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Rh Bureau. Could the other States adopt no other, they would do well to ask this one question.

Question 10. Days in Operation.

Number of hours per week normally worked by wage earners:

Answers to question 10 furnish the material on unemployment, which, together with the classified weekly wages, makes possible a fairly accurate compilation of the classified yearly earnings.

The answers to these ten questions must, under the law, be given before "Jan. 21, 1911." When returned, they are compiled in six tables.

Table 1, compiled from questions 1 to 6, gives

1. Number of establishments

2. Capital devoted to production

3. Value of stock and materials used

4. Amount of wages paid during the year

5. Average yearly earnings