The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-07-27


Thoughts out of his mind he was finally be-
ginnin. to regain some of his Old-time
cheerfulness, when Your shoe reminded
him % painfully If his Tpor. saint grand
mother coffin
Mrs. T. That. you brute, lSlaps his
face. Ard If ysu dare to- come hack here
again III kick you out again. You de-
graded old rIfhan- Out Of the house with
W." Exit leading Marx out by the ear
The Nations workmen.
H'~ "tR PEOPLE EARN THEIR RREAn.
The Tables of Occupation" which
have Just heen completed at the census
"fbce, Washington, show that the number
IT Persuns pursuing gAinful occupations on
the lst It june 1870. were IL, 5O5, ,923: Of
these -. .tsiS we're males. and 1871 ,l43 fe
males fr''m ten to fifteen years If age g.
4sh. .:sG were males. and ! .;IO4, 9o9 females
frsm sixteen o. hfty-nine years 635, 041
nlalen. ansl D. ;iSJ females sixty years and
uPwarls- N the total 9,802, ,038 were
h,rn m the United States. 826. JO2 in
Germany. .ls.'. l24 in ireland. 2Ol, 10 IN
kngland and Wales. Il. 933 in Scotland,
l's'. 'ssl In Sweden. Norway and Denmark
~ 10 in France. ISO, ,:IO7 in British Amer
tea. and Vi. :sD in China and Japan.
~ the total number. 1922, All were en-
gagged in agriculture, 2.4O7 ,42l in manu-
fa.-tur~s. mechanical and mining pursuits (;
], l9l - in trade and transportation, and
3-''t4- 1:rs we're rendering personal and pro
f-ssInnal services
~ the Germans returned PA, ,.D3l were
engaged IN agriculture, :sOS, 23I in manu-
features, etc, liz. 2g1 rendered personal
"r professional services, mi, 432 Of the lat
ter beIng classed as laborers, and AZ Sti6 AS
domestic servants.
'f the Irish returned. 1873, 425 were ell
gagged In agriculture, pa ,628 in manufac-
ture- etc, 1901 in trade and transpor-
tztIon, 425.6l7 rendered personal and
professional services. Of whom 22l. 1919
we're classed as laburers. and l45, 956 a.
domestic servants.
If the English and Welsh returned, II, VI
LAB were engaged in agriculture, l42, ,63l
IN manufacturer. etc. 81. OS6 in trade and
transportation, ~, SS9 in professional and
personal services
M the Scotch returned. Il $50 were en-
gagged in agriculture, -, 96O in manufactur-
crs. etc, $40 in trade, etc, II, 683 in
personal and professional services.
O the Swedes. Danes and Norwegians
returned, 80, 4SO were engaged in agricul-
ture, II 2S3 in manufactures, 1864 in
trade, etc, 29,;I54 rendering personal and
professional services.
OF the natives Of British America re-
turned, a., 288 were engaged in agriculture,
%, Az in manufactures, 10 585 in tradeland
transportation, ~, ,003 in personal and pro
fesslOnal services
of the Chinese and Japanese returned,
1852 were engaged in agriculture, 21 ,702
in manufactures etc, $3.50 in trade and
transportation. l9,486 in personal and
professional services, 5,42l Of the latter
being classed as domestic servants, and 3,
49, IA launderers and laundresses.
The largest number Of persons returned
as "f any single specified occupation was
under the head Of planters and farmers,
=, 9S2, ,J13 being reported. The number of
farm labnrers returned was 2, $50, 045 In
addition to these classes there were return
ell, under the general head Of agriculture,
I37 apiarists, 3. COS dairy men and women,
:. tiS9 farm and plantation overseers. 1. TIC
i. :ssS stock drovers 6,O64 stock herders.
6.6l4 stock raisers, 375 turpentine farmers,
2,lU; turpentine laborers. l.I27 vine
grUwers.
Inder the head If manufacturing and
mechanical operations there were returned,
:I44. .j:6 carpenters and joiners, lj2, l07
miners. l4l. .7774 blacksmiths, l7l ,l27 boot
and shoe makers: l6l, 800 tailOrs. tailores
seS and seamstresses ~, 0S4 Iailliners.
dress and mantua makers -, I23 painters
and varnishcrs, 1879 coopers "A. 354
butchers. ~, SS5 cabinet makers, AZ, 464
carriage and wagon makers and trimmers,
81. 81 harness and saddle makers. "A. 80
machinists. 80, 10 brick and stone masons
Al ~ milliners, %, ST. plasterers, 80, 86C
printers. ~ ,z95 saw-mill hands, 30, 524
timers. M. 942 wheelwrights, n. go brick
and tile makers, %, 286 cigar makers. q.
(iSO bakers. 2S,702 tanners, curriers' and
finishers of leather, q, l06 fish and oyster
M "a, -. Sil marble and stone cutters.
The number Of persons returned a.
manufacturers was AZ, 900; operatives in
cotton mills, Ill, ,6O6 i'll wooden mills
-, S;hi; in mills and factories not specified
H.6l9; III iron works Of all kinds, Al. 600
i'll tobacco factories, ,9S5, in paper
mills, II, 4'i9.
Under the head Of trade there were re
turned ;i26. 36S traders and dealers IF al
kinds, in addition to Ii, go peddlars. and
IL ,;62 hucksters, 222, JO4 clerks III stores
in addition to IA, 203 statesmen and sales
women, 81, III book-keepera and account
auts, and .2G2 commercial travellers and
exclusive alsn NJ IA, ,362 barkeeperS an,
tenders porters and laborers in stores am
warehouses. 81 lob.
nder the head uf Transportation. ther,
were returned 1902 officials Of railroad
companies. : 7.314 railroad clerks. and l54,
O21 railroad employees, - officials Of eI
press companies, 167 express clerks. anC
S,o04 express employees; 81 officials ot
street car companies, and ,, l03 employees
There we're also returned, 56, 653 sailors
,::SiS canal men. and ,975 steamboat meI
and women.
The numbcI If draymen, hackmen and
teamsters returned was 10. 156.
| nder the class personal and profess
ional services. the principal returns were
Laburcrs. I.niI, ,6tit. domestic servants
91l ,O4:i teachers Of all kinds, l36, so
| physicians and surgeons, 62. ;BS3; launder
ers and laundresses, GO,9O6 cleryymen
1884; lawyers, 40,I36; journalists, ), 296
dentists. ,S44 restaurant keepers. 30,
24l /; hotel keepers, ri, ,394 BARRIERS anC
hair,lressers, 23, 055; employees Of hotel
ami restaurants, 70, 5S2 clerks of hotel
and restaurants, 5,243; hostlers, II, ,58l
livery stable keepers, $500 nurses, Is,
667 boarding and lodging house kea,ers
r. ,7a5 musicians, 6,5l9; officers of tn,
army and navy If the United States, 2 2S6
civil officers Of the government, national
state. or municipal, and reporting N
other occupation, ~, 743 clerks. do, =.
I62: employees, do, 4,4O7.
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