ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MASSACHU SETTS BUREAU OF STATISTICS Rooms 250-258, State House, Boston The Bureau is organized into five permanent divisions: 1. The Administration Division, charged with supervisory duties in relation to the several divisions; 2. The Labor Division, engaged in the collection and tabulation of statistical and other information relating to matters affecting labor and the condition of the working people, as well as questions of general economic and social interest; 3. The Manufactures Division, which collects and tabulates Statistics of Manufactures; 4. The Municipal Division, which collects and tabulates Statistics of Municipal Finances, audits municipal accounts and installs accounting systems in cities and towns, and supervises the issuance of town notes; 5. The Free Employment Offices Division, embracing the administration of the State Free Employment Offices, of which there are four, located respectively at 8 Kneeland Street, Boston; 47 Water Street, Springfield; 41 North Main Street, Fall River; and 48-52 Green Street, Worcester. During the period of taking and compiling the Census a sixth division, the Census Division, is organized. The functions of the Bureau and the duties of the Director are summarized in Section 1 of Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1909, entitled "An Act to Provide for a Bureau of Statistics," as follows: SECTION 1. There shall be a Bureau of Statistics, the duties of which shall be to collect, assort, arrange, and publish statistical information relative to the commercial, industrial, social, educational, and sanitary condition of the people, the productive industries of the Commonwealth, and the financial affairs of the cities and towns; to establish and maintain free employment offices .; and to take the Decennial Census of the Commonwealth required by the Constitution and present the results thereof in such manner as the General Court may determine. ... APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF PUBLICATION. BUREAU OF STATISTICS CHARLES F. GETTEMY, Director WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER PRODUCTS IN MASSACHUSETTS LABOR BULLETIN No. 109 (Being Part VI of the Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor for 1915) JULY 1, 1915 BOSTON WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING COMPANY STATE PRINTERS CONTENTS. I. Introduction and General Summary, II. Nature of Data and Method of Presentation, 1. Location of Establishments, 2. General Organization of the Labor Force, III. Earnings of Employees as shown by the Pay-rolls, 1. Introductory, 2. Weekly Earnings, PAGE 5 9 9 10 222 A. Comparative Earnings, Classified by Sex and Age of Em- B. Earnings of Employees with Reference to Time Worked, 3. Hourly Earnings, Customary and Actual Working Time, with Reference to Table B. Customary and Actual Working Time, with Reference to Table C. Earnings and Working Time, with Reference to Full Time, 61 64 67 Table D.-Earnings and Working Time, with Reference to Time and Table G.- Customary and Actual Weekly Working Time: By Occu pations, 126 VII. Specimen Form of Schedule used in this Inquiry,. 146 [VI. 3] |