The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-27

the fiscal year 1903 was 117,79S, an in- crease of eight per cent. over the aver age for 1902 and the amount paid in wages was 10.5 per cent, greater in 1903 than in 1902.
 The summary of Table II. presents the interesting information that the an- nual earnings per employe in 1903 were $46S.9s, which sum should be placed in comparison with $45S.52 per employe in 1902, S441. 43 in 1901 and $452 04 in 1900. The recapitulation of Table III. shows that the proportion of the gross value of products which was paid to labor dur ing the year 1903 by the establishment representing productive value of S205. 165.72 was 26.9 per cent, this in compar- ison with a percentage of 264 per cent. in 1902, 26.2 per cent. in 1901, and 26.4 per cent. in 1900.
 MANUFACTURES. This chapter of the report is devoted to brief description and illustrations
 of the buildings of some of the leading manufacturing establishments in the
 state, and is a new feature. There are
 given also some interesting statistical
 data taken from the report of the Uni
 ted States census, having reference to each of the towns represented.
 LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. A vegy complete directory of labor or ganizations located within the state is presented. The names and postoffice ln1 af ofo,. ,.fo rf Ia ions are also given. The report says that there are 591 organizations known
 to have been in active existence in 1903.
 It is, therefore, interesting to note the ratio of increase in number during the past five years. For the purpose of comparison the number of organizations of which the bureau has record are as follows: In 1899. 214; in 1900, 270; in 1901, $40: in 1902, 51O and in 1903. 591
 In 1901, labor unions were found in for ty-three different towns in 1902, in for weight and in 19OS in forty-nine diff ferent towns in the state.
 STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS. This portion of the report is devoted l to the subject of labor troubles which | have taken place within the state dur l ing the twelve months ended October a1 {,
 1903, and is the fourth consecutive trea- | tise upon the subject issued by the bu- lreau.
 1 The report takes account of ninety nine labor disturbances, and states that there were 9,217 employees involved, and
 that 27O,4 ,449 working days were lost be- cause of them.The report places the amount of wages lost at $105 673. 50. , There is also given the location of the different difficulties, the causes which | led up to the various disturbances, the occupations of those involved, and the
 manner in which the differences were 1 adjusted. In addition to the foregoing the report contains brief description of the principal labor troubles which l have taken place in the whole country beginning with 1796, this being the ear !. Hest strike of which the bureau has rec ord.
 Considerable space. in the report is de- voted to the report of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
 1 FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS. The operations of the free public en- ployment bureaus, which were estab- lished upon July 1, 1901, continue to be 1 eminently satisfactory. The people generally have become more and more 1 familiar with the workings of the of ! fees, and the facilities possessed for supplying superior class of help. The 1 location Of all the offices are the same as when first established. although some changes have been made in their l management
 , During the year ended November 30, ] 1903, there were S,1S0 persons who se- < cured situations through the means and i by the instrumentaIity of the five of 1 fees operated by this department. Of i this number 3,01S were males and 5.157
 were females. The total number apply 1 ing for situations was IS, POS; thus it is ! seen that sixty-two per cent of those 1 seeking situations were supplied. As has been the case heretofore the larger
 number of situations furnished were te
 women, the percentages remaining
 practically stationary In all the offices
 forty eight per cent. of the female ap-
 plicants for work were furnished em-
 ploymept.
 During the twenty-nine months which
 these offices have been in operation
 nineteen thousand persons have beer