Contents Problems arising from enforcement of Massachusetts minimum wage and 48-hour laws, by Ethel M. Johnson, Assistant Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industries__- - -. Industrial relations and labor conditions: Special articles: The new immigration quotas, former quotas, and immigration intakes, Page 1-11 11-16 16-21 Average wholesale prices of commodities, April to June, 1924_- 68-76 Index numbers of wholesale prices of agricultural and nonagricultural commodities, 1910 to June, 1924.......... 77 78-90 Changes in cost of living in the United States. Wages and hours of labor: Wages and hours in the bar, blooming, plate, puddling, and standard rail mill departments of the iron and steel industry, 1924_--- 91-108 Wages and board rates in western mining districts, April 1, 1924. 109, 110 Average weekly earnings in three important industrial States, May, 1924. Louisiana-Wages and hours of labor, 1920 to 1923. Belgium-Wages of glass workers__. China-Wages of ricksha pullers in Peking- Finland-Wages in the metal industry, 1913 and 1920 to 1923---- 110-112 112, 113 114 114 115–121 121-123 123 124-126 126-128 129 130 130 131 131, 132 132-134 134, 135 135-138 138 139 139 Employment and unemployment: Employment in selected industries in May, 1924. Employment and earnings of railroad employees, May, 1923, and Page 140-151 151, 152 Extent of operation of bituminous coal mines, May 31 to June 21, 1924___. 153 163, 164 164 165 165-168 169, 170 170 170, 171 Housing: Minnesota... Ohio...... Pennsylvania.. Wisconsin.... Departments of labor Illinois.... Iowa.. Maryland... Massachusetts. New York... Wisconsin......... Massachusetts-Company housing in the cotton textile industry. Industrial accidents and hygiene: Standardization of screw threads for fire hose-- Accidents in the Portland cement industry in 1923.. Prevention of lead poisoning in rubber-making industries Workmen's compensation and social insurance: Arizona-Penalty against employer appealing liability decision held unconstitutional... 176 Utah-Establishment of convict labor system.... 176, 177 Mexico-Labor law of Nayarit, by Ethel Yohe Larson, of the U. S. Cooperative production and marketing Cooperation among the Lithuanians in the United States__ Cooperation in foreign countries— Strikes and lockouts in the United States, January to March, 1924- 200-204 Strike among Chinese cocoon workers... Conciliation and arbitration: 204 Conciliation work of the Department of Labor in June, 1924, by Hugh 205-207 Immigration: Statistics of immigration for May, 1924, by W. W. Husband, Commissioner General of Immigration___ 208-213 MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW VOL. XIX, NO. 2 WASHINGTON AUGUST, 1924 The New Immigration Quotas, Former Quotas, and Immigration Intakes By ETHELBERT STEWART, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER OF LABOR STATISTICS Ο N May 26, 1924, the new immigration act was approved. This act provides that the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor shall prepare a statement for the President of the United States showing the quota of each nationality entitled to immigration visés under the law. Each of the secretaries named appointed two representatives on an immigration quota committee to prepare the basic statistical material upon which such report could be based. The immigration quota committee so appointed consisted of Col. Lawrence Martin and Mr. J. P. Doughten, representing the Secretary of State, Mr. Joseph A. Hill and Mr. Alba M. Edwards, representing the Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Ethelbert Stewart and Mr. Albert E. Reitzel, representing the Secretary of Labor. The work of this committee was begun May 31, 1924, and the report to the respective secretaries was dated June 19, 1924. It must be understood that the 1924 immigration law changes the basis for computing the quotas in two particulars; the old law took as a basis the foreign-born persons in the United States as shown by the census of 1910, while the new law takes as a basis the number shown by the census of 1890; further, the old law applied 3 per cent to the census enumeration of 1910, whereas the new law applies 2 per cent to the census enumeration of 1890. The report of the immigration quota committee to the three secretaries is in part as follows: The committee which you designated as your representatives to determine the population bases upon which to compute the quotas of immigrants from different nationalities, as provided for in the immigration act of 1924, have completed their task and have the honor to submit herewith a statement of the population bases representing the number of foreign-born individuals of each nationality resident in continental United States, as determined by the census of 1890, In case of a country recognized by the United States but for which a separate enumeration was not made in the census of 1890, the committee acting as your representatives have, as is required by section 12 of the immigration act, estimated the number of individuals born in such country and resident in continental United States in 1890. Similarly in the case of a colony or dependeney existing before 1890 but for which a separate enumeration was not made in the census of 1890 and which was not included in the enumeration for the country to which such colony or dependency belonged, and in the case of territory administered under a protectorate, the committee have estimated the number of individuals born in such colony, dependency, or territory and resident in continental United States in 1890, and have included the number in the population basis for the country to which such colony or dependency belongs or which administers such protectorate. Also in the case of changes in political boundaries in foreign countries occurring subsequently to 1890 and resulting in the creation of new countries, the Governments of which are recognized by the United States, or in the establishment of self-governing dominions, or in the transfer of territory from one country to |