The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-09
LABOR RUnpAU REPORT.
All Industries show an Increase of Elm
 ployes Over S05.

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 The report of the Connecticut bureau of labor statistics for 1895 says that on July l. 1895, there were ll2,O02 employees on the pay rolls of the different es- tablishments, reporting a gain of 1S,SS5,. or 1857 per cent. over the number em- ployed in the same establishments in 1894, and decrease of 4.O4 per cent, from the number in 1892,
 It also states that of the l67 estah- llshments. making general changes in wage hates, there were S3 which increas- ed wages, l06 made partial or full res toration of former rates, and 2S reduced wages.
 The number of employees affected by advances in wage rates was 2,624, or 2.S4 per cent. of the whole number re- porting; the average rate of increase being S.52 per cent. The number of employees whose wages were restored was 20,190, or 1908 per cent. of the whole number reporting and the average S,5 per cent.
 The number affected by reductions in wage rates was 1,2S7, or ll5 per cent. of the whole number reporting; the average reduction being S.53 per cent.
 The average weekly hours of labor in the whole number of establishments reporting, the report says, was 54.46. It appears by the report that the rubber industry is the only one show ing a decrease in the number employed in 1895 from the number in the same establishments in 1894. All other clas- sified industries showing an increase in 1895 over 1894.
 The greatest per cent of increase was in the brass and brass goods, that being 25.45, and the lowest in silver plated ware, the galn being but 42S per cent.
 Concerning strikes the report has some interesting figures in view of the fact that the strikes occurring in 1895 were of the minor class. The loss in wages was $934, ,500, and the loss to employers was $92S00.
 The cost to the state for relief of the poor was $994 G15,1S an average of $56.10 to each of the 17,729 assisted.
 The laws enacted by the general as sembly concerning building and loan as soclations is printed in full in the re- port, and the assets of the several Con- neoticut associations for 1894 and 1895 is also given, showing that during the year they have increased $190, ,029.99, or 2404 per cent.
 The subject of manual training in the public schools is taken up and advo- cated in the report, and the methods adopted and the course pursued in the schools and Y. NJ. C. associations where the plan of industrial training is in vogue is shown, and authorities are liberally quoted favoring this addition to the public school system. The first annal report of the state board of mediation and arbitration is contained in the labor report, and states that the board organized Sep tember IS, 1895, and were called to act by committee of striking molders from New Britain; that the board proceeded to the scene of the trouble on Sep tember 19, and that the matter was adjusted and the men returned to their usual employment on September 21, 1895.
 All laws passed by the general assem- bly, of 1895 of interest to the working classes are printed in full in the report.
 The effect of the act concerning Ital- ian and other alien laborers is re- ferred to in the report, and instances quoted as to the result of it's appli- cation and enforcement. Legislation is suggested to still further check the growing evil of the padrone system ! prevailing in some sections of the state, and the cases reported by the Italian special agents to the bureau, requesting the collection of claims are mentioned. the commissioner assuming that the bureau of labor statistics is not a collecting agency.