REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION ON THE RELATIONS AND CONDITIONS OF CAPITAL AND LABOR EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURES AND GENERAL BUSINESS, INCLUDING TESTIMONY SO FAR AS TAKEN NOVEMBER 1. 1900, [Extract from act of Congress of June 18, 1898, defining the duties of the Industrial Commission and showing the scope of its inquiries.] SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of this commission to investigate questions pertaining to immigration, to labor, to agriculture, to manufacturing, and to business, and to report to Congress and to suggest such legislation as it may deem best upon these subjects. SEC. 3. That it shall furnish such information and suggest such laws as may be made a basis for uniform legislation by the various States of the Union, in order to harmonize conflicting interests and to be equitable to the laborer, the employer, the producer, and the consumer. To the FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS: INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, I have the honor to transmit herewith, on behalf of the Industrial Commission, a preliminary report to Congress on the subject of the Relations and Conditions of Capital and Labor Employed in Manufactures and General Business, prepared in conformity with an act of Congress of June 18, 1898. The commission is engaged in taking further testimony on this subject, and in a later volume a review of all the evidence taken will be submitted. For this reason the commission reserves its suggestions as to legislation. Respectfully, JAMES H. KYLE, Chairman. 3 CONTENTS OF TOPICAL DIGEST. I. GENERAL CONDITION OF MANUFACTURES AND BUSI- A. National Association of Manufacturers B. Earnings of capital. Production of goods. Prices.. C. Trusts and industrial combinations E. Commercial exchanges-history, purposes, etc A. History and general character. F. Taxing of department stores III. GENERAL CONDITION OF LABOR. A. General social conditions and progress of working classes.. |