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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Libraries, 1910s at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Special Libraries, 1913 by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Special Libraries -- 1 ------Vol. 4 DECEMBER, 10 13 No. 10 -.. --- - - .-- PUBLISHED BY THE ILXECIITIVE BOARD SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION I1~wldeut. Vlcc Presldcnt, Sccretnry-Treasurer, Monthly except July nnd August. J. C. UH~II.Kewnrk P11bl1c Llbrnry , Clnrcnce Edltorlnl. 11nd Pullllcntlon OWce Stnte Llbrnry, R Leslcr. Wsconsln Lrgls!ntlvo lleference Indlanapolls, 1nd: Llbrnry. R~~l~scrlptlons.03 Broad street, Boaton, Mass Mnnaglng Rdltor oi Speclnl Llbrarles :-John A. Entered at the Postofice nt Indlannpolls, Ind., TJapp, Llurcau of IAeglslallve Infonnntlon. In as second-class matter. cllanapolis, Ind. Subscription.. . .$2.00 a year (10 numbe1.s) .\sslstnnt EcIltnr, Ethel Cleland, Elirenu of i.~ Islntive Informntlon, Indlanapolls, Ind. Single- coplee ...... 25 cents 'Preddent ...... D. N. Uandy ('ONTRIB UTINQ EDITORS 111surnnce Llbrnry Assoclntlon, Uoston Mnss. VlcePresldent ...... It. 11. 'Johnston C('. N..Morton, Unlted Gns Irnproverneut Ce Bureau of Rallwny Economics, Washington, D. C. Secretnry-Traasurer ...... Guy B. Marlon Pl~llndolphln Llbrnry, Arthur D. Llttlc. Inr., 93 Rrond St, CI. N B. Neyer. Llbrnvy of Congress. , Jlauu. D. N. Hnndy. Ins~lranre Llbrnry Assoclntlon

The Special Library for Industrial Research

In a brilliant presidential address on Industrial Research in America, Mr. Arthur D. Little of Boston, commends the special library as a neces- sary adjunct to the industrial research laboratory in these strong terms:-

'-'These laboratories should each be developed around a Special Library, the business of which should be to collect, compile and classi- fy in a way to make all instantly available, evcry scrap of information bearing upon the materials, methods, products and requirements of the industry concerned. Modern progress can no longer depend upon accidental discoveries. Each advance in industrial science must be studied, organized and fought like a military campaign. Or, to change the figure, in the early days of our science, chemists patrolled the shores of the great- ocean of the unknown, and seizing upon such fragments of truth as drifted in within their reach, turned them to the enrichment of the intellectual and material life of the community. Later they ventured timidly to launch the frail and often leaky canoe of hypothesis and returned with richer treasures. Today, confident and resourceful, as the result of many argosies, and having learned to read the stars, organized, equipped, they set sail boldly on a charted sea in staunch ships with tiering canvas bound for new El Dorados." 190 SPECIAL LIBRARIES The Library -A Business Man's Means for Developing His Employes

By Orpha Zoe Massey, Librarian, Retail Credit Company, Atlanta, Georgia A problem which confronts the business and the criticism or comment card sent man is the handling of the human beings out with each hook The flrst two are to whom he must entrust. details, and often purely book records, but the last two are larger matters, of his business. How to used as a basis for diagnosing and hand- gain the true loyalty of each employee, ling the readers. No entries are made in how to measure hls ability and then to de- symbols as the data must be available and velop that ability to its highest degree, are intelligent to any one having occasion to questions that an executive seldom can an- use the information. swer to his own satisfaction. One man When the application papers on an em- grasped at the Library idea as a means for ployee come in, the Librarian writes a meeting some of his problems, and, after short, congratulatory note welcoming him four years of good results, outlines the to the ranks of the Company, and enroll- plan for any use it may be to others. ing him in the Library by sending the book It Is necessary to understand something let which describes the Library idea, and of the organization in which the idea is by sending one of the books to be read and worked in order to gel its proper signifi- rcturned to the Rome Office. cance. The Retail Credit Company is a The boolrs are selected for cnch reader national organization making commercial by the Librarian with a view of fllling his reports on individuals In fourteen years parlicular needs and requirements. The it has grown from one small office and a. readers may select their own books if they half dozen people to seven Division ORices desire, but this is seldom done. In fact, with one hundred and fifty employees, and the comments show they are better pleased hundreds of representatives all over with selections made for them. In select- the . They are spe- ing boolcs for the various readers, there cializing in the hunlan element-their busi- are just two things to be done. First, ness is to size up and pass on people. In size up the render and decide what he the conduct of that business, the human is needs to read, then find the book that cov- the machinery, and it is a question of be- ers that feature and send it to him. ing able to get results through brains and The application papers are the basis for hands. information on employees, the Service De- The Library was established to promote partment brings to the Librarian's atten- a close personal feeling throughout the tion any weaknesses, and the men travel- Company and to assist each member in de- ing around among the people write in veloping himself so as to keep pace with "tips" and suggestions. Of course, not the growth of the business and to be ready every one has a decided weakness. Often for the bigger things It was never for the it is merely a question of general develop- purpose of furnishing recreation nor cul- ment and fitting for the highest dcgree of ture-the Public Library has this feature efilciency in the present work and to be in hand-but the sole purpose is to in- able to go on to something better. By an- crease the ability to work, to earn and to alyzing the information available in any live. average organization, it is not dimcult to Books on character development, mind have a good line on each individual. training, general business principles, scicn- The knowledge of the books is obtainad tific management and efficiency are sent by the comments from the readers. Each out from the Home Office to the employees. reader will give one or two points he has All transit charges are prepald by the Com- gained from a book and a collection of five pany. Articles from current magazines are or ten cards from that many different bound into pamphlets and circulated like readers will give a good idea of the nature the books. and scope of the book. To expedite the The forms and records used in carrying selecting of books, the points coming up out the details are simple and designed to frequently, such as handling help, co-opera- flt in With the regular files and system of t~on,concentration, use of time, etc., have the Company. There are four 3x5 cards been listed and the books bearing on such used, as follows: A permanent inventory points recorded under the proper heading. card for each book; a book card for each Suppose an employee lacks concentration, book used as a current record showing does not dig to the root of propositions, whether the book is in clrculation or on the he is sent Arnold Bennett's "How to Live shelves; a reader's card on which is listed on 24 Hours a Day" or Walter Dill Scott'; each book he reads and the date it is sent; "Increasing Human Efficiency in Business. SPECIAL LIBRARIES 191

On the card going out with the book some been gained from the books. One person mention is made that it has a chapter on is getting up fifteen minutes earlier so as concentration, so he will be looking out for to get down to the office without rushing; that point. On the back of the card are another is taking up tennis as an exercise some questions for him to answer in re- since he has been impressed that the body gard to what he considers the most helpful must be kept flt in order for the brain to ideas in that book and what one bf them is be up to standard; another has analyzed he putting into practice. He will likely the handling of papers and is trying to make comments to the effect that 11c is eliminate unnecessary handling and lost trying out the plan of concentrating five xnotionfi; and so on it will be found that minutes in the early mor~ling. Soon the cach one is endeavoring to get better re- Manager will note that employee is not sults on some speciflc point. quite so scatterbrain. If a course of read- As the books deal with emcient living ing on concentration, supplemented by the outside of omce hours, that is, personal life, Manager's supervision, does not bring they afford opportunities for the managers about some improvement along that line, and clerks to discuss these problems and the cnse is usually hopeless and it is only get together more closely than they other- a hatter of time whon he will have to be wise would. eliminated because of inability to keep the pace. When a render fails to make satisfactory Such queslions as these aro frequently progress in his Library work, or when any asked, "Why, do they read the books?", important matter comes up in counection "How can you get them to read?". The with an employee, his comment cards are alert, progressive person is eager for any analyzed, the number of books read is knowledge that will enable him to get bet- noted, and all the light available through ter results, to do better work, to earn more the Library channels is considered to de- money and to live more eflciently. The termine what action shall be taken. Tliis desire is always there. Frequently it is information is written up for the use of not carried out simply because the person the Managers and for the Home Oflice Rep- does not take the time to read. This Com- resentatives visiting the Division Offlcee. pany encourages each one to devote at Lastly, there must be an executive be- least fifteen minutes a day outside of reg- hind the whole proposition in order to give ular hours for their Library reading. The it the proper weight and authority. This fact that the books are sent out to be read should be the man who is most vitally in- and returned, and that the Librarian will terested in the selection and development trace them in due time, is an incentive to of the personnel of the organization. He form the reading habit. will flnd the Library an invaluable light on Then the fact that this line of reading the people. In four years this fact is prov- is a beneflt to the reader and helps him to en beyond a doubt; that the man who does overcome his difficulties creates an inter- not make- good in the Library is not pro- est and enthusiasm in the Library. In gen- gressive in his work, but the man who eral meetings the Manager often asks for reads the books and puts into practice the an expression from each employee as to ideas gained from them is the man who what ideas he is actually using which have wins promotion.

The Public Affairs Information Service

One of the difficulties confronting legis- are useful also to the specialized library, lative, municipal reference and other spe- but they only touch the edges of the great cialized libraries has been that of keeping sea of information which the special li- in touch with thc progress of affairs in brary must fathom. their particular fields. No single library The special library begins where the is adequately equipped to cover more than general library leaves off. It attempts to a small part of the sources of information push the boundaries of research and refer- concerning the multitude of questions with ence farther out and to draw from the un- which it deals. Everything in these spc- organized mass of important information cia1 libraries is continually getting out of the concrete help which its clients need. date and the clientage demands the latest But when such libraries move beyond the and best. guidance of the aids which serve the gen- Many agencies supply the needs of the eral library, they are lost. No chart or general library such as the magazine compass guides them and they are left to guides, newspaper indexes, industrial in- pick their way without much assistance or dexes, lists of federal and state documents, guidnnce. Too often the special library is and innumerable bibliographies, etc. These made too general and loses its efficiency SPECIAL LIBRARIES because tlie pat11 of least resistance is to lists and supervise the issuance of the Bul- follow the general library guides. letin Mimeographed bulletins of from two to five pages are issued frequently giving Any one who has had experience knows notes of tlie information obtained. Fifteen that the task of a legislative or municipal bulletins had been issued prior to Decem- reference department in its attempts to ber first. petiorm an effective service is a tremend- ous one. The information needed lies in The scope of tne information sought 16 thousands of scattered unindexed sources. outlined in the following letter sent to the It must be found, compiled, digested and co-operators: put up in form to serve its purpose. No "We desire for the public agairs infor- soouer is it prepared than the march of mation service to receive from you from progress renders it inadequate. It is be- time to time, information regarding the fol- yond the power of a single library to keep lowing matters: up-to-date without the co-operation of otli- ers worlring along similar lines. The mere 1. Your own publications and especially lollowing of sources of printed materials all bibliographies and digests prepared. wl!ich each library ought to follow is be- 2. Your publications and other work in yond the power of most libraries. preparation, including investigations under- Hence the need of co-operation in order taken. that the work of each may be available to 3. Reports of your state or city, which all and that all working together may ad- are of special significance particularly the vance the bouqdaries of organized informa- reports of special investigations. tion and knowledge. If one library is work- 4. Reports on public affairs, by any lo- lng on the regulation of dance balls, anoth- cal associations or organizations, whether er on blue sky laws, another on the smolre published separately or not. nuisance, it is the part of wisdom for other libraries to avail themselves of the work 5. Investigations of political, social or already done by them. There is enough economic subjects, authorized or under work for each without having several li- way, in your statc or'city, by state or mu- braries do the same work indifferently well nicipal authority, or by persons, associa- or without co-operation. tions, corporations, etc. 6. Special investigations under way by With th~scondition in mind a number of city or state administrative officers, boards special librarians meeting at Kaaterskill in %nd commissions. June, decided to undertake a plan of co- pperation among libraries interested in 7. Local court decisions of extra slgni- public affairs, especially municipal and leg- flcance. islatwe libraries and college libraries par- 8. Everything you come across relating ticularly for the departments of economics to the reform of legislative procedure in and politics. legislatures, city councils or through the The plan has been put into operation initiative and referendum. wltli headquarters at the Indiana Bureau With forty co-operators furnishing data of Legislative Information, Indianapolis, on these lines, besides tlie data gathered and In connection with Special Libraries. from clipping bureaus and special work here, the facts of the forward progress of The response to the plan has been hearty the country ought to be pretty well brought and effective. Forty institutions including together." nearly all of the leading 1egisIative and municipal reference libraries,. several col- In addition, the Indiana Bureau, which is lege libraries and others have been enroll- making a special investigation of the work ed and many of them are co-operating ef- of the important national and international fectively in furnishing information and in associations and organizations, is furnieh- supplying publications on request. A sys- ing facts concerning these organizations' tem of exchange is being developed and a activities. plan of furnishing typewritten material at The service thus far has fulfllled the cost is under way. hopes of !ts promoters but its continued Each institution pays twenty-five dollars success depends upon Bctive co-operation. which is. used for stenographic hire, post- The service must depend upon forty or age, clipping bureaus, etc. The staff of the more sources of information. There is no Indiana Bureau of Legislative Information other way to get the facts. has for the present, until the organization The need for such a service is evident on becomes more fully self supporting, volun- every hand, the plan promises success, and teered its services to act as a cen- the results will be shown in greater effl- tral clearing house for the notices sent ciency for the whole movement for organ- in by the forty subscribers, to organize the ized information in public affairs. SPECIAL LIBRARIES 193 Recent Constitutional Decisions of Importance

Animal pens in cities. Drainage-Over-estimation of coats. A city ordinance requiring all animal Over-estimation of cost of construction pens within the city to be floored with of drainage works cannot be considered cement or brick and connected with the taking property without due procees of city's water and sewerage system, was -law. Hackney v. Elliott, 137 N.W. 433. declnred unconstitutional in Board of Drainage-Qualiflcatlon of electorr. Com. of City of Mobile v. Orr, 61 So.-920. In the case of Berbrache v. Drainage Denies equal protection of the laws. District No. 5 of Bonner County, 128 P. Automobiles-Registration. 653, the provision of the Idaho drainage The Mississippi law of 1912, -chapter law that every bona fide holder of 40 108, requiring the licensing of automo- acres or less within a drainage district biles, and imposing registration fees is entitled to one vote was declared un- ranging from $5 to $25 was declared in- constitutional as prescribing a property valid in In re Wickstrum, 138 N.W. 733. qualification for electors. Deprives the owner of his property with- Elections-Judges. out due process of law, since the inciden- The Ohio law of 1911 providing for~the tal expense to the state does not exceed election of judges by separate ballot wa0 $1.00. upheld in every particular. Miller V. Banks-Supervlslon. State, 99 N.E. 1078. The California banking act-of 1909, au. Elections-Party primaries. tl~orizingthe superintendent of banks tl The supreme court of Kentucky, In summarily take possession of the prop Hager v. Robinson, 157 S.W.1138, held erty and business of an unsafe bank was that the provision of the Kentucky pri- upheld in State Savings and Commercial mary election law requiring candidates Bank v. Anderson, 132 P. 755, as a valid to state in their petition with what par- exercise of the police power. ty they affiliated at the last preceding Banks, Insolvent-Receipt of deposits. regular election does not violate the con. The Nevada insolvent bank act of 1909 stitutional provisions requiring elections making it an offense for a bank offlcer to be secret. or employee to receive a deposit, know- Elections-Voting machines. ing the bank to be in~olvent,was upheld The Illinois law of 1903 authorizing the in Eureka County Bank Habeas Corpus use of voting machines- was upheld in Cases, 126 P. G55. People v. Taylor, 100 N.E. 534. If ma- Blacklisting. chines cannot be operated at the rate of The Texas blacklisting law requiring one voter per minute the court may in- corporations to give discharged employ- terfere and compel ballots to be fur- ees letters stating the true reason for nished. their discharge, was held constitutional Failure to support. in St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Tex- The Kansae law of 1911 making it an as v. Griffin, 154 S.W. 683. Does not deny offense for a husband to desert and fail froodom of speech or con~tituteunrea- to support his wife and children was sonable search and seizure. upheld in State v. Gillmore, 129 P. 1123. Bulk sales. Not unusual yunishnlent to order period- Laws regulating the.sale of merchan- ical payments for wife's beneflt. dise in bulk were upheld in McGray v. Fish-Discrim~natory protection. Woodbury, 85 A. 491 and Hunphery . v. Prohibiting fishing in certain waters, Coquillard Wagon Works, 132 P. 899. DO during certain periods, is not class leg- not deprive persons of cbnstitutional islation because such flshing in other privileges or liberty to control property. 'waters is not prohibited, there being no College fraternities. discrimination as to persons. State of A state may provide by law for the Washington v. Tice, 125 P. 168. prohibition of secret orders and fratern- Gettysburg anniversary. ities in educational institutions support- The California law providing an appro- ed in whole or part by the state. Board priatlon for the traveling expenses of the of Trustees of University of Mississippi survivors of the battle of Gettysburg v. Waugh., G2 So. 827. was held void as a gift of public money Drainage-Judicial powers. to individuals. McClure v. Nye, 133 P. Authorizing a judge to appoint drain- 1145. age commissioners is not an encrwch- Hours of Labor-Limitation. ment by the judicial department on the The hours of service act of Louisiana functions of the executive. Elliott v. of 1912, limiting the hours of employment McCrea, 130 P. 785. in establishments keeping ooen or run- SPECIAL LIBRARIES

ning day and night, and exempting cer- Milk and meat products-Extra territorial tain industries was held unconstitutional regulatlon. in State v. Barba, 61 SO. 784. Denies A city ordinance authorizing the in- equal protection of the laws and freedom spection of milk and meat, prohibiting of contract. the sale of adulterated products, and licensing persons dealing therein within I nsurance-Brokers. The Insurance law of , 1912, 20 miles of the city is constitutional as a valid exercise of the police power. prohibiting the occupation of insurance 84 677. broker, except as a principal business or Hill v. Fetherolf, A. as an adjunct to the real estate business, Monopolies-Regulation. held in I-Ianser v. North British and Mere In re Opinion of the Justices, 98 N.E. cantile Insurance Co., 100 N. E. 62, an 294, the advance opinion given the Cov- arbitrary and unreasonable interference ernor of Massachusetts relative to a pro- with the right to pursue any lawful busi- posed act prohibiting malicious discrim- ness ination in prices of commodities and Insurance-Uniform policy. combinations to control sales and prices The Missouri insurance law of 1895 and ruin the business of competitors is a providing that insurance companies shall valid exercise of the state's police power, agree upon a uniform policy for use in not violative of the commerce clause of the state, which shall be approved by the the federal constitution. insurance commissioner, held invalid as Motor cycles-Passengers. a delegation of legislative authority. Nal- An ordinance of Lincoln, Nebraska, ley v. Home Insurance Co., 167 S.W. 769. prohibiting the practice of carrying a intoxicating I~quors-Inter-state traffic. passenger on a motor cycle in front of The Alabama liquor law of 1909 mak- the oparator was held constitutional as ing it unlawful for any one, whether a based on a reasonable classification, In common carrier or not, to transport pro- re Wickstrum, 138 N.W. 783. hibited intoxicating liquors along any Pure food. pubhc highway for another was declared In State v. Closser. 99 N.E. 1050. the constitutional in Williams v. State, 60 Supreme Court of 1ndiana held that in So. 903. enacting police regulations as to the food Intoxicating liquors-Local option. supply of the people, the law-making The local option laws of Alabama, Illi- power is vested with wide discretion to nois and Washington were upheld in determine what is necessary to secure State ex rel. Crumpton v. Montgomery consumers against adulterated, impure et al. Excise Com., 69 So. 294, Stead v. and unwllolesome food and the court re- Fortner, 99 N.E 680 and State of Wash fused to limit the regulation by construc- ington v. Miller, 130 P. 356 respectively. tion. Intoxicating liquors-Payment of retail Pure food-Boric acid. dealer's license. The pure food act of Illinois, 1907, pro- In Lewer v. Cornelius, 129 P. 911, the hibiting the sale of food containing boric liquor law of Washington making it ille- acid upheld in People v. Price, 101 N. E. gal for a manufacturer or wllolesaler of 196. liquor to advance money to pay a retail Pure food-Sulphur dioxide. dealer's license, or become surety for The law of Pennsylvania permitting the payment thereof, was upheld. Does the use of sulphur dioxide in quantities not deprive the manufacturer or whole- not detrimental to health was upheld in saler of his property without due pro- Commonwealth v. Pflnnm, 84 A. 842. cess of law. Rallroads-Adjustment of claims. Juvenile courts. Imposing a penalty on carriers for fail- The juvenile court act of Illinois con- ure to pay and ndjust claims for loss or ferring jurisdiction over juvenile delin- damage to property or overcharge for quents on circuit and county courts, freight within a s~ecified time is con- called for convenience "juvenile courts," stitutional. ~outhern Railway Co., v. is not invalid as creating a separate Lowe, 77 S.E. 44. court unauthorized by the Constitution. Railroads-Furnishing cars. Lindsay v. Lindsay, 300 N.E. 892. The act of Illinois of 1911 requiring Laborers-Payment. railroad companies to furnish cars with- In State v. Hertzog, 75 S.E. 374, the in a reasonable time when property is act of South Carolina making it a mis- offered for transportation is constitution- demeanor for a building contractor to al, Mulberry Hill Coal Co. v. Illinois expend money received under the con- Central Railroad Company, 100 N.E. 151. tract without paying the laborers, ma- Does not place burden on inter-state com- terial men and subcontractors was sus- merce in violation of commerce clause of tained. the federal constitution. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Sterllizatlon. first convictions, does not interfere with The supreme court of New Jersey, on the pardoning power conferred on the November 18, 1913, set aside as uncon- Governor and is a valid exercise of au- stitutional the act of 1911 providing for thority. Baker v. State, 158 S.W. 998. the sterilization of epileptics, defectives "Sweating"-Confessions. and feeble-minded criminals. Bears no The law of Kentucky of 1912, prohibit- reasonable relation to the object of po- ing the meihod of obtaining confessions lice regulation, and denies equal protec- known as sweating," and nmking such tion of the laws. confessions inadmissible in evidence was Surpended sentence. upheld in Commonwealth v. htcclanahan, The suspended sentence, invoked on 155 S.W. 1131.

Banklng and currency. G. Harold Powell in his "Co-operation in A "Select list of references on the agriculture," p. 317-324, covers general monetary question" from the Library of references and short lists on cow test- Congress, although containing a total of ing and breeding, creameries and dairy- 1517 items, claims to be a broad selec- ing. 1913. (Rural science series). tion from the resources on the subject in Direct legislation-Oregon, the Library of Congress and the library A bibliography dealing entirely with collected by the National monetary corn, the initiative, referendum and recall as mission and recently acquired by the Li- exernplifled in the Oregon system, occu- brary of Congress, rather than an all-in- pies the last seven pages of Allen H. clueive bibliography. The headings of Eatou's "The Oregon system, the story the main groups are: Banking and cur- of direct legislation in Oregon." 1912. rency; Bnnking and currency in foreign Electrical measurements and Induction coil. countries; Banking and currency in the The Newarlrer, the montllly publica- United States; Crises (panics) ; Guaranty tion of the Free public library of Newark, of bank deposits, Credit and credit in- N. J, contains in the issue for Angust, struments; Clearing houses; Foreign ex- 1913, a short list of the latest and best change 247 p. 1913. books on electrical measurements and in- Charities and correctlone. duction coil. p. 359. A new "Cumulative index of the Pro- Esperanto. ceedings of the National conference of 9 bibliography on "L'Espernnto et les charities and corrections" compiled by intkrits des Iditeurs," was conlpiled by Alex. Johnson, has just been issued, cov- the Budapest public library for the mem- ering v. 34 to 38 inclusive, supplement- pers of the Congres international des ing an earlier "Cumulative index" which iditeurs, and issued in pamphlct form. 6 covered v. 1-33. 70 p. 1913. p. 1913. Child labor-Street trades. Geology-Tennessee. In Edward N. Clopper's book "Child la- The Geological uurvey of Tennessee in- bor in city streets" there is an extensive cludes in its I3ulletins 1-2 (in 1 vol.) a bibliography on this hitherto rather ne- 119 page "Bibliography of Tennessee gcol- glected phase of the child labor problem. ogy, soils, drainage, forestry, etc." 1913. jj. 246-264. 1912. Heating and ventilation. Consumer's League. Under the heading "Current heating In the Report for 1912 of the Consumers' and ventilating literature" the Heating league of the city of New York, we flnd and ventilating magazine publishes, each a bibliography of books and publicntions month an index of the important muga. pertinent to the work of the League and zine articles which have appeared on the llsts of articles on the Consumers' league subjects of heating and ventilation. and on child labor. p. 50-52. A short H lstory-Europe. bibliography ie also contained in the 1912 A trial edition of "A union list of col- Report of the National consumers' lections on European history in Ameri- league. p. 68. can libraries" compiled by E. C. Rich- Co-operation. ardson, Chairman of the 1912 Committee A list of "Accessible books, pamphlets on bibliograpliy of the American histori- and magazine articles dealing speciflcal- cal association, has been issued by the ly with some phase of co-operation in Association with the intention, if sup- New " is included in the appen- port by libraries and individuals warrant dix to "Co-operation in New England, ur- it, to republish in 1913 a corrected edl- ban and rural," by James Ford. p. 217- tion to be edited by Dr. Lichenstein, Li- 219. 1913. (Russell Sage foundation brarian of the Northwestern University, publications.) etc. 114 p. 1912. Co-operation-Agricultural. Immoral literature. A bibliography of references to the "Lutte contre la mauvaise littkrature" various forms of co-operation outlined by is the subject of a little bibliography of SPECIAL LIBRARIES

5 pages, compiled by the Budapest Pub- Medical inspection of schools. lic library for the members of the Con- An "Annotated bibliography of medical grks international des Cditeurs. 1913. inspection and health supervision, of Industrial education. school children in the United States, A "List of references," half of the 1909-1912" compiled by the Division of titles in which are German, completes school hygiene and sanitation of the U. U. S. Burenu of education Bulletin, 1913, S. Bureau of education appears as Bulle- no. 19, wh. no. 529-"German industrial tin, 1913, no. 16, wh. no. 624 of the Bu- education and its lesson for the United reau: The excellent annotations, the au- States" by Holxnes Reckwith. The list alytical subdivisions and an append- includes a supplementary list of pam- ix of blanks and records make it a digest phlets on vocational guidance and a list of the clevelopment of medical inspection of bibliographies: on industrial education. in the past three years. Its use is fa- p 149-152. 1913. cilitated by a subject and author index. 136 p. The U. S. Bureau of education has had Minimum wage. compiled and has published as it6 Bul- From the New York Public llbrary letin, 1913, no. 22, wh. no. 532, a "Bibli- comes a preliminary list of selected ref- ography of industrial, vocational and trade erences on "The minimum wage," com- education" which consists of an annotat- piled in the interests of the New York ed list of the more important books, re- state Factory investigating commission. ports, articles and periodicals that have with a promise of a fuller list later. 9 appeared on these subjects within the p. 1913. last few years, divided into 32 main Music. groups and neglecting no phase of the "A Catalogue of early books on music question 92 p. 1913. (before 1800)" compiled by Julia Greg- Insanity-Hered~ty. ory, has appeared from the Library of Bullet~nNo. 8, Aug., 1912, of the Eu- Congress. 312 p. 1913. genics record office, "Some problems in Niagara Falls. the study of heredity in mental diseases," "A partial bibliography of Niagara by H A. Cotton, contains a seventeen Falls" by D. C. Haskell, may be found page list of references on the topic of on p. 49-98 of the New York state reser- the paper divided into two parts, biology vation at Niagara Report for 1912. and psychiatry. p. 43-59. Public Utilities-Valuatlon. Insurance, Soclal. The American Society of civil engi- A "Select bibliography on social insur- neers has had reprinted in separate form, ance" forms the fourth part of the Ameri- from its Transactions, 1913, a "Ribliog- can labor legislation review, v. 3, no. 2. raphy on valuation of public utilities," June, 1913, issued by the American asso- prepared by the Library of the Society ciation for labor legislation (131 East for the Special committee on valuation 23rd St., New York), the whole number of public utilities. The references are being devoted to various phases of social carefully annotated and arranged under insurance. The bibliography deals with the Pollowing headings :-General; Elec- the following sub-divisions of the topic: tric light and power; Gas-works; Min- Eibliographies; General works; Accident ing; Railroads; Steam power; Street and and occupational disease insurance; Life interurban railways; Telegraph and tele- insurance; Maternity (Child-birth) insur- phone; Water power; Water-works. 61 ance and Mothers' pen ons (Childhood P. insurance); Old age and"i nvalidity insur- Purity of the Press. ance ; Sickness insurance; Unemploy- A bibliography accompanies the divi- ment insurance. p. 287-292 sion of the Program of work of the Coun- Jewish bibliography. cil of Jewish women, 1911-1914 devoted The Anti-defamation league (721 First to the plans of the Committee on purity national bank building, , Illinois) of the press. p. 121-2. (Sec'y., Mrs. announces that it is engaged upon an in- Laura Kessel, 2640 Victor St., Kansas vestigation of Jewish bibliography in the City, Mo.) public and university libraries of the Recidrvism. country. To an article entitled "The recidivist" Jewish religloe. by Guy M. Fernald, which was presented

In the Program of work, for the Coun- at~- the--- Conference-- ~-~- of the American cil of Jewish women for 1911-14, the Com- prison association, held ii Baltimore in mittee on religion submits several short 1912, and published in the Proceedings, bibliographies on various phases of the is appended a brief bibliography on the Jewish religion,-Bible study, Jewish subject of the paper. p. 161-162. history, Jewish ceremonial institutions Roads. and religious schools. (Sec'y., Mrs. Laura The Good roads year book for 1913 con- Kessel, 2640 Victor St., Kansas City, Mo.) tains a bibliography of "Treatises on road, SPECIAL LIBRARIES

bridge and culvert construction and al- the student of syndicalism. p. 136-6. lied subjects" (P. 314-3221 and also lists 1913. the bulletins, circulars and documents Taxation. published by the U. S. OfRce of public The National tax association has had roads. (p. 323-341.) prepared by C. C. Williamson, a "Read- Rural education. ers' guide to the addresses and proceed- Chapter 5 of V. 1 of the Report of ings of the Annual conference on state the U. S. Bureau of education, 1912, is and local taxation," v 1-6, 1907-1913, The devoted to the subject of "Rural educa- references are grouped as follows -Gen- tion" and contains a list of recent publi- eral, Constitutional provisions, etc., cations on rural education. p. 208-12. Propcrty taxes; Corporation taxes; In- tax; Rural life. come Inheritance tax; License tax- The Department of social service and es, etc. ; Tax administration; Special brotherliood of tho American Baptist pub- problems; Taxation in various states and lication society has ismed as its Bulletin countries In addition to this subject in- no. 10, a "Select bibliography on the rur- dex is an author index. 41 p. al church and country lifo," prepared by Vocational guidance. Prof. 13. K. Ilowe. 16 p. (Samuel Zane The Brooklyn Public library has issued Ihtten, Sec'y., Philadelphh ) in phamphlet form under the title "Choosing an occupation" a list of books School hygiene. and references on vocational choice, To celebrata the fourth Internatiohal guidance and training, contained in that conl'erence on school hygiene, held in library. Nearly fifty different occupn- Buffalo, Aug. 35-30, 1913, the Buffalo pub- tions are the subjocts of as many sub- lic library issuud a "Short reading list on divisions in the list. 63 p. 1913. school hygiene," sub-divided so as to cov- Wotnan suffrage. er fourteen different phases of the sub- A bibliography on Women's suffrage, ject. 4 p. Aug., 1913. prepared by the Budapest Public library, Schools-Janitors and engineers. for the meeting of the International A brief bibliography 011 school janitor woman suffrage council in 1913, has the and engineer service occurs on page 46 rnain topics under which the entries are of the Report of the Ufficiency division grouped, printed in French, German, of the Chicago Civil service commission English, and Hungarian, and the refer- of their recent investigation into the ences are principally to material pub- comperlsaLion of such fichool employees lished in these four languages 14 p. 1913. Sept. 30, 1913. Sex education. "The case for woman suffrage, a bibli- A "S~lected list of books on sex edu- ography," by Margaret Ladd Franklin, cation" appears in Vigilance, June, 1913. with an introduction by $1. Carey Thorn- p. 8-9. as, published by the National college Smoke prevention. equal suffrage league and sold by the An exten~ive"Bibliography of smoke National American woman suffrage usso- and smoke prevention" has been com- ciation (505 5th Ave., New York) consti- piled by E. H. McClelland, Technology tutes a volume of 315 pages. The entries librarian, Carnegie library of Pittsburg, are very fully annotated and are grouped for the Mellon institute of industrial' re- under:-Books; Congressional reports; search and scl~oolof specific industries Leaflets; Plays; Articles in periodical8; of the University of Pittsburg, and has Current suffrage periodicals; Addenda. been publisll~d as Smoke investigation 1913. bulletin no. 2, of the Institute. The list Women-Vocations. is based on a similar bibliography pub- Tn a Bulletin recently published by the lished in 1907 by the Carnegie library University of Minnesota on "Vocations of Pittsburg. Although dealing almost open to college women" sixteen various exclusively with coal smoke, the bibli- careers open to women are discussed ography covers 164 pages. The entries briefly by experienced workers in those are carefully annotated and elaborately fields and a brief reading list is added subdivided into groups. 1913. to each discussion. 39 p. Social evil. Workmen's compensation. Vigilance for June, 1913, contains a James Harrington Boyd's recent work "Selected list of books on the social on "Worlunen's compensation and in- evil." p. 9-10. dustrial insurance under modern condi- Syndicalism. tions" does not contain a formal bibli- "Xinimum wage and syndicalism" by ography of the subject, but the footnotes, Hon. James Boyle, contains in the ap- citing sources and cases, constitute, in peridix a list of works recommended to themselves, a valuable reading list. 1913. SPECIAL LIBRARIES Current References 7 ter reprinted for public distribution. 63 Accounting-Retail dry goods stores. The National retail dry goods as- p. 1913. (This charter was adopted sociation announces the early publica- Aug. 12, 1913). tion of an eight-page bulletin on the sub- conservation-Vermont ject of accountancy for retail dry goods Tile Vermont Conimission on conserva- stores, consisting of answers to ques- tlon of nalural resources, appointed in 1910, was, from lack of a?equate pro- tions arising fronl practical merchandise vision, forced to limit its activities to ed- problems. ucational and publicity work which Was Billboards. carried on principally by means of the The Report of the New York Mayor's wide circulation of articlc!~ on various Billboard -advertising commission, dated important phases of conservation, which August 1, 1913, is a thorough piece of articles are included in their Report is- work on the various phases-public sued in 1912. 36 p. health, aesthetics, safety, morality, legal Convict labor-Alabama. regulations-of the question of advertis- The fiworn statement of Governor Ern- ing by means of billboards, sky-signs and met O'Neal of Alabama before the Corn- kindred devices. Existing notable muni- mittee investigating recent defalcations cipal, state and foreign leg~slationon the In the State convict departllle~lthas been subject is briefly digested and the Report printed as a Bulletin of Lhe Exoculive closes with proposed ordinances, a sta- department. 142 P. 1913. tute and a constitutio~~alamendment Co-operation. 151 p. illus. "A plan lor a co-operative neighbor- Budget. hood" by A. L. Williams, has been print- Bulletin no 3 of the Legislative re[- ed for distribution by tho Wisconsin erence department of the North Dakota State board of public affairs. Rules, con- Public library comm~ssion is devoted to stitution and plans for mortgage loan the subject of "Budgetary laws" com- and credit departments, for such a pro- plied by I. A. Acker. State budgetary posed colony, arc presented. 1s p. 1912. laws are summarized and also those of England, , . 20p. 193 2. County and township-lll~nois. Volume 2 of the Report of the Joint legislat~vecommittee of Illinois appoint- The Wisconsin State board of public ed to take up the mattcr of making a affairs has issued, as a preliminary step general revision of the laws pertaining to the formulation of a financial policy to county and township organizr~tionand for the state, the results of a scientific those relating to roads, highways and examination of the budget plans used in bridgee, is devoted to the subject 01 coun- different states and countries, compiled ty and towrlsliip organization, presenting by S. Gail Lowrie and forming a pam- a historical survey of local institutions in phlet of 259 pages. In addition to setting Illinois and a ili~cusstonof the existing forth the general theory of budgel-mak- system. 219 p. 1913. ing, the budgetary procedure of England, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Employers' liability. , United States and the several 1. N. Day, state senator in the Oregon states of the United States are described. legislature, is the author of "A compila- 1912. tion of opinions and decisions upon the subject of employers' liability and worlc- Children-Char~table organizations. men's compensation together with statis- The Illinois Committee to inquire into tics and legislation applicable thereto." the methods of all societies, etc., hand- From his assembled facts Mr. Day de- ling and disposing of children, in its Re- duces the necessity of general compul- port, issued Nay 26, 1913, divides the irlvestigation into the following branch- sory ConlPensation by industry. 92 p. es, home-find~nginstitutions, maternity hospitals, baby farms, societies organized Employers' welfare work. for charity,-as they exist in that state. The U. S. Bureau of labor statistics 37 p. has issued as w11.no. 123 of ite Bullotin and no. 4 of its Miscellaneous series, a Commission government. survey of "Employers' welfare work" in The charter commission of Dayton, !?is country, the aim of the study being Ohio, has prepared a proposed charter to give an account of what is done for for that city on the commission plan, the welfare of employees in certain ee- with a chief administrative officer known tablishments noted for welfare work as the city manager, and other advanced with the hope that it would become clear features. The Dayton Bureau of munici- what is the legitimate field for such pal research has had the proposed char- work." 80 p. May 16, 1913. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Feebleminded. wlth the actual working day as ascer- The Pennsylvania legislature of 1911 tained from statistics; and to inquire authorized a ,Commission to investigate into the ndvantages of a reduced work- and report to the General assembly a ing day. 71 p. plan for the segregation, care and treat- Housing. ment of feeble-minded and epileptic per- The Housing report made to the City sons in the state. Their report issued plan commission of Newark, N. J., by early in 1913, in addition to general dis- E, P. Goodrich and 0. B. Ford covers cussion and detailed information con- the Ncwarlc problem legislation, enforce- cerning conditions in Pennsylvania, con- ment of law, re-planning old districts and tains a summary of provisions for the plmining of new arcas. illus. 75 p. 1913. feeble-minded and epileptic in other Ill ~teracy. states. Tlie appendix contains proposed In "Illiteracy in tlie United States and acts recommended by the Commission. an experinlent for its elimination," Bul- 70 p. letin 1913, no 20, wh. no. 630 of the U. Gas and electricity. S. Bureau of education, an experiment The Board of gas and electric light conducled for two years in eastern Ken- colnmissioners of Masachusetts, under tucky in teaching illiterate grown UP the authority of a legislative resolve of men and women to read and write is 1912 made, in January, 1913, a Special described, in the hope of future reduc- report on the consolidation of the gen- tion of: adult ~lliteracy in this country. eral laws pertaining to the manufacture, 35 p. An address on tlie same subject, transmission, distribution and sale of pa8 by Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, who Con- and electricity and to corporations en- ducted the exporiment, before the South- gaged therein. The bill for an act for ern educational association in 1911, has the consolidation of these laws occuples also been gublislied in pamphlet form. the larger portion ol the report and is 24 p. indexed so as to show the sources of Industrial education. the sectione and the disposition in the The Proceedings of the sixth annual new act of the ex~stinglaws. 90 u. nlccting of the National society for the promotion of industrial education have Health departments-Dayton (0.) been published by the Society as Uulle- The Dayton Bureau of municipal re- tin no. 16. The principal topics before search ha8 prepared a report on the or- the meetings wcre training of teachers, ganization and administration of the federal aid and co-operation. 309 p. Department of health of that city, with Infant mortality. deflnite constructive suggestions for the Tlie first of the Infant mortality series improvement of the health service, in from the U. S. Children's bureau, en- which thc Health department concurs. 97 titled "Baby-saving campaigns" is a pre- p. July, 1913. liminary report on w11eL American cities Homesteads. are doing to prevent infant mortality. 93 The Homestead commission of Massa p. 1913. chusetts made a report in 1912 and sub- Insane-Commitment and care. mitted a bill embodying a plan whereby .Tohn Koren has prepared, and the Na- with the assistance of the Common- tional committee for mental hygiene (60 wealth, homesteads or small houses and ZJnion Square, N. P) has published, a plots of ground could be acquired by valuable pamphlet "Summ~ries of laws mechanics, laborers, etc., in the suburbs I-elating to the commitme~ltand care of of cities, and towns. This bill was de- the infinne in the United States." 297 p. clared unconstitutional in 1912 and the 1912. (Price $1 00.) general court of that year empowered Judicial procedure. the Homestead commission to continue A Report on the revision of the state its investigation and recommend further judicial systcm and the jurisdiction, prac- legislation at the next session. Their tice and procedure of the courts, sub- report appeared in Jan. 1913, and con- mitted by an Oregon Commission ap- sists of a discussion of the need of pro- pointed by the previous Legislature, to viding homesteads in Massachusetts and the session of 1912, contains 15 recom- drafts of proposed legislation. 45 p. mended bills and further bills are con- ours of labor-Women and minors. tained in the minority report. 46 p. 1912. The U S. Bureau of statistics Rul- Markets. letin, w11. no. 118, mig. ser. no. 3, Apr. 10, The Newark City plan commission's 1913 takes up the question of "Ten-hour Report on public markets and its Sup- maximum working day for women and plementary suggestions of January 29, young persons," the object of the study 1913, have been printed together in H being to show the extent of legislation pamphlet of fifteen pages. at home and abroad in regard to legal Mothers' pensiona. hours of labor, overtime legislation; to The Massachusetts commission, ap- compare the legal maximum working day pointed in 1912, to study the question of I SPECIAL LIBRARIES t t ! the support of dependent minor children Prison schools. of widowed mothers has submitted its A. C. Hill of the New York State edu- ! Report, which also includes a minority cation department has made n study of i report, a bill for an act to provide sub- the theory of educating prisoners and of sidies for children of indigent widows existing prison schools, which has been f and the investigator's report on the care printed by the U. S. Bureau of education ; of dependent minor children of widowed as its Bulletin, 1913, no. 27, wh. no. 637. 47 P. ! mothers in Massachusetts. Appendix no. I 1 summarizes provisions made outside of Prisons. Massachusetts for the care of children The Report of the Cornmission ap- of widowed mothers in Illinois, Missouri, pointed July 24, 1912 by Governor Golds- I , Wisconsin, OkIahoma and Cali- borough of Maryland to investigate the fornia and Appendix no. 2 is devoted to general administration of the Maryland descriptions of families investigated. 189 penitentiary was submitted Feb. 4, 1913. p. Jan. 1913. The reDort- constitutes a volume of 341 Municipal finance. pages,-illustrated, and consists of a gen- The Report of the Special joint com- eral and detailed description of the Mnry- mittee on municipal finance, created by land penitentiary, the contract system in the Massachusetts General Court of 1912, use, letters and statements of convicts, appeared in January, 1913. 38 recom- examination of officers of the institution, mendations are made, the situation is a discussion of the indeterminate sen- reviewed and bills submitted. 103 p. tence flndings and recommendations, Municipal statistics. notes taken on a short trip of inspection The Chamber of com- to various prlsons and penitentiaries, merce has issued its second annual sta- brief historical sketch of the Maryland tistical report, covering the year 1912 penitentiary and special report of the and presenting statistical information on warden. every phase of the life of the city. 112 Progressive party. P. 's article "The pro- Municipal supplies. gressive party" which appeared in the The Comptroller of the city of New Century, October, 1013, has been reprint- York has made a Report submitting a ed in separate pamphlet form. 33 P. plan of a proposed system for the cen- Prohibition. iral purchase and distribution of sup- The Manufacturers' and merchants' as- plies of the city of New York, with all sociation of New Jersey, under the title "A cabinet of facts and flgures, disprov- necessary forms for such a system and ing arguments that the loss of license the draft of an act on the subject. 80 p. Mch. 15, 1913. fees will be more than compensated for in the reduction of public expenses charge- Noise. able to the so-called liquor tratnc" pre- A typewritten manuscript Prom the sents interesting statistics of comparison Municipal reference library of Chicago between license and no-license cities, bears the title "Anti-noise ordinances of towns and boroughs in various sections various cities" compiled for the Commit: of the United States. 27 p. 1913. tee of health of the Chicago City coun- Proportional representation. cil. The noise ordinances are classed An article by C G. Hoag on "Effective as follows: occupational noises; by mo- voting or 'preferential voting' and pro- tor vehicles; by steam whistles; by ani- portional representation" has been re- mals and fowls; zones of quiet. printed from Equity, July, 1913 and is- Occupational d~seases and accidents. sued as its Pamphlet no. 1. 19 p. In a volume of 422 pages, copiously il- Real estate-Taxation. lustrated, W. H. Tolman and L. B. Ken- Mayor Blankenburg of Philadelphia. dall discuss tlioroughly tlie subject, has had prepared for public distribution "Safety methods for preventing occupa- in that city a primer on "Real estate and tional and other accident6 and diseafie." its taxation in Philadelphia," which, by a The four parts into which the book is series of questions and answers relating divided are: General conditions, Danger to a proposed system of assessment, is zones, Industrial hygiene, Social welfare. aimed to familiarize citizens with the 1913. subject. 66 p. 1913. Pensions-Municipal. Refuse collection-Chicago. A Report on tlie pension system of the The Chicago Commissioner of public city of New York, submitted May 27, works in co-operation with the EfRciency 1913 to the Mayor by. the Commissioners division of the Chicago Civil service com- of account8 analyzes the system in New mission made an exhaustive investiga- York, points out its inconsistencies and tion of the city's collection of pure gar- recommends the appointment of a com- bage, ashes, refuse and miscellaneous mission to study the situation scientific- waste and other activities of the Chicago ally. 12 p. Bureau of streets. Their Report, issued SPECIAL LIBRARIES

October 13, 1913, includes tabular state- teachers, promotion of pupils, vacation ments of data from American cities re- SC~OO~S,improvement of teachers, etc. garding street cleaning, refuse collcction C1 p. and removal, and street repairs (table Short ballot. 2) and regarding uniforming of street A study oll the need of the short bal- cleaners and refuse drivers (table 17). lot in Illinois, the extent to which it 113 p. should and may be applied under exist- Roads. ing constitutional limitations in that The "Omcia1 good roads year book of state, retluction of elective omces, min- the United States, 1913" (second annual ority representation and electiire jadi- issue), published by the Americau high- ciary inay be found in the Report of the way association of wllich J. E. Penny- Short ballot commiltee of the City club packer, jr , Colorado bldg., WashingLon, of Chicago, issued October, 1912. 32 p. D. C., is secretary, constitutes a volume Smoke prevention. of j48 pages. All phases of the road The Mellon institute of industrial re- question are considered and comparative search and school of specific industries statements of conditions in various of the University of Pittshurgl~ is en- states may be found on the following gaged in a thorough investigation of the subjects: road legislation, state progress, smoke problem, a staff of nearly thirty l~ighway ofticials, engineering education, experts being at work on the various convict labor, state aid, mileage, and aspects of "the greatest civic problem bond issues confronting ." Snlolce investi- Roads-l lllnois. gation bulletins already published as a A Joint legislalive committec appoint- result of the work are: "Outline of the ed in Illinois in 1911 to take up the mat- smolre investigntmn " 16 p. Aug. 1912 ter of malring a general revision of the (Bul no. 1); "Biblio.~raphyof smoke and lawd pertaining to county and township smoke prevention," compiled by E. H. organization and those relating to roads, i\TcClclland, 1G4 p. 1913 (Bul. no. 2) ; highways and bridges, lins issued a lie- "Economic cost of the smoke nuisance port of 2 volumes, the first of which is to Pittsburgh," by J. J. O'Connor, Jr. 46 devoted to a thorough discussion of the p. 1913. (Dul. no. 4). road problen~,including roads for rural Social survey-Newport. routes, history of road taxes in Illinois, The results of the Newport Survey of road laws in England and legislation in fiocial problems, prepared by Carol Aron- the United States, convict loor and a ovici of the Bureau of social research recommended road act. 129 p. and ta- of New England for the Newport survey committee, covers the following: boy bles. 1913. problcm, girl problem, juvenile delin- Schools-Jan~tors and engineers. The Efficiency division of the Chicago cluency, roonling houses. gambling, pros- Civil service commission recently made titution, liquor trallic, housing, sanitation an investigation in regard to the com- in storcs and shops, street cleaning, gar- pensation of engineers and jt~nitors in bage, employment, pllilantl~ropic agen- the public schools of Chicago. Their cies 59 p 25 cents Report, issued September 20, 1913, in- Taxation-Exemption of securities. cludes a tabular st,atement of "Scl~ool A Report on the constitutionality of engineer and janitor sorvice in other csempting securities from taxation or cities " 71 p. taxing them at a lower rate than tangible Schools-New York c~ty. property in the various states appears in The Bureau of municipal researcll of the I, l3, of A. Bulletin, (August 29, 1913) New Yorlr city (261 Broadway) has pre- the publication of the Investment banlt- pared a brief digest of the Reports of ers' association or America. A statement the New York Committee on school in- oC the constitutional provisions of the quiry, which will not themselves be gen- various states directly affecting the ques- erally available as only a limited num- tion constitutes thc body of the report. ber are to be published by the commit- 40 p. tee. 67 p. (25 cents.) Testing materials. Schools-Special features. The American society for testing ma- The U. S. Bureau of education has col- ter~als (afliliated with the international lected and issued as its Bulletin, 1913, association for testing materials) has no. 31, wh. no. 541, the more valuable re- published its membership list, charter plies received in answer to a request and by-laws, list of tecllnical committees sent out to school superintendents of and list of standard specifications in a cities of 5000 population and over to pamphlet of 190 p. 1913 (Office of describe plans or methods worked out Secy., University of Pennsylvania, Phila.) in their respective schools during the Tuberculosis-Factories. past few years. Special attention is The Cornmiltee on factories of the Chi- called to the co-operative industrial cago tuberculosis institute has issued a courses, classification and promoUon of pamphlet on "Examination of employee8 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

for tuberculosis" which proposes deflnite prohibition of women and children from plans for detection and suppression of certain occupations, stricter regulation sources of infection in working places, of child labor, better provision for com- detection of cases of the disease in the fort and health of factory workers and curable stages, guidance of those predis- the appointment of a minimum wage posed to or recovered from the disease, commission. The bills embodying these and guidance in methods of right living suggestions are not however printed as and prevention. 13 p. 1912. The June, part of the report. The Appendices con- 1913, issue of the Bulletin of the Insti- tain reports of conditions in various se- tute is a special number devoted to this lected trades and statistical tables. 297 same topic, giving a history of the two P. years campaign of the Committee on factories, and the experience of seven Bulletin, wh. no. 116, of the U. 8. Bu- Chicago firms. reau of labor statistics is devoted to an Veto messages. exhaustive study of "Hours, earnings In Oregon it is an established custom and duration of employment of wnge- for the Legislature to have printed as earning women in selected industries in soon as it convenes all vetoed bills of tlie District of Columbia." 68 p. Apr. the previous session, together with the 1913. veto messages. Governor West's veto Women-Hours of labor. messages and the vetoed bills of 1911 "Working hours of women in the pea form a pamphlet of 144 pages which was canneries of Wisconsin" is the topic of submitted to the 1913 session of the As- Bulletin wh. no. 119, of the U. 5. Du- sembly. reau of labor statistics, May 6, 3913, the Women-Employment. whole discussion revolving around the The Industrial commission appointed question of whether the congestion due in 1911 by the General assembly of Con- to the difficulties under which canners necticut to investigate the conditions of labor justifies any exemption for. this all classes of wage-earning women and trade from the law restricting the hours minors in the state issued its Report in of labor of women. The appendix con- 1913 in a volume of 297 pages. The Re- tains tlie Wi~consin law and rules re- port proper is brief and includes recom- stricting hours of employment of women mendations for shortening and regulat- in Wisconsin pea canning factories, ap- ing hours of women, effective recording proved by the Industrial commission of of occupational diseases and accidents, Wisconsin for the season 1918. 64 p.

INDEX TO VOLUME 4 IN VOLUME 6.