CONTENTS.

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Letter of transmittal ..

Introduction .....

vii
ix

PART

1.—STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES—Introduction

and Analysis of the General Tables.......

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8-9

9-10

STATISTICAL COMPARISONS, 1913-1914.

Character of Management....

Total Capital Invested. ......................

Capital Invested by Industries..

Average Capital Invested per Establishment........

Cost Value of Material Used-by Industries....

Selling Value of Goods Made-by Industries.....

Persons Employed......

Stability of Employment........

Classification of Persons Employed...

Industries Employing Women and Children........

Average Number of Persons Employed-by Industries

Average Number of Persons Employed-by Months.

Average Yearly Earnings—by Industries...........

Average Weekly Earnings........

Classification by Amounts, of Weekly Earnings-

All Industries.............

Number of Days in Operation-by Industries......

Proportion of Business Done-by Industries.......

Power Used in Manufacturing Industry............

Recapitulation and Summary of Statistics of Manu-

factures ............

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11-13

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17-18

18-20

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22-24
24-25

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THE GENERAL TABLES.

Table No. 1.-Character of Organization and Man. "

agement by Industries—Number of Corporations,

Number of Stockholders, Number of Partnerships,

Number of Partners, Number of Individual Owners

Table No. 2.-Capital Invested by Industries. .....
Table No. 3.—Material Used and Goods Made, by In-

dustries .........

Table No. 4.-Average, Greatest and Least Number

of Persons Employed, by Industries...

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PART I.- (Continued.)

Table No. 5.-Average Number of Persons Employed

by Months, Periods of Greatest and Least Activity,

by Industries.......

Summary of Persons Employed by Months-All In-

dustries .....

Table No. 6.—Total Amounts Paid in Wages, by In-

dustries ....

Table No. 7.—Classified Weekly Earnings, by Indus-

tries

Summary of Classified Weekly Earnings-All Indus-

tries .......

Table No. 8.-Aggregate Average Number of Days

in Operation, Number of Hours Worked per Day

and per Week, by Industries...
Overtime Worked, by Industries....

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Table No. 9.-Average Proportion of Business Done,

by Industries.........

Table No. 10.—Power Used by Industries...........

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122-123

122-123

124-125

126-128

PART II.-STATISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT, WORKING TIME,

WAGES, ACCIDENTS, ETC., ON STEAM RAIL-

ROADS IN NEW JERSEY........

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131-147

149-153

RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD SUPPLIES IN NEW

JERSEY.

Introduction and Analysis of Tables...............
Table No. 1.—Total Cost of the Test Bill of Supplies

in the Cities, Towns and Villages of the State.

Table No. 2.--Comparison of Average Retail Prices

per Article, 1914-1915.

Table No. 3.—Comparison of Retail Prices per Arti-

cle, 1915-1898.

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154-155

156

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157

159-163

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CANNING INDUSTRY

OF NEW JERSEY, PACK OF 1914...............

Table No. 1.-Character of Management, Number of

Persons Employed, Total Amount Paid in Wages,

Selling Value of Products, Number of Days in

Operation .........

Table No. 2.-Varieties and Quantities of Fruits-

Pack of 1914...........

Tabe No. 3.-Varieties and Quantities of Vegetables,

Pack of 1914..

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165

166-169

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PART III.-INDUSTRIAL CHRONOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY.

for the Twelve Months Ending September 30, 1915.

173-176

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176-178

178-181

181-184

184-185

Introduction ....

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Summary Table No. 1-Accidents Causing Major In-

juries and Their Causes.

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Table No. 2.—Causes of Accidents, by Industrial

Groups .....

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Table No. 3.-Results of Accidents, by Industrial

Groups ..

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Table No. 4.-Accidents Resulting in Minor Injuries,
by Causes and Industrial Groups. .......

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Table No. 5.—Minor Injuries and their Bodily Lo-

cation ........

Table No. 6.—Major and Minor Accidents, by In-

dustrial Groups.....

Movement of Manufacturing Plants................

Changes in Working Time and Wages........

Factory and Workshop Extension—New Plants and
Enlargements of Old Establishments..

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Damage to Industrial Property by Fire............

Trade and Labor Unions Organized.......

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186
186-189
189-194

195-201
202-205
206-208

CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF STRIKES AND

LOCKOUTS.

The Bayonne (Oil Works) and Roosevelt (Fertilizer

Workers)

Other Strikes and Lockouts........

209-246

247-296