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Page 86
... coal , we are all able to appreciate the effect of the labor disturbances on present prices . A commodity in a class does not fall or rise alone in price ; it carries its relatives along with it by an economic power . We don't consider ...
... coal , we are all able to appreciate the effect of the labor disturbances on present prices . A commodity in a class does not fall or rise alone in price ; it carries its relatives along with it by an economic power . We don't consider ...
Page 87
... coal has been arbitrarily advanced by the coal trust and wood used for firing purposes has advanced in sympathy . Rents have advanced on account of higher prices being demanded for building material and labor . No. 22. Referring to your ...
... coal has been arbitrarily advanced by the coal trust and wood used for firing purposes has advanced in sympathy . Rents have advanced on account of higher prices being demanded for building material and labor . No. 22. Referring to your ...
Page 88
... coal is selling to - day at shipping port at from 90 cents to $ 1 per ton less than last year at this time . No. 511. The high price of coal in a great measure is due to the increased cost of supplies , such as hay , grain , machinery ...
... coal is selling to - day at shipping port at from 90 cents to $ 1 per ton less than last year at this time . No. 511. The high price of coal in a great measure is due to the increased cost of supplies , such as hay , grain , machinery ...
Page 89
... Why do dry goods cost more ? Because raw cotton has advanced in price from 5 cents a pound to over 13 cents a pound . This is an increase of over 100 per cent . Also , because coal is 30 per cent No. 15. ] 89 THE CAUSES OF HIGH PRICES .
... Why do dry goods cost more ? Because raw cotton has advanced in price from 5 cents a pound to over 13 cents a pound . This is an increase of over 100 per cent . Also , because coal is 30 per cent No. 15. ] 89 THE CAUSES OF HIGH PRICES .
Page 90
... coal is this , trusts . The increasing combinations of capital and labor , in my opinion , are more to be feared than simple capital and capital , or labor and labor , and I can see no reason why prices on necessaries will not be ...
... coal is this , trusts . The increasing combinations of capital and labor , in my opinion , are more to be feared than simple capital and capital , or labor and labor , and I can see no reason why prices on necessaries will not be ...
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ANNUAL STATE ELECTION April August average per week Barnstable Bedford Berkshire Boots and shoes Boston Braintree BRANCHES OF OCCUPATION Bridgewater Bristol Brockton Brookfield CANDIDATE capital Carpenters CAUSES cent cialist CITIES AND TOWNS cost Cotton County cratic cutters December decrees nisi demand Demo Democratic Diseases District East Bridgewater employees Essex factory Fall River February Females Fitchburg Foremen Foxborough Franklin Hampden Hampshire Haverhill helpers Holyoke Hours of Labor Industrial Changes January John July June Leather lican Lynn machine makers males Males Fe manufacturers Mass Middleborough Middlesex Mills Nantucket Norfolk North Attleborough Northborough NUMBER OF VOTES ocratic OFFICE Painters pending Jan PERSONS WHO VOTED Phillipston Plymouth Polls Precinct PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS publican reported Repub Republi September Sexes Socialist Labor Somerville Springfield Stitchers Strikes and Lockouts Suffolk Table Teamsters tenders tion Trade Unions Voters VOTES RECEIVED Wages and Hours Ward West West Brookfield West Tisbury Woolen Worcester workers
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Page 284 - 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 287 - ... to which admission is obtained upon payment of money or upon the delivery of any valuable thing, or by a ticket or voucher obtained for money or any valuable thing, upon such terms and conditions as they deem reasonable...
Page 287 - The mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town may...
Page 280 - Said decision shall, for six months, be binding upon the parties who join in said application, or until the expiration of sixty days after either party has given notice in writing to the other party and to the board of his intention not to be bound thereby.
Page 280 - ... their duly authorized agent or by both parties, and shall contain a concise statement of the grievances complained of, and a promise to continue on in business or at work without any lock-out or strike...
Page 279 - The board shall hear all persons interested who come before it, advise the respective parties what ought to be done or submitted to by either or both to adjust said controversy, and make a written decision thereof which shall at once be made public...
Page 185 - ... gas, water or electric light works, pipes or lines, shall pay weekly each employee engaged in his or its business the wages earned by him to within six days of the date of said payment, but any employee leaving his or her employment, shall be paid in full on the following regular pay day ; and...
Page 279 - Commonwealth, the board shall, upon application as hereinafter provided, and as soon as practicable thereafter, visit the locality of the dispute and make careful inquiry into the cause thereof, hear all persons interested therein who may come before them, advise the respective parties...
Page 283 - SECTION 1 . The insignia, ribbons, badges, rosettes, buttons and emblems of any society, association or labor union may be registered in the office of the secretary of the Commonwealth in the manner and subject to the provisions, so far as they are applicable, set forth in section seven of chapter seventy-two of the Revised Laws in regard to labels; and the secretary is hereby authorized to make regulations and prescribe forms for such registration.