Exhibit of the U.S. Bureau of Labor at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
By: [Bureau of Labor of the Dept. of Commerce and Labor ; editor, Carroll D. Wright ; associate editors, G.W.W. Hanger, Chas. H. Verrill, G.A. Weber].
Contributors: Wright, Carroll Davidson, 1840-1909.; Hanger, Glossbrenner Wallace William, 1886-1935.; Matthews, H. E.
Series: Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor -- no. 54
Publisher: G.P.O.
Published: 1904
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1490
Subjects: United States. -- Bureau of Labor.; International Labour Office.; James Lick Baths (San Francisco, Calif.); Labor bureaus.; Wages -- United States.; Wages -- Europe.; Prices -- United States.; Working class -- Dwellings.; Labor -- United States.; Cost and standard of living -- United States.; Technical education -- United States.; Public baths -- United States.
Other titles: Bulletin / Bureau of Labor
Description: A descriptive catalog of the Bureau of Labor exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Saint Louis, Mo., 1904.
Notes: Caption title.

"September, 1904."

Copy in San Francisco History Room, donated by H.E. Matthews in 1916, includes handwritten notes and letters relating to the James Lick Baths, of which he was Chairman of Trustees. One letter, dated May 25, 1906, from G.W.W. Hanger to Mr. Matthews concerns the loss of the baths in the fire of 1906, and one dated Jan. 14, 1913, from Mr. Matthews to Thomas Jennings of the Board of Supervisors regards the transfer of the property to the City.
Table of contents: value: Introduction / by G.W.W. Hanger; value: The working of the United States Bureau of Labor; value: Bureaus of statistics of labor in the United States; value: Bureaus of statistics of labor in foreign countries; value: Value and influence of labor statistics; value: Strikes and lockouts in the United States, 1881 to 1890; value: Wages in the United States and Europe, 1890 to 1903; value: Cost of living and retail prices in the United States, 1890 to 1903; value: Wholesale prices in the United States, 1890 to 1903; value: Housing of the working people in the United States by employers; value: Public baths in the United States; value: Trade and technical education in the United States; value: Hand and machine labor in the United States; value: Labor legislation in the United States; value: Labor conditions in Hawaii.