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When the Inspectors were appointed
TuE1n rScArAc1rY AND 'USFrESEss
was generally remarked, and their reports
abundantly illustrate the truth OF all that
was ever said about them. The exception is
Joe Gruenhut, whose report is complete and
creditab1e. They started out with the city
distr.ctetl,-the First District embracing all
OF the South Side east of Clark street; the
Second all Of the South Side west Of Clark
street; the Third all Of the West Side south
Of Randolph street; the Fourth all
of the Vest Side north OF Randolph; :;
and the Fifth all Of the North Dl-
yision,-and after three months labor
present report that can be Of NO possible
value, because the work in four Of the dis
never will be. Then, again, it is not only
valueless because Of its incompleteness, but
also because of its bungling nature, it being
in such shape lis to make It next TO lmpos-
tho Industries of the city that can be relied
on. III fact they seem to have worked SIM
ply to an,t1se themselves and draw their pay,
each one in his own particular style ana win
the utmost contempt for everything IN tue
way of system They were, presumably, Tor
instance, told to
CLASSIFY THE TRADES,
and, in the absence of further and more e1r
plicit instructlons. proceeded to do it: me
result can be easily imagined under the cir
cumstances. Instead Ut following some form
or system, they have been allowed to cal!
chair factory q furniture factory, and vice
versa, and, on the whole, have so mixed the
trades aud industries that it is Impossible to
make anything ont Of their reports. Some OF
them made note Of the children under l?
shops, while the others did not, and some re-
ported BY wards, while others reported by
districts and this spirit Of confusion appears
to have been constant.
That the report is unreliable, under the
circumstances, then, is very natural, and that
they found but twelve bookbinderies in the
city,-a city of over half million .popul:a-
tion,-when it is we'll known that there are
aAolt twice that number IN tae vicinity ct
the city with two disttlleries, when the di-
rectory gives it six, and they give nine brew
cries, when almost any lover Of lager and OBJ
server Of beer-signs can count sixteen in the
city. These comparisons could be carried to
ancies between the facts, and the figures
c:Yer, but these will suffice for the
present In fact, so imperfect and
unreliable is the report that the
comparisons the Inspectors themselves make II ss
the children enumerated under Il years Of
age have been counted as women. But the
sfrangest thing about the whole affair is
that the report, such us it is, flas been given
shortcomings. It certainly reflects no credit
The Inspectors themselves admit that this
report is
ALMOST vALuELEss IN FOUR OF TIE FIVE
DISTRICTS.
There should BE- added IS per cent to the
NortS pDisS Dstae and fsa' psr cent TO
the Southwest section. In regard to
the small number Of employ6s Tor
G0o, 600 in population the. inspectors say that
their census embraces only those who earn
a living in workshops Or factories by manual
labor. 1t does not include clerks or book
keepers, nor does it include porters or truck
drivers. At the same time it pays no atte1l-
ton to bricklayers, carpenters. laborers, and
the like, whose occupations are carried on
mostly in the open air: For INSTANCE, IN
Field & Letters retail store. where fully
!. .0O0 people are employed, only 200 are of the
class recognized by the Inspectors. In addi-
ton to this fact the Inspectors for the most
part passed over the little shops and devoted
One fact which was demonstrated by the
inspection, which does not appear from the
report, is that
THE SKILLED TRADES =.
are almost entirely in the hallds Of foreign
ers. principally Germans and ScandinaYians.
For instance, ..cabinetrlaklng,, furniture
working, and uphoistering are almost entire
" nluIopolizcd by Germans. The Cigar
makers likewise are almost wholly Germans.
There are but very few apprentices to be
found In any of the shops, and the demand is
of oSSt wq sksdp aoor 0s Aost no hep
can boys are found at work III the skilled
trades. The Gernlars have obtained almost
complete control of the small shop-work,
such as sLloeirlaking, tailoring, dresS'naking,
usually carrieti on at least partially in
the sane dwelling as the home of the opera
tive, Even in essentially Irish and American
localities the Germans were found having al
most exclusive control OF the retail n1ahal-
features and trade. where tile two are COM
biled. The Irish have apparently no strong
fOothold in tile trades. Even in the Fifth
Ward the small shop~work is almost excla-
slycJy done by Germans, the Irish combining
themselves, to plumbing, horsesnoelng, ana
W0EH Ill tI4s tN"S"4A*@. A@oNS%~13
II TIC. only trade where the Americans have
4 majority is printing, i'll the different
branches Of which only onc-fiIth nre for
eigner.. The lithograplers ar. mostly Ter
mans but the engrayers are well divided up.
IN TIE CASE OF FEMALE LABOR
the same startling fact was found to be true,
that American girls have no trades, and are
sent to serve as silop-girls or sales'Somen.
large numbers Df foreign female workers
ar.. found in laullt1ries, t1rcsslnaking AMI
millinery establishments, bintterlgs, feather
tuster factories, paper-box factories, IN the
making of female apparel, corsetS, artificial
flowers. and in reauy-made clothing shops
Thnre Are q few in the sltoe-tactories, cigar
focfories. and establishments fol. canning
naeats. where they do the light work at very
cheap pay. z,,axa, bo tho ;,7cnac.
tion that the First Ward has become the
wnrkhouse s Of the city. The large establish
rnents which need space, such as tanneflcs,
41iani1g-nilis, etc., are located in the outlying
d;strjcfs. where land Is cheap, but tue real
vnrt5 of the city is done in the First ward,
Were whole blocks Of buildings, intended
M mr trat}e only, have been turned into work
shops. The statistics which tae !nspeetoIs rs
1nieht have gathered they did not SEQ nt 70
safher and the additional facts can be only
sE,ined from tho individual Inspectors &c