CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIV. Free public employment offices in the United States, by J. E. Conner, Ph. D. Laws of foreign countries relating to employees on railroads, by Lindley D. Page. No. 70.--MAY, 1907. The Italian on the land: A study in immigration, by Emily Fogg Meade........ 473-533 A short history of labor legislation in Great Britain, by A. Maurice Low 531-578 The British workmen's compensation acts, by Launcelot Packer, B. L............. 579-638 British Workmen's Compensation Act of 1906. Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statisties: Digest of recent foreign statistical publications. Decisions of courts affecting labor............. Laws of various States relating to labor, enacted since January 1, 1904 Cumulative index of labor laws and decisions relating thereto.. Free public employment offices are agencies supported by the State or the municipality and designed to bring employee and employer together for the purpose of furnishing employment to the former and help to the latter. The employment agency as a private institution is of long standing. As a department of philanthropic work among charitable organizations it is found at least as far back as 1870, when the United Hebrew Charities of Chicago opened its free employment office. Both of these classes of employment offices, as well as those conducted by firms, corporations, labor and trade organizations, etc., are excluded from this investigation, except in so far as they are incidentally of interest to the discussion. Agencies for securing employment may be given the following general classification: 1. Private or pay agencies, conducted for gain, like any other business. The "want" columns of the daily press logically belong in this class. 2. Philanthropic agencies, conducted by such organizations as the Associated Charities, the Young Men's Christian Association, the United Hebrew Charities, and other religious or humanitarian bodies. 3. The employment departments of various firms and business organizations conducted for their own private advantage. To this class belong the "business agents" of the labor unions, the employment bureaus of mercantile and manufacturing establishments, and the employment departments of the antiunion organizations. 1 |