Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-23
NO FEE UNTIL
 - - SITUATION IS SECURED
-Eabor Commissioner connofiey Want.
 This to Apply to Private Employ : inert Bureaus.

Labor Commissioner P. H.. Connolly in the fourth 3bienniai report fthe
 bureau of labor statistics for the fis-
 cal year i9l3-1914 is that the law re-
 ssrdipg private, employment bureaus be changed so that no fee shall Joe
 demanded for work until a situation has been provided and accepted; alson that the conp1issioner be legally ap- pointed q member of the, state. board of mediation and arbitration, with power to- call the other members to- l threatens. A synopsis of the report follows. r
 NeW Factory Construction.
 Part oH the report contains. a de- scrfption of the buildings erected for manufacturing purposes during the two years ended July l.. 1914, and w1oIn reports received by the. bureau, there were constructed within the state 3S6 i buildings. They were built by 254 firms, corporations or individuals, as [ compared with 2s5 contained in the last report covering the two years expended for new factories or mill construction during the two years was 1 S6,23S,23U as compared with S6, G20, a2S l in the previous report. Tables show 1 the locations, names of owners, style of buildings, number of stories, dinlcn-
  Tenement Houses.
 Tn Part IT Commissioner Connolley publishes the tenement house law; there being wide demand for greater 1 knowledge of it's provisions on the
 part of owners. and persons intending
 to build.. One thousand two hundred and four reports on tenement house
 construction were received from tyven- 1 ty-seven towns They were design ed for the occupancy of three families, or more, and provide for 5,S29 fam flies. Bridgepoft leads in the. number 1 New Haven gig; details are given in
 table form.
 oecapatferlai Diseases.
 | Tn Part III, concerning occupa tional 1 diseases, the commissioner says: "The
 health or it's industrial wrokers is one l of the greatest economic assets of the
 state. This fact has been recognized 1 all over the country and there are few 1 states. today which are not taking 1 measures, to. safeguard the working men and women from the hazards incl dent to their occupations Connecticut 1 was one of the earliest states in this 1 sort of work. One of the most irlpof- ] tatt. features. Of legislation looking lteward' this result was the passage of l the act concerning the reporting of oc- l chpationai diseases by the general as l senbly Of 1911 at it's January session" ," ! s l to Feb. f3. 1912, only three cases were
 reported The comm issioner was dis satisfied with this showing and, in his Erepolt Of 1912. recommended change In the law: making 1t mandatory for | p4yS3ciaSlE to report such cases as they ] found within the state under penalty of l a small fine. The recommendation was 1 adopted and as a, result from 1913 to November. 1914. :2T returns were made. 1 Encouraged by this increase the bdl- ' ffa vrzHrN- tir-11 The money for the blanks and physi- cians' fees have: hitherto come out Of the labor bureaus appropriation for of five expenses, therefore, the coTnrnis-
 of s50o specially for this work for a 1 period of two years. He does this with the confident belief that it will be a wise economy on the part Of the state
 and that the report showing the work | accomplished will, two years hence tfuliy justify it.
 Free Employment Bureaus.
 f Part ". In reporting the work dene lby the five free public employment
 bureaus Comm issioner Connoiley says:
 Their success in coping with the great question Of unemployment has been 9
 most gratifying proof OF the wisdom Eof tteir existence The figures sub
 nnitted indicate in detail the amount Of work Gone for two years ended | Nov. 30, 1914. In totals the figures srow the nunnber of applications for
 employment. 29,0es; applications for help, 20.i9$; and situations secured, 16,t9u. The commissioner is of the topinion that the value Of this branch Of the labor bureau could be greatly
 enhanced if manufacturers and other
 employers would more generally take advantage of the service offered in se-
 curing suitable eTnployes; the offices would then better serve the double ,i purpose of supplying help and furnish ing employment for which they are intended. The free public employment bureaus located at Hartford, New
 Haven, Bridgeport Waterbury and ;i Norwich are well distributed geosra pIl- ,l ically and are showing satisfactory re-
 suits.
 ,l Private AgenVies.
 Part V. Concerning private employ nent agencies, the report publishes the name of owner and location of fifty four licensed agencies in Connecticut The general assembly of 1913 amended the law regulating those agencies in accordance with the commissioner S recommendation ccllanging the annual license fee from S to s20 with the result that, while the number Of them decreased from seventy one, reported in 1912, to fHty-Rour at the present time. the receipts as license fees Of private emp ioy7nent agencies for the two years ended: November 50, 1912, VI oS Sp1p, 6tEO 1O1 LtlS-JNEO ) ears. SuUS0 November 30. 1e1z( $2.775, a gratifying result iusfifying tie expense o2 better Isupervisiof2. The commissioner revoked
 tfle licenses of four of these agencies
 during the past year and recommends the law changed to p-ovide that no fee be delnanGed CT received from any applicant until situation has first bssn provided an9 accepted.
 | Y Strikes and, Leokeuts.
 I Part VT. A record of Porty-three
 strikes and two iociouts :ilat have occurreA within the state 6nrinR tra period of two years ended November 50, fsfA, is found in Part VI. The total
 number of persons involved was 6,641 ]! claSsided by occupations. it is found that textile workers lead in nurataer, having. 2,71G; ieoorers, 1,@T4; metal workers. S25; Duilding trades sS4: : ciga" makers. 46S: 3ourreymen tsilors, I {0o; electrical workers. $50: paiaters, f60; various occupations. 277 I1vesti-
 RnttoIt as to the result Of these dis putea show that twenty were success fui, thirteen unspccessfui and twelve l partially successful. Among the most irnpoT-tanc or those having the largest