JO REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS AND PROJECTS. 



Division VII.— MONEY AND BANKING. 



Prof. Davis R. Dewey reports the publication since last year of : 



The early development of the national banking system. By W. W. Swanson, 



University of Chicago. Pp. 117. 

 The national banking system, 1863-1879. By G. D. Hancock. 



Professor Dewey has written for publication by the National Monetary 

 Commission : 



The history of the second United States Bank. 

 State banking practice before the civil war. 



He has finished a good deal of the preparatory work on his final report 

 down to the civil war and has made some advance in the subsequent period. 



Division VIII.— LABOR MOVEMENT. 



As stated above, Prof. John R. Commons has now assumed formal direc- 

 tion of this Division. During the past year the following study, which was 

 completed under Colonel Wright's direction, has been published: 



Women in industry. By Edith Abbott. D. Appleton & Co., pp. 408, 1910. 



The following has been completed, though not yet handed in: 

 The labor history of the Pacific Coast. By Ira B. Cross. 



Professor Commons is at present engaged in issuing the "Documentary 

 history of American industrial society," for which an appropriation was made 

 by Colonel Wright. Nine volumes of this valuable collection of documents 

 have now been published, and it is expected that the remaining two will ap- 

 pear before the close of the year. As soon as this documentary history has 

 been finished, Professor Commons will devote himself to the preparation of 

 his report, which he hopes to be able to complete in three years. 



Division IX.— INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION. 



Prof. J. W. Jenks has suspended work on his volume until some of the 

 other divisions have finished theirs, in order to avoid duplication in collecting 

 material. He has gathered as much as he thinks advisable for the present. 



Division X.— SOCIAL LEGISLATION. 



Since the last annual report, the following monographs have been pub- 

 lished : 



The labor legislation of Iowa. By Prof. E. H. Downey, State Historical Society 

 of Iowa, pp. 283. 1910. 



A history of California labor legislation, with an introductory sketch of the San 

 Francisco labor movement. By Lucile Eaves. University of California Pub- 

 lications in Economics, vol. 2, pp. 461. August 23, 1910. 



The child labor policy of New Jersey. By Arthur Sargent Field, Ph. D. Ameri- 

 can Economic Association Quarterly, third series, vol. xi, No. 3, pp. 229. 

 October 1910. 



