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STA TE OF N E V A D A 7 W . E. W A L L A C E INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER AND EX OFFICIO LABOR COMMISSIONER O F F I C E O F L A B O R C O M M IS S IO N E R C a r s o n C it y Dear Sir : The law creating the office of Labor Commissioner requires the Commissioner to collect, assort, arrange, and present in the form of a biennial report to the Governor and the Legislature statistical details relating to all phases of labor in the State. It is a well-known fact that such statistics are of little or no value and oftentimes entirely misleading i f they do not cover their respective fields accurately and completely. The earnest cooperation of employers, employees, organizations, and individuals as well, in securing accurate and complete information is therefore respectfully solicited. The law makes a small appropriation ($5,000), from which all expenses of the Commissioner’s office for two years must be met. In the administration of the law the Commissioner will he required to cover 110,000 square miles of territory, with something over 44,000 wage earners, and therefore asks the earnest support of every employer, workingman, and workingwoman in his work of administration. Without this cooperation it will be impossible to accomplish the objects intended by the Legislature in the creation of the office of Labor Commissioner. The only assistance allowed the Commissioner is that of a stenographer. The magnitude of the work of the Commissioner is therefore readily apparent. It must he borne in mind that the Labor Commissioner does not make the laws relating to labor, hut that it is his sworn duty to enforce them. This it shall he his earnest endeavor to do; always, however, with the exercise of common sense and reasonable regard for the best interests of those vitally interested. Under separate cover, you will receive a pamphlet containing all the laws of onr State relating to labor. It is hoped that this compilation may be of some interest and service to you, and that the Commissioner may be favored with your earnest cooperation in the performance of his official duties. The Workman’s Compensation Act and Mining Laws are printed separately in pamphlet form, and, upon application for same, I will be pleased to forward a copy. Very respectfully, Carson City, April 20,1915. W. E. WALLACE, Labor Commissioner.