The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-21
THE LABOR REPORT.
Commissioner w. L. A. johnson Be
| gins Its Distribution.


Commissioner w. L. A. Johnson of
began the distribution of the first bien-
reorganization. The report is of 472
pages and weighs nearly two pounds
The report is the first large job to be
done by State Printer George A. Clark.
In the recapitulation on the labor or
ganization statistics Commissioner
johnson says in his report:
Organization-One hundred and
twenty-seven reports were received
from that many labor organizations,
setting forth their condition during the
year. The average number of charter
members, one hundred and fourteen
reporting, is 279. The average total
membership, ore hundred and sixteen
reporting, is 66.5 The average increase
III membership, seVenty-two reporting,
is 1856. The average decrease in MEM
bership, twenty-one reporting, is 20.
Causes for increase: A very large per
cent say, Organized labor, and the gen.
eral activity in business Two say:
New mines One says: Development
in mines Out of one hundred and nine
reporting, seventy-two have agreements
or contracts with employers. The aver
age annual cost per member for main
tanning organization aside from in
surance, one hundred and nine report
ing. is 1928 The average per cent of
ITdQG organized, one HuuuICQ anu lSll
reporting, is sos.
Occupation and Employment-The
average number of months members
were employed during 1902, with one
hundred and fourteen reporting, is 10-S.
The average number of hours worked
per day, one hundred and eleven re-
porting, is SO. One hundred and ten
out of one hundred and fourteen say
they are in favor of a universal eight
hour work-day. The average number
of members unemployed for the quarter
ending March 81 is, nineteen reporting,
31.5; quarter ending June 80, twenty
one reporting, 26.5; quarter ending Sep
TENDER 30, with twenty-five reporting,
is PSI; quarter ending December 81,
with werty-four reporting. is 3l-1.
strike" Three say: Bad roads One
says: 'Type-setting machines One
says: Because of old age
Opportunity for employment as com
eight instances. decreased in SIX, the
same in fifteen. Causes for Increase:
Thirty-eight say General prosperity,
ten say, To organization, Four say,
To strikes in the East
The average wages of members for
1902, per hour, thirty-six reporting, is
i IS cents, per day, seven reporting. S2-44;
per week, eighteen reporting, Sl19l; per
month, thirty-two reporting, $62-9z; per
| ton. thirteen reporting. 76 cents; per
mile, three reporting. 8 cents.
wages, as compared with 1901, are In
t creased in forty-fve instances, the same
| in eight. Causes for increase: The pre-
vailing reasons for such increase are
! Organized labor and general activity In
business, and prosperity
There was a total of twelve strikes
engaged in, six of which were settled
satisfactorily and one was lost. Causes
| for such strikes: Three say, Because
| of organization Two say, Because of
leight-hour law. One says, Because OF
the compulsory doctor system One
says. Because of the failure of the COM
pany to live up to contract The man.
ner of settlement of few of the strikes
| is as follows One says, Was
settled by the adjustment of compul-
sorry doctor system and the company
granting increase in wages. One says
The company granted increase in
wages The average total number OF
members involved. nine reporting. is SO. s
-, The average total number of days lost
seven reporting. is 1876. The average
total amount of wages lost seven re-
porting. is S1409 81. The total amount
of strike benefits paid out. eleven report
| ing is 1866 81
1.-THE bureau of wages could best pro-
mote the interests of the wage-earners
of the state by securing an eight-houI
system say ninety per cent of the or
CARNATIONS heard from One says, Sc