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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1902. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX Abattoirs, municipal, ii. 788 Al>erdecn, combinations in, 336 Abinger, Lord, 367 Abraham, May (Mrs. Tcnnant), 329, 35 Absentee employers, 296 Abstinence, it 623 Accident benefit, 152, 170 Accidents, long indifference to, 355; working rules against, 358; lead to agitation for Employers Liability, 368; frequency of, 374, 376; com- pensation for, 378, 388, 390; inquiry into, 378, 384, 300 Accumulation of capital, causes influ- encing the, ii. 610-632, 871 Accumulative vote in Coalminers' con- ferences, 45; at Trade Union Con- gress, 277; absence of, in Federation of Engineering Trades, ii. 523 Act of God, 356, 379 Activities in relation to wants, ii. 697, 704 Acton, Lord. 59 Actuarial difficulties of competing unions, 113; increased by Direct Legislation, 61, 115; affected by legal position of Trade Unionism, I $4: not yet properly studied, 156 Administration, at first by whole body of members, 3; in times of war by secret committees, 9; by general mass meetings, 10; by a governing Iwanch, 12; by specialiscd officers, 16, 27; by a Cabinet, 30, 39, 43; by a Representative Kxecutivc, 47; nrrd fir socialisation of, 59: pro- girssne centralisation of, fvS-103; fdiirti'in of the branch in, 100 Admiralty dockyards, ii. 554; analogy to Wage Fund of, 605; minimum ge of, 775 Adulteration Acts, ii. 734 Aged, Trade Union provision for the, 152-172; allowed to work below Standard Rate, 165; compulsory in- surance for, objected to, ii. 529; pensions for, not objected to, 827 Agricultural land, exhaustion of, ii. 752 Agriculture, excluded from Workmen's Compensation Act, 3S8; yearly hirings in, 431; supplied idea of Wage Fund, ii. 605; decay of, 761; a Poor Law industry, 788 Alexander the Coppersmith, ii. 564 Alien immigrants, desire for...
