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CHAPTER 1.—Summary and conclusions — eo,
Principle of wage fixation __..____________._ _________ _mmmmn
Machinery of wage fixation___________________
Enforcement __________ ili inion
Results em
Abolition of “sweating "em
General increase in wages ____._________.__ mm
Legitimacy of such increase in wages. ____________ .___________
Influence on discharge of slow workers and unemployment______
Efficiency of workers and employers under minimum wage legislation
 oo eee. DB, 8
Protection of fair employers._____ em 6
Bffeet on industries oo __________ __. mee 6
{nfluence toward industrial peace .___________________________. 67
Craprer 2.—Historical aspects of legal fixation of wages_——___.—___—___.. 8-10
CHAPTER 8.— Wage regulation in Australia. ________________________.. 11-21
Developments in Victoria ___.______. em 31-13
Development in other States of Australia______ em 13-18
Tasmania _____________. J, 1
Western Australia _________________________ oo. 13,1
Rueensland._..._.____________ T— z
South Australia... ____________ _____ ee 144
New South Wales ___________________ meee 1845
Commonwealth system. _______ eee i
Principle of wage fixation... ee 17,18
Results om eee 18-21
Movement of wages___________._ ee 18,19
Effect on national prosperity ______________ Ce em 19
Bffect on general level of wages eee 20
[Influence on discharge of slow workers and unemployment______ 20
Influence on industrial peace oem 20,21
Cuaprrr 4.— Compulsory arbitration in New Zealand _—_______________ 22-80
Political background_.._____________________ me 22,23
Development of legislation oo eee 23-26
Principle of wage fixation... __ en 26
Application of the laws____ mmm 26,27
RESUS — em 2780
Stabilization of real wages. ___._____________ wm iis BEB
Effect on general level of wages mem 2'
[nfluence on industrial peace o.com 28,2
Effect on business __ mmm 29
~. Influence on discharges and unemployment. oomnmu 29, 30
CHAPTER 5.—The British trade boards_______________ ree 31-38
Beginnings, development, and machinery _______ 31.32
Principle of wage Axation_ oir meee 32,33
Results ____________ ee 33-38
CHAPTER 6.—Minimum wage for women in the United StateS_—————————-- 39-57
Forces for and against minimum wage____ meee 3945
Application of the laws_______________. eee 46-00
Legal situation mmm 46
Scope of the laws___________ emcee 46-48
Machinery of the 1awWws_ emma 48
Exemptions mmm 48
Principle of wage fixation _____________ecemeeeeem——— 48,49
Enforcement_._______ 49, 50

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