National Republican., 1873-05-05
BBTRBFT INDUSTRIES,
NTsRisfiSd 4 census STATISTICS.


scYen Thousand More Males than Pemaies
In the DIsrict-Prvfes.ienri a.d Labor
stasisiics-A Resimcst Or Betsi ard
Rcstasrast Keeper, Lawyers, BARRIERS,
Fsrmcr-,. Traders, Clerks, Msuufac-
tsrers, &e, &e.AA Hfnhiy Isters-tisE
Exhibit.
The ninth census Of the United states Ia al.
most an exhaustless mine OF information. Il Is
dlficut thing to grasp II a. a whole, but pa
uent research within the ponderous volumes en-
abes one 10 bring Into bold relief its interesting
features, and one OF these, peculiarly interesting
TO us, Is not only the extent and variety Of the
population Of the District Of Columbia, but its
divisions and Subdivisions into those who arc
engaged In "galnful and reputable occupations" E"
10 Is often a question how all the people Of a
great city live, aud satisfactory solution Of the
problem requires a small army Of canyasscrs
and statlsticians and months Of toll.
ALL rRopvcERs
are laborcrs, but all laborers are not producers,
and In cities the non.produclng classes arc
chiefly associated. The source Of wealth IA In
labor, but the labor Of men In city is devoted
mainly to those services required by society, and
not to actual production, and yet In the accumu-
latlon Of social and Individual wealth the brain
and the hand are necessarily joined one Ia
impotent without me aid Of the other.
Then, again, IN ali cities only about one half
the population Is engaged In occupation. The
other halt consisting Of children, paupers, erin.
inals, the DID, the sick. the insane, &c., &C.,
have to be supported by those who arc able and
willing TO work.
IN rus DISTRICT
| the nOnuiafinu n thUaA q nil anil
numbers lOo, ,459, and of this number there are
| 46e52 males aud S3,s0l females. As there are
1,tI9 more women In the District than men, there
Is no reason why Its bachelor list should be 50
of the entire number there are engaged Id ali
classes OF occupation t9,Oil-males $500, 70
males s,sti. From ten to nfteen years OF age
there are Of this number, males Sii, female,
s5s. Prom sixteen to nfty-nine years age, male,
ss,OlS, females la,5i9; and sixty years OF age ant
army Of workers were born In the United States
9ol5 In Germany, s,oos in ireland, o6i In Eng
land and Wales, 1e6 In scotlsnd, 81 In Sweden
Norway and Denmark, lBS In France, II In Italy
SO9 in British America, and the small balance i
other countries.
THE DIsrmBurios or LABOR.
We come now 10 the vital and interesting pOr
tion Of this exhibit In II IA clearly seen th
solution Of the problem OF "how do the peopl
In q city livc7" The details are so dlsiinctl
shown that no one can be ata loss 70 undeIstan,
along II Il very easy thing TO say there ar
to,Oli persons engaged In work In this District
but what are they dolng7 That Ia tho hard gnes
ton TO answer. Herein Is disclosed one OF ID
great values Of the census. Il IL true that som
three years have elapsed since tho count wa
nrst made, but for all practical purposes it !
now sufficiently exact.
AoHcuLrrRx.
In the District Of Columbia there arc 4 30
persons engaged In agriculture. OF Agricu
tural laborers there are 6Si; dairymen and dairy
women, 90; farmers and planters, 955; farm an
plantation oyerseers, 10; gardeners, nursery
men and ylne-growcrs, SiI; stock-herders,
lar totally insdeaaste 10 OH he % demand. 6i eoaTs
| the contiguous agricultural regions Of MaryiAn
and Virginia arc Immediately Interested In SUI
prices ruling in our markets are remembered, Il
, sImply astonishing that so much available Ian,
! for gardening purposes In the District Is Shove
W be essentially non-productive.
PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL sERyIcEs
All told, there arc engaged In professional an
personal service, 2o,stb. Between ten and q
teen years Of age males 20. females SO; 2,
l66ss, females 10 e9i sixty years OF age and owe
males s25, females ais.
To answer the demaud for tonsorial operation
there are 93T BARRIERS aud halrdressers enEage,
, The history Of the barbers Is losing something
lis Interest. We read OF them IN Homo thre
centuries bC. Year Agone, IN EnglAnd, %
9 Of the surgeon. In 1870 q statute Of Henry VII
3 read as follows "No person using any Shawn
Q or barbery In London shall occupy any surger,
drawing Of teeth" But to this day the barbei
use for q sign the white and red pole, designe
formerly as the sign Of the .barber-surgeon"
the red signlfying blood and the white the han,
ages. The census records only billiard ~
:. bowling saloon keepers and employees, but
u course u refers to halls proper. OF boariiG
2 and lodging house keepers there are III.
. II Is strange how often so few people can mai
1. sufferers forget the hrst commandment. b
4 they are an impcntent class, and no amount
exhortation seems TO do them good. There q
l nalntln0 IA Ms In IlRaNRn nd u
bread for their nocks. OF these ministers the
I, are 10 over alxty years oil. OF domestic .,
l. | close how many OF these will lie and steal Ai
Al get drunk Christmas and New Years. Zig
re thousand and thirty OF them were born In .
United States, it7 In Germany, and sIs In II
land. France, the mother OF cooking, clair
\, only 10, and Italy, :" the mother OF arts," only
\, As whole, the cooking In the District Of Coln
II bia Ia not above par.
The hotel and restaurant keepers and el
ployees number i,0o2. The leading, contror
and most Important class-that is 10 say, 4
journalists-numbcI 80; laborers, 1889; launds
sssp tSis community in hot Ss.eT TSe' 'as Vsr
stable keepers and hosters number iI6 Tn,
~ Sans business here Is conducted by b,s2I CT
eet%Sss 10 and IS S years, T ssepo src male" So %
10. males .; between 10 and CO. males ASA fema
9i9; over 90, males 2oT, females Q. We are ks
in well in body aud whole in limb BY $40 physleis
~ - soldiers, UNITED states army.l Teachers, q
"a % specinedJ iIi; teachers Of painting dancing a
u music, 20.
TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION.
lu trade and transportation there arc 6,
persons engaged. In this business there Ia eve
b, year material increase.
C. TRADE.
~ Traders aud dealers, i.siS; hucksters, peddI
is and commercial travellers, sos; clerks, salesni
ad and accountants, I'm storos,) 1890 In bank
m IN and brokerage OF money and stocks, iie, and
I'D - TRANSPORTATION.
OnlclAlA and employees OF express cOmpanl
81; oficiAls and employees OF railroad com
% nies, ITO; ofnCiAls and employees OF street ri
III road companies, 10; carmen, draJmen, tea
stera, 40, Ie2; sailors, steainboatmen, wat
,e- nIxuFAcruREs AND MINING.
y In the above occupations there are, all told,
this District II T00. Bakers $50, blacksmlths
bookbinders and nnlshers ls0, boot and sh
II makers SIS, brewers and maltsters IS, brick a
brick and tile-makers 2s9, butchers 500, cabin
makers and uphosterers a0t, car, carriage q
10 wagon-makers 100, carpenters and joIners 1,
les ciRar-makers and tobacco-workers 81, clerks q
nd bookkeepers In manufacturing estGbllshme
fly 70, confectloners %, coopers %, cotton 4
Il woolen mill operators 10, lowell had a !
number once,) curriers', tanners and leAtl
N, nnlshers 49, dlstlllers and rectiners OF liquors
IL fishermen and oystermen 90, harness and aadd
10 makers 100, Iron and steel-workers u, mAchlni
W 40, millers ", milllners, dress and mAntl
makers sln, miners o, painters and yarnlsh
bo3, paper.mill operatives IL, plasterers .
plumbers and gas-nttes los. The glorious n
-, Of those devoted to the great "art preseryat
u OF arts" numbers $50. Quarrymen ., saw-n
no operatives ., ship-Tiggers, calkeTs, carpent
- and smiths llt, thilOrs, talloresses and sea
n; The dktrlbutlon Of labor is thus seen at
OF glance, and how all the laboring bees In our h
70 OF Industry are employed.
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