The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-18
INDUSTRIES GAIN
MANY MILLIONS
Output of Virginia Mills and
Mines Shows Gratifying
Growth.
LABOR LAWS ARE ENFORCED
Prosecutions Result in Convic-
tions-Child Labor Law Gen
orally Complied With.

Forty three Industries In Virginia.
comprising the principal employers of
labor, show Il net gain In product value
for the past year of S19,l55, 4O0.79. ac-
cordinS TO the annual report of James
b. Doherty, Commissioner OF Labor and
Industrial statistics. made public yes
terday. The net gain in thirty Of
these industries is s21,437,503.49 over
the previous year, while thirteen show
loss OF S2,oS2. 52.7o.
This is regarded as an exceedingly
satisfactory showing. indicating a
steady increase in Industrial opera
lions In this State.
Growth of business is shown by re-
ports from the following Industries:
Artificial ice, bags, breweries, brick
layers, boots and shoes, Canneries,
cigars and cigarettes. coal and coke.
cotton mills, excelsior. fish oil and fish
guano, furniture, general contractors.
iron and machine works. Knitting mills.
lime and cement, paper and pulp mills
paper and tin boxes. plumbing, print
ing and binding, sash. doors and blinds
sawmills. slate quarries, Soapstone.
Spikes and hubs, slaves and cooperngc.
stone uuarrics. stoves. tannercs. to-
bacco trunks and bags.
These show a decrease: Agricultural
implements. baking powders. brick and
tile. brooms and mattresses, carriages
and wagons. flour, glass. overalls and
shirts. painters and paperhangcrs,
pickles. silk mills. woodcnware boxes
and wooden mills.
New Wine safety Law.
''Since the last report" says Com
missioner Doherty, "a law has been
passed regulating mining in this State.
which law became operative In June,
1912 Its passage had long been urged
by this department and it's features
seem to meet with the approval and
support Of both operators and miners"
attractions Of the child labor law,
1t is stated, have been fewer rs en-
ployers have become more familiar
with the statute and recognize its ne
cessity Sanitary conditions also show
n steady improvement. The work of
factory inspection has been diligently
carried out. Enforcement OF laws reg
ulating labor, vested in the bureau.
has received earnest attention. and
violators have been promptly prose-
cutcd.
During the past year. cases pre-
scented to courts at the instance OF
the department, have been as follows:
Cnscs in Courts.
Child Labor-One case at Martins
vile fined, and one parent admonished
by court; two cases at Norfolk fined:
one case at Petersburg fined, and three
parents. pleading guilty, dismissed
with warning; two cases in Richmond
fined; one case in Roanoke city fined:
one case in Roanoke County fined
and four parents, pleading guilty, dis
missed with warning. Total sixteen.
Fire lcscapes--Eight cases in Lynch
burg ordered TO comply with law: two
cases in Nansemond County postponed;
three cases in Norfolk ordered TO COM
ply with law: two cases in Suffolk
postponed Total. fifteen.
Sanitary Laws-Twelve cases in
Lynchburg ordered to comply with
law or have contracts made, two
cases dismissed; one case in Newport
News fined, five charged costs and
ordered to comply, one left with local
health board; nineteen fined in Nor
iolk, twcnty-sevcn pleaded guilty and
paid costs; twelve cases In Portsmouth
ordered to comply with law: one case
in richmond fined; one case in Roa-
noke fined. Total, eighty one.
Seats for Female lmployes--One
case in Charlottesville fined; one case
in Newport News continued; one fined
in Norfolk, four pleaded guilty and
paid costs. Total. seven
Ten-Iiour Law-Two fined in New
port News; four fined in Norfolk City;
one fined in Norfolk County; four fined
in Portsmouth Total, eleven
Total prosecutions. l29 nearly all
convicted or pleaded guilty.
Inspection Details.
Inspections made by officers of the
department are referred to as follows:
In pursuance of the duty of seeing
the laws affecting labor enforced
which duty has been put by statute
on this department.. there were made
by it's proper officers 90S inspections
of manufacturing. mercantile and
other establishments to which the sew
eral laws applied. against S34 for the
year previous. Since the inspection