members of sick benefit associa
tions in certain plants reporting to United States Public Health Service. (Table). May 126 (1050)
-----Child labor in Boston..................................................................................... ..............
Jan. 55 (55)
-----New York State factory workers. 1919 (latter half)................ .................................. Apr. 185 (901)
Sickness insurance. (See Health insurance.)
Silk industry:
Hazards. Tetrachlorethane poisoning in plant manufacturing artificial silk....... June 111-13 (1227-9)
Wages. Leek, England. Increases effective Oct. 22, 1920.............................................. Jan. 117 (117)
(See also Textiles.)
Sisal industry. Java. Wages per month on sisal plantations............................................... Jan. 119 (119)
Six-day week. Hotels. Washington (State). Minimum wage order............................ Feb. 96-7 (344-5)
Skilled labor:
B udapest.' Wages, by occupation, January, 1921. (Weekly).......................................Apr. 72 (788)
Shanghai, China. Wages, 1919. (Monthly).................................................................... Jan. 121 (121)
Skin diseases. (See Diseases.)
Sliding scale. Great Britain. List of trades in which wages are based on cost of living and
sliding s c a le ............................................................................................................................ May 93 (1017)
Smelting. (See Metallurgy.)
Smith, Reginald Heber. Opinion on legal aid society....................................... Mar. 79, 80, 81 (563,564,56o)
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Social insurance. Alsace-Lorraine. Negotiations to transfer funds from Germany to
France.............................................................................................................................. June 118-19 (1234-5)
(See also Accident insurance; Health insurance; Workmen’s compensation and in
surance.)
Social work. Conference of National Social Agencies on the Coordination of National
Social W ork............................................................................................................................. May 177 (1101)
Socialism:
Belgium. Aim of Labor Party; discussion at special congress...................Apr. 148, 152-3 (864,868-9)
France. Aims, etc., of Socialist Party; committee to combat socialism formed. Feb. 189,196 (437,444)
Italy. Origin and aims of Socialist P arty .................................................................. June 144-6 (1260-2)
Spam. Origin, membership, etc., of Socialist P arty ................................ May 156, 162-3 (1080,1086-7)
Socialization:
Belgium. Discussed at congress of Syndical Commission of Labor P arty.....................Apr. 152 (868)
Germany. Effect of general socialization law .............................................................. Apr. 158-9 (874-5)
Italy. Proposed schemes of General Federation of Labor.............................................. June 154 (1270)
Soldiers and sailors:
Organization of disablement branch of International Labor Office................................. May 169 (1093)
Canada. Land settlem ent................................................................................................. Jan. 231 (231)
Great Britain. Number and distribution of ex-service men in training, by trade.........May 180 (1104)
United States. Physical defects among registrants for military d u ty ................... Apr. 96-100 (812-16)
South Africa. (See specific subjects.)
South Australia. (See specific subjects.)
South Carolina:
Commissioner of Agriculture, Commerce, and Industries. Report, 1920............ June 199-201 (1315-17)
(See also specific subjects.)
South Dakota:
Industrial Commissioner. Report, 1920............................................................................ Jan. 183 (183)
(See also specific subjects.)
Spain:
Ministry of Labor established May 8, 1920......................................................................... May 164 (1088)
(See also specific subjects.)
Spanish Federation of Labor. (See Confederación General del Trabajo, Spain.)
Standard of living:
China..................................................................................................................................... Jan. 121 (121)
New YOrk City. Standard adopted in computing health and decency budget__ Feb. 63-6 (311-14)
Standardization:
Contracts m printing industry, efforts to standardize................................................... ..
Jan. 41 (41)
Domestic service. International inquiry by Canadian committee.........................June 103-5 (1219-21)
Measures for industrial fatigue control............................................................................Jan. 165-6 (165-6)
Ordinance re salaries of municipal employees............................................................... Feb. 80-3 (328—
31)
Stassen, N. Miners’ nystagmus in the colliery district of Liege, Belgium ..................June 116-17 (1232-3)
State aid:
Housing. England. Principal points of bill of December, 1919............................. Jan. 214-15 (214-15)
-----Various countries............................................... .'.................. Feb. 1S0-1; Apr. 127-36 (428-9; 843-52)
Unemployment. Austria. Number of persons receiving Government aid in Vienna,
specified dates.................................................................................................................... Jan. 146(146)
Statistical Association. (See American Statistical Association.)
Statistical methods. Coal. Production and output. Fallacy of...................................... Feb. 1-4 (249-52)
Statistics. (See Accident statistics; Employment statistics; Sickness statistics.)
Steam railroads. (See Railroads.)
Steel. (See Iron and steel.)
Stewart, Ethelbert:
Labor statistics and the future. (Address, briefly noted)..............................................
June 6 (1122)
Present status of cooperation among city consumers, referred to .................................... Mar. 120 (604)
Tonnage output per pick miner per day in bituminous coal fields. .......................... Feb. 1-11 (249-59)
Stonetrades. Wages. United States. Hourly rates, Oct. 31,1920— ’. ...................... .
F e b .73 (321)
Stores. Virginia. Wages and hours of women in department stores and dry goods and
millinery establishments, Apr. 1,1921.................................................................................... Feb. 86 (334)
Stove industry. South Australia. Minimum rates of wages, stove, oven, range, and safe
making....................................................................................................................................... May 99 (1023)
Street cleaning employees. (See Public employees.)
Street railways:
Decisions of Kansas Court of Industrial Relations re wages, hours, etc.....................Apr. 122-3 (838-9)
Wages. Italy. Weekly rates, 1912 to 1920........................................................................ June 143 (1259)
---- - United States. Hourly rates of motormen and conductors, Dec. 31,1920......... May 58-64 (982-8)
Womanlabor. United States. Survey covering four cities. (U.S. Women’s Bureau.)
1919-20................................................................................................................................. May 121 (1045)
Strikes and lockouts:
Belgium. Various industries......... ................................................................................... Apr. 151 (867)
Canada. 1920................................................................................................................... Apr. 176-7 (892-3)
Colorado. Court decision re strikes and lockouts during investigations of disputes by
Industrial Commission............................................................................................... June 120-1 (1236-7)
France. General strike, May, 1920.................................................................................Feb. 190-1 (438-9)
Germany. Public utilities. Presidential order prohibiting........................................... Apr. 178 (894)
-----Massed demands upon employers and settlements in favor of labor....................Apr. 164-6 (880-2)
Great Britain. Coal miners’ strike, 1920......................................................................Mar. 205-8 (689-92)
-----Effect of coal strike on unemployment................................................................... Jan. 148-9 (148-9;
-----1919 and 1920................................................................................................................... Apr. 177 (893)
Italy. Number of strikes, various dates........................... ......................................... June 155-6 (1271-2)
Netherlands. 1901 to 1920................................................ ........................ May 171; June 182 (1095,1298)
New York State. Statistics, 1919-20.................................................................................. Jan. 222(222)
Poland. Strikes in first quarter of 1920......................................................................... Apr. 178-9 (894-5)
Portugal. Railroads, shipping, and street cleaning......................................................... Jan. 212 (212)
Scotland. Shipbuilding. (Referred to )............................................... .....................—
Apr. 91 (807)
Spain. Various strikes of railway men, miners, bakers, metal, building, electrical,
and harbor workers, and Government employees................................................... May 157-62 (1081-6)
Sweden. 1918 and 1919........................................................................................................ Apr. 179 (895)
United States. 1916 to 1920....................................................................................... June 162-81 (1278-97)
(See also Disputes, methods of adjusting; Unrest.)
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Structural Service Bureau of Philadelphia. Survey of employment among bricklayers
and slate and tile roofers.................................................................................................. May 107-10 (1031-4)
Substandard workers. (See Minimum wage; Exemptions.)
Sugar. Prices. Spain. Maximum prices for white sugar..................................................... Jan. 102 (102)
Sunday rest. (See Day of rest.)
Surveys:
Adult working-class education. United States. (Epstein).................................. June 185-93 (1301-9)
Building situation. United States Senate committee inquiry..............................June 96-100 (1212-16)
Child Labor. -United States Children’s Bureau........................................................... Apr. 1-14 (717-30)
Cost of living. Bank employees in Federal reserve districts...................................... Feb. 78-80 (326-8)
-----New York City. November, 1920. Labor Bureau (Inc.).................................... Feb. 61-6 (309-14)
-----Texas. Investigations for determining minimum wages for women, referred to. Jan. 124-6 (124-6)
Employment. Bricklayers and slate and tile roofers in Philadelphia................... May 107-10 (1031-4)
-----United States Department of Labor............................................................................ Jan. 143 (143)
Farm labor. United States Bureau of Crop Estimates and Ohio Bureau of Agricul
tural Statistics.................................................................................................................... Jan. 207 (207)
Home work. New York City tenements. (Hours, earnings, nationality, etc.). . . Feb. 187-8 (435-6)
Negro labor. United States Division of Negro Economics....................................... Apr. 137-42 (853-8)
Relief associations. Government employees, Washington, D. C............................... Feb. 160-1 (408-9)
Rents. District of Columbia. Government employees.................................................. Jan. 96-8 (96-8)
Sickness. New York State. Factory workers................................................................. Apr. 185 (901)
Three-shift system in iron and steel industry. International Labor Office.................. Mar. 217 (701)
Wage and employment conditions. Various Federal reserve districts, United States,
June 76-81 (1192-7)
Wages. Germany. Various industries. 1920 ......................................................... May 86-91 (1010-15)
Wages and hours. Petroleum industry. United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. .May 50-2 (974-6)
Wages for women. Massachusetts. Inspections in 10 industries, 1920.....................Mar. 111-15 (595-9)
-----------Surveys in progress re minimum wage................................................................ Jan. 126 (126)
-----Ohio. (Council onW omen and Children in Industry)....................................... Feb. 97-100 (345-8)
Woman labor. Colored women in Philadelphia....................................... ................ May 122-4 (1046-8)
-----Fort Worth, Tex......................................................................................................... Jan. 157-8 (157-8)
-----New York State. Rest periods............................................................................ . Jan. 162-3 (162-3)
-----Number in industry, kinds of work, success in new lines. U. S. Women’s Bu
reau ............................ . ........................ ...................................................................... Jan. 153-7 (153-7)
Sweden:
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Socialstyrelsen. Arbetartillgâng, arbetstid och arbetslôn. 1919................................. Apr. 75-8 (791-4)
(See also specific subjects.)
Switzerland. (See specific subjects.)
Svdenstricker, Edgar. Sickness statistics in industrial establishment disability records.
(Tables)............................................................................................................................... May 126-7 (1050-1)
Syndicalism. Germany. Syndicalist unions......................................................................... Mar. 135 (619)
T.
Teachers:
Paraguay. Cost of living and salaries....................................................................-..........
Apr. 52 (768)
United States. Salaries in colleges and universities, 1919-20........................................... Jan. 110 (110)
Telegraph •
Paraguay. Cost of living and monthly salaries............................................................. Apr. 52-3 (768-9)
Switzerland. Provisions of law re hours........................................................................... J une 70 (1186)
Telephone:
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Minnesota. Hours of women. 1919-20.................... ........................................................ T^ P r g®2,) ^ <
Switzerland. Provisions of law re hours........................................................................... June 70 (1186)
Tennessee.
Bureau of Workshop and Factory Inspection. Report, 1919-20..................................... Apr. 187 (903)
-----Report on workmen’s compensation, 1919-20.............................................................. Apr. 115 (831)
(See also specific subjects.)
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Tetrachlorethane. In manufacturing artificial silk; methods of preventing poisoning. June 111-13 (1227-9)
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Survey of woman labor................................................... Jan. 157-8 (157-8)
Industrial Accident Board. Report, 1.919-20.................................................................... May 139 (1063)
(See also specific subjects.)
Textiles:
Wages. France. 1914 and 1919...................................................................................... . . Mar. 102 (586)
----- Germany. 1920...................................................................................................... May 87-8 (1011-12)
-----New South Wales. Weekly rates, December, 1919................................................. . Jan. :120 (120)
Wages, working conditions, etc., Japan......................................................................... Mar. 95-6 (579-80)
(See also Cotton manufacturing; Silk industry.)
Thomas, Albert. Statement as to attitude of International Labor Office toward coopération ’ .................................................................................................................................. Jan. 132-4 (132-4)
Third International. (See Internationals.)
Three-shift system. (See Shifts.)
1 New ^ o rk State. Due to sickness. E xtent in 1919 (latter half).................................. Apr. 185 (901)
_____
strikes. X918-19. .....................Apr. 182 (898_)
Philadelphia. Building trades'.’ ’Records of employment.................. - .................. May 107-10 (1031-4)
(See also Seasonal employment; Hours.)
Trade agreements. (See Collective agreements.)
Trade unions. (Sec Labor organizations.)
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Transport and General Workers’ Union, Great Britain. Organization, membership, policjes _
....................................................................................................... ................... May 169-70 (1093-4)
Transport worker’s".’ "Great Britain.’ Demands of workers.................................................... Mar. 210 (694)
Transportation :
os noid\
Basic factor in construction industry.............................................................................. Y™ iS S lr s li oS
Court decision re handling nonunion goods......................................... ............ . .........APr - 1/0-0
(See also Railroads; Water transportation.)
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Tuberculosis:
Decline in death rate among wage earners................................................................... May 128-9 (1052-3)
Dusty trades. Incidence among grinders and polishers in ax factory........................... Jan. 163 (163)
Prevalence and causes among miners of Butte, M ont........................... ................June 113-16 (1229-32)
Tugboats. (See Water transportation.)
Turner, Victoria B. Labor unrest in Great B ritain..................................................... Mar. 193-212 (677-96)
Twelve-hour day. United States. Number and per cent of men averaging 12 hours or
more per d a y ................... ....................................................................................................... Jan. 116 (116)
Two-shift system. (See Shifts.)
Typographical Union, International. (See International Typographical Union.)
U.
U. G. T., Spain. (See Union General de Trabajadores.)
Unemployment:
Algiers. Public appeal for funds to aid poor............................................................... ..... May 114 (1038)
Australia. December, 1920................................................................................................ Mar. 146 (630)
Belgium. After-war conditions in various industries.................................. ............ Apr. 149-50 (865-6)
-----January and February, 1921......................................................................................... June 90 (1206)
Canada. Various dates.......... ......................................... Jan. 145; Apr. 87; June 89-90 (145; 803; 1205-6)
Czechoslovakia. 1920...................................................................................................... Mar. 146-7 (630-1)
Denmark. Various dates............................................................................. May 115; June 90 (1039; 1206)
England. 1920................................................................................................................. Feb. 125-6 (373-4)
Finland. 1919 and 1920........................... ............................................................................ May 115 (1039)
France. Various dates................................................... Jan. 147; Apr. 90-1; May 115 (147; 806-7; 1039)
-----Causes, number unemployed, etc.................................................................................. Feb. 190 (438)
Germany. Various dates............................. Mar. 148-52; Apr. 160-2; June 93-4 (632-6; 876-8; 1209-10)
Great Britain. Various dates..............................................................................................
Jan. 147-9;
Mar. 152-4,201-4; May 115-17; June 91-3 (147-9; 636-8; 685-8; 1039-41; 1207-9)
Ireland.................................................................................................................................... May 117 (1041)
Italy. Various dates................................................... Feb. 126; May 117; June 142-3 (374; 1041; 1258-9)
Japan. 1920..................................................................... Jan. 149; Feb. 126-7; June 94 (149; 374-5; 1210)
Massachusetts. Sept. 30,1920....................................................................................... Feb. 124-5 (372-3)
Netherlands. February, 1921....................................................................................... May 117-18 (1041-2)
Norway. Various dates...................................................... Feb. 127; May 118; June 94 (375; 1042; 1210)
Poland. Various dates.................................................................................. Feb. 127; June 95 (375; 1211)
Scotland. 1920....................................................................................................................... Apr. 91 (807)
Sweden. 1920andl921........................................................................................................ June 95 (1211)
Switzerland. Various dates...................................................... Mar. 154^6;. May 118-20 (638-40; 1042-4)
Various foreign countries......................................................................................... Jan. 144-9; Feb. 125-7;
Mar. 146-56; Apr. 90-1; May 114-20; June 86-95 (144-9; 373-5; 630-40; 806-7; 1038-44; 1202-11)
(See also Employment agencies; Employment statistics.)
Unemployment insurance:
Austria. Government aid in Vienna, at specified dates.................................................. Jan. 146 (146)
Belgium. Royal decree establishing “ Fonds Nationale de Caisse ” ............................... Mar. 146 (630)
— Government unemployment relief........................................................................ Apr. 149-50 (865-6)
Czechoslovakia................................................................................................................. Mar. 147-8 (631-2)
Germany. Increased benefits.............................................................................................. Jan. 185 (185)
----- Persons receiving relief at various dates........................................ Mar. 148-9; Apr. 161 (632-3 ; 877)
Great Britain. Increase in weekly payments and benefits as of Mar. 3,1921................ May 142 (1066)
—— Standard weekly payments and benefits under act of 1920.................................. Jan. 185-6 (185—
6)
Union General de Trabajadores, Spain. Origin, policy, alliances.......................... May 155, 163 (1079,1087)
Union scales:
Wages. United States. May, 1913, to 1920.................................................................... Apr. 64-7 (780-3)
----------- Stone trades. Hourly rates, Oct. 31, 1920...........................................................
Feb. 73 (321)
-----------Plasterers. Changes, May 15 to Aug. 31,1920.................................................... Jan. 108 (108)
-----— Printing and publishing. Changes, May 15 to Dec. 15, 1920......................... Jan. 103-7 (103-7)
Wages and horns. United States. Carpenters. Dec. 31, 1920........ .•............................
Apr. 68 (784)
-----------Iron molders. Nov. 30,1920.............................................................................. Mar. 71-2 (555-6)
-----------Painters. Sept. 1, 1920....................................................................................... Mar. 70-1 (554-5)
(See also Hours; Wage rates, changes in; Wages.)
United Mine Workers of America:
Attitude toward Kansas Court of Industrial Relations............................................ June 133-4 (1249-50)
Case involving Colorado Industrial Commission....................................................... June 120-1 (1236-7).
United States:
Bureau of Education. Salaries. (Universities and colleges, 1919-20)...».................... Jan. 110(110)
Bureau of Immigration. Women’s Immigration Section, established July 1, 1920....... Feb. 218 (466)
Bureau of Labor. Bulletin No. 100, referred to ................................................................ Mar. 159 (643)
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bulletin No. 167. Minimum wage legislation in the
United States and foreign countries, referred to ............................................................
Mar. 1 (485)
-----Bulletin N o. 282. Mutual relief associations among Government employees in
Washington, D .C .................................................................. . . . . ............................... Feb. 160-1 (408-9)
-----Bulletin No. 283. The Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment B oard.................. June 183-4 (1299-1300)
•——Bulletin No. 285. Minimum-wage legislation in the United States................. Mar. 1-20 (485-504)
-----Survey of wages and hoursin petroleum industry, United States......................... May 50-2 (974-6)
Bureau of Mines. Accidents a t metallurgical works in the United States in 1919. June 107-8 (1223—
4)
-——Coal-dust hazards in industrial plants........................................................................ June 110 (1226)
-----Coke-oven accidentsin the United States, 1914-1919.................................................. Jan. 160 (160)
-——Miners’ consumption in the mines of B utte, Mont......................................... June 113-16 (1229-32)
-----Quarry accidents, 1919............................................................................................. May 127-8 (1051-2)
-----Ten years of mine rescue and first-aid training........................................................... June 108 (1224)
Children’s Bureau. Survey of child labor in the United States, 1913 to 1920...........Apr. 1-14 (717-30)
Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Reconstruction and Production. Report on
building situation. (Calder report)...................................................................... June 96-100 (1212-16)
Department of Labor. Annual report, 1919-20...................................................... Jan. 199-201 (199-201)
-----Decision of Secretary of Labor in the case of Martens........................................ Jan. 187-94 (187-94)
-----Division of Negro Economics. The Negro a t work during the World War and
during reconstruction.................................................................................................. Apr. 137-42 ( 853-8)
-----Order admitting Chinese industrial students canceled, Apr. 26, 1921....................... May 176 (1100)
-----Order establishing Women’s Immigration Section, July 1,1920............................... Feb. 218 (466)
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Employees’ Compensation Commission. Report, year ending June 30, 1920...........Apr. 105-7 (821-3J
Employment Service. Activities, 1918 to June 30.1920........................- ........- ...............123 (371;
Fuel Administration. Statistics on production of bituminous coal and employees . Feb, 5-6 (253-4;
Navy Department. Rates ofpay, effective Sept. 16,1920..................................... Jan. 108-10 (108-10)
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Public Health Service. Dust hazard in grinding shops................. --------- -------- Jan-----Sickness statistics in industrial establishment disability records. (Tables)... May 126-7 (1050-1)
-----Study of health conditions in New Jersey and New York foundries................... .
Mar 216 (700)
Railroad Administration. Adjustment boards. Dissolved by order Dec. 9, 1920. Feb. 115-16 (363-4)
Railroad Labor Board. Decision abrogating working agreements effective July 1,
1921
............................................................................................... May 152-3 (1076-7)
Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board.’ ’ History. (Bureau of Labor Statistics Builetin No. 283)................................................................................................... . June 183-4 (1299-1300)
Shipping Board. Nationality of members of International Seamen’s Union of
America......................................................................................................................... Feb. 182-3 (430-1)
-----Wage agreement with "longshoremen extended to Sept. 30,1921............................May 72-3 (996-7)
Women’s Bureau. B u lletin N o.il. Women street car conductors and ticket agents.. May 121 (1045)
-----Bulletin No. 12. The new position of women in American industry..................Jan. 153-7 (153-7)
{See also specific subjects.)
..
United States Potters’ Association, referred to ........................................................................
Mar- J® (68U)
Universities. {See Colleges and universities.)
Unrest i
Belgium. Causes, manifestations, and results. (W hitney)................................... Apr. 147-54 (863-70)
China. Threatened strikes, etc......................................... - .......................................------ *
France. Causes, manifestations, and results. (W hitney)....................................
Germany. Causes, manifestations, and results........................-.............................. h p r.
Great Britain. Causes, manifestations, and results. (Turner)............................Mar .193-212 (677-9b )
Italy. Causes, manifestations, and results. (Mavlander).................................... June 137-59 (1253-75)
Spam. Causes, manifestations, and results. (W hitney)...................................... May lo4-65 (1078-89)
Unskilled labor:
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Budapest. Weekly wages by occupation, January, 1921................................................ , APr - 'f y °°{
Shanghai, China. Monthly wages, 1919............................................................................ Jan. 121 (121)
UrUOffcuia Nacional del Trabajo. Ley de descauso semanal................................................ June 132 (1248)
{See also specific subjects.)
Utah {See specific subjects.)
V.
Vacauons •
Denmark. Proposal of Federation of Trade Unions........................................................
Germany. Annual leave for workers.................................................................................
*an'i l S / ooa\
■A-Pr - ly0 (®°®J
Virghiia^au Qf labor and i]Kj ustriai statistics. Annual report, vol. 23..................................
Feb. 86 (334)
{See also specific subjects.)
Vocational education:
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Germany. Work of Ministry of Labor m training women for peace work.................... J une 106 ( 1222)
Great Britain. Number and distribution of ex-service men m training.......................... May 180 (1104)
Massachusetts. Training courses, various cities............................................................... May 1/8 (ruw)
Philippine Islands. Instruction in agriculture...................................................... ........- May 178 fiiU2)
United States. List of State schools teaching agriculture...........................................Jan. 19-20 (19-20)
Washington (State). Night school classes, part-time work, etc...................................... Jan. 229 (.229)
{See also Industrial education and training.)
W.
Wage adjustments based on cost of living:
. . . Bi-Ar'scms'i
Arbitration awards in printing trades, New \ ork City..................................................UWAcmi S
Basis for adjustm ent of salaries of bank employees.. ........................................ - ..........J eb. 78-80 (326-8
Ordinance of St. Paul, Minn., including plan for adjusting salaries of city employees Feb. 80-3 (328-31)
Report of Basic Wage Commission of Australia......... ................................................. Apu ; „ i n m
Trades in which changes are effective automatically. Great B ritain.
.......... - - May 93 (1017)
Wage decision of referees in Cleveland ladies’ garment industry, Apr. 22,1921......... Junebi-2 (117/-8)
Wage agreements. (See Collective agreements.)
Wage awards. (See Collective agreements; Conciliation and arbitration; Wages.)
^ agphUinpine Islands. Work of Bureau of Labor in collecting wage claims, 1919 and 1920. May 174 (1098)
United States. Collection of, by State labor offices. (Waggaman)...........Mar. 72-81 (556-65)
Washington (State). Filipino cannery workers’ claims and settlement under Departm ent of L a b o r....................... ........................ - - - - ............................................. Mar. ±°u-b (pby-/u)
"Wage commission. (See Australia; Basic Wage Commission.)
AVage rates, changes in.
14.9 q /’A9A—
7^
‘199^*
iqsuI i Arkansas. Selected industries..................... ....................................V *” i ; ; r 9 .
United States. Selected industries................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Jan. 141-2 Feb. 122-^ Mar. 138-41,
Apr. 84-6; May 101-3; June 74-6 (141-2, 37(KL, 622-5, 800-2, 1025-7, 1190-2)
— - Various industries. 1907 to 1920........................................................................... Mar 64-6 (o48-50)
_______ July 1, 1920, to Mar. 31, 1921..................................... ..................................... May 65-71 (989-95)
Wage scales, sliding. {See Sliding scale.)
Wages, specified industries and occupations:
, , 07 s nrvu o'!
Agriculture. England and Wales. New minimum wage rates.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 97-8 (1021-2)
& prance.......................................................................................... May 85-6; June 68 (1009-10; 1184)
----- Germany. Yearly wages, 19i3,1919, and 1920...............................- ......................... Mar. 103 (587)
----- Great Britain. Nov. 28, 1920..........................................-.................................. - - - - Mar. 105 (589)
-----Java. Monthly wages of native and foreign labor on plantations (rubber, coffee,
-----Sweden. Malar and Skane districts.......................................................................... - Mar. 108 (5.2)
-----United States. 1916 to 1920................................................ .
M ar.^ - 5 (568-9)
Bank employees. Salaries of employees of Federal Reserve Bank of New Y ork.. Feb. 78-80 (326-8)
Building trades. France. Hourly rates in Paris, 1913 and 1920
. ..
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-----Great Britain. Rates per hour, and per cent of increase, 1914 and 1920...........Mar. 104-5 (588-9)
-----Massachusetts. July 1,1914, and 1920..................................... ...................................
May 73 (997)
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Building Trades. Saskatchewan, 1916 to 1919........................
Feb 91 0391
— Uldted States-, ^ p r. 30, 1921, and Dec. 31, 1920.................... Feb. 75-7;‘ June 57-0 (323-5; 1173-5)
Carpenters. United States. Union scale, Dec. 31,1920...........
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Anr 68 (784)
Cerarmcindustry. Germany. 1920.................................................................. '.'.'.'.‘/ M a y 89-90 (1013-14
Child labor. (See Child labor.)
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Cigar industry. Germany. 1920. ......... ......................................................................... May 90 (1014)
Clerical service. (See Wages; Bank employees.)
Clothing. Chicago. Decision of board of arbitration, effective Apr. 28, 1921....... June 59-61 (1175-7)
•---- - Cleveland. Award of referees in ladies’ garment industry; table giving weekly
rates effective May 1, 1921.......................................................................................... June 61-7 (1177-83)
----- Germany. 1920....................., ........................................
Mav 91 ( 1015)
-----New South Wales. Weekly rates, Dec., 1919............................................
....... Jan 120 (120)
Coalmining. France. Average daily wages, June, 1920........................................... / ' Mar! 101 (585)
-----Germany. Ruhr basin and Upper Silesia...........................
Feb 205/9 (454-7)
Coffee industry. Java. (Monthly.) Coffee plantations......................................'.’! ! ... Jan. 119 (119)
Confectionery industry. Germany. 1920. (Chocolate and confectionery) .
Mav 91 (1015)
Cotton-goods manufacturing. United States. 1907 to 1920..........
' Feb 70-2 (318-20)
Cotton spinning. Ghent, Belgium. 1914 and 1921..............
j une «7 ni83)
Domestic service. Sweden. 1914 and 1919........................................................... ."!!!!.” June 104 ( 1220)
- Switzerland................. ..........................................................
June 105 ( 1221)
Mar 101 ( 585)
Iron and steel. France. Minimum daily wages, 1913 and i920...................... ..........
■ ■Germany. 1920...................................................................................................... May 86-7 (1010-11)
Longshoremen. United States. Provisions of new agreements extending "to Sept. 30,
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1921..............................................................................................
’ May 72 (996)
Metal industry. Germany. February, 1920.......................
...................Mav 86-7 ( 1010- 11)
— Netherlands. Average hourly and weekly wages................................... . "
Tune 69 ( 1185)
Mines. Germany. Ruhr Basin and Upper Silesia..... ............
’.........pep 206-9 (454^7)
-----Netherlands. Average daily and yearly wages, 1910 to 1920........... .’..................
j nne 69 (1185)
------ Prussia. First and second quarters of 1920........................
' " Ma r 1037 587)
Molders (iron). United States. Union scale, Nov. 30,1920................. Mar. 71-2 (555-6)
Navy yards. United States. Increases for clerical, messenger and police forces".’.’ Jan. 108-10 (108-10)
Negroes. (See Negroes.)
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Packinghouses. United States. Award retroactive to July 5,1920..
Mar 86 (570)
Painters. United States. Union scale, Sept. 1, 1920............ ........................ .........Mar 70-1 (554-5)
Paper box and paper bag making industries. Great Britain. Nov. 15," i 9 2 o ! M a r . 107 (591)
Petroleum industry. United States. (Bureau of Labor Statistics survey).............. Mav 50-2 (974-6)
Plasterers, united States. Changes in union wage rates, May 15 to Aug 31 1920
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(Weekly)................................................... ........................ .
Jan 108 (108)
......................
Tan' 117 ( 117)
Potash mining. France. Scale effective Sept. 15,1920..
Pottery industry. Japan.......................................................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!’!! Mar. 97 (581)
Printing and publishing. Comparison of wage scales of regional groups and cost of
living clause m contracts...................................................................................
j an 32_0 (32- 6)
Mar. 106 (5901
•-----England. Nov. 15, 1920; London, November, 1920; Scotland",’Nov."15V1920
Italy. Weekly rates, 1912—
1920...................................................
June 143 (12501
----- New York City. Arbitration awards.............................
...................... Mar 81-4 (565-8)
------ Scotland. Nov. 15, 1920...........................................................................................
Mar 107 ( 591)
United States. Changes, May 15 to Dec. 15, 1920............................................... Jan. 103—
7 (103—
71
Public employees. Dundee, Scotland. Increases to employees of various depart
ments.........................................................................................
Jan 120 (1201
-----France. Employees of the Ministry of Justice, 1914, 1918, and " 1 9 2 0 ............. Mav85 (1009)
---- -Germany. .1920. Berlin................................... . . . . . ........’. ........................ ” "
Mav 91 (1015)
-----Great Britain. Cost-of-living bonus recommended. ....................
Apr 7q_i (786-7)
-----St. Paul. Ordinance standardizing salaries.............
.................................Fob "sO-3 (398- 31)
— 7 (See also Wages: Navy yards.)
....................................... ^ eD. 80-3 (328-M)
Railroads. Ecuador. 1921. (Government railroad)...............
M av 8 0 d 004)
-----Germany. Woman labor...................................
..............i » , , !
-----Italy. Yearly wages, 1913-14 and 1920............................ ....................................
June 148V(1264)
-----Wyoming. Daily wages, 1917 and 1920................................... .'!!.'!!.'!!....................
Mar 88 ( 579)
—— United States. 1915 to 1920.................................................................................... May 53- 7"(977- 8I)
Railway, electrical shopmen. London district, Oct. 31,1920...................... .
Mar 108 ( 592)
Rubber industry. Java. Monthly on rubber plantations.......
Jan" 119( 119)
Shipping. Italy. Agreement re tugboat employees........................................ "Feb. 93M (341-2)
Silk industry. Leek, England. Increases effective Oct. 22,1920.........
Jan 117 ( 117)
Sisal. Java. Monthly on sisal plantations..........................................................
Jan"119(119)
Stone trades. United States. Union rates per hour, Oct. ¿i, 1920...................................
Feb
73(321)
Street railways. Italy. Weekly rates, 1912 to 1920............................ ............................ June 143 (1259)
- — United States. Hourly rates for motormen and conductors, Dec. 31, 1920.........Mav 58-64 (982-8)
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Teachers. Paraguay. Maximum salary................................
---- United States. Universities and colleges, 1919-20.....
.................................. Tan "lm 11m
Telegraph operators. Paraguay.....................
.............................
Anr 52 1708)
-— New South Wales. Weekly rates, December, 1919.................
Woman labor. (-See Minimum wage orders; Woman labor.)
Woolen and worsted goods. United States. 1907 to 1920___
Jan 120 (120)
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Ma- 67 9 ( 551- 3)
Argentina.................................................................................
Mar 98 ( 582)
Arkansas. Weekly earnings, June 30, 1920.........................
................................ Feb 83-4 (331- 2)
Australia. Various industries. June 30, 1920................................
................
Mar 99 ( 58.3)
Austria. Hourly and weekly rates.................. .....................
............................... Mav 82 (1006)
Belgium. Cotton spinning, Ghent, 1914 and 1921.......................... " / ............................
57 (11831
— - Repairing and dry-docking ships, Antwerp.....................................................
^
Mav 95 (1019)
British Guiana. Laborers, stevedores, and carpenters......................................... .........’ j an. 146 (146)
Canada. Index numbers, 1901 to 1920, and rates of wages in 1920............................. Mav 77-9 (1001-3)
China. Average monthly wages of skilled and unskilled labor in Shanghai, igit).. . . . . Jan. 121 (121)
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Denmark. Hourly, 1914 to 1920..................................................................................... May 83-4 (1007-8)
Ecuador. 1921. Government railroad........................................................................... . May 80 (1004)
England. Dye industry............................................................................................... May 94-5 (1018-19)
---- Repairing and dry-docking ships, Newcastle-on-Tyne............................................... May 95 (1019;
----- Silk industry, Leek. Increases effective Oct. 22,1920............................................... Jan. 117 (117)
France. Agriculture.................. ...........................................................May 85-6; June 68 (1009-10; 1184)
-----Analysis of collective agreements, January to October, 1920.(Charts)............ Mar. 89-93 (573-7)
-----Building workers in Paris and employees of the Ministry of Justice..................... May 84-5 (1008-9)
-----Potash miners. Scale effective Sept. 15, 1920............................................................. Jan. 117 (117)
-----Various occupations................................................................................................ Mar. 99-102 (583-6)
Germany. Agriculture and m ining.......... : ....................................................................... Mar. 103 (587)
-----Coalmining. Ruhr Basin and Upper Silesia........................................................ Feb. 206-9 (454-7)
---- - Increase over prewar period.....................................................................................Apr. 167-8 (883-4)
-----Payment-iff-kind scheme proposed by H . Potthoff.............................................. May 92-3 (1016-17)
-----Various industries in 1920...................................................................................... May 86-91 (1010-15)
Great Britain. Building trades, agriculture, printing, paper industry, railway elec
trical shopmen, etc., 1920................................................................................-..........Mar. 104-8 (588-92)
-----Difficulty of adjusting, in various industries..................................... *............... Mar. 199-200 (683-4)
-----Hungary. Various occupations. January, 1921.................................................... Apr. 71-3 (787-9)
Italy. Demands of labor, in order to meet increased cost of living..........................June 147-8 (1263-4)
---- Shipping. Agreement re tugboat employees......................................................... Feb. 93-4 (341-2)
Japan. Textile and pottery industries......................................................................... Mar. 95-7 (579-81)
Java. Agriculture. Monthly wages of native and foreign labor on rubber, sisal, and
coffee plantations....................................................................................... - ..................... Jam U9 (119)
Manchuria. Various occupations in Dairen, 1920 and 1921............................................. June 68 (1184)
Mexico. Daily wages in Tampico, 1919................................... ......................................... Apr. 70 (786)
Netherlands. Mines and metal works............................................................................... June 69 (1185)
New South Wales. Clothing and textile factories. Weekly rates, December, 1919... Jan. 120 (120)
New York State. Comparison of earnings of factory workers with retail prices of
food.............................. ........................... . ................ -............................................. Jan. 111-12 (111-12)
-----Index numbers of per capita weekly earnings in factories, June, 1914, to April,
1921.................................................................................................................................June 82-3 (1198-9)
Ohio. Manufacturing industries, 1919...............................................................................
Feb. 85 (333)
-----Survey................................................................................. ...................................... Feb. 97—
8 (345—
6)
Paraguay. Telegraph operators....................... i ................................................................ Apr. 52 (768)
-----Vanous occupations.................................................................................-.................Mar. 88-9 (572-3)
Saskatchewan. Building trades. 1916 to 1919..................................................................
Feb. 91 (339)
Scotland. Printing trades, Nov. 15,1920........................................................................... Mar. 107 (591)
---- - Public employees, Dundee. Increases to employees of various departm ents........ Jan. 120 (120)
South Australia. Average weekly earnings in specified occupations, 1919.................... Jan. 122 (122)
South Australia. Various occupations. Wage scales................................................. Apr. 73-5 (789-91)
Spain. Daily wages (minimum and maximum) in Vigo, 1919................................... ..
Feb. 95 (343)
----- Specified occupations, Bilbao...................................................................................... Apr. 75 (791)
-----Various dates............................................................ -............................................. May 163-4 (1087-8)
Sweden. Agriculture............................................................................... Mar. 108; Apr. 77-8 (592; 793-4)
-----Domestic service. 1914 and 1919..................... ............................................................ June 104 (1220)
Switzerland. Domestic service.......................................................................................... June 105 (1221)
United States. Effect of overtime in increasing weekly earnings.................................. Apr. 175 (891)
-----Index number of wages per hour, 1840 to 1920...........................................................Feb. 73-4 (321-2)
---- Survey of various Federal reserve districts.......................................................... June 76-81 (1192-7)
-----Union scales, May, 1913 to 1920, various occupations............................................- Apr. 64-7 (780-3)
Washington. 1920................................................................... -.......................................... Mar. 87 (571)
Wyoming. Various occupations, 1917,1918, and 1920. (Daily).....................................
Mar. 88 (572)
(See also Minimum wage; Purchasing power of money; Wage adjustments based on
'
cost of living; Wage rates; Wages, specified industries and occupations.)
Waggaman, Mary T. Collection of wage claims by State labor offices.......................... Mar. 72-81 (556-65)
Walker, jr., Charles R. National council for the printing trades........................ ............. Jan. 23-44 (23-44)
War-risk insurance. Seamen. Italy. Provisions of agreement re tugboat personnel.......
Feb. 94 (342)
Washington, D. C. (See District of Columbia.)
Washington (State):
Department of Labor and Industries. Reorganization, Feb. 9,1921..................... June 127-8 (1243-4)
Industrial Insurance Department. Report, 1919-20. (Workmen’s compensation). May 139-40 (1063-4)
Industrial Welfare Commission. Report, 1919-20. (Minimum wage)................ Mar. 115-16 (599-600)
----------- (Vocational education and child labor law administration)....................... Jan. 229-30 (229-30)
(See also specific subjects.)
Waste, elimination of, in American industry. (Hoover)................................. ...............Apr. 143-4 (859-60)
W atch service. Wages. United States. Police, navy yards.............................................. Jan. 110 (110)
Water transportation:
Cooperation. Italy. Organization of Cooperativa Garibaldi......................................... Jan. 135 (135)
Longshoremen. United States. Provisions of new working agreements............... .. May 72-3 (996-7)
Seamen. Efficiency of seamen on Pacific coast, and school for seamanship.............. Feb. 186-7 (434-5)
-----United States. Nationality of members of International Seamen’s Union of
America......................................................................................................................... Feb. 182-3 (430-1)
Strikes. Portugal. Stevedores and bargemen............ ................................................
Jan. 212 (212)
Tugboats. Agreement re hours, wages, and insurance, Italy......................................Feb. 92-5 (340-3)
Unions. Great Britain. Reorganization; Transport and General Workers’ Union
organized; membership, policies.............................................................................. May 169-70 (1093-4)
Wages. South Australia. Masters, mates, and engineers on river and lake vessels... Apr. 7o (791)
Weekly rest day. (See Day of rest.)
Welfare of children. (See Child welfare).
Welfare Workers’ Institute, referred t o ............................................................................ Apr. 9o (811)
Wells. (See Mines and mining.)
Whitney, AniceL.:
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Labor unrest in Belgium.......................................................................................... A;Pr ^4U 54 (863 70)
Labor unrest in Spain................................................................................................. May lo4-65 (1078 89)
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Wholesale prices:
Food. England. Maximum prices of apples................................................................... Jan. 100 (100)
-----Spain. Sugar, October, 1920......................................................................................... Jan. 102 (102)
-----United States. Compared with retail. Selected cities, 1913 to date......................
Mar. 57-8;
June 39-41 (541-2; 1155-7)
Index numbers. Great Britain. Change in basis of calculating................ ................Apr. 58-9 (774-5)
-----(See also Cost ofliving.)
Relative. (See Cost ofliving.)
.
Various commodities. Germany. Various dates........................................................June 45-6 (1161-2)
-----Great Britain. Men’s and boys’ clothing...............................................................Apr. 59-60 (775-6)
-----New Zealand. Live stock, Mar. 1,1920, and 1921...................................................... June 50 (1166)
-----United States. Building materials, 1913, and January, 1921.................................Mar. 60-1 (544-5)
------- :— Groups of commodities, recent dates compared w ith earlier y ears................
Feb. 47-9May 40-1 (295-7: 964-5)
----------- W heat and flour, November, 1918, to November, 1920. (Minneapolis and
Kansas C ity)......................................................................................................................Jan. 94-6 (94-6)
(See also Cost ofliving; Retail prices.)
Widows’ and orphans’ pensions. California. Schedule proposed bv Industrial Accident
Commission......................................................................................................................... May 132-3 (1056-7)
Winslow, C.-E. A. Dust hazard in grinding shops of an ax factory.................................Jan. 163-4 (163-4)
Wisconsin:
Industrial Commission. Accident frequency, 1915 to 1920........................................ June 1-5 (1117-21)
-----Report, 1918-1920.......................Mar. 116-17, 143-5, 157, 177-8, 181-2 (600-1, 627-9, 641, 661-2, 665-6)
(See also specific subjects.)
Wolf, Robert B. Three-shift day in the paper and pulp industry...................................Feb. 87-91 (335-9)
Woman labor:
Accident statistics. New Y ork.................................................................................... Feb. 148-9 (396-7)
Agriculture. Sweden. Average daily wages, 1911-1919..................................................
Apr. 78 (794)
Domestic service. Report of Canadian Committee on Standardization of Domestic
Service.................................................................................................. ......................June 103-5 (1219-21)
Employment statistics. South Australia. Specified occupations, 1919........................ Jan. 122 (122)
Hazardous occupations. Em ploym ent in lead and zinc works restricted. Great
Britain............................................................................................................................ Mar. 157-8 (641-2)
Heavy lifting. Inj uries due to ........................................................................................... Feb. 149 (397)
Hotels. Washington (State). Court decision on order fixing minimum wages,hours,
etc........................................................................! ........................................................... Feb. 96-7 (344-5)
Hours. Great Britain. Two-shift system effective Dec. 9, 1920. (8-hour day)___Apr. 92-5 (808-11)
-----Minnesota. Restaurants and telephone exchanges....................................................... Apr. 92 (808)
-----Virginia. M ercantileindustry. Apr. 1,1920...........................................................
Feb. 86 (334)
Legislation. Recommendations of governorsin messages of January, 1921................... Mar. 192 (676)
Negroes. Philadelphia. E xtent of employment and success in industry.............. May 122-4 (1046-8)
-----United States. Survey by United States Women’s Bureau..........................
Apr. 141-2 (857-8)
Railroads. Germany. (B uss)................................................................................... Feb. 129-34 (377-82)
Rest periods. New York (State). Survey of various industries............................... Jan. 162-3 (162-3)
Street-car conductors and ticket agents. Survey covering four cities............................ May 121 (1045)
Training. Germany. Work of Ministry of Labor........................................................... June 106 (1222)
Wages. Arbitration awards in printing trade, New York C ity..........................
Mar. 84 (568)
-----Fort W orth, T ex............................................................................................................ j an. 153 ( 158)
-----Germany. Railroads.................. ........................................................................... Feb. 132-3 (380-1)
-----Massachusetts. Food and confectionery............................................................ May 75-6 (999-1000)
----------- Ten industries in 1920...................................................................................... Mar. 111-15 (595-9)
-----Mexico...................................................................................................................... May 79-80 (1003-4)
-----Ohio. Recentsurvey.............................................................................................. . Feb. 97-8 (345-6)
-----South Australia. Average weekly earnings in specified occupations, 1919............. Jan. 122 (122)
------ Virginia. M ercantileindustry. Apr. 1, 1920......................................................
Feb. 86 (334)
-----Washington. Figures from report of Industrial Welfare Commission.................. Mar. 115 (599)
-----Wisconsin. Minimum ordered by advisory wage board................................... Mar. 116-17 (600-1)
France. Proportion of wom enin relation to total number of employees, August, 1914,
to October, 1920..................................................................... ........................................... May 114 (1038)
Texas. Survey ofindustries, working and living conditions, Fort W orth....... ....... Jan. 157-8 (157-8)
United States. United States Women’s Bureau survey on employment, kinds of
work, success ................................... .......................................................................... Jan. 153-7 (153-7)
(bee also^ Child labor; Minimum wage.)
Women's City Club, New York City. Child welfare committee. Home workers in
ten em en ts........................................................................................................................... Feb. 187-8 (435-6)
Wood preserving, zinc chloride poisoning i n .......................................................................... Apr. 102 (818)
Woodbury,_Helen Sumner. Working children of Boston................................................. Jan. 45-59 (45-59)
Woodworking. Wages and hours. France. Provisions of various collective agree
m ents.
............................................................................................................................... Mar. 92-3 (576-7)
Woolen and worsted goods. Wages and hours. United States. 1907 to 1920................Mar. 67-9 (551-3)
(See also Textiles.)
Workers’ Education Bureau of America. Executive committee, constitution, etc.. June 192-3 (1308-9)
Workers’ universities. (See Adult working class education; Colleges and universities.)
Working conditions:
Agriculture. Java. Wages, etc., on plantations................................................. . Jan. 118-19 (118-19)
-----Wages and hours of hired labor on immigrant farms in New Jersey................ Jan. 11-12 (11-12)
Compressed-air workers. Germany. Decree regulating hours, etc...................... May 130-1 (1054-5)
Railways. United States. Abrogation of working agreements order by United
States Railroad Labor Board, effective July 1,1921.............................................May 152-3 (1076-7)
Safety and sanitation. Orders issued by Wisconsin Industrial Commission.............. Mar. 177 (661)
Sanitation. Florida cigar factories...............................................................................
May 172(1096)
Various industries, Great Britain. Hours, wages, etc......................................... Mar. 193-212 (677-96)
Japan. Hours, wages, etc................................................................................................... May 153 (1077)
—— Textile and pottery industries................................................. . ..
. .. Mar. 94-7 (578-81)
Spain. Wages, hours, etc........................ ................................................................... May 163-5 (1087-9)
(See also Hours; Wages.
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Workmen’s compensation and insurance:
Administration. Nevada.......................................................................................... Apr. 183-4 (899-900)
-----United States. State agencies for administering workmen’s compensation and
accident prevention laws............................................................................................... Jan. 171-4 (171-4)
Benefits. California. Proposed plan for death benefit............................................ May 132-3 (1056-7)
Feb. 171-3 (419-21)
Court decisions. California. “ Serious misconduct” under law...................... .
-----New York State. Cases re uninsured employers................................................... Jan. 174-5 (174-5)
—-------- Compensation allowed for injury due to horseplay............................................ Jan. 176 (176)
----------- Constitutionality of law for rehabilitation.......................................................... June 125 (1241)
----- Ohio. Supreme court decision forbidding insurance in stock companies___Feb. 173-4 (421-2)
-----Relation of compensation and liability statutes.................................................. May 144-5 (1068-9)
-----Utah. Constitutionality of law ............................................................................ Mar. 180-1 (664-5)
-----West Virginia. Injuries to children illegally employed....................................... . June 128 (1244)
Directories. List of offices in charge of laws................................................................. Jan. 171-4(171-4)
Disease. List of diseases included under New Brunswick la w ...................................... Jan. 184 (184)
-----United States. Cost under various acts. (Hookstadt.)....................................... Feb. 154-9 (402-7)
Legislation. United States. Methods of amending, various States...................... Jan. 167-71 (167-71)
-----Minnesota. Report of interim commission, 1921, onnew legislation.....................Apr. 104-5 ( 820-1)
—— Missouri. Rejected by referendum, Nov. 2 ,1 9 2 0 .............................................. Jan. 175-6 (175-6)
-----New South Wales. Act of 1916 amended................................................................... May 149 (1073)
.-----New .Zealand. Amendments to law............................................................................ Apr. 115 (831)
-----Uruguay. Provisions of law of November, 1920............................................... June 131-2 (1247-8)
-----Wisconsin. Increased compensation to minors illegally employed................... Mar. 179-80 (663-4)
Recommendations of governors of various States in messages of January, 1921---- Mar. 189-90 (673-4)
Reports. California. 1920.............................................................................. ...............Jan. 176-9 (176-9)
-----Connecticut. 1919-20...................................................................................................... Apr. 108 (824)
----- Great Britian. 1919........... ! ................................................................................ May 141-2 (1065-6)
-----Indiana. Year ending Sept. 30, 1920........................................................................ June 118 (1234)
-----Massachusetts. 1918-19............................................................................................Apr. 108-9 (824-5)
-----Minnesota. 1918-20........
Apr. 109-10(825-6)
-----Montana. 1920............................................................................................................ Jan. 180-2 (180-2)
-----Nebraska. 1919-20.................................................................
May 133-4 (1057-8)
-----Nevada, 1918-1920................................................................................................... Apr. 111-12 (827-8)
----- New Brunswick. 1920................................................................................................. May 141 (1065)
-----New Hampshire. 1919-20............................................................................................ Apr. 112 (828)
-----New York. 1918-19.............................................................................................Apr. 112-14 (828-30)
-----North Dakota. 1919-20...................................................................................................Apr. 114 (830)
----- Oklahoma. 1919-20................................................................................................ Apr. 114-15 ( 830-1)
-----Oregon. 1918-19.............................................
May 134-5 (1058-9)
-----Pennsylvania. Statistics on operation of act, 1916-1919...................................... May
135-8 (1059-62)
----------- Operations, January, 1916, to December, 1920............................................ Feb. 161-3 (409-11)
-----Queensland. Operations, year ending June 30, 1920............................................ Feb. 163-4 (411-12)
-----South Dakota. 1920.......................................................................... .......................... Jan. 183 (183)
-----Tennessee. 1919-20....................................................................................................... Apr. 115(831)
-----Texas. 1919-20.............................................................................................................. May 139 (1063)
-----United States. Federal Employees’ Compensation Commission, 1919-20......... Apr. 105-7 (821-3)
-----Washington. 1919-20.............................................................................................. May
139-40 (1063-4)
-----Wisconsin. 1918-1920..............................................................
Mar. 181-2 (665-6)
Security. (See Workmen’s compensation and insurance: Reports.)
Statistics. Wisconsin. Accident frequency, 1915 to 1920. (Figures based on reports
to Industrial Commission). , ......................".............................................................. June 1-5 (1117-21)
Works councils. (See Employees’ representation.)
Wyoming:
Commissioner of Labor and Statistics. Wages and hours............................................... Mar. 88(572)
(See also specific subjects.)
Y.
Yellow unions. Germany. Growth, organization, etc..........................................................
Young Women’s Christian Association:
Great Britain. Referred to.................................................................................................
War Work Council. Financed survey of woman labor...................................................
Mar. 136 (620)
Apr. 95(811)
Jan. 153 (153;
Z.
Zinc chloride poisoning in wood-preserving plant................. ................................................. Apr. 102 (818)
Zinc works. Great Britain. Law restricting employment of women and young persons. Mar. 157-8 (641- 2)
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N O . 1.— JANUARY, 1921.
Special a rtic le s :
Im m ig ra n t farm colonies in so u th ern N ew Jersey, b y S am uel J a c o b .. . . .
A n a tio n a l co u n cil for th e p rin tin g tra d e s, b y C harles R . W alker, jr .,
B u re a u of In d u s tria l R esearch, N ew Y ork C ity ...........................................
W orking c h ild re n of B oston, b y H e le n S um ner W o o d b u ry ...........................
P ric e s a n d co st of living:
R e ta il p rices of food in th e U n ite d S ta te s ............................................................
R e ta il p ric e s of coal in th e U n ite d S ta t e s ...........................................................
In d e x n u m b e rs of w holesale prices in th e U n ite d S ta te s ...............................
C om parison of re ta il p ric e changes in th e U n ite d S ta te s a n d foreign
c o u n trie s.......................................................................................................................
P ric e s of w h e a t, flour, a n d b re a d sin ce th e a rm istic e .......................................
R e n ts in th e D is tric t of C o lu m b ia...........................................................................
C ost of liv in g in M exico..............................................................................................
R e ta il p ric e changes i n G re a t B rita in ...................................... .............................
M axim um w holesale p ric e for ap p les in E n g la n d ..............................................
In c re a se in cost of liv in g in L isbon, P o rtu g a l.....................................................
M axim um p rices for sugar fixed in S p a in .............................................................
W ages a n d h o u rs of labor:
R e c e n t changes in u n io n w age rates in p rin tin g a n d p u b lish in g tra d e s
a n d in th e p la ste rin g tr a d e .....................................................................................
W age in creases for c lerical forces of th e N a v a l E s ta b lis h m e n t___ j ............
S alaries in u n iv e rsitie s a n d colleges in th e U n ite d S ta te s in 1920..............
Com parison of earnings of N ew Y ork S ta te factory w orkers w ith re ta il
p rices of food................................................................................................................
T h e th re e -sh ift system in th e steel in d u s tr y ........................................................
W age increases in c e rta in foreign countries—•
E n g la n d .............................................................................. ......................................
F ra n c e ........................................................................................................................
J a v a ............................................................................................................................
N ew S o u th W ale s.........................
S co tlan d .'..................................................................................................................
S h a n g h a i................................................... - .............................................................
S o u th A u stra lia ......................................................................................................
T h e e ig h t-h o u r d a y in c e rta in foreign c o u n trie s................................................
M in im u m w a g e :
M inim um w age law of T e x a s.....................................................................................
M inim um w age in v e stig a tio n s a n d revisions in M assach u setts......................
C ooperation:
S econd n a tio n a l coop erativ e c o n v e n tio n ...............................................................
A ttitu d e of In te rn a tio n a l L abor Office tow ard coo p eratio n ...........................
C ooperative b a n k esta b lish e d in F in la n d .............................................................
C ooperation in n av ig a tio n in I t a l y ..........................................................................
A g reem en ts:
A g reem ent affecting em ployees of H a v e rh ill (Mass.) Shoe M anufacturers
A ssociation....................................................................................................................
L abor a g re e m e n t in th e tra w lin g b ra n c h of th e fishing in d u s tr y ...............
E m ploym ent a n d unem ploym ent:
E m p lo y m e n t in selected in d u s trie s in N ovem ber, 1920..................................
A n in d u s tria l e m p lo y m e n t su rv e y of th e U n ite d S ta te s .................................
A c tiv itie s of Illin o is free e m p lo y m e n t offices for N ovem ber, 1920..............
E m p lo y m e n t a n d u n e m p lo y m e n t in c e rta in foreign c o u n trie s.....................
R e p o rt of e m p lo y m e n t exchanges in th e U n ite d K in g d o m ...........................
V olum e of e m p lo y m e n t in t h e U n ite d K ingdom in O ctober, 1920.............
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W om en in in d u stry :
T h e new p o sitio n of w om en in A m erican in d u s tr y ........................................... 153-157
R e c e n t su rv e y of w om an w orkers in F o rt W orth, T e x ..................................... 157,158
In d u s tria l a c c id e n ts :
159
Coal-m ine fa ta litie s in th e U n ite d S ta te s ..............................................................
160
C oke-oven a c c id e n ts in th e U n ite d S ta te s in 1919............................................
In d u s tria l hygiene a n d m e d ic in e :
N eed for p h y sic a l e x a m in a tio n of em p lo y ees...................................................... 161,162
R e st periods for N ew Y ork w orkers......................................................................... 162.163
D u st h a z a rd s in g rin d in g shops of a n a x fa c to ry ................................................ 163.164
P la n t m easures for in d u s tria l fatig u e c o n tro l....................................................... 164-166
166
D e te c tio n a n d e lim in a tio n of in d u s tria l fa tig u e .................................. - ............
W orkm en’s com pensation a n d social in s u ra n c e :
M ethods of am en d in g co m pensation law s........................... - ............................... 167-171
S ta te agencies for ad m in iste rin g w o rk m en ’s co m pensation a n d a c c id e n t
p re v e n tio n law s.................................................................. .....................- ................. 171-174
E nfo rcin g in su ra n c e u n d e r th e N ew Y ork w o rk m en ’s co m pensation l a w . . 174.175
M issouri com p en satio n la w re je c te d b y re fe re n d u m ......................................... 175.176
176
C om pensation allow ed for in ju ry d u e to h o rs e p la y ...........................................
R e c e n t rep o rts of in d u s tria l a c c id e n t com m issions—
C alifornia.................................................................................................................. 176-179
M o n tan a............................................................... - - ................................................. 180-182
183
S o u th D a k o ta ..................................................._......................................................
184
Progress of th e m o th e rs’ pension m o v em en t in th e U n ite d S ta te s ..............
184
C om pensation for in d u s tria l diseases in N ew B ru n sw ic k ................................
185
In creased u n e m p lo y m e n t b enefits in G e rm a n y .................................................
S ta n d a rd w eek ly p a y m e n ts a n d b en efits u n d e r B ritis h U n e m p lo y m e n t
In su ra n c e A ct, 1920.................................................................................................. 185,186
L abor law s a n d d e c is io n s :
D ecision of S e c re ta ry of L abor in th e case of L u d w ig C. A. K . M a r te n s .. 187-194
R e c e n t decisions re la tin g to th e closed sh o p ....................................................... 194-197
B u lg a ria n law on th e co n scrip tio n of la b o r..................................... ..................... 197,198
In d u s tria l relatio n s a n d lab o r c o n d itio n s:
E ig h th a n n u a l re p o rt of t h e S ecretary of L a b o r................................................. 198-201
M igration of N egroes to n o rth e rn in d u s tria l c e n te rs.......................................... 201-203
E fficiency of lab o r on ra ilro a d s................................................................................. 204, 205
In d u s tria l a c tiv ity i n P e n n s y lv a n ia ....................................................................... 205-207
207
E x o d u s of lab o r from O hio farm s......................................... - ------ _........................
T h e D an ish F e d e ra tio n of T ra d e U nions on th e la b o r s itu a tio n .................. 207-209
210
In d u s tria l reco v ery in th e d e v a sta te d regions of F ra n c e ................................
In d u s tria l depression in J a p a n ............................................. - .................................. 210 , 211
211
L abor conditions in th e co tto n te x tile in d u s try of M exico.............................
L abor co n d itio n s in P o rtu g a l..................................................................................... 211, 212
H ou sin g :
T h e h ousing situ a tio n in E n g la n d ........................................................................... 213-221
S tr ik e s :
222
In d u s tria l controversies in N ew Y ork S ta te , 1919-20.......................................
W h at S tate lab o r b u re a u s are d o in g :
223
Colorado.............................................................................................................................
223
L o u isian a...... ....................................................................................................................
224
M assachusetts............................................................................................. .....................
P e n n sy lv a n ia ................................................................................................................. 225-227
P h ilip p in e Is la n d s......................................................................................................... 227, 228
T e x a s ................................................................................................................................... 228,229
W ash in g to n ........ ......................................................... - ................................................... 229, 230
C u rren t n o tes of in te re st to lab o r:
231
Success of soldier s e ttle m e n t p la n s in C an a d a ...... .............................................
P rofit-sharing schem e in c e rta in B ritis h c o tto n m ills ....................................... 231, 232
232
C en tra l a rb itra tio n board for se ttle m e n t of labor d isp u te s in S w e d e n ----232
C reation of d e p a rtm e n t of labor in S w itz e rla n d .................................................
Im m ig ratio n :
233
R e stric tio n of im m ig ratio n to C an ad a............... ....................................................
P u b lic a tio n s relating to labor:
Official—U n ite d S ta t e s ............................................................................................... £34-237
Official—foreign c o u n trie s........................................................................................... 237-241
U nofficial........................................................................................................................... 241-248
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T onnage o u tp u t p e r p ic k m in er p e r d a y in b itu m in o u s coal fields, b y
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E th e lb e rt S tew art, U n ite d S tates Com m issioner of L abor S ta tis tic s ___
P ric e s a n d cost of living:
R e ta il prices of food in th e U n ite d S ta te s .............................. ......................... ....
12-38
R e ta il prices of coal i n th e U n ite d S ta te s ............................................................
38-41
42-45
In d e x n u m b e rs of w holesale prices in th e U n ite d S ta t e s ..............................
Changes in w holesale p rices in th e U n ite d S ta te s .............................................
45-51
Changes in cost of liv in g in th e U n ite d S ta te s ....................................................
52-61
Cost of liv in g i n N ew Y ork C ity i n N ovem ber, 1920 .......................................
61-66
R e ta il prices of food a n d o th e r com m odities in D en m ark in J u ly a n d
A ugust, 1920...........................................
66,67
Cost of liv in g in T u rin , I t a l y .....................................................................................
68
C hanges in cost of liv in g in T okyo, J a p a n ............................................................
69
W ages a n d h o u rs of labor:
W ages a n d h o u rs of lab o r in cotton-goods m an u factu rin g , 1907 to 1 9 2 0 ...
70-72
U n io n w age ra te s in th e stone tra d e s, O ctober 31, 1920..................................
72, 73
In d e x n u m b ers of wages p e r hour, 1840 to 1920.................................................
73, 74
P re v a ilin g h o u rly w a g e sc a le sin th e b u ild in g tra d e s on D ecem b er 31,1920. 75-77
C hanges in cost of liv in g as basis for a d ju s tm e n t of salaries of b a n k em
plo y ees.......... ................................................................................................................
78-80
A d ju stin g salarie s of S t. P a u l c ity em ployees to cost of liv in g .....................
80-83
W ages in A rk an sas.........................................................................................................
83, 84
84, 85
W ages in O hio m a n u fa c tu rin g in d u s trie s in 1919...............................................
W ages a n d hours of w om en em ployed in m e rc a n tile esta b lish m e n ts in
V ir g i n ia .......................................................................................................................
86
87-91
T h e th re e -sh ift d a y in th e p ap er a n d p u lp in d u s try ........................................
W ages in th e b u ild in g tra d e s in S askatchew an, C anada, 1916 to 1919___
91
92-95
N ew w orking a g reem en t affecting personnel of Ita lia n tu g b o a ts .................
W ages in Vigo, S p a in ....................................................................................................
95
M in im u m w a g e :
M inim um w age law of W ashington h e ld c o n s titu tio n a l...................................
96, 97
M inim um wage s tu d y in O hio................................................................................... 97-100
G en eral aw ard b y M innesota M inim um W age C om m ission............................ 100,101
N ew m in im u m wages fixed b y N ew S o u th W ales B oard of T r a d e .............
101
Cooperation:
C ooperative organization am ong farm ers in th e U n ite d S ta te s .....................
102
C ond itio n of th e co o p erativ e m o v em en t a b ro a d ......................................... . . . 103-114
R e la tio n s betw een em ployers a n d em ployed:
D issolution of th e ra ilw a y boards of a d ju s tm e n t................................................ 115,116
116
P a rtic ip a tio n b y w orkers in control of in d u s try in I t a l y ................................
A N orw egian p la n for p ro fit s h a r in g ....................................................................... 117-119
E m ploym ent a n d u n em p lo y m en t:
E m p lo y m e n t in selected in d u s trie s in D ecem ber, 1920.................................. 120-123
A c tiv itie s of U n ite d S ta te s E m p lo y m e n t S ervice, 1918 to J u n e 30, 1920..
123
E m p lo y m e n t in N ew Y ork S ta te factories in D ecem ber, 1920...............
124
U n e m p lo y m e n t in M assachusetts on S e p tem b er 30, 1920.............................. 124,125
O perations of th e A rkansas F e d e ra l-S ta te E m p lo y m e n t Office....................
125
U n e m p lo y m e n t in c e rta in foreign countries:
E n g la n d ..................................................................................................................... 125,126
I t a ly ............................................................................................................................
126
J a p a n ............................................................................. .....................'...................... 126,127
N o r w a y . . . ...............................................................................................................
127
P o la n d ........................................................................................................................
127
E m p lo y m e n t in U ru g u a y ....................................................................................
128
W om en in in d u s try :
W om an lab o r in th e P ru ssian -H essian railro a d serv ice....................................... 129-134
In d u s tria l accid en ts a n d h y g ie n e :
O ccu p atio n al lead poisoning, b y W . H . R a n d , M. D ......................................... 135-148
W ork a c cid en ts to w o m en ........................................................................................... 148,149
In d u s tria l accid en ts in c e rta in foreign c o u n trie s................................................. 150-153
W orkm en’s com pensation a n d social in s u ra n c e :
Cost of occu p atio n al diseases u n d e r w o rk m en ’s com pensation a cts in th e
U n ite d States, b y Carl H o o k s ta d t....................................................................... 154-159
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F iv e y ears of com pensation in P e n n sy lv a n ia ...................................................... 161-163
W o rk m e n ’s com pensation in Q ueensland, A u stra lia ........................................ 163,164
L abor law s a n d d e c is io n s :
S econdary b o y co tts a n d th e C layton A c t.............................................................. 165-168
L egal effect of c o llectiv e agreem ents, b y L in d le y D . C la rk .......................... 168-171
“ Serious m isc o n d u c t” u n d e r th e C alifornia com p en satio n la w ................... 171-173
W o rk m a n ’s co m pensation in su ra n c e in O h io ...................................................... 173,174
Provisions for th e se ttle m e n t of labor d isp u tes in B o liv ia .............................. 174,175
Passage of eight-hour law in Costa R ic a ................................................................
175
H o u sin g :
B u ild in g o perations in th e U n ite d S ta t e s ............................................................ 176-180
H ousing notes from foreign countries:
A u stra lia ....................................................................................................................
180
H u n g a ry ................................................................................................................... 180,181
N ew Z e a la n d ...........................................................................................................
181
S c o tla n d ....................................................................................................................
181
L abor o rg a n iz a tio n s:
N a tio n a lity of m em bers of In te rn a tio n a l S eam en ’s U n io n of A m e ric a ----- 182,183
C on stitu tio n ad o p ted b y labor congress a t G u ay aq u il, E c u a d o r................. 183,184
L abor organization in C h in a ...................................................................................... 184,185
L abor c o n d itio n s:
E fficiency of seam en on th e Pacific c o a s t ........................................................
186,187
• H om e w orkers in N ew Y ork C ity te n e m e n ts ...................................................... 187,188
L abor u n re st in P ran ce, b y A nice L. W h it n e y ................................................ 188-200
P ro d u c tio n a n d labor conditions in G erm an hard-coal field s...... ................. 200-213
W hat State labor b u reau s are d o in g :
A rkansas........................................................... ................................................................
214
Illin o is ................................................................................................................................
215
M ain e.............,....................................................................................................................
215
N o rth D a k o ta ...................................................................................................................
216
W yo m in g ........................................................................................................................... 216, 217
C u rren t n o tes of in te re st to la b o r:
W om en’s section in U n ite d S tates B u reau ofIm m ig ra tio n ..............................
218
A n th racite coal in d u s try in P en n sy lv an ia in 1 9 1 9 ...........................
218
219
V isit of F ren ch labor rep resen tativ es to th e R u h r d is tric t, G e rm a n y ----219
C reation of R o u m an ian M in istry ofL abor a n d Social W elfare........................
Im m igration a n d em igration:
A n n u al m o v em en t of aliens for fiscal years 1910 to 1920........................ ..
220
Ita lia n em igration, 1916 to 1918................................................................................ 220-222
P u b lic a tio n s relating to la b o r:
Official—U n ite d S ta t e s ......................................................
223-225
Official—Foreign co u n trie s................... ...................................... ............................. 226-231
U n o ffic ia l.................................................................................
231-235
N O . 3 . - M A R C H , 1921.
Special a rtic le s :
M inim um -w age law s of th e U n ite d S tates, b y L in d le y D. C la rk ...........
P ric e s a n d cost of living:
R e ta il prices of food in th e U n ite d S ta te s ............. ...............................................
R e ta il prices of coal in th e U n ite d S ta te s ............................................................
In d e x n u m b ers of w holesale p ric e s .........................................................................
P ric e changes, w holesale a n d re ta il, of im p o rta n t food articles in selected
c itie s...............................................................................................................................
W holesale' prices of b u ild in g m a te ria ls...................................................................
W holesale prices in th e U n ite d S tates a n d foreign countries, 1913 to
D ecem b er,-1920..........................................................................................................
W ages a n d hours of labor:
Changes in u n io n wage scales, 1907 to 1920.........................................: ..............
W ages a n d hours of lab o r in w oolen a n d w orsted goods m an u factu rin g , 1907
to 1920............................................. ..............................................................................
U n io n scale of w ages a n d hours of p a in te rs ..........................................................
U nion scale of wages a n d h o u rs p e r d a y of iro n m olders, N ovem ber 30,
1920.....................- ........................................................................................................
C ollection of wage claim s b y S ta te labor offices, b y M ary T . W aggam an.
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W ages a n d h o u rs of labor— C oncluded.
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W ages of m ale farm labor in th e U n ite d S tates, 1916 to 1920....................
84,85
R etro a c tiv e wage aw ard for m eat-p ack in g e m p lo y ees......................................
86
W ages in th e S ta te of W ash in g to n ............................................................................
87
W ages a n d hours in W yom ing ...................................................................................
88
P re v a ilin g w ages a n d hours in P a ra g u a y ...............................................................
88, 89
A nalysis of collective agreem ents in F ran ce, Ja n u a ry to O ctober, 1920.
89-93
T h e eig h t-h o u r d a y in Ita lia n a g ric u ltu re ......................................... . ............ .
94
W ages a n d w orking conditions an d hours of labor in ce rta in in d u strie s
in J a p a n ...................................................................
94-97
O ne y e a r of th e eight-hour law in S w e d e n ......................_...................................
97, 98
W ages in various occupations in c e rta in foreign countries:
98
A rg e n tin a ............................................
A u stra lia ....................................................................................................................
99
F ra n c e .................................................................................
99-102
G e rm a n y ................................................................................................................... 102,103
G reat B rita in .........................
104-108
S w e d e n ....................................................................................................................
108
M in im u m wage:
A m in im u m wage conference a t w ork: A w ard for D istric t of Colum bia
la u n d ry w orkers, b y Clara M ortenson B eyer, secretary, M inim um Wage
B oard of th e D istric t of C olum bia........................................................................ 109-111
R e c e n t m in im u m wage reports—
M assachusetts.......................................................................................................... 111-115
W ash in g to n ............................................................................................
115,116
W isconsin.................................................................................................................. 116,117
C ooperation:
A ll-A m erican C ooperative Congress, b y F lorence E . P a r k e r . . ...................... 118-121
R elatio n s betw een em ployers a n d em ployed:
J o in t review ing com m ittee of th e P e n n sy lv a n ia R ailroad S y s t e m ..----- 122-125
N atio n al labor council for th e e lec trical construction in d u s try ............. . 126,127
New w orking agreem ent b etw een clothing firm in B altim ore a n d its
e m p lo y ees.......................................................................................................... _......... 127,128
N ew a rb itra tio n agreem ent affecting b u ild in g tra d e s in S an F ra n c is c o .. 128,129
O rganization of em ployers an d w orkers in G e rm a n y ....................................... 129-136
E m ploym ent a n d unem ploym ent:
E m p lo y m e n t in selected in d u stries in Ja n u a ry , 1921....................................... 137-141
E m p lo y m e n t a n d earnings in A rkansas an d W is c o n sin ................................. 141-145
E m p lo y m e n t a n d u n e m p lo y m e n t in certa in foreign countries:
A u stra lia ....................................................................................................................
146
B e lg iu m .....................................................................................................................
146
C zechoslovakia...........................................................................................- .......... 146-148
G e rm a n y .................................................................................................................... 148-152
152-154
G reat B rita in ...........................
S w itz e rla n d ............................................................................................................•- 154-156
W om en in in d u stry , a n d ch ild labor:
C hild labor in W isconsin.............................................................................
157
E m p lo y m e n t of w om en a n d young persons in lead an d zinc w orks in G reat
B rita in ....................................................................................................................
157,158
In d u s tria l ac c id e n ts a n d hygiene:
A co m pendium of in d u s tria l h a z a rd s....................................................
159-167
In a d e q u a c y of in d u s tria l a c c id e n t sta tistic s p u b lish e d in S ta te reports,
b y M argaret G a d sb y ....................... . . . .......... . .......... .........._................................. 167-176
S k in tro u b les caused b y chem ical irrita n ts in c u ttin g o ils............. •.............. 176,177
In d u s tria l ac c id e n ts in W isconsin.............................................................................. 177,178
In d u s tria l ac c id e n ts in Chile in 1919......................................................................
178
W orkm en’s com pensation:
In creased com pensation to m inors illeg ally em ployed u n d e r th e W isconsin
w o rk m en ’s com pensation s ta tu te ......................................................................... 179,180
C o n stitu tio n ality of th e U ta h w orkm en’s com pensation la w ........................ 180,181
R e p o rt of th e In d u s tria l A c cid en t Comm ission of W isconsin...................... 181,182
Labor organizations:
T h ird in te rn a tio n a l labor conference p o stp o n e d ................................................
183
L abor organization in P a ra g u a y .......................
183
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PageC o n n e c tic u t.........................................................................
184
O klah o m a.......................................................................................................................... 184,185
185,186
W ashington........................
Labor c o n d itio n s:
L abor recom m endations in governors’ messages of Ja n u a ry , 1921______ 187-193
L abor u n re st in G reat B rita in , b y Mrs. V ictoria B . T u rn e r...................... 193-212
Im m ig ratio n :
P roblem s of im m ig ra tio n .............................................................................................. 213-215
C urrent notes of in te re st to labor:
Chinese in d u s tria l stu d e n ts—a c o rrectio n .............................................................
216
S tu d y of h e a lth conditions in N ew Je rse y a n d N ew Y ork foundries b y
U n ite d S tates P u b lic H e a lth S e rv ic e .................................................................
216
In q u iry in to th ree-sh ift system in th e iro n a n d steel in d u s try , b y In te r
n atio n al L abor Office................................................................................................
217
P u b lic a tio n s relating to labor:
Official— U n ite d S ta te s ................................................................................................. 218-222
222-224
Official— F oreign c o u n trie s.......................................................................
U nofficial........................................................................................................................... 224r-231
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S pecial a rtic le s !
T re n d of c h ild labor in th e U n ite d States, 1913 to 1920, b y N e ttie P .
M cG ill, C h ild re n ’s B u reau , U n ite d S tates D e p a rtm e n t of L a b o r............
P ric e s a n d cost of liv in g :
R e ta il prices
of food in th e U n ite d S ta te s .....................................................
R e ta il p rices
of coal in th e U n ite d S ta te s .....................................................
R e ta il p rices of d ry goods in th e U n ite d S ta te s ................................................
W holesale prices in F e b ru a ry ....................................................................................
Com parison of re ta il p rice changes in th e U n ite d S ta te s a n d foreign coun
tries .................................................................................................................................
Cost of liv in g of school-teachers a n d te leg rap h operators in P a ra g u a y ___
W holesale prices in F ran ce, 1914 to 1920..............................................................
Changes in cost of liv in g in G e rm a n y ....................................................................
In c re a se in cost of liv in g in G reat B rita in in 1920 as com pared w ith 1914..
C hange in basis of c a lc u la tin g w holesale p ric e in d e x n u m b e rs in G reat
B rita in ............................................................................................................................
F ix e d w holesale a n d re ta il p rices of m e n ’s a n d b o y s’ clo th in g in G reat
B rita in ............................................................................................................................
P rices of foodstuffs a n d o th e r com m odities in B u d a p e st, H u n g a ry ............
Changes in cost of liv in g in N e th e rla n d s...............................................................
R e ta il prices of food in B ilbao, S p a in .................................................................
Cost of liv in g in E g y p t in 1920.................................................................................
W ages a n d h o u rs of labor:
A verage u n io n scale of wage rates p er h o u r a n d p e r w eek, M ay, 1913 to
1920 ................................................................................................................................
U nion scale of wage rates p e r h o u r a n d hours p e r w eek of carpenters,
D ecem ber 31, 1920....................................................................................................
E x te n t of in d u s tria l h o m e w ork a n d earnings of hom e w orkers in M ilw au
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W ages in T am pico, M exico........................................................................................
R ecom m endations for cost-of-living b o n u s for B ritish G o v ern m en t em
p lo y e e s...........................................................................................................................
W ages in B u d ap est, H u n g ary , Ja n u a ry , 1921..........................................
W age scales in specified occupations in S o u th A u stra lia ................................
W ages in B ilbao, S p a in ..............................................................................................
H ours an d wages of ag ric u ltu ra l labor in S w e d e n ...............................................
M in im u m w a g e :
R e c e n t S ta te m in im u m wage reports—
N o rth D a k o ta ..........................................................................................................
O regon........................................................................................................................
R e p o rt of basic wage com m ission of A u stra lia ...................................................
M inim um wages for p rin te rs in S w itz e rla n d ............... ........................................
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E m ploym ent a n d unem ploym ent:
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E m p lo y m e n t in selected in d u strie s in F e b ru a ry , 1921....................................
83-86
E m p lo y m e n t a n d u n e m p lo y m e n t in C anada in 1920...................................
86, 87
R e p o rt of e m p lo y m e n t exchanges in th e U n ite d K in g d o m ..........................
87, 88
V olum e of em p lo y m e n t in th e U n ite d K ingdom in Ja n u a ry , 1921.............
88, 89
E m p lo y m e n t co n d itio n s in foreign co u n tries—
F ra n c e (L yon d is tric t).........................................................................................
90, 91
S c o tla n d ....................................................................................................................
91
W om en in in d u s try :
H ours of w om en in restau ran ts a n d te le p h o n e exchanges in M in n e so ta ..
92
T h e tw o-shift sy stem for E nglish w orking w o m en .............................................
92-95
In d u s tria l hygiene a n d m e d icin e:
P h y sic a l d isa b ilitie s in m ilita ry a n d in d u s tria l life ......................................... 96-100
R esp o n sib ility for in d u s tria l a c c id e n t p re v e n tio n : T h e W isconsin sys
te m ..........................................
100,101
P oisoning b y zin c clo rid e in a w ood-preserving p l a n t .....................................
102
H azards from arsenous o x id e in co p p er sm e ltin g ................................................
103
W orkm en’s com pensation:
R e p o rt of M innesota com m ission on new w orkm en’s com pensation legis
la tio n .............................................................................................................................. 104,105
R e c e n t rep o rts on op eratio n of w o rk m en ’s com pensation laws—
■U n ite d S ta te s .......................................................................................................... 105-107
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C o n n e c tic u t.............................................................................................................
108
M assachusetts.......................................................................................................... 108,109
M innesota................................................................................................................. 109,110
N e v a d a .................................................................................
111,112
N ew H a m p sh ire .....................................................................................................
112
N ew Y o rk ................................................................................................................. 112,113
N orth D a k o ta .................................
114
O klah o m a................................................................................................................. 114,1 1 5
T en n essee.................................................................................................................
115
A m en d m en ts to w o rk m en ’s com pensation law of N ew Z e a la n d .................
115
Labor law s a n d d e c is io n s :
F e d e ra l labor legislation, b y L in d le y D.C lark .................................................. 116-122
R e c e n t decisions of th e K ansas C ourt of In d u s tria l R e la tio n s...................... 122-125
T ran sp o rtatio n com panies h a n d lin g n o n u n io n goods....................................... 125,126
H o u s in g :
N otes on th e h o using situ a tio n in n o rth e rn E urope—
D e n m a rk ...................................................................................................................
127
F in la n d .........................., ........................................................................................ 127,128
N o rw ay ..................................................................................................................... 128,129
S w e d e n ...................................................................................................................... 129,130
H ousing m easures in C zechoslovakia..................................................................... 130-133
H ousing n o tes from o th e r foreign countries—
E n g la n d (L iv erp o o l)............................................................................................ 133,134
F ra n c e .......................................................................................................................
134
J a p a n ..........................................................................................................................
135
N e th e rla n d s...........................
135
P e r u ............................................................................................................................
136
In d u s tria l relatio n s a n d labor c o n d itio n s:
N egro labor d u rin g a n d after th e w a r..................................................................... 137-142
E lim in a tin g w aste in A m erican in d u s tr y ............................................................ 143,144
D eclarations of labor p rin cip les b y conference of re p re se n ta tiv e s of n a
tio n a l a n d in te rn a tio n a l tra d e -u n io n s................................................................ 144,145
A p p ren ticesh ip council for th e b u ild in g tra d e s i n C a n a d a .. ..................... 145,146
L abor u n re s t in B elgium , b y A nice L . W h itn e y ............................................... 147-154
L abor u n re s t in G e rm a n y ............................................................................................ 155-169
L abor organizations:
T y p e s of la b o r organizations in T u rk e y ................................................................ 170-173
S trik e s a n d lo c k o u ts:
T h e a d ju s tm e n t of w ar-tim e controversies............................................................ 174-176
S trik e s a n d lockouts in C anada in 1920................................................................. 176,177
T ra d e d isp u te s in G reat B rita in in 1920.....................................................................
177
S trik es a n d lockouts in p u b lic u tilitie s in G e rm a n y .............................................
178
S trik es in P o la n d d u rin g th e first q u a rte r of 1920.............................................. 178,179
L ab o r d isp u te s in S w eden in 1918 a n d 1919..........................................................
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M e d ia tio n a n d a r b itr a tio n :
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A rb itra tio n in M innesota......................................- - - - - .......................................... 1 0
R e p o rt of N ew Y ork B u re a u of M ediation a n d A r b itra tio n ...............................
W hat S tate labor b u re a u s are d o in g :
M assachusetts..............................- ..................................................................................... ..
N e v a d a ............................................................................................................................... 183
N ew H a m p sh ire ..................................................................................................................
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E n la rg e m e n t of d u tie s of th e K a n sa s In d u s tria l C o u rt...........- - ......... . . ------ R e a p p o in tm e n t of W . J . F re n c h to In d u s tria l A c c id e n t Com m ission of
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N a tio n a litie s of sk ille d a n d u n sk ille d laborers on H a w a iia n sugar p la n ta tions, M ay, 1920..............................................................................................................
C u b an farm sc h o o ls.......................................- ..................................................................
E m ig ra tio n to M ex ico ................................................. - - - ..............................................
Progress in in d u s tria l e d u c tio n i n A rg en tin a a n d U ru g u a y ................................
A n n u a l le a v e for w orkm en in G e rm a n y ----- - - - - - - - .......................
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M obilization of em ployees of railro a d s a n d m ines to p re v e n t strik es m
Ju g o -S lav ia..................... - ......................................................................................... ..
Post-office life in su ra n c e in J a p a n ................................................................................
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Official—U n ite d S ta te s ................................................................................................. io l_ 9 n i
Official—foreign c o u n trie s...........................................................................................
U n o f f i c ia l ....................................................................................................................... 2U1-2U/
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W holesale p rices in M a rc h ..........................................................................................
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R e ta il d is trib u tio n a n d m a rk e tin g of foods..........................................................
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Cost of liv in g in C in c in n a ti............. ...................
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Cost of fa m ily b u d g e t in D en m ark m specified m o n th s, J u ly , 1914, to
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R e ta ii prioes In D en m ark in J a n u a r y , 1921, co m pared w ith O ctober, ii>20.
Cost of liv in g in F ra n c e ............................................................... ’ 49
W ages a n d h o u rs of la b o r:
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W ages an d h o u rs of la b o r m th e p etro leu m in d u s tr y ........................................
Wat?e changes of ra ilro a d em ployees in re c e n t y e a rs.................... ..................
U n io n w age ra te s p e r h o u r of s tre e t ra ilw a y m o to rm en a n d con d u cto rs on
C hanges in ra te s of w ages J u ly 1,1 9 2 0 , to M arch 31,1 9 2 1 . -- - • - - ---- ® 74
R e n e w a l of w age a g reem en ts b e tw e e n U n ite d S ta te s S h ip p in g B oard a n d
U M o n w a g e ra te s a n d h o u rs of la b o r i n b u iid in g tra d e s in M a ssa c h u se tts.
In d e x n u m b e rs of p h y s ic a l v o lu m e of p ro d u c tio n .........................- - ------- ;
W ages a n d earnings of w om en in food a n d co nfectionery m a n u fa c tu re m
M assach u setts.................- .............. - ....................................................... : ................
W ages a n d h o u rs of la b o r i n C a n a d a .......................................................................
W ages of w om en w orkers i n M exico........................................................................
W ages on G o v e rn m e n t ra ilro a d in E c u a d o r.........................................................
W ages a n d cost of liv in g in A u s tria .........................................................................
T re n d of w ages i n D e n m a rk , 1914 to 1920.............................................................
A g ric u ltu ra l w age scales i n F ra n c e b a se d on p ric e of w h e a t.........................
W ages in v ario u s in d u s trie s i n G erm an y m 1920............. ..................................
P a y m e n t-in -k in d schem e proposed b y G erm an eco n o m ist.............................
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W ages in t h e d y e in d u s try i n E n g la n d ..................................................................
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W ages for re p a irin g a n d d ry -d o ck in g sh ip s in B elg iu m a n d E n g la n d ___
M in im u m w a g e :
In ju n c tio n re stra in in g N o rth D a k o ta M inim um W age D e p a rtm e n t............
96, 97
M inim um ra te s of wages for a g ric u ltu ra l lab o r i n E n g la n d a n d W a le s___
97, 98
N ew m in im u m wage ra te s fixed in c e rta in in d u s trie s in S o u th A u s tr a lia ..
98, 99
E m ploym ent a n d unem ploym ent:
E m p lo y m e n t in selected in d u s trie s in M arch, 1921.......................................... 100-103
C onditions of e m p lo y m e n t in A rk an sas................................................................. 103-105
E m p lo y m e n t a n d earnings in N ew Y ork S ta te in M a rc h ................................ 106,107
R ecords of e m p lo y m e n t of b ric k la y e rs a n d sla te a n d ti l e roofers in P h ila
d e lp h ia ........................................................................................................................... 107-110
W isconsin la b o r m a rk e t in F e b ru a r y ...................................................................... 110, 111
W ork of B ritis h e m p lo y m e n t ex changes in 1920................................................ I l l , 112
E m p lo y m e n t in in d u s tria l a n d com m ercial esta b lish m e n ts in F ra n c e . . . 112-114
E x te n t of u n e m p lo y m e n t in foreign c o u n tries—
A lgiers........................................................................................................................
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D e n m a rk ..........................................................................................................
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F ra n c e (P a ris ).........................................................................................................
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G reat B rita in a n d Ir e la n d .................................................................................. 115-117
Ita ly (T u rin )............................................................................................................
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N e th e rla n d s...... ............................................ ........ ................................................. 117,118
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N o rw ay ....................
S w itz e rla n d .............................................................................................................. 118-120
W om en in in d u stry , a n d c h ild labor:
E m p lo y m e n t of w om en as s tre e t c a r conductors a n d tic k e t a g e n ts.............
121
C olored w om en in in d u s try in P h ila d e lp h ia ...... ................................................ 122-124
C h ild la b o r in W isconsin o u tsid e of M ilw au k ee................................................. 124,125
In d u s tria l ac c id e n ts a n d h y g ie n e :
In d u s tria l e sta b lis h m e n t d is a b ility records as a source of m o rb id ity
s ta tistic s......................................................................................................................... 126,127
Q u a rry a c c id e n ts i n th e U n ite d S ta te s in 1919...... ........................................... 127,128
T h e co n q u est of tu b e rc u lo sis...................................................................................... 128,129
A c c id e n t e x p e rie n c e of th e O hio S ta te In d u s tria l C om m ission.................... 129,130
F a ta l in d u s tria l a c c id e n ts in C an ad a in 1920.......................................................
130
G erm an d e c re e for th e p ro te c tio n of w orkers in com pressed a ir ................... 130,131
W orkm en’s com pensation a n d social in s u ra n c e :
P roposed d e a th b e n e fit sc h e d u le of C alifornia.................................................... 132,133
R e c e n t w o rk m en ’s com pensation rep o rts—
N e b ra sk a ..............................................
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O regon........................................................................................................................ 134,135
P e n n s y lv a n ia .................................................................
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T e x a s ......................................................................
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W ash in g to n ........................................................... ................................................... 139,140
N ew B ru n sw ic k ............ .........................................................................................
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G reat B r ita in .................................. ........................................................................ 141,142
In crease in w eek ly p a y m e n ts an d b en efits u n d e r B ritis h u n e m p lo y m e n t
in su ran ce a c t..................................
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Sickness in s u ra n c e law of P o la n d ..................
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L abor law s a n d d e c is io n s :
R e la tio n of com p en satio n a n d lia b ility s t a tu t e s ............................................... 144,145
R ig h ts of u n io n s a n d em p lo y ers to c o n tra c t......................................................... 145-147
R e o rg an iz atio n of la b o r offices of N ew Y o rk a n d M in n eso ta.......................... 147,148
C o u rt decisio n u p h o ld in g in d iv id u a l rig h ts of m em bers of u n io n s in
S w itz e rla n d ...................................................................................................................
148
N ew la b o r leg islatio n in N ew S o u th W a le s.......................................................... 148-150
R u m a n ia n law on o b lig ato ry c o n c ilia tio n of la b o r d is p u te s........................... 150,151
In d u s tria l re latio n s a n d labor c o n d itio n s:
A brogation of ra ilro a d w orking a g reem en ts ordered b y U n ite d S tates
R ailro a d L a b o r B o a rd ............................................................................................... 152,153
L ab o r co n d itio n s in J a p a n ....................
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L abor u n re s t in S p a in ................................................................................................... 154-165
H o u s in g :
H ousing notes from C an a d a a n d E n g la n d ............................................................
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L abor organizations :
G row th of trad e-u n io n ism , 1910 to 1919...................... ..........................................
In s titu tio n of a d isa b le m e n t b ra n c h in th e In te rn a tio n a l L ab o r O ffice..
A m algam ation of tra n sp o rt an d g en eral w orkers’ unions in G reat B r it a in ..
S trik e s a n d lockouts :
S trik es a n d lockouts in N e th e rla n d s .............................. - ......................................
W h at S tate labor b u re a u s are doing :
F lo rid a ............................................. .................................................................................
M assachusetts...................................................................................................................
N o rth C arolina........................................................................ - ......................................
P h ilip p in e Is la n d s.........................................................................................................
T e x a s ...................................................................................................................................
C u rren t n o tes of in te re s t to labor :
O rd er a d m ittin g C hinese in d u s tria l stu d e n ts can celled b y D e p a rtm e n t of
L a b o r..............................................................................................................................
P erso n n el R esearch F e d e ra tio n ...............................................................................
Conference-on co ordination of social w o rk ............................................................
V ocational e d u c a tio n p ro jects in M assachusetts. - - - - - - - ................................
In s tru c tio n in a g ric u ltu re in th e schools of th e P h ilip p in e Is la n d s ...........
L ab o r reco m m en d atio n s of G overnor G eneral of P h ilip p in e Is la n d s ..........
E m ig ra tio n from G erm an y in 1919 a n d 1920..........- - - ........................................
In d u s tria l tra in in g of ex-service m en in G re a t B rita in ...................................
P u b lic a tio n s relating to labor :
Official—U n ite d S ta te s ................................................................................................
Official—foreign c o u n trie s...........................................................................................
U nofficial...........................................................................................................................
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In d u s tria l a c c id e n t freq u en cy in W isconsin, 191o_to_ 1920, by A. J . A ltm eyer, s ta tistic ia n , W isconsin In d u s tria l C om m ission.......................... - - E ig h th a n n u a l co n v en tio n , A ssociation of G o v ern m en tal L abor Officials
of th e L hiited S tates a n d C an ad a.........................................................................
P ric e s a n d cost of living:
R e ta il p rices of food in th e U n ite d S ta te s ............. - ............................................
R e ta il p rices of coal in th e U n ite d S ta te s ............................................................
Changes in w holesale p rices in th e U n ite d S ta te s ............. .......... : ................ P ric e changes, w holesale a n d re ta il, of im p o rta n t food a rtic le s in selected
c itie s.................................... ...........................................................................................
W holesale p rices in th e U n ite d S tates a n d foreign co u n tries, 1913 to
M arch, 1921.................................................................................................................A ustralia— P urch asin g pow er of m o n e y ....................- - - ......................................
G erm any—W holesale prices of com m odities........................................................
G reat B rita in —
R e ta il prices of clothing, 1914 to 1921............................................................
Course of w holesale p rices....................................- ............................................
N ew Z ealand— P rices of m e a t............................ - - : .................................................
S w itzerlan d — R e ta il food prices a n d cost of liv in g , M arch 1, 1921.............
R e c e n t p ric e m o v em en ts in vario u s c o u n trie s.........- .......... : .....................T re n d of w holesale p rices a n d ra te s of exchange in v ario u s countries,
1913 to Ju n e , 1920................................, .......... .....................................................1'
Cost of liv in g in S can d in av ian co u n tries an d F in la n d ....................................
W ages a n d h o u rs of lab o r:
H o u rly w age scales in th e b u ild in g trad es, A pril 30, 1921............................
R e c e n t wage decisions—
Chicago clothing w o rk ers....................................................................................
C leveland la d ie s’ g arm en t w o rk ers............. - .................................................
B elgium —W ages in c o tto n -sp in n in g in d u s try m G h e n t..................................
F ra n c e — A g ricu ltu ra l w ages................. ..........; ........................................................
M an ch u ria—W ages i n vario u s occu p atio n s in D a ire n .......................................
N eth erlan d s—W ages in m ines and. m etal w o rk s...............................................
S w itzerlan d —H ours of labor of railro a d em p lo y ees.........................................
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E m p lo y m e n t in selected in d u s trie s in A pril, 1921............................................
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E m p lo y m e n t an d wage co n d itio n s as rep o rted b y F e d e ra l reserve b a n k s ..
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C on n ecticu t— R e p o rt of free em p lo y m en t offices, A pril, 1921......................
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Illin o is—R e p o rt of free em p lo y m e n t offices, A pril, 1921................................
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N ew Y ork—
In d e x n u m b ers of e m p lo y m en t, Ju n e , 1914, to A pril, 1921...................
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E m p lo y m e n t in factories, A pril, 1921............................................................
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O hio— R e p o rt of free em p lo y m en t offices, A pril, 1921.....................................
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W isconsin— R e p o rt of free em p lo y m e n t offices, A pril, 1921...........................
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U n e m p lo y m e n t in foreign c o u n trie s.......................................................................
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H ousing:
T h e C alder re p o rt on th e b u ild in g s itu a tio n ........................................................ 96-100
Seasonal irre g u la rity in th e b u ild in g in d u s try .................................................... 10 1,102
W om en in in d u stry :
R e p o rt of C anadian com m ittee on sta n d a rd iz a tio n of dom estic s e r v ic e .. 103-105
In d u s tria l tra in in g for G erm an w om en...................................................
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In d u s tria l ac c id e n ts a n d hygiene:
A ccid en ts a t m etallu rg ical w orks in th e U n ite d S tates in 1919.................... 107,108
F irst-a id tra in in g a n d rescue w ork in m in e s..... .................................................. 108-110
C oal-dust explosions in in d u s tria l p la n ts .............................................................. n o , i l l
T e tra c h lo re th a n e poisoning a n d its p re v e n tio n ................................................... 111-113
P rev a le n c e a n d causes of c o n su m p tio n am ong m in ers of B u tte , M o n t___ 113-116
M iners’ ny stag m u s in B elgian m in e s...................................................................... 116,117
M ine a c c id e n ts in O ntario in 1920...........................................................................
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W orkm en’s com pensation a n d social in s u ra n c e :
In d ia n a —R e p o rt of In d u s tria l B oard, y e a r e n d in g S e p te m b e r 30, 1920..
118
G erm any—T ransfer of social in su ran ce funds in ced ed te rrito rie s ............. 118,119
L abor law s a n d d e c isio n s:
Colorado—C ontrol of strik es in coal m in e s ............................................................ 120,121
M ichigan— E m p lo y er enjoined ag ain st b reaching collectiv e a g reem en ts. 121-123
N ew Y ork—
C ollective agreem ents creatin g m on o p o ly ............................................... .... 124,125
C o n stitu tio n a lity of law for re h a b ilita tio n ....................................................
125
N o rth D akota— F ree em p lo y m e n t b u re a u e sta b lish e d .....................................
126
P e n n sy lv a n ia — C o n stitu tio n al rig h ts of m em bers of labor o rg a n iz a tio n s..
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T exas—M inim um wage law re p e a le d . . , ..............................................................
127
W ashington— R eorganization of D e p a rtm e n t of L abor a n d In d u s trie s ___ 127,128
W est V irginia—
C hildren u n la w fu lly em p lo y ed .........................................................................
128
S econdary b o y c o tt e n jo in e d ............................................................................. 129,130
S p ain —C om pulsory old-age in su ra n c e .................................................................... 130,131
U ruguay—
W o rk m en ’s a c c id e n t law ..................................................................................... 131,132
C om pulsory re st d a y .............................................................................................
132
In d u s tria l relations a n d labor con d itio n s:
K ansas— R e p o rt of C ourt of In d u s tria l R e la tio n s............................................... 133,134
F ran ce—S uperior lab o r c o u n c il.. . ; ......................................................................... 134,135
G erm any— R e c e n t d ev elo p m en ts in G erm an w orks council s y s te m ........... 135-137
Ita ly — L abor u n re st, b y A lfred M a y la n d e r.......................................................... 137-159
Ja p a n —M em bership of labor u n io n s....................................................................... 160,161
S trik e s cind lockouts *
S trik es a n d lockouts in th e U n ite d S tates, 1916 to 1 9 20............................... 162-181
S trik es a n d lockouts in th e N e th e rla n d s...............................................................
182
C onciliation a n d arb itra tio n :
H isto ry of th e S h ip b u ild in g L abor A d ju stm e n t B o ard ..............................
183,184
E d u catio n of a d u lt w orking c la sse s:
A d u lt w orking-class ed u c a tio n in th e U n ite d S ta te s..................................
185-193
S um m er school for w om an w orkers a t B ry n M awr College............................ 193,194
W hat S tate labor b u re a u s are doing:
California—B u reau of L abor S ta tistic s...............................................................
195
Com m ission of Im m ig ratio n a n d H o u sin g .................................................... 195-198
Colorado—Coal M ine In sp e c tio n D e p a rtm e n t......................................................
198
In d ia n a —In d u s tria l B o ard ........................................ ................................................ 198,199
L ouisiana—F acto ries In s p e c tio n D ep a rtm e n t, P a rish of O rleans................
199
S o u th C arolina—Com m issioner of A griculture, Com m erce, a n d In d u s trie s. 199-201
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In te rn a tio n a l L abor R e v ie w ......................................................................................
P ro d u c tio n of coal in N ova S cotia in 1920............... .............................................
Proposed law for v o lu n ta ry a rb itra tio n of lab o r d isp u tes in H o lla n d ----E ig h t-h o u r d a y in Costa R ic a ....................................................................................
P u b lic a tio n s relating to la b o r:
Official—U n ite d S ta te s .................................................................................................
Official—foreign c o u n trie s ....................................................................
U n o fficial..........................................................................................................................
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