The evening times., 1900-02-27

North of Massachusetts. Ellison A. Smyth
OF South Carolina. John NJ Farouhar of
New York Eugene ID. Conger of Michigan.
T ". Phillips of Pennsylvania. Charles j.
Harris of North Carolina. NJ. II. Ratchford
of Indiana. and John L. Kennedy Of Wash
ing,Cn. ID. c.
Senator Nantes term in the Senate ex-
pired with the last Congress. but in accord
ance with the provisions of the act Great
ing the Ccmm son he continues as a MEM
Der unlil- the expiration CT the term for
which he was appointed 10 serve upon it.
Mr.. s. y. ID. North resigned on Ju.y l TO
accept leadinz position in the Census De-
partment, and Alr. Albert Clarke OF Mas
sachusetts was named TO succeed him.
Topical inns of Enquiry.
immediate, after the su0-commission5
had been. fiil8d they b, gan work upon the
preparation Of their various syilabi or
plans CT enquiry The Commission had
laid the foundation for these basic docu-
mcnts with a vast deal Of care. and had
consulted with some OF the best minds OF
the country before giving them their final
shape. II was a mooted question whether
they should be in the foIIl Of direct in
terrcgatoIies rtopical suggestions indi-
eating IN a more comprehensive way the
information desired. 1t was finally decided
that the toriCal method plan offered the
larger advantage. and no schedule OF ques-
tiCns has been sent out by any OF the sub
commissions. The sub commissions sever
ally reported the results OF their delib-
eratiuns TO the Commission and after care
ful consideration the completed plans of
enquiry were ordered printed for distri-
button.
The full text of these plans of enquiry
will be found in the volumes OF testimony
taken by the Commission. As they show
the scope and extent and the detail OF
the investigation upon which the Commits
sion is engaged. a brief synopsis OF them
may not be amiss.
In the plan of enquiry designed to
elicit information as to the conditions OF
labor and capital employed in agriculture.
Part l relates 10 the labor employed. the
actual and comparative conditions Of farm
workers. the effects of improved machin-
cry, transient labor. the tendency of agri-
cultural labor to seek other employment.
wages and methods of payment store or
ders payment in kind tenant houses. crop
sharing partnership. tenancy. liens on
growing and prospective crops nationality
and character of foreign immigrants per-
ceDtage of iliteracy among them COM
pared with American agriculturists tend
ency to colonize, the effect of immigration
upon agriculture colored labor. the adap-
tion of the public school curriculum to the
needs of the agricultural classes. and tech
nical education. Part embraces an en-
quiry into the comparative earnings OF cap
ital invested in agriculture-the compaTi-
son running both as to the earnings OF
forty years ago and today. and as to the
earnings Of the farmer and men in other
lines of business-the decline in prices OF
2 a. lands
and productiveness of the soil. the increase
OF acreage. bonanza farming, agricult-
! ural associations. the annual production
the cost of production and transportation
combinations 10 control prices. and grain
and cotton gambling" And under Part
the regulation of agricultural monopolies
the effect of Interstate commerce laws
oleomargarine laws. operation of existing
pure food laws. and of Federal and State
laws TO prevent the spread of diseases
among domestic animals and plants, etc.
aer indicated as points of enquiry.
plan of Enquiry.
: Embraced in the plan of enquiry pre-
pared BY the sub-eommission on manufac-
lures and general business are sixty-nine
topics. treated under three general heads
-sirst as TO labor in the several indus
tries; second, as to capital in the several
industries: and third as to Industrial and
remedial Legislation. Under the first gen.
eral division the topic Of trades unions and
other labor organizations; liberty Of con
tract: ncn- union labor; contract labor
convict labor: wages and methods of pay
ment: employment including that Of wom'
en- and children. and the work hours of th'
different trades and industries; co-opera
ton premium payments profit sharing
etc: immigration, and education arr
amcng those set out Under the second
general division information is invited a:
. 10 the earnings of capital invested in man
ufacturinE actual and comparative; thu
taxation of manufacturing and mercantile
establishments: determinations in freigh
rates: causes. natural and artificial, OF th'
migration of industries; the concentration
3 and consolidation of industrial concerns
/ with the effect on prices and profits, oI
| wages and employment. on smaller enter
/ priseS on competition. and on production
1 th,, regulation of trusts. and the producing
J cspacitv Of modern machinery. SuggeS
| toons as TO remedial legislation are sough
along the line of employers liability laws
sanitary and personal-safety laws factory
! inspection, regulating the employment o
1 women and children. arbitration. mechan-
! les liens. etc.
The Mining Districts.
'In the plan OF enquiry into the eoudi'
| tons of labor and capital employed in tht
mining industry there are likewise three
heads. and seventy-two topics are treated
under IT, Part !. generally as to labor EN-
| ployed as 10 trades unions. non union la
bor. and unskilled labor: liberty of con
tract: strikes and lockouts; the importa
ton of new or foreign labor; arbitration
blacklisting; boycotting: the injunction II
! strikes: wages and methods of payment
/ with incidental reference to the sliding
wage scale. store orders. and mine tene
ments: the influence of organized labor ol
! wages: the comparative number employed
( labor of children; non English speakin,
! labor: the shorter work day: cooperation
| etc. and immigration: convict labor; edu
cational facilities.
! Under Part >. treating as to capita
| employed, there are comparative earnings
of capital invested in mining. both as be
| tween past and present and as betweeI
! mining and other industrial enterprises
taxation: freight determinations: CLOSING
| of mines trusts and their effects; ant
! then for a separate head. the producing ca
pacity of modern machinery. with its eff
feet on prices: on profits and labor; over
production and under consumption. Part
embracing generally the topic relating t
industrial and remedial legislation
touches upon employers liability laws
mine INSPECTION; check weighman laws
laws regulating the employment OF chill
dren; payments; penalties; screens; com
pany stores; arbitration and convict labor
The plan of the sub-commission o.
transportation embraces seventy-four topi
cal heads Part |. upon transportation b.
land in its relation to the labor employees
| therein touches upnu the liability Of tn
companies for injury sustained: safet