CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIX

NO. 1.-JULY, 1924

Special articles:

Wastage of men, by Ethelbert Stewart, United States Commis-

sioner of Labor Statistics...

Steadying the workers' income-Trade-union and joint out-of-

work benefit plans, by Margaret Gadsby, of the United States

Bureau of Labor Statistics..

Industrial relations and labor conditions:

Page

1-8

8-32

Work of Association of Governmental Labor Officials, 1923-24, by

John Hopkins Hall, jr., commissioner of labor of Virginia___--

Eleventh annual convention of Association of Governmental Labor

Officials....

33, 34

34-37

Grievances handled under an employee representation plan.......

Massachusetts-Working conditions on farms in 1921.

Ohio-The southern negro in Cleveland industries..

Czechoslovakia-Operation of works committees, 1922-

Germany-Labor problem of the State railroads.

Prices and cost of living:

Retail prices of food in the United States__

37, 38

38-41

41-44

44-47

47-54

55-75

Retail prices of coal in the United States----

76-78

Index numbers of wholesale prices in May, 1924_.

79

Index numbers of wholesale prices of commodities, by groups and

sub-groups, 1913 to May, 1924...

80-89

Comparison of retail price changes in the United States and foreign

countries..

Wages and hours in the blast-furnace, Bessemer, open-hearth, and

tin-plate departments of the iron and steel industry, 1924.

101-119

120-124

Effect of changes in hours of work on output- - - - -

Massachusetts-Earnings of male and female workers in manu-

facturing establishments, April, 1924.

124

New York State-Average weekly earnings in factories, April, 1924. 124, 125

France-

Wages in the building industry in Marseille..

Wages in the sugar industry, 1922–23___

Sweden-Utilization of leisure resulting from eight-hour day...-----

Child labor:

Child labor amendment to the Constitution___.

Indiana-Accidents to unlawfully employed children.......

125

125, 126

126

127

127, 128

128-130

Texas-Employment and welfare of children in cotton-growing

areas.

1923...

Labor agreements, awards, and decisions:

Agreements—

Cleaning and dyeing industry-New York City..

Porters and maids-The Pullman Co..--

Railroads-Train-service crews.

Sheet-metal workers-Rochester, N. Y...

Sign, scene, and pictorial painters-Chicago-

Wall paper industry-National agreement..

Awards and decisions-

Amalgamated Clothing Workers-Baltimore..

Butcher workmen-Multnomah County, Oreg.-

Clothing industry-Chicago_-

Light and power employees-Portland, Oreg-.

France-Collective agreements reported to Ministry of Labor in

Employment and unemployment:

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131, 132

132, 133

133-136

136

137

137, 138

139

140

140, 141

142, 143

143

Employment in selected industries in May, 1924....

144-153

Employment and earnings of railroad employees, April, 1923, and

March and April, 1924_

154, 155

Extent of operation of bituminous coal mines, May 3 to 24, 1924- 155, 156

Stabilization of railroad maintenance-of-way work..

Problem of unemployment among intellectual workers abroad. 169-182

Belgium-Public employment offices....

182, 183

Housing:

Effect of housing shortage on industry....

184, 185

Great Britain-Report of National House Building Committee... 185-187

Scandinavian countries and Finland-State aid to housing---

187-190

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Industrial accidents and hygiene:

Recommendation by American Safety Engineering Council of use of

safety codes.

191

Coal-mine fatalities in the United States and Europe...

Tuberculosis death rate among industrial populations of American

cities and Canadian Provinces__.

191-193

193, 194

New York-Fatal industrial accidents in May, 1924..........

Canada-Fatal industrial accidents during first quarter of 1924-_-

195

195