Investigation covers 25 industries from 1900 to 1904,

Comparative daily hours and pay in 1900 and 1904, by occupations, with percentages

of increase in cost of production,

Classification of percentages of increase, .

Comparative daily hours and pay, by occupations- 1900 to 1904,

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SEMI-ANNUAL RECORD OF STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS ENDING OCTOBER 31, 1904,

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Average weekly wages of cotton operatives in Fall River at specified periods,
Average weekly wages paid in Southern textile mill,

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Classification of weekly wages paid Fall River cotton operatives in 1903,
Yearly wages paid cotton mill operatives in Massachusetts and the South, for men,
women, and children,

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Highest and lowest quotations of raw cotton and print cloths from 1897 to 1903,
Annual dividends paid stockholders of Fall River cotton corporations from 1897 to

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Comparison of average retail prices in April and October, 1904, by cities, .
Groceries,

First consideration of subject in Bulletin No. 32, July, 1904,
Comparative presentation of mill employees at work on pay day and the Monday
following, for February and August, by cities and towns,
Comparative presentation of mill absentees due to drunkenness and other causes, by
cities and towns,

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Comparative presentation of mill absentees due to drunkenness and other causes, by industries,

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Statement of manufacturers,

(Concluded on 3rd page of cover.)

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The cost of production of manufactured articles is increased in many ways, making necessary an advance in price when the goods are placed upon the market. There may be a scarcity of the raw material owing to a poor crop, or an increased demand may produce a similar effect. Then, too, there are many kinds of goods into which other manufactured goods. enter as leather into boots and shoes. If the price of leather advances that advance necessarily increases the price of boots and shoes.

We do not propose to consider here all the factors which cause increases in the cost of production, but shall confine our consideration of the subject to two points only-decreases in the hours of labor and increases in pay. The investigation is a special one, all the material for it having been gathered by the Agents of the Bureau. It covers the five years 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, and 1904 and comprehends 479 reports for branches of occupations in the cities of the State.

The general classification, for the 25 industries considered, may be summarized as follows:

Bottling,

Boxes (Wooden),

Bread, Cake, and Pastry,

Breweries,

Building,

Carriages,

Electrical Workers,

Eng'
Firemen,

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ble shows in connection with the branches of occupations ( пра... uy years as regards hours and daily pay, and also the percentages of increase in the cost of production due to a reduction in working hours, to increased pay, or to both causes combined. In all but two cases the comparisons are between hours and rates in 1904 and those ruling in 1900, the rates per hour forming the bases for ascertaining percentages.

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