Labor in Europe
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Excerpt from Labor in Europe: Letter From the Secretary of State Reviewing Reports From the Consuls of the United States in Relation to the State of Labor in Europe States to the Department´s circular of April 11, 1878, calling for such information, was communicated to Congress by my predecessor, Mr. Evarts, on the 17th of May, 1879. Notwithstanding the limited range of the investigation ordered, and the experimental character of the result this compilation was a valuable contribution to the statistical knowledge of this country, and the painstaking reports of the consuls, when tabulated and systemitized, served to show that the wages paid to laboring men in the United States were higher, while at the same time the average cost of living, on a better scale than is usual with the labor classes abroad, was less in the United States than in Europe, and that the moral, physical, and intellectual status of the laborer was on the whole higher and more favorable to progress in this country than abroad. The publication of the Labor Report of 1878-´79 naturally attracted much attention, and many demands have been since made for the periodical collection of like statistical information. With the growing importance of the labor question as one of vital interest to our body politic, the necessity of following and noting whatever changes may take place in the labor conditions at home and abroad became evident. Moreover, the deep national concern felt in the subject has been made apparent by the discussions of the question in Congress during the last sessions, which ended in the creation of a new administrative office, the Bureau of Labor, charged with collecting "information upon the subject of labor, its relation to capital, the hours of labor, and the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity." The act of Congress establishing this bureau, and defining the scope of its operations, was approved by the President June 27, 1884. A part of the design of this act had, however, been anticipated by the Department of State, which issued, on the 15th of February, 1884, a circular instruction addressed to the consular officers of the United States in all foreign countries intended to secure the fullest attainable information concerning the condition of labor throughout the world, and especially the conditions prevailing in Europe. The circular here referred to was divided into two parts, Part I covering the question of male labor, and Part II relating to female labor; the heads under which information was directed to be obtained were subdivided as follows: [Labor Circular, February 15, 1884.] Part L - male Labor. 1. The rates of wages paid to laborers of every class mechanical, mining, factory, public works and railways, domestic, agricultural, &c. 2. The cost of living to the laboring classes, viz: The prices paid for the necessaries of life, clothing, rent, &c. In this connection not only should the prices of the necessaries of life from an American standpoint be given - as per accompanying form - but the prices and nature of the articles which are actually consumed by the work people and their families should also be given. 3. Comparison between the present rates of wages and those which prevailed in 1878 (and since that time) when the last labor circular was issued from the Department, and between the conditions which then prevailed and which now prevail. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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