OF THE

Bureau of Statistics

LABOR AND INDUSTRIES

OH

New Jersey,

• FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 31ST,..

1898.

TRENTON, N. J.:
THE JOHN L. MURPHY PUBLISHING CO., PRINTERS.

CONTENTS.

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PART I.-Statistics of Manufactures of New Jersey...........

Act Autborizing the Inquiry....................... ...........................

Remarks on the Growth and Value of the Inquiry ..................

Analysis of the General Tables—Private Firms and Corporations,

Partners and Stockholders, Average Number of Partners to

Firms, Average Number of Stockholders to Corporations, Ave.

rage Investment of Partners, Average Investment of Stock-

holders..........

Capital Invested, Value of Material Used, Value of Finished

Product .............

Average Capital Invested per Establishment, Average Value of

Stock or Material Ueei per Establishment, Average Value

of Finished Prodact per Establishment............

Value of Finished Product per $1,000 of Capital Invested.............

Number of Persons Who Were Idle Some Part of the Year, Per-

centage of the Total Number Employed Who Were Idle........
Industries in Which the Percentage of Idleness is Lowest, Indus-

tries in Which the Percentage of Idleness is Greatest.

Industries in Which Females Are Employed, Percentage of Females

to the Total Number Employed............

Range of Yearly Earnings, Classified Yearly Earnings by Indus-

tries... ...............................................................................

Average Number of Days Employed, Average Number of Days

Not Employed, Average Percentage of Unemployment During

the Year, Time Not in Operation During the Year Expressed

in Weeks for the Twenty four Selected Industries .................

Full Productive Capacity of Establishments Represented in the

Tables.. .........................................................................

Table 1—Private Firms and Corporatione, Partners and Stock-

holders, by Industries

Table 2- Capital Invested, Stock or Material Used, Goods Made

or Work Done, by Industries............

Table 3–Smallest, Greatest and Average Number of Persons

Employed, by Industries—Aggregates...............

Table 4-Smallest, Greatest and Average Number of Persons

Employed, by Industries— Averages..

Table 5– Persons Employed, by Industries - Aggregates by

Months ..

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17-31

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33-47

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49, 50
51, 52
53, 54
55, 56
57, 58
19,60
61, 62
63, 64
65, 66
67-69

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PART I.-Statistics of Manufactures of New Jersey-Con-

tinued.

Table 6—Wages Paid and Average Yearly Earnings, by In-

dustries ..............

Table 7—Classified Weekly Wages, by Industries.......................

Table 8-Days in Operation and Proportion of Business Done, by

Industries .................................................................

Table 9—Industry Presentation, Brick and Terra-Cotta ...............

Brewing (Lager Beer and Ale) ...........

Glass—Window and Bottle ........

Hats (Men's) ...........................

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Jewelry.. .............. ........................

Leather and Leather Goods ........

Silk Goods.......................................

Shoes ..............................................

Woolen and Worsted Goods ............ ........................

Current Classified Weekly Wages, Introductory Remarks..............

Current Graded Weekly Wages and Number of Hours Employed

Per Day for Operatives Employed in the following Industries :

Awnings, Awnings and Sails, Aluminum Specialties, Art Novelties,

Brushes (Jewelers'), Brushes............

Boxes, Buttons.......
Buttons, Brass Goods, Boilers, Bags, Braes Foundry, Bag Mount-
ings.......................................

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Carpet Grips, Canning Fruit, Canning Vegetables.......................

Cigar-making, Carpets, Chairs, Carriages, Coats, Coats and Pants,

Pants, Shirts and Overalls...........

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Cloaks and Women's Suits, Carriage Hardware, Chemicals, Clay

Shippers, Department Stores .........

Dry Goods Store, Electrical Machinery, Electro-Plating, Enamelers,

Engravers, Electric Light.............

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Files and Rasps, Glass...............

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Hosiery, Hats.........................
Hat Blocks and Flanges, Harness and Saddlery Specialties, Har-

ness (Winkers), Horse Collare, Hardware (Saddlery).............
Iron Foundry, Iron Railings, Iron Chains, Jewelry and Silverware,

Leather, Lapidary................

Locks, Lamps, Mattresses and Bedding, Machinery, Metal Goods,

Moulds ..........

Oils, Pattern making, Phonographe, Pottery, Rugs, Shoes, Saws,

Spindlemakers, Saddles, Springs and Axles, Saddles and Pads,

Shirts (Men's) ......

Shirts and Waists (Ladies'), Tool Manufacturers, Tool Manufac-

turers and Die Sinkers, Tortoise-shell Jewelry ........
Terra-Cotta and Ornamental Brick, Trunk Covering, Wagons and

Trucks, Watchmakers' Machinery, Watchcasemakers..............

Wrappers (Ladies'), Smelting Gold and Silver, Smelting Copper,

Rubber Cloth and Other Goods....

73, 74

74-78

78,79

........... 105, 106

PART I.-Statistics of Manufactures of Now Jersey-Con-
tinued.

Page.

The Cost of Living in New Jersey-Introductory Remarks, Sam-

mary Table ), Average Retail Price of Groceries and Supplies

for Month of June, 1898..................................................... 103, 104

Summary Table 2–Total Average and Comparative Cost of the

Articles Listed in Schedule No. 1, in Various New Jersey

Localities ...............

Table 3— Retail Price of Each Article in Various New Jersey

Localities .............

...................... 107-118

Steam Railroad Transportation in New Jersey, Classification of

Employes, Number of Days Employed Daring the Year, Ave.

rage Daily or Monthly Wages, and Annual Earnings of Em-

ploy 08........

.... 119–128

City, Town and County Indebtedness of New Jersey, 1898, 1890 and

1880.......................

................ 129–135

A Brief Study in Trades Unionism, Hours of Labor, Days Employed

During the Year, Rates of Wager, and Yearly Earnings in

Union and Non-Union Glass, Hat and Cigar Factories, 1898... 137–146

Part II.-Occupations and Earnings of Men, Women and

Children at Two Periods, Ten Years Apart.

Introductory Remarks.............

149, 150

Summary Tables Nos. 1, 2 and 3............

151-157

Table No. 4...........................................................................

158-224

Strikes and Lockouts in New Jersey, Introductory Remarks......... 225, 226

Tables Nos. 1 and 2-Summary of Strikes, by Years.................... 227, 228

Tables Nos. 3 and 4–Summary of Strikes, by Industries.............. 229, 230

Tables Nos. 5 and 6–Summary of Lockouts, by Years........ 231, 232

Tables Nos. 7 and 8-Summary of Lockouts, by Industries ............ 233, 234

Table No. 9—Summary of Causes of Striker, by Years.................. 235-237

Table No. 10_Summary of Causes of Strikes, by Industries ......... 238-241

Table No. 11-Summary of Causes of Lockouts, by Years ............

Table No. 12—Summary of Causes of Lockouts, by Industries....... 243

Part III.-Labor Legislation of New Jersey.

Laws and Decisions of Courts Relating to the Employment of Labor

and Affecting the Interests of Wage. Earners in the State-

Titles of Acts...........

247

Labor Acts with Chapter Numbers ............

248–282

Decisions of New Jersey Courts on Employero' Liability ........... 282-302

The Law of Master and Servant...........

.............. 303-308

Workmen's Compensation-Act of England ...........

309-324

Workmen's Compensation-Act of France ............................... 325-335

242