Bulletin of the Department of Labor, Issue 10, Parts 56-58U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 |
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Page 52
... amount paid to islanders by this planter during the previous 5 years had been £ 464 ( $ 2.258.06 ) , and to Europeans £ 1,820 ( $ 8,857.03 ) . This witness maintained , further , that a large part of his total expenditure for operating ...
... amount paid to islanders by this planter during the previous 5 years had been £ 464 ( $ 2.258.06 ) , and to Europeans £ 1,820 ( $ 8,857.03 ) . This witness maintained , further , that a large part of his total expenditure for operating ...
Page 56
... amount of work he can accomplish , probably decreases far more than the figures show , when he reaches the tropics . Assuming the averages before us to be accurate , the fact is evident that from the point of view of competition ...
... amount of work he can accomplish , probably decreases far more than the figures show , when he reaches the tropics . Assuming the averages before us to be accurate , the fact is evident that from the point of view of competition ...
Page 71
... , the con- tractor pays for trimmings , which amount to 21 cents a dozen . So she gets the work done and her profit out of 89 cents , or 45 cents under the legal rate . Clearly she evades the law . I LABOR CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA . 71.
... , the con- tractor pays for trimmings , which amount to 21 cents a dozen . So she gets the work done and her profit out of 89 cents , or 45 cents under the legal rate . Clearly she evades the law . I LABOR CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA . 71.
Page 76
... it is evident that prices will be so low as to drive from the occupation altogether the home worker , using a treadle machine . The question of the amount of litigation and expense involved 76 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR .
... it is evident that prices will be so low as to drive from the occupation altogether the home worker , using a treadle machine . The question of the amount of litigation and expense involved 76 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR .
Page 77
The question of the amount of litigation and expense involved in enforcing the determinations of the wage boards is of some interest . The boards compare very favorably with arbitration courts in this respect , and one strong argument ...
The question of the amount of litigation and expense involved in enforcing the determinations of the wage boards is of some interest . The boards compare very favorably with arbitration courts in this respect , and one strong argument ...
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Page 276 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes, and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 673 - If any person shall demand or receive, either directly or indirectly, from any seaman or other person seeking employment, as seaman, or from any person on his behalf, any remuneration whatever for providing him with employment, he shall for every such offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $500.
Page 672 - ... no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may so testify or produce evidence...
Page 664 - No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing documentary evidence before the commission or in obedience to the subpoena of the commission on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture.
Page 340 - That a trust is a combination of capital, skill or acts by two or more persons, firms, corporations or associations of persons, or either two or more of them, for either, any or all of the following purposes: 1.
Page 294 - ... in the English language and that in his opinion the child is fourteen years of age or upwards and has reached the normal development of a child of its age, and is in sound health and is physically able to perform the work which it intends to do.
Page 295 - ... establishment, shall post and keep posted in a conspicuous place in every room where such help is employed, a printed notice stating the number of hours per day for each day of the week required of such persons, and...
Page 646 - That must always rest upon some difference which bears a reasonable and just relation to the act in respect to which the classification is proposed, and can never be made arbitrarily and without any such basis.
Page 278 - That, though penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature.
Page 298 - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ any child under fourteen years of age in any business or service whatever, during any part of the term during which the public schools of the district in which the child resides are in session.