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Excerpt from Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial Statistics of Maryland: 1901, Thomas a Smith, Chief The Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial Statistics herein presented will compare favorably with its predecessors. Its presentation of the industrial, agricultural and mechanical conditions of the State in tabular form gives evidence in figures that the people of Maryland have progressed along profitable lines, as well as conservative ones. An analysis of the pages, or even a casual reading, by our Legislators, ought to give sufficient reasons for the enactment into law of the several recommendations made by the Bureau, and it is with this hope that especial attention is called to the needs of the Bureau for financial aid, so that it may enlarge its scope and fill the field of its endeavors with continued and extended beneficial results. The Bureau can be made of great benefit to employer and employe by the adoption of proper legislation, thus, in a conservative way, avoiding industrial troubles. All efforts in the industrial field now tend toward conciliation and arbitration, and Maryland should be in the front rank with the leading States of the union in enacting legislation of this character. It is gratifying to the Bureau to note that the record of strikes in Maryland indicate that they, both in number and cost, have been much less in 1901 than in 1900. This, however, is 110 evidence that wages has increased or that industrial conditions are any better. A close perusal of the report will satisfy the most skeptical reader that with the increased combinations of capital, the advancement in the use of improved machinery and the consequent economy in production, the mechanic and ordinary skilled workman must inevitably suffer temporarily, just as the small merchant and the middle-man will suffer temporarily in the onward rush of wealth production. It simply means the displacement of labor, and men must have patience until a readjustment of conditions shall have taken place. The report contains several interesting tables about the earnings of the ordinary mechanic and the cost of living, which will be of interest to all classes. The report on employment agencies in Baltimore City, and on the free employment agencies throughout the country ought to be convincing in their way as to the need of a free employment agency in this State, as recommended. Probably 110 part of the report will be read with greater interest or satisfaction than that referring to the agricultural interests of the State, wherein it is shown great progress has been made and satisfactory returns have been the result to our farmers. 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.