The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-12
Report on Labor
 Given toulouse Committee Report Comments Labor commissioners Work
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Nr laAasst AEllNNt'A A9 NN+ANN--@-SN@ AA' the report of the House Committee on Capital. Labor and Immigration regarding the biennial report which the Labor Commissioner yesterday submitted to the House though the office of Gov. Riggs. The report rec ommeuds that T5O copies of the re- port ut Nr. Stewart he printed flor the reason it contains the first au- thcutic and comprehensive account Of labor conditions and labor in our greatest industry - the fisheries, which employees over 10000 people, !"
 The committee report concludes, considering that the office of La bor Commissioner is only an adjunct to that of the Mining inspector and necessarily a great deal of time could not be given to the duties of Labor Commissioner, D. n. Stewart, uur mining inspector, cy-ofIlcio labor commissioner is to be commended for he good work he has done in inspecting over 90 canneries in this minor branch of his office"
 Conditions in General.
 MT. Stewart dcyotes some atten- ton to labor conditions in general in his report which covers a period from June 1. 1919 to December S1, 1920. IIe reports a serious labor shortage in the mining industry in 1919 and inc early part of 1920 together with 8 marked drop in eff acioncy particularly in the coastal sections. A similar shortage, it is stated. was experienced in labor ia the Interior but the efficiency rlere vas much higher. The Alaska Road Commission. he states, was the principal sufferer from the shortage ot labor in the Interior.
 Social Conditions Bad.
 Taking up the social side of the labor situation. the report declares social conditions aJ some canneries as directing female employees are in -.auv cases bad" and it strongly recommended that a further inves- Gga,.oa should be made into social coalitions where Native girls are employed" The report further s-eres. The practice of parents glowing girls or boys of high school ago 10 Le sent from home to work in outlying canueries should be discour- ysed."
 The report states that the opera ion ot Title fourteen of the revenue ac. of 1918 passed by Congress in aa...rr jE" employment of children under rho age of l9 years of age not au.v caused a shortage of certain classes ol labor in rhe canueries but caused a hardship on many Native families unable Co comply with the aras s.oms of the Act. This. it is stated. MS somewhat improved dur ng the pas. season ht certain modi- ..a.sn.s auc ir is recommended that .t ."or, h. made % have the Ma ...es removed from tae provisions of .a Ac,
 Many People Employed.
 \ ro.al ot 2o.5G5 people were en- ..oyed tu canuorics and allied plants Gtrluz t.o season of 1920. according .o ran report. which was slightly less than cne uum.cr employed the year previous. Tae money paid out in wages. however. last season was H@Hor than in 1919. In 1920 wages paid amounted to SI1.&9S.90 as com- pared ro El0.g0I.72 in 1919. Com wauriu@ ou the wage question, the report states. "A natter worth of emphasis and serious study is the fact that the bulk of the cannery labor IS imported from the States. is employed but four months in AL ysha and is returned 10 the States and there paid for the seasons work. Thus Alaska loses almost entirely the benefit of the S11,OOO,- ugo payroll involved in Alaskan fish iH- operations"
 Shows Accidents.
 The report covers the accidents to in the canneries only, a similar statement being made in the Mine Inspectors report on the min ing industry. In the canneries dur ing the year 1919 there were ten fatal accidents, 42 serious in na- ture and B slight. In 1920 there was an increase in fatalities of all most 100 per cent. the number be- lug placed at Is. the number of ser ious accidents at 43 and of slight iu- jUries at g.