The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-09-01
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Of it would be most pleasant or
most profitable. to be discussed.
There are so many sides so many
details, such a multiplicity of
means to a common end, with most
of which one or the other, or all
of you are familiar, that a repe-
tition would be wearisome / feel
that if we might sit down, heart
to heart, without time limit, and
go over the things / have in mind,
each of us could contribute IN
some manner to lesson the diff
culties under which we labor.
We are expected to produce re-
suits, no matter how, and TO-
able to prove what we produce,
but in the proving process we are
not to have so much latitude. The
problem that gives me trouble
may be an open book to you; the
problem that gives you trouble.
might be one that have
sweated drops of gall to
solve. But / cannot hope at this
time to enter such discussion,
as much 81 should ike to do so.
/ hope that some time before we
adjourn sonde such discussion will
take place and think in so say
ing / voice the desire of other
members. 81
The Department of Labor and
Printing, which stands in North
Carolina for what in other states
is called Labor Bureau or Depart
ment of Labor, has, in addition to
its general accounting of the Ia
Dor situation, two other distinct
functions; the public printing,
which is separate and distinct in
administration from its other d.
visions, and the gathering and
collating of information touching
factories and industries. 1t will
be my purpose, inasmuch as this
assembly will not be interested in
the division relating to the print
to mention only the phases dealing
with labor and with factories and
industries.
The fiscal year ends on June
Both, and on July LIST, we send out
question blanks for information
covering the year just closed.
There are seven different forms
used, each form especially adapt
ed to the class of factory, Or en-
kploye, as the case may be.
Our policy and purpose is to be
of as much service as we possibly
can to the two aforementioned
classes, and at the same time
make the conclusion reached by
our Investigations answer the
double purpose. of furnishing sue
cinct and reliable information to
the recipients of the report, and
to advertise, as far as is consistent
with the character of the book,
! the products of the States indus
tries.
The conclusion reached, in each
case, are based upon first hand in
formation, and it is our intent to
make the source of this informa-
ton as broad as possible. Almost
every question we ask-certainly
every question asked covering a
general situation, is asked in two
or more forms from two or more
sources. Average wages are COM
piled from figures furnished by
employers, as well as employees.
Scarcity or plentitude of en-
ployment is covered in the sane
manner. Specific facts, as to
number of persons employed, cap
'ital stock. and other similar ques-
lions, of course, can only be Sc
cured from the employers theln-
selves. Our departments work
covers. in addition to the labor
employed, hours worked, compen
sation, ETC., a resume of the mis-
cellaneous factories, cotton, wool
en-, silk and knitting mills, furni-
/. ture factories and newspapers,
with the so-called labor laws of
the state brought down to date.
An appendix was added last year,
which showed the progress of the
State industrially for the last ten
years, and an alphabetically ar
ranged classification of the fac
tories of the state.
North Carolina has no factory
inspection law. A bill was in
troduced in the legislature of 1863
providing for this, but was de
feated. Conditions just now are
in such shape a sto reduce the
need of this provision to a mini
mum, still, at the same time, there
are occasions where it is very
much needed.
The operation of a free employ
ment bureau has been discussed