The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-20
BULLETIN OF LABOR
LEGISLATURES LIKELY IN ppo,-,,,,,
FOR ANNUAL PUB
LEGATION
BETTER THAN A BIENNIS
Would Get Valuable Information re-
fore Public While IL Il Hot.
and IL Would BE More
Widely Read.

1t is more than likely THAT the next
legislature Will make provision for tht
publication by the department. of 1abor.
OF monthly, or at least a quarterly brI-
letin, such as is published NV the labor
bureaus OF many other states. Commits
Toner O'Donnel says that such an AL
rangement would undoubtedly be Of tas
greatest help to the department. and OIL
Deneat to the people of the state
The national department Of labor re.
ommends the idea Of periodical bulletins
on special subjects i'm preference to bulk.
reports published annually or bienni4uv
ana taking up great variety of sub
Jects In many states the method is
adopted of publishing advance sheets
OF the annual report. which are after
wards embodied i'm the reports.
in TINS state the bureau of labor makes
biennial report and while if is one
VI the pest and most important and mosf
sought after reports of it's kind. it-lo~e-
much Of its force and influence bac3u..
OF It's being published but once every
two years.
The department. takes up fts v,arl, Jul.
tematlcally pr subjects cOmpIetirg Dua
special investigation at u time. T+ Womb
PC Of immense advantage to publish tna.
results Of special inyestiga Gou IN orr..
IL a separate bulletin by itself. III ynrIII
De more widely read than I'd IL when
thrown INTO a biennial report with hum
dreds Of other subjects
Mr. O'Donnell. when asked FL III \.
Vored such a bulletin said.
mere is great advantage i'm aat-.ra,
Ihlns before the public while il is hot
"Hile IL is being discussed and d. forr rr
mas worn itseu out and been forgotten
AH9 I'HSer the public waits for it the
more 1t loses its influence and value.
Inc effect is much better whore ,..,,
nTfI
pamphlet Such a bulletin would cover
topics OF immediate interest. and il worlf
Iedch the public before interest dies orf
1t would be used more. Congress has
gwen ITS approval 10 the bulletin form.
Oh the reports of the national dcuart-
ihent or labor. Students who are aIv,.,ts
seeking information ON economic uue--
tlohs would greatly prefer OBJ have SUBJ
Jects treated separately ana com9lrL.
in themselves
"a bulletin can De printed in verv
snort time and be distributed To the pub
Ic almost immediately after the mat
YER mas been prepared whereas IN the
DlehHial report not only is much De the
matter Ola, but il takes three months f1
get the bulky volume printed and IL FL
not strictly speaking. 'up 70 date" when
lt reaches the legislature ana the DaopI-
In Massachusetts and New York ana
other states they publish monthly r.
quarterly bulletins. and I'm Canada the
labor bureau publishes monthly staus-
ties.
We constantly receive inquiries on i'm
portant topics. If we had a month";.
bulletin these inquiries could be discussed
publicly and many would secure the i'm
formation. A great many important
things, crowded out of the reports. would
be given publicity i'm the bulletin. Our
work IS divided into many subjects. and
it would certainly be a fine thing If we
could devote one complete bulletin TO Il
single subject such ass railway labor.
mine labor, factory inspection child Ia
Dor, wages, working hours, labor leg.s-
lation judicial decisions. etc"
Of course this cannot DE- done without
a generous appropriation. New York y
labor bureau has am appropriation of
$4,000 and Massachusetts has almost as
large one, while Minnesota has less
than $4,000, while its work is regarded
most highly and Of much importance
throughout the country