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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIL NO. 1.—JULY, 1918. Page. Announcement............................................................................................................ v Special article: New York Harbor employees, by Benjamin M. Squires................................. 1-21 Labor and the War: President sustains National War Labor Board’s decision in telegraph dispute...................... ’....... ................................................................................. 22, 23 Organization and functions of the War Labor Policies Board........................ 23-27 Industrial councils in Great Britain.................................................................. 27, 28 Provision for the disabled and vocational education: Government provides for vocational rehabilitation of soldiers and sailors... 29-31 What becomes of men crippled in industry? by Carl Iiookstadt..................32-49 Massachusetts laws for training disabled soldiers and persons crippled in industry.............................................................................................................. 50, 51 Recommendation for technical education and industrial training in the United Kingdom .............................................................................................. 51-53 Prices and cost of living: Retail prices of food in the United States........................................................ 57-68 Retail prices of dry goods in the United States............................................... 68-70 Comparison of retail price changes in the United States and foreign coun tries..................................................................................................................... 70-72 Changes in wholesale prices in the United States, 1913to May, 1918........... 72-74 Price changes, wholesale and retail, in the United States.............................. 74-78 Cost of food and fuel in the State'of Washington............................................. 78-80 Cost of living and wages in the Netherlands.................................................... 80, 81 Cost of living and wages in Russia....................................................................... 8.1-83 Food control: Food control in Great B ritain.................................................... 84-94 Food control in France............................................. ...................................... 95-104 Wages and hours of labor: United States Shipping Board increases wages in deck and engine depart ments................................................................................................................... 105 Increases in British railway wages compared with increases in cost of living................................................................................................................. 106-108 Wage increases reported by American consuls in Great Britain and Canada............................................................................................................. 108-110 Minimum wage: Orders of Kansas Industrial Welfare Commission regarding employment of women......................................................................................................... 111-114 Regulation of hours and wages in the pea canneries of Wisconsin............. 114,115 Women in industry: Women munition workers in France, by MaryConyngton............................ 116-129 Woman and child labor in Tennessee............................................................ 129-131 Agreements between employers and employees: Agreement for adjustment of railroad labor disputes....................................... 132 in https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis IV C O N TE N T S. Employment and unemployment: Page. Activities of the United States Employment Service.................................133-135 President urges employers to recruit all unskilled war labor through United States Employment Service......................................................................... 136,137 Work of public employment offices in the United States and of provincial employment offices in Canada.......................................... 137-143 Activities of public employment offices in Massachusetts in 1917..............143,144 Report of employment exchanges in the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland) for five weeks ending April 12, 1918.................................... 145-147 Employment in selected industries in May, 1918........ ................................ 147-T52 Index numbers of employment and of pay roll, January, 1915, to May, 1918.................................................................................................................. 153-155 Volume of employment in the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland) in April, 1918............................................................................................... 156,157 Chinese labor emigration law and labor recruiting agency regulations... 158-160 Industrial accidents: Causation of industrial accidents, Great Britain.......................................... 161-164 Industrial accidents in Tennessee........... ............................................................ 164 Workmen’s compensation and social insurance: Workmen’s compensation report for California, 1916-17............................ 165-167 Workmen’s compensation report for Indiana, 1917.......................................... 168 Annuity and benefit plans for employees of the Standard Oil Co............. 168,169 Canadian Government railway employees’ insurance, May, 1890, to Decem ber 31, 1917......................................................................................................... 170 Labor laws and court decisions: Federal child labor law declared unconstitutional.................................... . 171-177 Sabotage law of Minnesota declared constitutional...................... ...............177-179 Workmen’s compensation law of New Brunswick........................................ 179-181 Industrial Arbitration Act of New South Wales........................................... 181-184 Industrial poisons and diseases: Injurious substitutes for turpentine in the painting trade.........................185-190 Hookworm disease among the miners of California........................................ 190-192 Welfare work: Food of munition workers and industrial canteens in Great B ritain..........193-195 Duties of welfare supervisors for women, Great Britain.............................. 195-197 Arbitration and conciliation: Conciliation work of the Department of Labor, May 15 to June 14, 1918.. 198-205 Strikes and lockouts: Strikes and lockouts in the United States, January to March, 1918.......... 206-210 Immigration: Immigration in March and April, 1918.......................................................... 211, 212 Publications relating to labor: Official—United States....................................................................................... 213,214 Official—foreign countries................................................................................ 214, 215 Unofficial............................................................................................................ 215-219 No. 2.—AUGUST, 1918. Special articles: Labor survey of Cleveland cloak industry, by Boris Emmet, Ph. D ........ 221-249 Second Interallied Conference on After-care of Disabled Men, by N. C. Adams............................................................................................................. 251-263 Associations of harbor boat owners and employees in the Port of New York, by Benjamin M. Squires............................................................................... 265-282 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis CONTENTS. V Labor and the War: Page. Organization oi the War Labor Administration completed........................ 283-291 Basic 8-hour day and minimum wage involved in decisions of National War Labor Board........................................................................................... 292-295 Government’s position concerning child labor and prison labor................ 295, 296 Constitution and functions of a joint industrial council.............................. 296-299 Progress in the establishment of joint industrial councils in Great B ritain. 300, 301 Operation of works committees in Great B ritain......................................... 301-304 War bonuses for Government employees in Great B ritain......................... 304-309 British reconstruction programs for the electrical, the engineering, and the iron and steel trades..................................................................................... 310-313 Reconstruction program for the generation and distribution of electrical energy in Great Britain................................................................................ 313-317 New regulations of the war subsidies and cost-of-living bonuses of German Government employees................................................................................ 318-320 Suspension of regulations for the protection of labor in Germany during the War........................................................................................................... 320-323 Labor outlook in Austria after the War. . ............................ ....................... 323-325 Provision for disabled soldiers and sailors: Work of local war pensions committees in Great B ritain............................ 326-331 Trades for disabled men in Great Britain..................................................... 331, 332 Prices and cost of living: Retail prices of food in the United States................................ ................... 333-345 Price changes, wholesale and retail, in the United States......................... 345-349 Index numbers of wholesale prices in the United States, 1913 to June, 1918 350, 351 Cost of living in North Atlantic sliipbuPding districts............................... 352-355 Maximum prices for certain foods in Uruguay............................................ 355, 356 Food control: Food control in the United States.................................................................. 357-361 Food regulations and the “ fair price list” in the District of Columbia__ 361-364 Food situation in England............................................................................... 364-366 Reduction of the bread ration in Germany................................................... 366-368 War nutrition and public health in Germany.............................................. 368-371 Wages and hours of labor: News print paper workers granted wage increase by National War Labor Board.............................................................................................................. 372,373 Hours of work as related to output and health of workers in cotton manu facturing......................................................................................................... 373-375 Settlement of wage disputes in British Columbia shipyards...................... 375-380 Wages of women and girls on munitions work in Great B ritain................ 380, 381 Wages of Lancashire cotton operatives increased 25 per cent, effective in June, 1918.......................................................................................................... 382 Wages of German building trades workers in December, 1917................... 382, 383 Wage increases of German seamen..................................................................... 383 Women in industry: Training of women for war work: A bibliography, prepared by Mrs. Y. B. Turner............................... 384-391 Employment of women on Government war contracts................................... 391 Replacement of men by women in Great Britain........................................ 392-398 Employment of women and girls in Great Britain in January, 1918......... 39S. 399 Agreements between employers and employees: Nonunion collective bargaining plan, by BorisEmmet, Ph. D .................. 400-404 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis VI CONTEXTS. Employment and unemployment: Page. Work of public employment offices in the United States and of provincial employment offices in Canada..... ................................. . j . ............... ..... . 405-411 Employment in selected industries in June, 1918....................................... 411-417 Industrial accidents: An investigation of the factors concerned in the causation of industrial accidents............. ....................................................................... .................. 418-421 Industrial hygiene and disease: Executive order regarding public health and industrial hygiene................ 422 Conditions of labor in certain New York City laundries............................ 423-425 Precautions to prevent danger of infection by anthrax.............................. 425-428 Labor laws and regulations: Compulsory work provisions in Montana and Rhode Island.................... . 429, 430 Compulsory work regulations affecting draft registrants................................. 430 Workmen’s compensation legislation in Canada............................... 430-432 Minimum wage laws of British Columbia and Manitoba........^ ................. 432, 433 Labor organizations: Rapid progress of trade-union movement in Hungary................................ 434, 435 Trade-union movement in the Scandinavian countries, 1917.................... 435,436 Economic demands of the Swiss workmen........................ ......................... 436, 437 Welfare work: Welfare work for civilian employees of the United States, by Augustus P. Norton............................................ 438-451 Conciliation and arbitration: Conciliation work of the Department of Labor, June 17 to July 16, 1918.. 452-457 Conciliation and arbitration in Great B ritain............................................... 457-460 Labor bureaus: Projected labor bulletin for Brazil..................................................................... 461 Immigration: Immigration in May, 1918............................................................................... 462, 463 Publications relating to labor: Official—United States..................................................................................... 464-466 Official—foreign countries.......... .............................................................. 466-471 Unofficial........................................................................................... 471-476 No. 3.—SEPTEMBER, 1918. Special article: New Yo’rk Harbor wage adjustment, by Benjamin M. Squires................. 477-502 Labor and the War: Awards and findings of the National War Labor Board.............................. 503-513 Appointment and function of the Director of Negro Economics, United States Department of Labor........................................................................ 513, 514 Employment of prisoners in the Atlanta Penitentiary................................ 515, 516 Final report of the British Health of Munition Workers Committee........ 516-525) Second report on joint industrial councils by the British Ministry of Reconstruction................. ............................................................................. 529-531 Industrial councils and trade boards in Great Britain................................ 534-540 Industrial Reconstruction Council organized in Great Britain................. 540-542 Status of civil-service employees in Great Britain under the military service acts, 1916........................................................................................................ 542, 543 Provision for the disabled and for vocational education: Economic aspects of the disabled soldier problem with particular reference to Canada, by Mrs. M. A. Gadsby.............................................................. 544-556 Discrimination againstemployment of war cripples..................................... 557-559 Occupational opportunities for handicapped men in the printing trades. 559-5GI https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis CONTENTS. VIT Provision for the disabled and for vocational education—Concluded. pag.e. Rehabilitation of injured workmen in Wisconsin....................................., . 561-563 Disabled soldiers placed by French institutions........................ ................ 563, 564 Farm colonies In Great Britain............... ........................................................ 564, 565 Manual training schools in Brazil................................................ ....................... 565 Prices and cost of living: Retail prices of food in the United States..... ......................................... . . 566-577 Changes in wholesale prices in the United States..................... .................. 577-5S0 Price changes, wholesale and retail, in the United States.......................... 580-583 Index numbers of wholesale prices in the United States, 1913 to July, 1918 584, 585 Wholesale prices in the United States and foreign countries, 1890 to June, !918.................................................................................................. 586,587 Cost of living in the District of Columbia: Eighth article.......................... 588-590 Cost of living in the Pacific shipbuilding d istric ts..................... ............... 591-593 Year’s clothing bill of 100 families of wage earners in Yew York City ship building district........................ 594-598 Food control: Food control in the United S tates.. . : ..................................................... . 599-604 Control of sale and distribution of sugar in the District of Columbia___ 604, 605 Food regulations in France. ____________________ _______________ ____ 606 Wages and hours of labor: Increase of wages in mechanical department of railroads under Federal control..................................... ...................... ................................. .............. 607-610 Union scales in the building, metal and granite and stone trades and in freight handling.............................................. .............. .................. ............610-637 Rates of wages paid to workers placed by public employment offices in the United States, July, 1918............................................. ....................’ ......... 637-661 Labor adjustment and the payment of bonuses at coal mines................... 662-664 Recent application of the eight-hour day..................................................... 664-672 Wages of German miners........................................ ..................... ................ 672-674 High cost of living bonuses to private salaried employees in Ita ly .............. 675 Japanese factory law in its relation to weavers and matchmakers............ 675, 676 Minimum wage: Minimum wage decrees in Massachusetts...................................................... 677, 678 Minimum wage for laundry workers in Manitoba.............. .......................... 678, 679 Minimum wage legislation in Norway.'...................................... ...... ............ 680, 681 Women in industry: Women in mechanical trades in the United States, by Mrs. Y. B. Turner. 682-691 English experience with women in heavy work.......................................... 691-694 Health of women munition workers in England.......................................... 695-698 Employment of women in France during the war............. .......................... 699-708 Training school for female metal turners in Italy ........................................ 708, 709 Industrial safety: Seventh annual safety congress, National Safety Council.......................... 710, 711 Industrial hygiene and poisons: Trinitrotoluene poisoning, by T. M. Legge, M. D ............................ ..........712-71S Dinitrophenol poisoning in munition works in France, by Alice Hamilton, M. D ........... ................... ................................................................................ 718-726 Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association.................... 726, 727 Workmen’s compensation: Annual meeting of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions.___ ___________ ^^ , ...........;____ ____ 728-730 History and theory of workmen’s compensation insurance rates............... 730-738 New workmen’s compensation law of Porto Rico.......... ............................. 738, 739 Workmen’s compensation experience in Ontario, 1917............................... 739-741 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis VIII CONTENTS. Labor laws and regulations: rage. Emergency suspensions and variations of labor laws................................... 742-746 Retirement system for lighthouse employees....................... ........................... 746 Industrial Disputes Investigation Act of Canada............................................ 747 French decree governing the recruiting and distribution of labor................ 748 Civilian auxiliary service established in Italy by vice-regal decree......... 749-752 Law regulating night work in Uruguay............................................................. 752 Woman and child labor laws of Vera Cruz, Mexico..................................... 752, 753 Housing and welfare work: A modern copper mining town, by Leifur Magnusson................................ 754-759 760 Restaurant facilities for shipyard workers....................................................... Employment and unemployment: Work of public employment offices in the United States and of provincial employment offices in Canada................................................................ 761-768 Employment in selected industries in July, 1918...................................... 769-774 Central recruiting of unskilled labor by United States Employment Serv ice.................................................................................................................... 774-777 Medical examination of applicants for work.................................................... 778 Work of Ohio Free Labor Exchanges for year ending June 30, 1917......... 778-780 Meeting of American Association of Public Employment Offices................. 780 Value of the British national employment exchanges dming the war. . .. 780-785 Labor organizations: Thirty-eighth annual convention of the American Federation of L abor.. 786-792 Proposed labor party in Minnesota................................................................ 793-795 Annual conference of the British Labor P arty....... ..................................... 795-803 Labor organization in Canada, 1917............................................................... 804, 805 Strikes and lockouts: Strikes and lockouts in the United States, April to June, 1918................. 806-810 Conciliation and arbitration: Conciliation work of the Department of Labor, July 17 to August 15, 1918.................................................................................................................. 811-817 Immigration : Immigration in June, 1918............................................................................... 818, 819 Publications relating to labor: Official—United States..................................................................................... 820-821 Official—Foreign countries.............................................................................. 821-826 Unofficial............................................................................................................ 826-835 No. 4.—OCTOBER, 1918. Special article: Labor turnover and employment policies of a large motor vehicle manu facturing establishment, by Boris Emmet, Ph. D.................................... 837-855 Labor and the War: Awards and decisions of the National War Labor Board____ _________ 856-864 Classification of war industries to facilitate distribution of labor and ma terials.......................................................................................... 864-870 National service scheme of Great B ritain...................................... 870-880 Federation of British industries, and industrial councils........................... 880-883 Canadian Government’s declaration of a war labor policy... . .................. 883-886 Reconstruction in industry: English reconstruction problems from the standpoint of employers and trade-unionists............................................................................................... 887-890 Industrial self-government.............................................................................. 890-897 Austrian employers’ preparations for peace tim e............................................. 897 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis CONTENTS. IX Provision for the disabled, and vocational education: Page. Economic consequences of permanent disability accidents in California. 898-902 Opportunities for the employment of disabled m en.................................... 902-905 Loans authorized to French war pensioners as aid in establishing homes. 905-907 Vocational reeducation and employment of disabled soldiers in Italy— 907-921 What becomes of the man disabled in industry in Denmark..................... 921-926 Prices and cost of living: Retail prices of food and coal in the United States..................................... 927-940 Index numbers of wholesale prices in the United States, 1913 to August, 1918................................................................................................................. 941,942 Price changes, wholesale and retail, in the United States......................... 943-946 Comparison of retail price changes in the United States and foreign coun tries................................................................................................................. 947,948 Cost of living in shipbuilding districts.......................................................... 948-956 Wages and cost of living in mining district of Santa Rosalia, Lower Cali fornia, Mexico................................................................................................ 957, 958 Increased cost of living in South Africa........................................................ 958, 959 Food control: Food control in the United States.................................................................. 960-963 Food regulation in the District of Columbia................................................ 963-965 Wages and hours of labor: New wage orders issued by the Director General of Railroads.................. 966-975 Union scales in the building, metal, and granite and stone trades, and in freight handling........................................................................................... 975-1007 War bonuses for Government employees in Great B ritain...................... 1008,1009 Wages and hours of labor in Germany during the war............................ 1009-1012 Minimum wage: Minimum wage law for the District of Columbia..................................... 1013-1017 Minimum wage decrees in Kansas, Massachusetts, and Minnesota....... 1017-1021 Report of the Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission, 1917........... 1022-1025 Minimum wages for female workers in foodstuff factories in Manitoba. 1025-1027 Women in industry and child welfare: War-time employment of women in the metal trades.............................. 1028-1032 Office cleaning as an occupationfor women................................................ 1032-1035 Wastage of labor in English munition factories employing w om en.. . . 1035-1037 Infant welfare in Germany during the war............................................... 1037-1042 Industrial accidents: Accident frequency and severity rates in Wiscosnin, 1915-1917........... 1043-1050 Workmen’s compensation and social insurance: Medical and surgical provisions in compensation law and administration, by Lindley D . Clark................................................................................. 1051-1064 Workmen’s compensation experience in K entucky................................. 1064-1066 Workmen’s compensation in British Columbia, 1917..................... ........ 1066-1068 New law regarding retirement annuities in France......................................... 1069 Unemployment Funds in France............................................................... 1069-1071 The cost of pensions in Germany’s war bill............................................... 1071-1075 Labor laws and regulations: Legislation in the United States limiting hours of labor for m en.......... 1076-1083 Provincial law of Buenos Aires, Argentina, relating to woman and child labor............................................................................................................ 1083-1085 Housing and welfare work: Order of the Industrial Commission of Wisconsin regarding the length of lunch period for female workers.............................................................. 1086-1087 Roe Green village scheme, Kingsbury, England, by Sir Frank Baines. 1087-1093 Housing notes from Great Britain............................................................... 1093-1096 92434°—19-----29 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis X CONTENTS. Employment and unemployment: Page. Readjustment of administrative functions of United States Employment Service........................................................................................................ 1097-1101 Employment Offices Coordination Act in Canada........................................... 1101 Work of public employment offices in the United States and of provincial employment offices in Canada................................................................. 1101-1107 Report of employment exchanges in the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland) for five weeks ending July 12, 1918................................ 1107-1109 Employment in selected industries in August, 1918....................................1109-1115 Volume of employment in the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland) in July, 1918............................................................................................... 1115,111(5 Conciliation and arbitration: Conciliation work of the Department of Labor August 16 to September 15, 1918.............................................................................................................. 1117-1124 Conciliation board to inquire into labor differences in Jamaica............ 1124,1125 Immigration: Immigration in July, 1918............................................................................ 1126,1127 Publications relating to labor: Official—United States................................................................................. 1128-1132 Official—foreign countries............................................................................ 1132-1140 Unofficial........................................................................................................ 1140-1149 No. 5 —NOVEMBER, 1918. Special articles: Adjusting wages to the cost of living, by Prof. Irving Fisher................1151-1155 Food situation in Germany during the summer of 1918, compiled and translated by Alfred May lander.............................................................. 1155-1178 Labor and the war : Awards and findings of the National War Labor Board.......................... 1179-1185 Organization of production committees at bituminous coal mines........1186-1188 Standardized contract clauses for Government purchases...................... 1188-1190 Conference of State labor officials, Washington, D. C., September 30 and October 1, 1918.......................................................................................... 1190-1196 Demands of German agricultural workers................................................. 1196,1197 Reconstruction in industry Proposed legislation on reconstruction in the United States.................. 1198-1203 Injunctions against strikes during war emergency................................... 1203-1205 Postwar labor program of the International Association for Labor Legis lation........................................................................................................... 1205-1212 Relation of industrial and social conditions to adult education............. 1213-1220 Socio-political-program of the German employers.................................... 1220-1222 Reconstruction program of the Italian Superior Labor Council............. 1222-122 ! Meaning of reconstruction............................................................................ 1224,1225 Prices and cost of living: Retail prices of food in the United States. .•............................................. 1226-1236 Index numbers of wholesale prices in the United States........................ 1237,1238 Price changes, wholesale and retail, in the United States...................... 1239-1242 Comparison of food costs in 45 cities, September, 1917, to August, 1918, by Elma B. Carr.............................................................................................. 1243-1253 Farm prices and retail prices compared.................................................... 1253,1254 General index numbers of food prices on a nutritive value base........... 1254-125(5 Food conditions in Brazil................................................................... . 1256,1257 Increase in food prices in France, 1914 to 1918........................................ 1257,1258 Cost of living in Scandinavian countries..................... ............................. 1258,1259 Food prices and cost of living in Switzerland during the war............... 1260-1263 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis CONTENTS. XI Food control: page New food conservation program in the United States............................. 1264-1266 Regulation of prices in public eating places in the District of Columbia. 1266,1267 Food control in Great Britain..................................................................... 1267-1270 Cost of food in national restaurants in London......................................... 1271,1272 Food and fuel control in France................................................................. 1272-1279 Cooperation : , National cooperative convention at Springfield, 111................................ 1280-1282 Wages and hours of labor: Eight-hour basic day adopted by the steel corporation.................................. 1283 Union scales in the building, metal, and stone trades and in freight han dling............................................................................................................ 1283-1316 Wage situation in anthracite and bituminous coal districts..................... 1316-1320 Minimum wage: Minimum wage decrees in California, Oregon, and Washington............ 1321-1329 Trade Boards Act of Great Britain, 1918................................................... 1329-1331 Women in industry: Federal policy in the employment of women........................................... 1332-1340 Conference of trade-union women under auspices of United States Depart ment of Labor............................................................................................ 1340-1342 Bureau of women in industry established in New York State............... 1342,1343 Effect of industrial employment of women upon m aternity.................. 1343-1347 Industrial safety: Report of seventh annual safety congress, National Safety Council___ 1348-1354 Workmen’s compensation: Fifth annual convention of International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions.......................................................................... 1355-1364 “ Arising out of and in course of employment,” by George A. Kingston. 1364-1376 Hernia as a factor in workmen’s compensation awards, by C. F. Stod dard............................................................................................................. 1377-1390 Lack of uniformity in compensation legislation, by Lindley D. C lark.. 1390-1403 Workmen’s compensation law of Wyoming held constitutional............. 1403,1404 Reports of workmen’s compensation commissions— Mighigan......................................................................................................... 1404 West Virginia......................................................................................... 1405,1406 Labor organizations: Movement for a Pan American federation of labor.................................. 1407-1409 Trades-union congress, Great B ritain......................................................... 1409-1415 Labor laws and regulations: Regulations by United States Department of Labor for admission of Mex ican laborers............................................................................................... 1416-1421 Housing: Public utility societies, England................................................................ 1422-1425 Billeting of civilian war workers in England............................................ 1425,1426 Employment and unemployment: Employment in selected industries in September, 1918....................... 1427-1432 Placement of women in industry............................................................... 1432-1434 Rôle of the employment department in securing and training employees.................................................................................................. 1434-1436 Extent of unemployment among discharged soldiers...................................... 1437 Strikes and lockouts: Provision to prevent strikes and lockouts in Minnesota during the w ar.. 1438,1439 Recent strikes in Great Britain................................................................... 1439-1448 Immigration: Immigration in August, 1918....................................................................... 1449,1450 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis X II CONTENTS. Conciliation and arbitration: Page. Conciliation work of the Department of Labor, September 16 to October 15, 1918.......................................................................................... 1451-1468 Publications relating to labor: Official—United States.................................................. 1459-1466 Official—foreign countries............................................................................ 1466-1470 Unofficial.................................. 1470-1481 NO. 6.—DECEMBER, 1918. Special articles: “ Engineering revision” as seen by safety committees, by Lucian W. Chaney................................................................................. 1483-1499 Problem of the crippled man in industry, by Carl Hookstadt............... 1499-1512 Labor and the war: Final report on joint industrial councils,Great Britain.............................. 1513-1516 Progress of joint industrial councils in Great Britain.............................. 1516-1518 Shop stewards in Great Britain................................................................... 1518-1522 Industrial league for the improvement of relations between employers and employed, Great Britain........................................................................... 1522,1523 War work of school children in Germany................................. ....................... 1523 Reconstruction in industry: Education act, 1918 (England and Wales)................................................. 1524-1528 List of references on reconstruction, prepared by Mrs. V. B. T urner.. 1529-1561 Provision for the disabled and vocational education: Plan of Federal Board for Vocational Education for assisting disabled soldiers and sailors..................................................................................... 1562-1567 Employment of cripples in a large industrial plant................................. 1567,1568 Retraining of crippled soldiers in Queen Mary’s workshops, Brighton, E ngland..................................................................................................... 1569-1571 Prices and cost of living: Retail prices of food in the United States................................................. 1572-1582 Retail prices of dry goods in the United States........................................ 1583-1586 Price changes, wholesale and retail, in the United States...................... 1586-1589 Index numbers of wholesale prices in the United States, 1913 to October, 1918.............................................................................................................. 1590-1592 Changes in wholesale prices in the United States.................................... 1592-1595 Wholesale prices in the United States and foreign countries, 1890 to Sep tember, 1918............................................................................................... 1595,1596 Consumption of food in shipbuilding districts.......................................... 1597-1628 Index numbers of wholesale prices published by the Federal Reserve Board........................................................................................................... 1628-1631 New cost of living regulations in Canada................................... 1631-1634 Food prices in Great Britain........................................................................ 1634-1638 Increase in the cost of living in Sweden from 1914 to the end of July, 1918............ 1638,1639 Food and fuel control: Food control in the United States................... ............... 1640-1644 Food control in the District of Columbia................................................... 1644-1640 Reasons for and effect of “ heatless days ” order issued by Fuel Administra tion in January, 1918....... 1646-1649 Food situation in Austria during the summer of 1918, compiled and translated by Alfred Maylauder............................................................... 1650-1678 Milk and butter supply in Switzerland.......... ........... 1678 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis CONTENTS. XTII Wages and hours of labor: Page New wage adjustment in the shipbuilding industry......................... . . . 1679-1694 Rates of pay of employees of firms manufacturing coal-tar chemicals.. 1695,1696 Union scales in the bakery, millwork, and printing trades, and of chauffeurs, teamsters, and drivers.......................................................... 1696-1741 Rates of wages paid to workers placed by public employment offices in the United States, October, 1918 ........................................................... 1742-1791 Minimum and overtime rates of wages fixed by agricultural wage boards for England and Wales.............................................................................. 1792.1793 Women in industry: Summary of English experience with women munition workers........... 1794-1797 Industrial accidents: Safety movement in the iron and steel industry............................ 1798,1799 Workmen’s compensation: Comparative survey of workmen’s compensation laws............................ 1800-1802 Workmen’s compensation experience in Montana, 1917-18.................... 1802-1804 Statement of the Ohio State Insurance Fund as of May 15, 1918.......... 1805-1807 Standards of safety under the Washington Workmen’s Compensation law............................. 1807.1808 Recent changes in British workmen’s compensation law in regard to occupational diseases................................................................................ 1808-1810 Labor laws: Compulsory work laws in the United States............................................. 1811,1812 Uruguay law requiring employers to provide chairs for female em ployees ............................................................................ 1812 Housing and welfare work: Housing schemes of the Ministry of Munitions, Great B ritain............... 1813-1817 Women’s requirements in working-class dwellingsin England................. 1817-1819 Employment and unemployment: Employment in selected industries in October, 1918............................... 1820-1825 Index numbers of employment and of pay roll, January, 1915, to October, 1918 ............................................................................................. 1825-1827 Post-bellum program of German trade-unions as toemployment........... 1827-1833 Proposed new system of German labor market and employment sta tistics .......................................................................................................... 1833-1836 Labor organizations: Thirty-fourth annual conference of the trades and labor congress of Canada........................................................................................................ 1837-1840 Strikes and lockouts: Strikes and lockouts in the United States, July to September, 1918.. 1841-1845 Conciliation and arbitration: Conciliation work of the Department of Labor, October 16 to November 15, 1918................................................................................................. 1846-1853 Arbitration in shipbuilding dispute in Australia............................ . 1853,1854 I mmigration : Immigration in September, 1918................................................................ 1855, 1856 List of officials of bureau of labor, employment offices, industrial commis sions, compensation commissions, minimum-wrage boards, factoryinspection bureaus, and arbitration and conciliation boards in the United States and Canada........................................................................... 1857-1874 Publications relating to labor: Official—United States.................... 1875-1879 Official—foreign countries.......................... 1880-1886 Unofficial................................................................................. 1886-1894 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis SERIES OF BULLETINS PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. [T h e p u b lic a tio n o f th e a n n u a l a n d sp ecia l re p o r ts a n d o f th e b im o n th ly b u lle tin was d is c o n tin u e d in J u ly , 1912, a n d sin c e th a t tim e a b u lle tin h a s been p u b lis h e d a t irregular in te rv a ls. E a ch n u m b e r c o n ta in s m a tte r d e v o te d to o n e o f a series o f g en era l s u b je c ts . T h e se b u lle tin s are n u m b e r e d c o n s e c u tiv e ly b e g in n in g w ith N o. 101, a n d u p to N o. 236 th e y also carry c o n se c u tiv e n u m b e r s u n d e r e a ch series. B e g in n in g w ith N o. 237 th e serial n u m bering h a s b een d is c o n tin u e d . A lis t o f th e serie s is g iv e n below . U nder e a ch is g ro u p ed all th e b u lle tin s w h ic h c o n ta in m a te r ia l re la tin g to th e s u b je c t m a tte r o f th a t series. A lis t o f th e r e p o r ts a n d b u lle tin s o f th e b u rea u is s u e d p r io r to J u ly 1, 1912, w ill be fu r n is h e d on a p p lic a tio n .] W h o lesale P ric e s. Bui. 114. Bui. 149. Bui. 173. Bui. 181. Bui. 200. Bui. 226. Wholesale prices, 1890 to 1912. Wholesale prices, 1890 to 1913. Index numbers of wholesale prices in the United States and foreign countries. Wholesale prices, 1890 to 1914. Wholesale prices, 1890 to 1915. Wholesale prices, 1890 to 1916. R etail P ric e s a n d C o st o f L iving. Bui. 105. Retail prices, 1890 to 1911: Part I. Retail prioes, 1890 to 1911: Part II—General tables. Bui. 106. Retail prices, 1890 to June, 1912: P art I. Retail prices, 1890 to June, 1912: Part II—General tablet. Bui. 108. Retail prices, 1890 to August, 1912. Bui. 110. Retail prices, 1890 to October, 1912. Bui. 113. Retail prices, 1890 to December, 1912. Bui. 115. Retail prices, 1890 to February, 1913. Bui. 121. Sugar prices, from refiner to consumer. Bui. 125. Retail prices, 1890 to April, 1913. Bui. 130. Wheat and flour prices, from farmer to consumer. Bui. 132. Retail prices, 1890 to June, 1913. Bui. 136. Retail prices, 1890 to August, 1913. Bui. 138. Retail prices, 1890 to October, 1913. Bui. 140. Retail prices, 1890 to December, 1913. Bui. 156. Retail prices, 1907 to December, 1914. Bui. 164. Butter prices, from producer to consumer. Bui. 170. Foreign food prices as affected by the War. Bui. 184. Retail prices, 1907 to June, 1915. Bui. 197. Retail prices, 1907 to December, 1915. Bui. 228. Retail prices, 1907 to December, 1916. W a g es a n d H o u rs o f L abor. Bui. 116. Hours, earnings, and duration of employment of wage-earning women in selected Industries in the District of Columbia. Bui. 118. Ten-hour maximum working day for women and young persons. Bui. 119. Working hours of women in the pea canneries of Wisconsin. Bui. 128. Wages and hours of labor in the cotton, woolen, and silk industries, 1890 to 1912. Bui. 129. Wages and hours of labor in the lumber, miliwork, and furniture industries, 1890 to 1912. Bui. 131. Union scale of wages and hours of labor, 1907 to 1912. Bui. 134. Wages and hours of labor in the boot and shoe and hosiery and knit goods industries, 1890 to 1912. Bui. 135. Wages and hours of labor in the cigar and clothing industries, 1911 and 1912. Bui. 137. Wages and hours of labor in the building and repairing of steam railroad cars, 1890 to 1912. Bui. 143. Union scale of wages and hours of labor, May 15,1913. Bui. 146. Wages and regularity of employment in the dress and waist industry of New York City. Bui. 147. Wages and regularity of employment in the cloak, suit, and skirt industry. Bui. 150. Wages and hours of labor in the cotton, woolen, and silk industries, 1907 to 1913. Bui. 151. Wages and hours of labor in the iron and steel industry in the United States, 1907 to 1912. Bui. 153. Wages and hours of labor in the lumber, miliwork, and furniture industries, 1907 to 1913. Bui. 154. Wages and hours of labor in the boot and shoe and hosiery and underwear industries, 1907 to 1913. Bui. 160. Hours, earnings, and conditions of labor of women in Indiana mercantile establishmeui. and garment factories. Bui. 161. Wages and hours of labor in the clothing and cigar industries, 1911 to 1913. Bui. 163. Wages and hours of labor in the building and repairing of steam railroad cars. 1907 to 191 Bui. 168. Wages and hours of labor in the iron and steel industry in the United States, 1907 to 1913 Bui. 171. Union scale of wages and hours of labor, May 1,1914. Bui. 177. Wages and hours of labor in the hosiery and underwear industry, 1907 to 1914. Bui. 178. Wages and hours of labor in the boot and shoe industry. 1907 to 1914. Bui. 187. Wages and hours of labor in the m en’s clothing industry, 1911 to 1914. Bui. 190. Wages and hours of labor in the cotton, woolen, and silk industries, 1907 to 1914. Bui. 194. Union scale of wages and hours of labor, May 1,1915. Bui. 204. Street railway employment in the United States. Bui. 214. Union scale of wages and hours of labor, May 15,1916. Bui. 218. Wages and hours of labor in the iron and steel industry, 1907 to 1915. Bui. 225. Wages and hours of labor in the lumber, miliwork, and furniture industries, 1915. Bui. 232. Wages and hours of labor in the boot and shoe industry, 1907 to 1916. Bui. 238. Wages and hours of labor in woolen and worsted goods manufacturing, 1916. Bui. 239. Wages and hours of labor in cotton goods manufacturing and finishing, 1916. Bui. 245. Union scale of wages and hours of labor, May 15,1917. [In press.] Bui. 252. Wages and hours of labor in slaughtering and meat-packing industry. [In pres#.] https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis E m p lo y m e n t a n d U n em p lo y m en t. Bui. 109. Bui. 172. Bui. 182. Bui. 183. Bui. 192. Bui. 195. Bui. 196. Bui. 202. Bui. 206. Bui. 220. Bui. 223. Bui. 227. Bui. 235. Bui. 241. Bui. 247. 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Unemployment among women in department and other retail stores of Boston, Mass. Bui. 193. Dressmaking as a trade for women in Massachusetts. Bui. 215. Industrial experience of trade-school girls in Massachusetts. Bui. 223. Employment of women and juveniles in Great Britain during the war. Bui. 253. Women in the lead industry. [In press.] W o rk m en ’s In s u ra n c e a n d C o m p e n sa tio n (in c lu d in g law s re la tin g th e re to ). Bui. Bui. Bui. Bui. Bui. Bui. Bui. Bui. Bui. 101. 102. 103. 107. 126. 155. 185. 203. 210. Bui. 212. Bui. 217. Bui. 240. Bui. 243. Bui. 248. Care of tuberculous wage earners in Germany. British National Insurance Act, 1911. Sickness and accident insurance law of Switzerland. Law relating to insurance of salaried employees in Germany. Workmen’s compensation laws of the United States and foreign countries. Compensation for accidents to employees of the United States. Compensation legislation of 1914 and 1915. 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Lead poisoning in potteries, tile works, and porcelain enameled sanitary war* factories. Hygiene of the painters’ trade. Dangers to workers from dusts and fumes, and methods of protection. Lead poisoning in the smelting and refining of lead. Industrial accident statistics. Lead poisoning in the manufacture of storage batteries. Industrial poisons used in the rubber industry. Report of British departmental committee on danger in the use of lead in the painting of buildings. Report of committee on statistics and compensation insurance cost of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions. [Limited edition.) Anthrax as an occupational disease. Causes of death by occupation. Hygiene of the printing trades. Accidents and accident prevention in machine building. Industrial poisons used or produced in the manufacture of explosive». Hours, fatigue, and health in British munition factories. Industrial efficiency and fatigue in British munition factories. Mortality from respiratory diseases in dusty trades. Safety movement in the iron and steel industry, 1907 to 1917. Effect of the air hammer on the hands of stonecutters. Preventable deaths in the cotton manufacturing industry. [In prera.] https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis [XV] C o n ciliation a n d A rb itra tio n (including s trik e s a n d lo c k o u ts). Bui. 124. Conciliation and arbitration in the building trades of Greater New Nork. Bui. 133. Report of the industrial council of the British Board of Trade on its inquiry into industrial agreements. Bui. 139. Michigan copper district strike. Bui. 144. Industrial court of the cloak, suit, and skirt industry of New York City. Bui. 145. Conciliation, arbitration, and sanitation in the dress and waist industry of New York City. Bui. 191. Collective bargaining in the anthracite coal industry. Bui. 198. Collectice agreements in the men’s clothing industry. Bui. 233. 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Administration of labor laws and factory inspection in certain European countries. V o cational E d u c atio n . Bui. 145. Bui. 147. Bui. 159. Bui. 162. Bui. 199. Conciliation, arbitration, and sanitation in the dress and waist industry of New York City. Wages and regularity of employment in the cloak, suit, and skirt industry. Short-unit courses for wage earners, and a factory school experiment. Vocational education survey of Richmond, Va. Vocational education survey of Minneapolis. L ab o r a s A ffected by th e W a r. • Bui. Bui. Bui. Bui. Bui. Bui. Bui. Bui. 170. 219. 221. 222. 223. 230. 237. 249. Foreign food prices as affected by the war. Industrial poisons used or produced in the manufacture of explosives. Hours, fatigue, and health m British munition factories. Welfare work in British munition factories. Employment of women and juveniles in Great Britain during the war. Industrial efficiency and fatigue in British munition factories. Industrial unrest in Great Britain. 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