Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-28
LABOR STATISTICS
The Annual Report oithe Bureau
 of Labor Just Out.

The twenty-second annual report of the bureau of labor statistics was submitted to the governor to-day.
 Part I. of the report contains de- scription of buildings erected for manufacturing purposes concerning which Commissioner Scoville says: During the year ended July 1, 1906, there were constructed within the state for manufacturing purposes three hundred and twenty-nine build- ings." Continuing the report says that the amount expended for the purpose named was 33,742,S13. A complete description of each build- ing, material of which 1t is construct ed. by what firm. individual or cor poration built, dimensions and cost is also shown in the report.
 A new feature appears in this years report. Commissioner Scoville has collected, compiled and presented in Part II of his report very valuable and interesting material concerning industrial opportunities in Connecti- cut not yet utilized" Every town in the state is given space in this chap ter, and while in some instances the statistical details are somewhat brief yet in most cases the descriptive mat ter contains much of interest and will prove of value.
 The data appearing in Part III of the report refers to the subject of manufacturers within the state, con- cerning which Commissioner Scoville says:
 Summarizing the figures as shown in the table, the result is reached that the average weekly hours of labor ob- taining in the establishments cOnsid- cred during the year, represented by 134,710 employees was 57.2 hours, that the number of persons employed in these establishments was S.5 per cent greater in 1906 than in 1904; that the sum disbursed in wages was 12.4 per cent more in 1906 than in 1904 and that the gross value of product increased 19.7 per cent in 1906 over the corresponding period in 1904"
 Analyzing these figures still fur ther it develops that the average an- nual earnings of the 124,167 em- ployes represented in the table as having been engaged as operatives in 1904, was $464.45 per person. Mak- ing the same deductions from the data for 1906, 1t is discovered that the annual earnings per person em- ployed was $4S1.57."
 The usual statement of the busi- ness transacted at the five free public employment offices appears in Part ". The report says:
 ''As has been chronicled in previ- ous reports of the bureau upon this subject more females than males were supplied with situations. The whole number of situations secured during the year ended November 30, 1906, was 9,356; of these 40.4 per cent were males and 59.6 per cent were females. While this is true as to the above, 74.6 per cent of the male and S2.2 per cent of the female applicants for employment were supplied with situations, and during the same period help was furnished to jS4 per cent of alr those which applied"
 During the year ended November 30, 1906, the Hartford office furnish ed help to 84.02 per cent of all ap- plying. Bridgeport office furnished help to S1.47 per cent; New Haven S3.95 per cent; Waterbury S7.93 per cent, and Norwich S5.4S per cent"
 A complete directory of labor or ganizations found by the bureau to be in active existence within the state appears in Part V. The names and postoffice addresses of the secre- taries is given as we'll as Is the loca- tion, by towns, of the unions. The report says:
 Tn the year 1906 there were found 501 local unions in existence. Includ- ing the ten state organizations. there were total number of 511 associa- tions classified as trade or labor unions. These were found located in fifty-two different towns in the state as compared with the same number in 1905; forty-seven in 1904; forty nine in 1903; forty-eight in 1902, anu iOity-tuicc III lSVi. AS DeIOTe stated ten of the 511 unions are classified as State Organizations !"
 In Part VI Commissioner Scoville reports upon the operation of the Tenement House Act" He says:
 "The reports filed in this ofice de- velop the information that in the six cities in which the law known as the Tenement House Act is operative. permits were granted for the erection of four hundred and thirty-nine buildings of the class included with in the provisions of the law. The period of time considered in the fore going being from January 1. 1906, to December 31 of the same year"
 "The number of permits granted in each city included in the above are: Bridgeport 152, Waterbury 1O5 Hartford ninety-nine. New Haven forty. New Britain thirty-nine and Meriden four"
 Part VII is devoted to the subject of labor difficulties, the report says:
 During the twelve-month period ended October 31. 1906. the material covering which is included in the tab ulated statement following this de- scription there were sixty-two diffi- culties, exclusive of those considered above. in which sufficient of the .in- itiative' was shown as to be consid- cred a strike Or lockout as the bureau defines the terms. Two of