Labor market, right of access to,
8, 95, 96; influences on, 25.
Labor, Secretary of, mediation
work of, 137-139.

Lace industry, minimum wage, 174,
190.

Land, in relation to labor market,
2-4, 25; laborers' lien, 61. See
also Agriculture.

Landlord and tenant, law of, 66–
68.

Large scale production, influence

on labor market, 3, 25.
Laundry industry, minimum wage,
175, 181; hours, 213, 224, 236,
251; child labor, 307.
Lead industry, 302, 303; effect on
women, 318; examination of
workers, 321, 322, 333; prohibi-
tion of, 326; washrooms and
dressing-rooms for workers, 335;
character of legislation, 351; in
relation to workmen's compensa-
tion, 380, 381.

Legal aid, societies, 81; history, 82,
83; as government function,
83, 84.

Legislation, when unconstitutional,

19, 24, 25, 27, 416, 422-430, 456-
458. See also Labor legislation.
Legislative, in relation to judiciary,
18-20; function, 22, 224, 432,
451, 453; investigates labor con-
ditions, 421, 422; compared with
industrial commission, 439.
Liberty, in relation to labor con-
tract, 7-10; in relation to prop-
erty, 7, 8; in relation to police
power, 15; of contract, 6, 31, 51,
52, 221-224, 237, 246; personal,
in relation to collective bargain-
ing, 91.

Liens. See Contractors' liens, Me-
chanics' liens.

Lime industry, hours of labor, 200.
Limited liability, doctrine of, 92,
93.

Literacy test, for immigrants, 69,
70, 73, 76, 77; for child workers,
312.
Liverpool, juvenile employment
offices, 282; decasualization of
dock labor, 292, 293.
"Living in" system, 53, 54.
Lloyd George, D., urges extension

of minimum wage legislation, 176.
Lockouts, in relation to executive,
21; in England, 123, 128; in-
creased number, 124, 125; in
arbitration proceedings, 126, 127;
compared with strikes, 139, 140.
Locomotive engineers, arbitration
award, 157, 158.

London, legal aid, 83; conference
on hours in continuous industries,
201; central unemployed body,
280; employment offices, 282;
provision of work for unemployed,
285, 286.

'Longshoremen. See Dockers.
Los Angeles, Cal., municipal em-
ployment office, 270.

Los Angeles County, Cal., public
defender, 83, 84; charter, 83.
Louisiana, contract labor law, 44;
fines from employees, 59; me-
chanics' liens and wage prefer-
ence, 61; conciliation and arbi-
tration, 132, 133; hours of labor
for women, 214, 215; hours of
labor for firemen, 236, 243, 244;
employment offices, 270; accident
reporting, 299; restrictions on
women's work, 318; safety, 323;
seats for women, 334; work-
men's compensation, 369.
Lowell, Mass., factory women's
agitation, 209.

Lumbering, mechanics' lien in, 61.
Lucerne, industrial courts, 87.
Lunatics, forbidden to enter United
States, 69.

Luxemburg, night work of women,
248; prohibition of poisonous
phosphorus, 325; health insur-
ance, 387, 388; old age and in-
validity insurance, 400.
Lyons, industrial court, 86.

M

Macclesfield, England, conciliation
board, 128.
MacMahon, T. S., discusses mini-
mum wage, 184.
McPherson, Judge, on picketing,
109.

Madison, James, cited, 16.
Magna Charta, mentioned, 28.
Maine, peonage, 39; contract labor

law, 43; railroad employees' law,
45: payment of benefits to in-
jured employees, 58; wage pref-
erence, 61; conciliation and ar-
bitration, 132, 133; child labor,
205, 313; limitations on women's
hours, 210, 215; occupational
disease reporting, 303, 304; work-
men's compensation, 369.
Malice, in labor cases, 98, 99.
Manchester, England, decasualiza-
tion of cloth porters, 293..
Manchester, N. H., agitation for
shorter hours, 209.

Manila, P. I., boiler regulations, 330.
Manor, lord of, determines wages,
141.

Manufacturers' associations, con-
trol prices, 93, 118.
Manufacturing, minimum wage,
173; hours of labor, 225, 230, 236,
237, 242-246; accidents, 300,
301; child labor, 306–308.
Maryland, Justice Chase, 36; anti-

truck laws, 56; deductions from
wages for benefits, 57; fines from
employees, 59; wage preference,
61; convict labor law, 79; con-
ciliation and arbitration, 132;
union preference, 165; hours of
labor for women, 215; hours of
labor for railroad employees, 247;
night work of women, 250; em-
ployment offices, 270, 271; oc-
cupational disease reporting, 303,
304; child labor, 309, 311, 313;
restrictions on women's work,
318; health and safety, 323, 324;
tenement house manufacture,
337, 338, 458; workmen's com-
pensation, 368-370; commission
for safety and workmen's com-
pensation, 433; industrial com-
mission bill, 436. See also Balti-

more.

Marx, Karl, founds International
Workingmen's Association, 419.
Massachusetts, Pacific railroad, 3;
wage exemption law, 48;
wage

assignment law, 50; wage pay-
ment law, 52; anti-truck law,
56; payment of benefits to in-
jured employees, 58; fines from
employees, 59; women's wages,
59, 60; child labor, 59, 60, 204-

206, 306, 309, 311, 313; wage
preference, 61; convict labor,
79; supreme court, 94; decisions
on strikes, 104, 105; on picketing,
110; conciliation and arbitra-
tion, 132, 133; minimum wage,
177, 181-184, 189-191, 193–195,
ten-hour law, 209-211, 213, 215,
216, 219-221, 252; posting no-
tices, 219; hours in public work,
228, 252, 258; hours on street
railroads, 233; hours of railroad
employees, 247; night work of
women, 249; one day of rest in
seven, 254, 255; unemployment
statistics, 263; employment offi-
ces, 270, 272, 273, 460; accident
reporting, 298, 300; occupational
disease reporting, 303, 304; child-
birth protection of women, 319,
393, 394; safety, 324, 326-330,
433; board of boiler rules, 329;
sanitary standards, 332, 336;
tenement house manufacture,
337, 460; fellow servant rule,
360; workmen's compensation,
369, 381; old age insurance, 399,
400, 405; life insurance 406;
appoints first factory inspectors,
417; investigates woman and
child labor, 421; establishes first
bureau of labor statistics, 421;
railroad commission, 442. See
also Boston, Fall River, Lowell,
Suffolk County.

Master and servant, stage in in-
dustry, 36, 40-50.

Matches, poisonous phosphorus in

manufacture of. See Phosphorus.
Maternity insurance, connection
with childbirth protection, 319;
provisions for, 393, 394.
Mechanical engineering, unemploy-
ment insurance in, 411.
Mechanics' lien laws, 50, 60, 61, 417.
Mediation. See Conciliation.
Medical benefit, deductions from
wages for, 57, 58; in German
social insurance system, 364, 373,
390, 391; importance of, 372,
373; in United States, 373, 374,
437.
Melbourne, Victoria, sweating in,
151; Age, 171; chief factory
inspector, 192.

offices, 270; women forbidden to
work in saloons, 318; safety,
324; seats for women, 334; work-
men's compensation, 369, 370;
enforcement of labor laws, 458.
See also Butte, Great Falls,
Missoula.

Mothers' pensions, 408.
Moving picture machine operators,
examination and registration,
323.
Mundella, A. J., establishes board
of conciliation and arbitration,
128.
Municipalities, maintain employ-
ment offices, 270; provide work
for unemployed, 288, 289.
Munition plants, night work of
women in, 250.

N

National Association of Legal Aid
Societies, 82, 83.

National Child Labor Committee,
306, 314, 419.

National Civic Federation, investi-
gates workmen's compensation,
381.

National Conference on Industrial
Diseases, 302.

National Council for Industrial
Safety, indorses standard accident
reporting schedule, 299, 300.
National Farm Labor Exchange,
274, 275, 277.
National Labor Union, 26; indorses
eight-hour movement, 229; in-
vestigates labor conditions, 419.
National Metal Trades' Association,
employment offices, 265, 266.
Navy yards, ten-hour day, 225.
Nebraska, payment of benefits to
injured employees, 58; wage
preference, 61; convict labor, 79;
conciliation and arbitration, 132,
133; proposed minimum wage,
177, 183, 189, 190; child labor,
206, 312;
hours of labor for
women, 215; hours of labor in
manufacturing, 242; night work
of women, 249; public employ-
ment offices, 270, 271; work-
men's compensation, 369.
Netherlands, colonial slavery abol-

ished, 37; regular wage payment
laws, 51; fines from employees,
59; legal aid, 83; mediation and
arbitration, 131; night work of
women, 248, 249; compressed
air work, 320; stone masons,
322; prohibition of poisonous
phosphorus, 325; factory light-
ing, 332; workmen's compensa-
tion, 367; health insurance, 388;
invalidity and old age insurance,
400; orphans' pensions, 407, 408;
unemployment insurance, 410;
International Association for La-
bor Legislation, 420.
Neuchâtel, industrial courts, 87.
Nevada, wage payment law, 53;
anti-truck law, 56; deductions
from wages for benefits, 57; pay-
ment of benefits to injured em-
ployees, 58; fines from employees,
59; mechanics' liens and wage
preference, 61; conciliation and
arbitration, 133; union prefer-
ence, 165; child labor, 206, 309,
310; no limitation of women's
hours, 211, 216; Comstock silver
mines, 235; hours of labor in
plaster and cement mills, 236;
accident reporting, 300; safety,
324; no provision for seats for
salesgirls, 334; workmen's com-
pensation, 369; commission for
safety and workmen's compensa-
tion, 433.

.

New Brunswick, state loans to
farmers, 67.

New England Female Labor Re-
form Association, 209.
New England Labor Reform League
209.

New England Workingmen's Asso-
ciation, 209.

New Hampshire, wage preference,
61; conciliation and arbitration,
132, 133; child labor, 205, 309,
311; hours of labor for women,
210, 213, 215, 220, 252; accident
reporting, 300; occupational dis-
ease reporting, 303, 304; women
forbidden to work in saloons,
318; workmen's compensation,
369. See also Dover, Manchester.
New Jersey, railroad employees'
law, 45; anti-truck law, 56; de-