The times., 1899-01-18
AN AGRICULTURAL aU1RY
The Industrial Commission Prepare
Question syllabus

The Industrial Commission Prcpur.s
Question syllabus
The Industrial Commission had session
yesterday afternoon and adopted the fol-
lowing topical plan of inquiry on the con
ditions of labor and capital employed in
agriculture which was prepared by the
subcommittee on agriculture and agrfcul-
tural labor.
The questions contained in the touical
plan of inquiry are as follows:
Fart I-Iabor EmpIo,ed,
Condition Of Labor.-Increa-e or decrease il
number employed in agricultural labor in In,
several States during the past fifty wears: Com
paratiye condition ot those 50 engaged: Effect o
improved machinery on labor: Cause, If irrro1,
larity of employment; Transient labor II, bus,
seasons; Hours Of labor in different agriculture
pursuits; Average number OF days employed il
the YEAR Tendency OF agricultural labor to sccl
other employment, causes and remedies
Wages and Methods Of Payment -Dailv. week
ly. monthly OF yearly payment; MAXIMUM wages
minimum. average, in different branches in iii
| ierent States and sections: Cash payment -tor
| order payment in kind; Tenant houses and ten
ant house allowances.
| Crop sharing. Partnership Tenancy- Practic1
hiiity and present status Of these methods: Loan
10 tenants, liens Oh growing prospective crops
extent OF, effect ot.
character of foreign immigrants; Percentage O
| literacy compared with American agricuiurigte
| Tendency to cuoIiizc-t6 preserve foreign custom
| and languagcs; Effect Of such immigration lipo
| American agriculture; Suggestions a. to rc.ula
| lion of immigration, COlored labor extent ot
| School age Of children in the different States
| Sutciency oi public school facilities. per cen
| enrolled: Adaptation OF public school curriculnr
TO the needs 0i the agricultural people; Tccmica
! education
| Part ii-cnpitaI Employed.
| Comparative Earnings OF Capital Invested
Agricnluire.-To capital employed in agricu
| tural pursuits; Earnings Of capital compared vii
| forty years ago. Earnings Of capital compare
! with other lines Of business banking mantiflr
! turing. r.iiruadIng, mercantile eIc.. Taxation ,
agricultural property Gal, Character. extent an
effects IN the different States: do. Suggestion
for nodlh' alton aud umiiicaton OF tax mcthod
| state and local: Migration Of agroulturiss iroi
localities: causes and extent OF
| The Present Condition al Agricultmi,ts ID
cline ia prices OF agricultural products; Droi
| IN money value OF agricultural lands III the old,
States, causes and extent ut Decline IA prO.luotn
| condition 0t soil IN said States. causes and rem
| cdies; increase III acreage under cultivation: /
| effect on production, ON prices, pFptt-. g
wages employment 'Rouanz;, farming" i
effect ou production, wages prices. Organiz,Iio
ui alTiculturi~ts oIusca inducing, objects -Ougii
| results secured, rule, governing.
Annual Production. Present production in T.
utiun 10 consumption and existing markets; owe
| production in certain lines, mdrrproducti0n
other linr-, ,au,c7 and remedies; DiyoreiicaIi,
pt agricultural industries Effect OF improved ~
ricuiturl machinery on production and price
| Extension of foreign markets, possibilities a.
methods
| Cost oi Production and Transportation. Cast
production. including interest on capital, cost
labor and other charges Increase or decrease
transportation rates during the past fity wear
Good roads. effect on cost of local trinsr"rtatio
| Local Markets as to Prices { unhinations
control prices; Effect OF so-callcd grain and co
ton gambling
Part III-RemedinI Legislation.
A. TO Existing Federal and State Laws Tnuc
ing Agricultural Industries. Legal regulation
| trusts, combinations aud other forms Of mo
| opoly; Operation OF existing antitrust laws;
| terstate commerce laws, OlcomargaIinc laws, su
scstions for their modification extension; o
Grafton Of existing puTefood laws, objects sougl
! results secured. ACCESSIBILITY Of Federal lceis
tion thereon Operation of existing Federal Al
State laws 10 prevent the spread oi dscas
among domestic animals, among plants, sugg,
tions Tor the modification or extension OF sl
| laws.
The commission adds that witness
making responses orally or in writing
this topical plan of inquiry are request
to give testimony only with relation
such topics as they are informed upo
Facts are desired rather than opinions, e
L capt where sugpestinnS ara invited