THE RATE OF WAGES

BY

RINEHART J. SWENSON, M. A.

THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., AND NEW YORK CITY

1917

Soc 1673.59

HARVARD COLLEGE

SEP 20 1917

LIBRARY

Received through the

Bureau for Municipal Research

PREFACE

Governmental regulation of rates of wages is a topic of increasing importance. There is a great deal of literature on the subject, much of which is rather bewildering to the student. An attempt has been made here to give a fairly complete historical résumé, and the logical deductions arising therefrom with full references to authorities.

Acknowledgments are due to the kindly and valuable counsel given by Professors William A. Schaper, Jeremiah S. Young and Cephas D. Allin, of the Department of Political Science in the University of Minnesota.

RINEHART J. SWENSON

September, 1916