DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY JOHN PRICE JACKSON, Commissioner J. Herman Knisely, Municipal Statistician. BUREAU OF MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION Patrick Gilday, Chief. INDUSTRIAL BOARD Commissioner, John Price Jackson, Chairman. Otto T. Mallery, Philadelphia. BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT BUREAU OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION Members of Board Harry A. Mackey, Chairman, Philadelphia James W. Leech, Ebensburg. John A. Scott, Indiana. John Price Jackson, Commissioner. Secretary, Lee Solomon. Attorney General, Francis Shunk Brown, Counsel ex officio. Counsel, Francis H. Bohlen, Philadelphia. Associate Counsel, Charles H. Young, Pittsburgh. (3) ARE YOU INTERESTED IN WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION? ACCIDENT PREVENTION? FIRST AID METHODS? OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES? PROBLEMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT? AVOIDANCE AND SETTLEMENT OF LABOR DISAGREEMENTS? AMERICANIZATION OF ALIEN WORKERS? FIRE PREVENTION IN THE FACTORY AND PUBLIC HALL? STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYE? IF YOU ARE HEAR THESE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED AT THE FOURTH ANNUAL WELFARE AND EFFICIENCY CONFERENCE November 21, 22 and 23 STATE CAPITOL, HARRISBURG UNDER AUSPICES OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY JOHN PRICE JACKSON, Commissioner ENGINEERS' SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Write for Program 50 per cent of this enormous loss could be prevented. DO NOT OIL, REPAIR OR ADJUST MOVING MACHINERY. WHY TAKE CHANCES WHEN INJURY IS SURE TO RESULT? + COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVAΝΙΑ DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY OBTAIN THESE SAFETY POSTERS FOR THE BULLETIN BOARDS OF YOUR PLANT They are the first two Accident Prevention Posters of a series to be issued free to industrial establishments in Pennsylvania by the Department of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg. If you have not received copies of these first two posters, for your bulletin boards, a request will bring them. Each poster is 8 by 11 inches. They are distributed to carry a plea for carefulness direct to the workers in Pennsylvania's industrial plants. See page 12. OUTLINE OF ADDRESS BY JOHN PRICE JACKSON, COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, BEFORE THE PENNSYLVANIA FEDERATION OF LABOR AT BEAVER FALLS, ON TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1916. Corporations represent, in effect, the pooling of the savings of hundreds or tens of thousands of men in order that the great powers and possibilities of large amounts of capital may be put to work economically and profitably, and thus to the advantage of each investor. This is to the economic advantage of the country. Likewise employes organize and pool their labor resources in order that they may thereby have more power to obtain for their services an acceptable return. Just as we have accepted as necessary and right the pooling of the savings of many individuals, so we should accept as just the organization or pooling of the labor resources of laboring men. Such organization, whether of capital or labor, should be under such governmental supervision as will protect the interests of all, including the public, and not permit its misuse by the unscrupulous. The meeting which I am addressing, is, as I understand it, composed of the delegates from labor organizations representing the various trades of the State. I understand it is not to confine its interests purely to matters of wages, hours of labor and conditions of labor, but to all subjects which relate to the welfare of the working people and of the industries themselves. With this view of the breadth of purpose of your organization, I deem it fitting that I should outline to you as a representative of the Department of Labor and Industry of the State, the important legislative enactment relating to, and the activities of that Department which have been put into effect since I met with you at your last annual meeting. I also deem it proper to make suggestions as to how you can best make use of this Department for the purpose of advancing the welfare of the people of our Commonwealth. Important Legislative Enactment. Your present Governor, Martin G. Brumbaugh, was elected upon a platform largely devoted to methods of improving conditions of labor and industry. The following named legislation not only was earnestly and without fear supported and advocated by him, but was in most instances drawn under his direct supervision. A very large amount of credit should therefore be given to him for the good which has been accomplished. (5) |