generally understood throughout the state that this Department was maintained with a view to not only providing employment for those out of work, but also supplying the needs of those seeking assistance on the farm and in the workshop, the usefulness of the Department would be more fully appreciated. No charge being made by the Department for services rendered in this connection, it occurs to me that greater publicity should be given the public as to the service they might secure by application here. I believe a law should be enacted requiring all labor agencies operating in the state to procure a license from the Commissioner of Labor before engaging in that line of business. It is true these agencies are at present operating under ordinances adopted by the different cities in which they are located, but so much complaint has reached this Department concerning this method of doing business that I suggest a state supervision of all such agencies. FINANCIAL STATEMENT Foowing is a complete statement of all monies paid out, and to whom paid, by the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics covering the period from April 12, 1913, to Nov. 30, 1914. The amount of $6,000.00 was appropriated by the legislature for the Department's use, from April 1, 1913 to April 1, 1915, and as but four month remain until the close of the biennium, it would seem that a neat surplus should revert to the State. This does not include the salaries of the Deputy Commissioner of Labor or the Stenographer, which are provided for under a different head. 1913 Apr. 12 Sanitary Towel Laundry Co., Laundry.... May 1 May 12 C. W. Pool, traveling expenses.. |