BUREAU OF STATISTICS Rooms 250-258, State House, Boston The Bureau is organized into four permanent divisions: (1) the Labor Division, engaged in the collection and tabulation of Statistics of Strikes and Lockouts, Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Labor, Trade Union Statistics, and other data relative to the condition of labor in the Commonwealth; (2) the Manufactures Division, which collects and tabulates Statistics of Manufactures; (3) the Municipal Division, which collects and tabulates Statistics of Municipal Finances; (4) the Free Employment Offices Division, embracing the administration of the State Free Employment Offices, of which there are three, located respectively at 8 Kneeland Street, Boston; 24 Bridge Street, Springfield; and in the Bradford-Durfee Textile School Building, Fall River. During the period of taking and compiling the Census a fifth, the Census Division, is organized. The functions of the Bureau and the duties of the Director are summarized in Sections 1 and 3 of Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1909, entitled "An Act to Provide for a Bureau of Statistics," as follows: SECTION 1. There shall be a Bureau of Statistics, the duties of which shall be to collect, assort, arrange, and publish statistical information relative to the commercial, industrial, social, educational, and sanitary condition of the people, the productive industries of the Commonwealth, and the financial affairs of the cities and towns; to establish and maintain free employment offices as provided for by chapter four hundred and thirty-five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and six and amendments thereof; and to take the decennial census of the Commonwealth required by the Constitution and present the results thereof in such manner as the General Court may determine. SECTION 3. The director of the Bureau of Statistics shall annually on or before the third Wednesday in January submit to the General Court a statement summarizing the work of the bureau during the preceding year, and shall make therein such recommendations as he may deem proper. He shall also prepare annually, for distribution as public documents, a report on the statistics of labor, which shall embody statistical and other information relating especially to labor affairs in the Commonwealth; a report on the statistics of manufactures, to be gathered as hereinafter more particularly provided for; a report on the financial statistics of the cities and towns of the Commonwealth, to be gathered as hereinafter more particularly provided for; and a report covering the work of the free employment offices. . . . The director may also publish, at such intervals as he deems expedient, bulletins or special reports relative to industrial or economic matters and municipal affairs. ... For a list of the publications of the Bureau see pages 3 and 4 of this cover. III. REPORT ON THE COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF CITIES AND TOWNS. (ISSUED ANNUALLY.) Containing: Tabular presentations showing the Cost of Municipal Government in Massachusetts; Summarized Statement of All Receipts and Payments for the 354 Cities and Towns of the Commonwealth; Tabular Presentation of Municipal Indebtedness Compared with Assessors' Valuations; Statement of the Public Debt (itemized according to purpose of creation) and of the Sinking Funds for the 354 Cities and Towns of the Com. monwealth; together with Analysis Tables and a Glossary of Classifications and Terms intended to promote uniformity in accounting and presentation of municipal reports. The first annual report on the Comparative Financial Statistics of Massachusetts Cities and Towns for the financial year ending between November 30, 1906, and April 1, 1907, is issued in paper and cloth. The paper edition will be mailed on receipt of 11 cents to cover cost of mailing. IV. REPORT ON THE FREE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES. Free employment offices are maintained under the jurisdiction of this Bureau in Boston, Springfield, and Fall River. The annual reports contain numerous statistical tables and descriptive matter relative to the work of the offices, and will be sent on receipt of 5 cents each to cover the cost of mailing. The reports are issued in January of each year, the first one covering the year ending Nov. 30, 1907. V. THE LABOR BULLETIN. The Bulletin contains a large variety of interesting and pertinent matter on the Social and Industrial Condition of the Workingman, Summaries of Court Decisions affecting labor, etc. Some of the leading articles in recent issues are enumerated below. We can supply coples of Numbers 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 29 to 36, 39 to 51, 53 to 58, 60, 62 to 68, and 70. They will be forwarded upon receipt of 5 cents each to cover the cost of mailing. No. 57, February, 1908. The Unemployment Situation in Massachusetts-Recent Cases under the Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation Act. No. 58, March-April, 1908. Labor Legislation in the United States, 1907-Massachusetts Labor Legislation, 1907- Legal Hours of Labor in the United States-Comparative Surveys of Labor Legislation. No. 60, June-July, 1908. Labor Legislation in Massachusetts, 1908-Index of Bills Relating to Labor Acted upon at the Legislative Session of 1908-The Reduction in Wages in Fall River-The Building Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor-Magazine Articles on Labor Topics, 1907. No. 62, January, 1909. The State of Employment in the Organized Indus tries Recent Decisions of Massachusetts Courts Recent Foreign Labor Legislation. No, 63, April, 1909. Carroll D. Wright: A Memorial-The State of Employment in the Organized Industries, December 31, 1908-Immigrant Aliens Destined for Massachusetts, 1899-1908-Employers' Associations, 1909-Labor Legislation in the United States, 1908. No. 64, May, 1909, The State of Employment in the Organized Industries, March 31, 1909. No. 65, July, 1909. The Relief of Tuberculosis in the Industries of Massachusetts. No. 66, August, 1909. The State of Employment in the Organi 1 Industries, June 30, 1909. No. 67, September, 1909. Labor Laws of Massachusetts. No. 68, October, 1909. Directory of Labor Organizations in Massachusetts, 1909. No. 70. December, 1909. Labor Injunctions in Massachusetts. VI. THE DECENNIAL CENSUS. The Decennial Census of the Commonwealth for 1905 is published complete in four volumes and is distributed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, to whom application must be made. Vol. I. POPULATION AND SOCIAL STATISTICS; 981 pages. (Now Ready.) It will be sent on receipt of 35 cents to prepay carriage. Vol. II. OCCUPATIONS AND THE DEFECTIVE AND DELINQUENT CLASSES; about 1,000 pages. It will be sent on receipt of 30 cents to prepay carriage. (In preparation.) Vol. III. MANUFACTURES AND TRADE; 362 pages. (Now ready.) It will be sent on receipt of 20 cents to prepay carriage. Vol. IV. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, AND COMMERCE; 598 pages. (Now Ready.) It will be sent on receipt of 25 cents to prepay carriage. APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF PUBLICATION. OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS. This bureau now issues four separate annual reports relating respectively to: The Statistics of Labor (Pub. Doc. 15). The Statistics of Manufactures (Pub. Doc. 36). The State Free Employment Offices (Pub. Doc. 80). Besides these annual publications the Bureau issues "The Labor Bulletin" at intervals during the year. It also publishes the Decennial Census of the Commonwealth; this work for 1905 is to be completed in four volumes aggregating about 3,000 pages. NOTIFICATION LIST. Individuals who so desire will be placed upon this list and will be notified of the issue of each publication in advance; and the same will then be mailed upon receipt of an amount sufficient to prepay postage. Current or back numbers of reports or publications listed below will be mailed upon the receipt of the amount indicated or will be sent by express at the charge of the applicant. I. REPORT ON THE STATISTICS OF LABOR. Publication began in 1870 but all volumes previous to 1887 (except 1879) are out of print; also the reports for the years 1890, 1895, 1902, and 1904. The volumes which remain in print are listed below, the figures in parentheses indicating the amount necessary to cover the cost of mailing. 1879 (10 c.); 1887 (12 c.); 1888 (10 c.); 1889 (20 c.); 1891 (20 c.); 1892 (15 c.); 1893 (15 c.); 1894 (12 c.); 1896 (15 c.); 1897 (15 c.); 1898 (20 c.); 1899 (10 c.); 1900 (25 c.); 1901 (12 c.); 1903 (15 c.); 1905 (20 c.); 1906 (20 c.); 1907 (20 c.); 1908 (12 c.). II. REPORT ON THE STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES. (ISSUED ANNUALLY.) Publication began in 1886. The reports for 1904, 1905, and 1906 were issued as parts of the annual report on the Statistics of Labor, but, beginning with the year 1907, it was restored to the Public Document series and issued as a separate report. The volumes are nearly all in print and are noted below, the figures in parentheses indi. cating the amount necessary to cover the cost of mailing. 1886-7 (7 c.); 1888 (9 c.); 1889 (11 c.); 1890 (13 c.); 1891 (11 c.); 1892 (16 c.); 1893 (14 c.); 1894 (12 c.); 1895 (15 c.); 1896 (10 c.); 1897 (10 c.); 1898 (15 c.), contains also a historical review on the Textile Industries in Massachusetts; 1899 (10 c.); 1900 (9 c.); 1902 (8 c.); 1904 (paper bound only-5 c.); 1905 (paper bound only-5 c.); 1906 (paper bound only -5 c.); 1907 (6 c.); 1908 (7 c.). The reports for the years 1907 and 1908 can be supplied in paper edition; the cost of mailing each being 5 cents. (Continued on page 4 of cover.) |