The times., 1899-01-19
TO ENQUIRE INTO LABOR.
Topical Questions Submitted by the
Industrial mission.

At the session of the Industrial Com
mission yesterday afternoon, the subcom
mission on conditions of labor and capital
employed in manufacturing and general
business reported the following topical
plan of enquiry, which was adopted:
Part I-Ss to Labor in the Several
Industries.
Combinations Of Labor Constitutions and reg
ulatioIs OF the several trades unions and other
labor organizations, initiation fees and dues,
funds and benefit features. Growth Of trades
unionlsn, proportion Of total employees embraced
in membership, in the several industries and the
several States, allied trades: incorporation Of
trades unions feasibility and legal effect: Rcla-
tions To n0n-rnion labor and the right 20 liberty
of contract; unskilled labor, organized OF unor-
ganized.
Strikes Arbitration, and Contract LaIor-Enu-
meratiou Of the several causes leading M TO
strikes; Economic results of strikes and loCboutS
TO workers. to employers. To- the community 1t
large; Methods Of strikes, the boycott, the black
list, pickciing patrolling, other metho'tS Uf in
fucrciug results. whether by employers en-
ploycs. sympathetic strikes: The importation of
foreign labor under contract, otherwise.
operation OF the Law foTbIddiug the importation
OF contract labor; Conciliation mediation and
arbitration, under State law, 10y joint commit
tees. temporary permanent; Compulsory arhi-
tration; The injunction in strikes
Wages and Methods uf PaymcnJ.-W Weekly hi
MUMMY anu iltuANIA ilti'l islhsN.
and disadvantages; Time work, piece work. over
time work, task work; Sliding wage scales. opera
tlon OF, minimum wage scales: The living
wage" tho standard ci living: Store orders. and
payment in kind; Fines and penalties; Factory
tonemeuts; Differences in wage schedules in dif-
fcreut States and sections; Relative rates of wages
during the PAST fifty years; Relative social tondi-
tion Of labor during the past fifty years: Inf!u-
encc pf organized labor wages.
Employment. Increase OF decrease in number
employed IN the several industries excess OF en-
ployes. the unemployed; Effects Of and i'm
proved machinery on labor: Effects OF employ
Tnent Of women and children ON themselves on
male employment; School age OF children in the
several States; Causes uf iTregulaTity OF employ
ment; average days employed in the year: All-
premiership. present status aud regulation Of.
in the several States and industries; Hours of
labor iH the different trades and industries, in
The several States. Sunday labor; National. State
and municipal employment ui labor: The shorter
work-iay movement economic and social argu-
rnent fur and against: Sweat shops. called,
conditions II labor in. the sever.l State laws for
their regulation. suggestions Tor Un!rCStion
modification ui these laws.
Cooperation. Premium Payments. Proht-Shar-
ing. Industrial CopaTtnorship. Etc.-PsactiCaDility
md present status OF ihe-e methods; Other plAI's
for improving the condition 81 workinEmen; old
and service pensions, sick insurance, accident
insurance. state insurance.
Immigration and Eiuc1tiou.- Effects Of imin-
grafton in the several industries, on employment
in skilled trades and unsLilivd occupations
wages on mo.dle; Suggestions f"r the regulation
OF immigration: Nlien labor: Colored labor; SUI
frienty of public s,hvrl facilities; Suitability of
public school instruction 10 needs Of working
people: Trade schools. manual training. technical
eeln,siioi,: Puhlic libraries reading ro4IHs. ~
cegiins-
Co,lvirt Labor Effects Of convict labor on free
labor IN specified industries, III the several States;
Suggestions for IL Hon-.onIctItIye employment