, 1874-12-06

Paper-mf1 operatives,
9TsMe,lne-machine operators. 3sA
Woolen.nn{1t orar.+,... ''"'"'-...-......., orn9
1r .''''-''."-.-. n---!t
Ut course this list does not inclnda L.. :'a
Gus other occupations in which xomaa 'es'
very commonly engaged all over thu su aas ssa
Inc criticism which will be made nnoa =;
above table is, that it includes ooo.l oa toe
which have always been open to auoaz Tas
which, while they are very labor;ona Asn'
by no means lucrative, and TINT raa.. @e
them are occupations in which n.a e'S o1
engage. The census, however !, eAneot
less, and furnishes complete ansvar alotse =. =,
criticism. In analyzing its tables ~ ~ eu'.
that there are in the United States 33o ro lua
making ropes; 1,4o5 setting tvna' '''sa
miners; 1850 mechanics; 10 meat.n.a,. ss
19o manufacturers; 4o5 operatives ~ s
works; IS fishermen; distillers Of ,;a,,.. ~ 1sn
6o curriers'; 8 brewers; 102 brass-fonnds.'
25 agricultural implement makers. -ns;
keepers; 80 commercial travellers: 37e 49, @
brokers'; 90 undertakers; crie,s of Fssl ps''
papers; 1,215 hucksters; Is bauhen. -.
whltewashers; 4 sculptors; 7sextons; 595as. ~
tors; 6lawyers; 173 professional mns;c;ons =.
clergymen 2 hosters 9 hunters and tns
pers; IS journalists "a dentists ? ch;ess
odists; architect 2s5 artists 692 acto,1
AT dairymen; As stock-herders y a..
tioneers !; se5 hotel-keepers II liye7v..t,n.
keepers; 100 showmen 19G teamstera IL
soap-make1s; 239 millers; powder-matsrs.
S steam-boiler makers and thousands an
gagged in buying and selling all kinds Of M
tions. When women find no dif6cnltv ).
preaching, hammering boilers, pleading cssa.
packing beef and hogs, curing the sick, pu11
ing teeth, doctoring eorns, catching fish
keeping hotels, making statues, burying III.
dead, lending money, whitewashipg fences
raising stock, driving hacks and teams, edit
ing newspapers, and hunting wild beasts. no,
to mention an endless catalogue Of othe,
masculine occupations, what becomes Of the
absurd plea OF the women n's-rights advocate;
TINT they are not allowed to enter the fsLl
of labor in competition with man?
There is one inference to be drawn from
these statistics which is inevitable. The
census includes vast number of OCCUPATIONS
in which females are engaged, filling several
pages Of figures, which we have not included
in our selections. Those which We ha7s
given are in almost every instance uude,es
timated, sometimes extremely 30. For in.
stance, there are almost as many women whc
make their living by music in Chicago as ere
set down for the whole United States Iha
total number, therefore, must be much la1ge1
than is stated in the census There are also
numerous methods OF labor which arc not
given in the census at all, which must &C.
cupy many thousands. The remainder Ct
the women OF the country, with the 1-
ception of one class, are engaged in
and find enough to do
to fill the ordinary daily hours Of
work. The exceptional class to which
we have alluded seem to be ths
female advocates of women's rights, Who
are the only unemployed women in the coun.
Try. They are idlers, while their millionsd
sisters are busily at work in every conceivs.
bic field Of labor, from plain sewing to stesr1.
boiler making. As the census shows thA
avery field of work is open to womAn, il
would appear advisable that they should no
onger act the part of the drone, but enter IN
md occupy some department. Judging hom
he noise they make, steam-boiler manufsa
uring will be fasorite occupation with .