1 66 REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS AND PROJECTS. 



Division VIII. — Labor Movement. 



This division, under my own personal charge, is making com- 

 mendable progress. Dr. Jacob H. Hollander is in charge of the ele- 

 ments or phases of trades unions. A topical analysis of all labor laws 

 of the United States is being made, its object being to secure a con- 

 crete statement of the principles of the labor laws of the different 

 States without giving the text. 



Miss Edith Abbott, of the University of Chicago, is at work upon 

 the hours of labor, child labor, and women's work, the latter being 

 conducted in conference with Professor Farnam, under his division. 



There has also been a division of service in this department by 

 association with Professor Farnam, so as to avoid complications. I 

 think the work of this division will be completed at as early a date 

 as any other, perhaps. 



Division IX. — Industrial Organization. 



Prof. J. W. Jenks, of Cornell University, in charge, has assigned 

 the history of corporation law to Prof. Horace L. Wilgus, of the 

 University of Michigan. Professor Jenks, for the present at any 

 rate, will do most of the work in connection with his division, securing 

 the aid of helpers, graduate students, and others. 



Mr. E. W. Pettibone, who has been investigating the subject of 

 farmers' associations, has made a very careful report on cooperative 

 cheese factories and creameries. He has a study on farmers' organ- 

 izations for the control of the milk supply nearly ready to publish. 



Mr. W. L. Whittlesey has already done considerable work on the 

 subject of the organization of quasi-public industries in cities, such 

 as street railways, gas and electric lighting, etc., with the expecta- 

 tion that the report will be ready within the next few months. Brief 

 reports have been made on several subjects in connection with the 

 beginnings of industries in colonial times and in the early days of the 

 Republic. Among these subjects may be mentioned : 



Productive cooperation, by A. A. Freedlander. 



Life insurance in the State of New Vork, by R. J. Halpin. 



House industries, by Caroline E. MacGill. 



Early trading companies in America, by P. S. McGuire. 



Mr. J. N. lyorenz has made a rather full digest of the laws affecting 

 industrial organization in New York in colonial times, while Mr. A. C. 

 Muhse has prepared a careful study of the interrelations between the 

 banks and trust companies of New York City. Mr. C. C. Hunting- 

 ton has prepared a report on the industrial legislation in Ohio down 

 to the time of the civil war, with special reference to the organization 

 of banking. 



