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CONTENTS 



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Preface vii 



Chapter I. History 9 



Chapter II. Government 22 



Chapter III. Jurisdiction 39 



Chapter IV. Finances 57 



Chapter V. The Benefit System 71 



Chapter VI. The Standard Rate 87 



Chapter VII. The Working Day 105 



Chapter VIII. Restriction of Output 114 



Chapter IX. Machinery 124 



Chapter X. Apprenticeship and the Helper System 129 



Chapter XI. Collective Bargaining 138 



