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Excerpt from Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics and Information of Maryland, 1904 Through the efforts of the Bureau in calling attention to the evils arising from the payment of wages in checks by the Railroad Corporations, and the passage of a law prohibiting the same, a gradual modification and change in the system is taking place, and before another year has rolled round we hope to report that all these employees are being paid in cash. As it is, they are now paid in checks, which they can have cashed at once where paid, whereas previously they had to resort to barrooms or groceries for this purpose, the result of which was that many dollars were spent foolishly which ought to have gone to the families. I beg to recommend to the Legislature an increase in the appropriation for this Bureau, so as to enable it to properly pursue and continue its good work. More effort and expenditure must be given to the development of the Employment Agency throughout the State. The Factory Inspection Law has proved so efficacious that its increasing good work is only limited by the means at the hands of the Bureau. To properly cover the field and thoroughly inspect and report on the eleven industries mentioned in the act here tofore passed, the Department must have more Inspectors and more opportunity to visit the entire State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.