LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

STATE OF WISCONSIN,

BUREAU OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS.

MADISON, September 30, 1906.

To His Excellency HON. J. O. DAVIDSON,

Governor of Wisconsin.

DEAR SIR:-In compliance with the laws of this state creating the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics, I have the honor to transmit herewith the twelfth biennial report of this department.

Very respectfully yours,

J. D. BECK,

Commissioner.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PART I.

THE CO-OPERATIVE STORE IN THE UNITED STATES.

(A Table of Contents for Part I is given on page 2.)

PART II.

THE STATISTICAL ASPECT OF THE STRIKE.

(A Table of Contents for Part II is given on page 73.)

PART III.

THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN

WISCONSIN.

Introduction

The Liquor Traffic in the United States..

Chapter I.-The Magnitude of the Liquor Traffic..

Page.

151-181

151

153-164

Chapter II.-The Effects of the Liquor Traffic..

165-170

Chapter III.-A Few Facts Bearing Upon the Question of

Further Regulation or Restriction...

171

Chapter IV.-Summary.

175

(A Table of Contents for Part IV. is given on page 269.)

Conditions Prior to the Advance of the Ice-sheet.

368

Chapter III.-Water Power of Wisconsin...

Chapter IV.-Resources, Industries and Opportunities of Each

County in Detail...

Recapitulation of the Different Industries Best Suited to the

Various Cities and Villages of the State....

Places Having Desirable Factory Buildings Available for Im-

mediate Occupancy, Not Given Elsewhere..

Wisconsin Prizes Drawn at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition

Held at St. Louis in 1904.

Index of Subjects..

PART VI.

MANUFACTURING RETURNS FOR 1904 AND 1905.

Page.

397

425

858

864

865

931

Tables Presenting Returns for the Fifty-one Leading Industries 886-1120

Introduction

Agricultural Implements

Artisans' Tools

886

890