CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

No. 14.-JANUARY, 1898.

Page.

The Negroes of Farmville, Virginia: A social study, by W. E. Burghardt Du

Bois, Ph. D.......

1-38

Incomes, wages, and rents in Montreal, by Herbert Brown Ames, B. A..

Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statistics:

Illinois

Maine ...

Massachusetts

Ohio.....

39-51

52-54

54, 55

55, 56

57,58

Laws of various States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1896

Recent Government contracts

118-139-

140

No. 15.—MARCH, 1898.

Boarding homes and clubs for workingwomen, by Mary S. Fergusson.

The trade-union label, by John Graham Brooks....

141-196

197-219

Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statistics:

Kansas

220-222

Pennsylvania

222-224

Eleventh report on the annual statistics of manufactures in Massachus tts.. 225-230

Digest of recent foreign statistical publications

231, 232

Decisions of courts affecting labor .....

233-249

Laws of various States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1896

Recent Government contracts

250-295

296

No. 16.-MAY, 1898.

The Alaskan gold fields and the opportunities they offer for capital and labor,

by Sam. C. Dunham, of the Department of Labor.....

297-425

Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statistics:

Iowa.

426, 427

Massachusetts

427, 428

Annual report on the cooperative savings and loan associations of New York. 429, 430

Annual report on the building and loan associations of Ohio......

431-433

Eleventh annual report of the State board of arbitration and conciliation

of Massachusetts......

433

Tenth annual report of the board of mediation and arbitration of New York.

Digest of recent foreign statistical publications...

434

435-441

Decisions of courts affecting labor .............

442-492

Laws of various States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1896..

Recent Government contracts..

493-507

508

LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

Map of Central Alaska, etc.

Map of Klondike mining district, Northwest Territory.

Map of Forty Mile district, showing boundary line

Map of American Creek district, Alaska

Map of Minook Creek district, Alaska..

Circle City, Alaska..................

Government buildings, Circle City, Alaska

Map of Birch Creek district, Alaska....

Dog team, Circle City, Alaska..............

Steamers in winter quarters, Circle City, Alaska.

Page.

299

316

352

356

357

357

358

359

369

397

No. 17.-JULY, 1898.

Economic aspects of the liquor problem .....

509-551

Brotherhood relief and insurance of railway employees, by Emory R. John-

son, Ph. D., of the University of Pennsylvania ...

552-596

The nations of Antwerp, by J. Howard Gore, Ph. D., of Columbian Univer-

sity....

597-612

Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statistics:

Laws oarious States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1896.

Recent Government contracts..

658-663

664

No. 18.-SEPTEMBER, 1898.

Wages in the United States and Europe, 1870 to 1898

665-693-

Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statistics:

Laws of various States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1896.

Recent Government contracts

762-787

788

No. 19.-NOVEMBER, 1898.

The Alaskan gold fields and the opportunities they offer for capital and labor,

by Sam. C. Dunham, of the Department of Labor

789-823

Mutual relief and benefit associations in the printing trade, by William S.

Waudby, of the Department of Labor......

829-851

Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statistics:

Laws of various States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1896.

Recent Government contracts ....

904-912

913

Index of labor laws published in Nos. 1 to 19 of the Bulletin of the Depart-

ment of Labor......

911-922

OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

No. 14-JANUARY, 1898.

ISSUED EVERY OTHER MONTH.

EDITED BY

CARROLL D. WRIGHT,

COMMISSIONER.

OREN W. WEAVER,

CHIEF CLERK.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.