APPENDIX I.

BLANK FORMS USED BY THE BUREAU.

On pages 42 and 43 are reprinted the inquiries made of the secretaries of labor organizations in the third quarter of 1901; similar blanks were used for the first quarter. Accompanying this form were a pattern report, reproduced on the opposite page, and a quantity of individual slips to be distributed among the members of the union, filled out by them and returned to the secretary for his use in making up his report to the Bureau.

The blank form for the use of the individual members is as follows:

Please fill out this blank for the State Bureau of Labor Statistics and return it to the Secretary of your union on or before October 3, 1901.

1. How many days were you idle in July, August and September 1901?

2. Rate of wages (per day or week)?

3. Overtime in above three months: Days?

4. Total earnings in above three months?

5. Were you fale on the last working day in September!

Earnings?

The weather? Strike or lockout? Lack of

How to Fill Out the Report.

The third page of the quarterly report of unions is designed to show exactly how many days each member worked during the quarter and what his or her total earnings were. The page is easily filled out, as will be seen by an inspection of the following illustration, which is an actual copy of several reports made to the Bureau last March. As there were 76 working days in the quarter, it will be seen that some members (reporting 103 days) made considerable overtime. The figures concerning women should be arranged in the same way.

Report for the Months of July, August and September, 1901.

14. Have hours been reduced or increased since July 1! If so, state change.

15. Has your organization been affected by a strike or lockout in present quarter? If so, give date of same.

16. Scale of wages. Give union rates for each trade or occupation pursued by members of your organization; also note any change in the scale since July 1.

17. Number of Days Worked and Amounts Earned by Each Member During This Quarter (Months of July, August and September). [NOTE.-The quarter contains 13 weeks, or 92 days, including Sundays and holidays; excluding Sundays, the Fourth of July and Labor Day, 77 days... Extra time should be counted in days and then added to the regular number of days worked in the quarter..... Where the piece system prevails, write the words "piecework" in place of "per hour, day or week."]

•Railroad organizations whose members work on the trip or mileage system should report monthly rather than daily or weekly earnings in the preceding column.