Excerpt from Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries of New Jersey: For the Year Ending October 31st, 1887 That there was at that time cause for alarm has been proven by the rapid formation of trusts and combinations which have since taken place. Their evil influence, and disastrous effect upon the well-being of the wage-workers cannot be questioned. Mills and factories have been closed, the number of workers reduced, and no advance in wages Secured by those who have been favored by being continued in employment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.