Monthly Review of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Volume 5

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - Labor

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Contents

Food conservation through cooperation of volunteer forces 65
65
Food policy framed by national committee of British workers_ 7880
78
Court decisions on the workmens compensation law of New York_
110
Industrial poisons in the manufacture of explosives 124
124
Anthrax from infected shaving brushes
127
Cost of living in workmens families in Portugal
137
Annual meeting of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial
145
Retirement of teachers in Massachusetts
152
Employment in the State of New York in May 1917
159
Conciliation work of the Department of Labor__
167
Unofficial publications relating to labor
192
Secretary of Labors position regarding womens work
198
Can serious industrial accidents be eliminated? By Lucian W Chane
Glasses for protecting the eyes from injurious radiations__ 286 287
86
Social insurance by the United States Government__ 292300
100
Meeting the problem of the returned disabled soldier in Canada____ 311313
111
Womens wages in munition factories in Great Britain_____ 319328
119
Industrial efficiency and fatigue in British munition factories_ 328 329
128
Appointment of industrial commissions in Great Britain__ 338 339
138
Report of the Illinois Pension Laws Commission___ 345348
145
Statutory regulation of private employment agencies__ 352358
152
Juvenile employment through noncommercial employment bureaus_ 358363
163
Work of Federal State and municipal employment offices in the United
170
Street railway wages and working conditions__ 378381
181
Unofficial publications relating to labor 401411
200
SEPTEMBER 1917
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Conflicts between Federal and State jurisdictions in commerce cases
12
Prevailing hours of labor in the United States 435458
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