14

16

18

H. Employment and earnings of male members in the first quarter

(January, February and March).....

I. Employment and earnings of female members in first quarter.

J. Causes of idleness at the end of the first quarter.

K. Employment and earnings of male members in the third quarter

(July, August and September).

L. Employment and earnings of female members in third quarter.

M. Causes of idleness at the end of the third quarter.

20

22

24

COMPARATIVE TABLES.

26

31

X. Trade and labor unions, by industries, 1894-1905.

(). Trade and labor unions in each city, 1898-1905.

P. Average quarterly earnings in July, August and September, 1897-

1905.

36

42

94

98

104

238

342

446

523

1. Number and membership of labor organizations, March and

Septeniber: By industries, trades and lo lities.

Il. Number and membership of labor organizations in each city

and village (September).

III. Sumber and membership of labor organizations in each county

and town (March)....

IV. Rates of wages and hours of labor reported by each labor organi-

zation (September).

V. Employment and earnings of organized wage workers, by trades

and localities:

(a) First quarter--January, February and March

(b) Third quarter-July, August and September..

VI. Duration of employment and amount of earnings of each mem-

ber of labor organizations:

(a) First quarter-January, February and March.

(b) Third quarter-July, August and September.

VII. Causes of idleness, by industries and trades:

(a) At the end of March.

(b) At the end of September.

VIII. Idleness during and at the end of the first quarter in the twelve

leading cities (Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Elmira, New-

burgh, New York, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Schenectady,

Syracuse, Troy and Utica).

IX. Number and membership of labor unions and causes of idleness

at the end of September: By localities and trades..

X. Changes in rates of wages reported by labor unions, October 1,

1904— September 30, 1905......

XI. Changes in the hours of labor reported by trade unions,

October 1, 1904—September 30, 1905.

(a) Increases.

(b) Decreases.

(c) Recapitulation.

XII. Wages of brickyard employees, 1904 and 1905.

596

614

632

648

718

780

780

781

786

790

799

APPENDIX C.-BLANK FORMS USED IN THE COLLECTION OF STATISTICS.

Quarterly reports of labor unions.

Monthly reports of representative trade unions.

Wages of workmen in brickyards..

803

804

INDEX

805

PART 1.

Protection of Labor Employed on

Public Work.