Biennial Report Of The Bureau Of Labor Statistics Of California For The Years

Excerpt from Seventh Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the State of California: For the Years 1895-1896 Section 3 of an Act to establish and support a Bureau Of Labor Statistics, approved March 3, 1883, provides: It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to collect, assort, systematize, and present, in biennial reports to the Legislature, statistical details, relating to all departments Of labor in the State, such as the hours and wages of labor, cost of living, amount of labor required, estimated number Of persons depending on daily labor for their support, the probable chances of all being employed, the Operation of labor-saving machinery in its relation to hand labor, etc. Said statistics may be classified as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Fourth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the State of California, for the Years 1889-1890 In my introduction to the third biennial report of this bureau, I pointed out that the attempt to collect labor and industrial statistics by mail had proved a failure in every State in which it had been tried. I said personal inspection and interrogation by the Commissioner or his authorized representative, is the only and proper way to Obtain full, fresh, intelligent, and correct statistics, and this cannot be done without an increase in the appropriation for contingent expenses, including hire Of one or two agents. My predecessor in office, Mr. John S. Enos, in his report used almost identical language. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Twelfth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the State of California, 1905-1906 In presenting the Twelfth Biennial Report Of this Bureau, which is composed almost entirely Of material gathered Since the disastrous fire Of April last, there is full realization Of the fact that much is lacking in elaboration and deduction. Believing it best to Obtain as much definite data as possible in this year Of extraordinary industrial activity, the work Of collecting was carried too near the time limit allowed by law to permit Of exhaustive tabulation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Ninth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the State of California: For the Years 1899-1900 The work of this Bureau, carried to completeness, covers a large and exceedingly varied field, while the authority and means possessed by those connected therewith for accomplishing the said work are but limited. To well gather the industrial statistics of the State, and there after to tabulate and present biennially in a report, in an intelligent manner, such statistics, as contemplated by the Act creating the Bureau, require a larger staff of assistants, and a more liberal appropriation, than the Bureau has been provided with thus far. In addition to the statistical work named, statutes enacted from time to time have added other work to the Bureau, such as inspection of industrial establishments, and the enforcement therein of laws relating to the safety, health, and comfort of employés. And still again, other work has, by legislative mandate or by custom, grown to be part of the work of the Bureau; such, for instance; as the investigation of com plaints by working people of wrong or injustice suffered by them at the hands of employers or others, and the righting of the wrong or injustice complained of, when it is found to exist, as far as within the power of the Bureau so to do. My predecessors, almost without exception, have called attention to the failures which usually follow attempts to collect data by correspond ence. Those possessed of the information sought for in such cases, and to whom inquiries are addressed, as a rule neglect to make reply. This neglect arises, in some cases, from simple indifference; in others, from resentment toward what is deemed to be interference with private affairs; and in others, still again (happily in but few cases), from lack of disposition to oblige. Often, too, when replies are made, they are so incomplete as to be of no statistical value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.