The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-10

a Nation Of Worker - What n
People Of the United States do 10
Livelihood.
LBrom the ST. Louis Demoefat.l
| To work lis to worship. 30 said Lu
Their. If II be true, then, the America
people are 0 worshipful race. W
have been curiouSly looking owe
our last census, and studying thu
record Of the toiles. Figures may no
be JUICY reading, and may be famous only
Tor telling the truth, but figures cal
laugh, and they can sometimes weep
and, oil in oil, we don't know anything
like figures 10 Get the fancy aglow ant
quicken romance. Each census sets u
81 pict9Ilng ths iuturQ 9nd esllnstlne
the gloties o. anot q Century We Rist
the people could al have an opportunity
70 study the story Of these figures O
American LIE No feel egif thegS bf6nghl
us into ,clc6ok B mpAthy witt al MIC
drive or delve. Estimating from the CEN
gus, we.,hnd BomeWhAt OVER 5000, 600
directly Interested IN Lhe culture b ihl
soil, 1900, 900 Of whom Are laborels, ZOO
dAirymen, 5000 1000 farmers or land pro.
ptietors, 1000 florialB, 3f,000Y gardeners,
about 1000 hefdShien md dtoVefS, / ,OOC
yineyardists, and Q few bee-faisers, and
5000 Of sundry kindred employments.
The clergYmen number 5000; the
actor 3 ,090 tfe cfchlsocts boo; the
artist S,006; lhb al 6ofs . D. al dentists
300, eetvanb domeSllc 4 VI, 100; hotel
keepers 280O0; journalists 5000; laborers
WOO, 900; laundresses 70 900; BARRIERS 49,
900; lawyers $1,000; musicians 5000 (;
nurses 70 900; army and navy officers 49,.
000; government officials 5000, and gov.
eminent employees $1,000. Physicians
number 90, 900; Sculptors $50; soldiers 49,.
0O0; teachers 140 900; restauranters 80, 900,
,0f tradesmen We find 10000 agents; TO-
900 bankers; $1,000 barkeepers; $4,000
boatmen; $4,000 book.keepers; 100000
clerks; $4,000 drsymen and teamsters;
I'D, 900 railroad employees; 10000 buck.
sters; 8 900 milk dealers; 5000 newspaper
carriers; 10000 in the employ OF telegraph
companies; 400 pawnbrok ets; 60 0O0 'ped.
dlers; 10000 sailors; 10000 porters; 90
600 statesmen; 1000 shippers; $4,000 IN
classified dealers; 1000 cheerful under
takers; 1000 deal in books 1000 In
sgtiellt ufal implements; 10, 900 In bootSI
and ShoeSs y, 900 ID cabinet ware; 5000 III
clothing; 5000 in coal; 10000 in tobacco;
1900 In drugs; 10000 in dry goods; rs.
600 In groceries; 1000 In hats; ], 900 In Ice:
1900 inliquorS; 5000 In live stock TO-
900 in lumber; Il, 90 in produce; I, doc ii
real estate; 1000 in sewing machines;
1900 IN periodicals and fnewspapels,NI
nothing said Of lightping.rod men.
These figures are all in round snumberS, i
but approximately coEreet ~ "a "a 4
There are about 100000 mechanics
and mAnufactn i OF thee As 900 are
cabinet makers; 3 600 make onr brooms:
:, 000are contractors; t2, 600 make beer:
20 900 make bricks and tiles 5000 dive
the cloth that 600 make Of wool and
I'D, 0Q6male oicottqp; $4,000 make, ar.
ddciAla flowers, and % 900 90 dress and
manthR makets; 5000 milefs; 9BOOO |
bakers, and 200 cheese makers; 145 600 |
blacksmiths, and $4,000 carpenterS:
there are 65,000 mschinists, and $4,000
toundrymen; go 600 are masons, and Boz |
BOO marble cutters, 1000 make Soap md |
candles; 10000 make carriages; 10000
carpets; 1000 lime and charcoal; 80OO0t
cigars; Z, 900 clocks; 80, 900 harnesses and
saddles. 5000 hats and caps; 1000 hoop
skirts; Is, 900 paper; there are $4,000 cur.
;iers and tanners; 5000 photographers;
; 900 distillers; SO 600 firetnen and eneinl
sers; 5000 butchers, 28000 sfSheFnenSI
} 1000 engravers; 10000 workers IN Slass.
%, 900 in gold and Bil9ers 10 O00s ioclS
Imiths and gunswiths; 5000 workers in
ron, tsteel works, nntspeCiAed: 20 900
u iron sndsteel rolling mills; 10000 lums
oermen; $4,000 manufacturers. There
Ire $4,000 atwork in mines, and Al. 600
n saw mills; $1,000 are pstntere; % 900
'lasterers; $4,000 timers; $1,000 wheel.
Rrights; 1000 work in sewing machine
actories; 40, 600 are printers; s, 900 potters;
.6, 900 ship builders; 5000 wood turner's
md 1000 woodchoppers, and no less THAI
$4,000 tatlors, tailoresses Iand seam
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