FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON FACTORY INSPECTION. 1901. TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE MARCH 10, 1902. ALBANY J. B. LYON COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS SIR-I herewith transmit my first report as Commissioner of Labor, for the period of March 6 to September 30, 1901, and also the report upon factory inspection under the Factory Inspector from December 1, 1900, to March 5, 1901, and under my supervision from March 6 to September 30, 1901, constituting the sixteenth report in the series of annual reports upon factory inspection. The reports of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration have already been transmitted to the Legislature. Yours very respectfully, JOHN MOMACKIN, Commissioner. Conditions of labor on public works. Freedom of contract vs. protective labor legislation. APPENDIX I-JUDICIAL DECISIONS UNDER THE LABOR LAW: The prevailing-rate-of-wages law unconstituional.. New York City contracts set aside.. |