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

Presidents position on State legislation affecting labor
54
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
127
Cost of living in Dallas Tex 136
136
as families in Portugal
137
Federal and State aided vocational education____ 142145
142
Annual meeting of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial
145
Vocational education survey of Richmond Ind 149152
149
Retirement of teachers in Massachusetts 152154
152
Employment in the State of New York in May 1917 159161
159
Conciliation work of the Department of Labor 167169
167
vocational education
177
III
188
Unofficial publications relating to labor 192197
192
Secretary of Labors position regarding womens work____ 198199
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Can serious industrial accidents be eliminated? By Lucian W Chaney
Emmet Ph D 217236
17
Productivity of labor in the anthracite coal mines by Paul F Bris
37
Will profit sharing solve labor difficulties? By Boris Emmet Ph D 245252
45
Changes in retail prices in the United States_ 253
53
Profits in food in Canada 260
60
dinavian capitals__
63
Miners consumption in southwestern Missouri 275276
74
Dangers of the airplane industry from a hygienic standpoint_ 284 285
84
Womens wages in munition factories in Great Britain
119
Industrial efficiency and fatigue in British munition factories
128

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