Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-21
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The Labor CsMmfaisaes's Report u l,s
The Nos4 Complete Yet-wsrk in the
Library.
Labor Commissioner Masthsvv IL nev
busily 1t work on his forthcoming annual
sspsrs. He has already, bssid.s large
aaouat Of tatu's.isas, g1 scgsshes . very
interesting compiis,i,n Of facts rsIs.in =
- The different sui scn which oil comprise
teasiog features Of bis report. Auons The
ssej>e .iii be the ice industry AID the
shoe iodastry. Both Of these sra written
BY men Who are familiar with the dstA;is Of
their industry they describe by reason Of
experience, boih having been connected
with these Industries.
Commisionsr Matthews 10 congrsscissing
himself on having been sble 10 collect svch
On nrsJ Of facts that IL will be possible to
deduos more complete snd satisfactory
averages than heretofore. For instance, in
the building trades he has tecursd returns
from = ,uiiiciently large number Of work.
men 20 that he can arrange them In clssses.
a. 'kiIIed and anskiiIed. married ard Gin
gle. Thus the eHn;ngs. cost Of living,
etc, Of the men with families and tbs men
-itbou: families will be KEEP; undsr separate
classes In this way il will be seen At
glance that more satisfactory results can be
obtained. Especially i. this trse Of the
item. cost Of iIyisg. Where The sisxIe man
Parsrssed IN with the men with families,
the svsrsgs eost o. living sha, is obtained
Oil be obviously net 90 satisfactory -
where they are separated into ciasse. and
the averages made accordingly. This a.
fords one illustration Of the vast amount Of
work that 10 being put on the compilations
for this report and their accuracy. Then,
too, class Of workmen bA, been reached
that never vas before. Much Of this sue
cess the commiss ioner attributes TO the extra
$500 -hica the las. Legislature appropri.
ated and which has enabled lin TO secure
line services Of reliable men 10 diasren,
classes Of industry. lie beli,yes that the
value % his expenditure viii be readily
nrn from hts report.
The article on the shoe industry In Msiue
nav very comprehensive enc and written.
a. before stated. BY . man experienced ia
the Spanufscture Of shoes. The details are
arranged scientifically and many very il
srpcti-e facts can be g! eaned from tbi,
article. OF the Arms manufactu ring shoes
N fresport and Aubarn the 6ra one [, 70
isto the business was A. T.. White Of the
present firm OF A. z. White & Co, pLo
began the manufacture Of shoes 10 New
Gloucester 81 years ago. The following sta
n.,ics show quite clearly the progress oflhese
shoe manufacturing jrms now in Auburn
and Freeport. Back 10 i-ii there was bu.
one Of thsse Is Arms now a the tao places,
and he hal not yet &C me 10 Auburn. II
capital invested in this manufacture n
iAH was 5000. O1s by one thete
ftm. came into the field and
continued 20 increase till in 1891 their cap
it.l invested vss ~ 22s .i9I The amount
- help employ ed IN 1874 was II hands; in
1891, 1869 hands. The value Of the product,
IN 1872 was so50 0GU, and in 1891 81 al
%. 81. This amount for 1891 represents
about J. 1853 600 pairs Of footwear made
from Jans 80. 1896. to June 30. 1879
These statistics show that there has been .
decrease Of from 10 to 40 per cent in the
cost Of most all materials. The bene fetal
change from ths old condition Of
having periods Of sc versl weeks OF the year
Ia which no work was done is. noted.
Now slack times are scarcely known. and
one reason for this is that TIA, goods are
sold over a territory much larger and less
liable TO fluctuations from local causes,
Such result, - these have been brought
ab2n. by Maine capital and enterprise. and
will be read with pleasuts by Maine people
and ali who wish to inform themselves
regarding The shoe industry Of our State.
Preparing the volumes 10 the State libra
ny Tor transfer into the new quarters is \
task that r, quirs. besides hard work and
close sttcnuon both time and patience.
FaitiDg The number lsbels on the
books that have been cstslogued was begun
this week. All the w0rks of fiction and
history will he labelled anil ready for re-
movsi to the new library room by the end
Of N, week, anil by the close Of next
week the books on biography, sociology
and general literature will be in readiness,
The Law report, hsiug in sets by states and
numbered continuously, will be removed
without catsloguing. State Librarian Car,
yer has ,ecured complete edition of the
Acts ard Resolves from 1920 to 1890 In
elusive, bound in full calf and had them
markell Msine State Library"
Dr. T-itcheil says tbu the gentlemen
from Maaschu.ens and New Brunswick,
who have attended the institutes in Frank |
log. Perob,cet And Somerset counties de-
clare themselves ~ we'll pleased At the
work being done. They noticed many evi-
slerces ~ prosperity and interest in the az
ricultursi work and the readiness ard intel |
hscnce -ltb Which the farmers in attend
Ane. on these institutes discussed the re-
mark. Of the 4 aerent speakers,
A very Artistic piece of work 10 the new
book plate Tor the ,nnsbec Ns'urai His
tory and Antiquarian Society, proof i'm
pressicn, Of which has been shown Ms by
Gaps. Nash At whose establishment it il be
lns printed The design Was drawn by Mr..
G. G. wilioughby and evinces bis critical
and artistic taste in such matters. Within