Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, of the State of ConnecticutThe Bureau, 1885 - Connecticut |
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Page 85 - ... with more than one way of egress by stairways on the inside or outside of the building...
Page 53 - It is apparent that Massachusetts with ten hours produces as much per man or per loom or per spindle, equal grades being considered, as other States with eleven and more hours ; and also that wages here rule as high, if not higher, than in the States where the mills run longer time.
Page 63 - He is usually a Yankee of Yankees by birth, and of a temperament thoughtful to dreaminess. His natural bent is strongly towards mechanical pursuits, and he finds his way, very early in life, into the work-shop. Impatient of the fetters which trade societies forge for less independent minds, he delights to make his own bargain with his employer, and, whatever be the work on which he is engaged, bends the whole force of an acute but narrow intelligence to scheming means for accomplishing it easily....
Page 27 - The recognition by incorporation, of trades' unions, orders, and such other associations as may be organized by the working masses to improve their condition and protect their rights.
Page 64 - Clockland before feeling how much more universally the system is being applied in the States than here. Tools and processes which we are inclined to consider as exceptionally clever are the commonplaces of American shops, and the determination to do nothing by hand which can be done by a machine is a marked characteristic of the workman there, while it scarcely exists among operatives here.
Page 75 - Any person or corporation engaged in manufacturing, which requires from persons in his or its employ, under penalty of forfeiture of a part of the wages earned by them, a notice of...
Page 46 - Labor (Boston, 1881), 469-470. sacrifices for the sake of his family. On the other hand, the French Canadian, in a great many instances regards his children as a means of adding to the earning capacity of the family, and, in making arrangements for work, he urges, and even insists upon the employment of the family as a whole, down to the very youngest children who can be of any possible service. It is in places like Baltic, with a large French-Canadian population, that these evils have been felt...
Page 77 - All debts due to any laborer or mechanic for personal wages from any insolvent debtor whose estate is in settlement, for any labor performed for him within three months next preceding the commencement of proceedings in insolvency, shall be allowed by the commissioners on his estate and paid in full by the trustees to the amount of one hundred dollars before the general liabilities of such debtor shall be paid.
Page 85 - SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the first selectman of the town or the fire marshal of the city, or the warden of the borough in which any such building is situated, to examine all buildings referred to in the first section of this act, and if on examination he finds that such building is provided with fire escapes or stairways, as required by said section...