l62 REPORTS ON INV£;STIGATI0NS AND PROJECTS, 



Breckenridge, of the University of Chicago, is at work upon other matters 

 germane to the subject. 



An epitomized digest of the labor laws of the United States is also avail- 

 able, with the exception of bringing the matter down to the latest date. A 

 great deal of original material is being brought to light relative to the earlier 

 labor movement in the United States and its influence upon economic develop- 

 ment. Also the conditions and progress of labor in the South in antebellum 

 times. Very many subjects relating to this division have already been 

 treated in documents and volumes, and are available for the final work. 



Division 9. — Industriai, Organization. 



Prof. J. W. Jenks, in charge, reports that no publication has yet been made 

 under his division requiring aid from the Carnegie funds. It has seemed 

 best to him to spend the time largely in digesting material under his imme- 

 diate supervision rather than the preparing of monographs ; but he has a great 

 deal of work well under way, the items of which have already been reported 

 during the past month to the executive committee. 



Division 10. — Social Legislation. 



Under Prof. Henry W. Farnam's direction the following monographs have 

 been published: 



"Trade unions and the law in New York," by George Gorham Groat, Ph.D., in the 



Columbia University Studies. 

 "History of labor legislation in New York," publications of the American Economic 



Association, 1905, by Fred R. Fairchil3, Ph.D., Yale University. 



Two studies have been completed during the past year, but not yet pub- 

 lished — one by Dr. Alba M. Edwards, on the labor legislation of Connecticut, 

 the other by Dr. J. L. Barnard, on the labor legislation of Pennsylvania. 

 Work is also being prosecuted on the social legislation of the Southern States, 

 the labor legislation of Illinois, and the pauper legislation of Ohio. Professor 

 Farnam has made plans, in connection with the Wisconsin Free Library 

 Commission, for extended work during the coming year in the Middle States. 

 He proposes to give the history of labor legislation in a few States — not all 

 the States in the Union, but enough to indicate the progress which has been 

 made. 



Division ii. — Federal and State Finance, Including Taxation. 



Prof. H. B. Gardner, in charge of the division, reports that the results of 

 his extensive inquiries are beginning to come in, but nothing has as yet been 

 published. He expects, however, that some papers or monographs will be 

 published during the year 1907. 



Division 12. — The Negro in Slavery and Freedom. 



After very serious consideration and much discussion the collaborators, at 

 their meeting in May last, brought to conclusive arrangements the suggestions 



