Richland beacon., 1885-04-18
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The addition Of all the foreign porI-
lation, however adds more males than
fem les AMI tllpgs the figures -
25.5lS, O0U uales and 24637 ,oO0 fe-
males-a proportion Of lU3 ; TO 100.
Almost all the Southern States hav,
6 nearl V equal number Of each sex.
Ia Mss-achu-elts. the females between
20 aud 30 wears Of age exceed he males
Of iha sane sys by ahoIt $1,000.
In IS cities o. th" Counirv the excess
. Of fcrale. is liS 000, Iuat iliileracv
prevails more among women is due
probably 70 the foreign populItiou.
N"rl u cOh:riba les. ~ pluperi>m.
the proportion b-Iuy 81 900 70 81. 000.
The ra'io OF prison inmates stands
3O6S women 70 "a l90 men. Women
are ~ excess an"ug the Insane. and
tne1 10 excess among he ld!Otlc, The
deaf nu:es acd lie blHi. Ia remark
lug upon Tho increased nun ber of &C
cupatIJus open 10 women. Gen W alker
expressed sorrow TO see ln this liza.
biitv TO celibacy or 10 lack Of homo
lie and influence. TIE prOpoti0n of
women who engage in occupations
outside of the household is smaller in
the Cni.ej STATES than in other cOu1-
trv;blt 10 no country : ;he proportion
Ete number engaged 10 superior indus-
trial occupations eqIa' u that 10 this
cODntcv. Ofthe = 04I 600 IN oCcupa-
tons 59J ,OgD-mO-I 81 them calored
women in The sou hern S.ares-are
engaged ia a.ricIltufs; 63!000-
OF NhOn about oDe-hslf are 10 New
\ Ork, Massachusetis aud Pennsylva-
MIA; are 10 manufacturing 2c2 900 are
miliiners. etc, aud - 000 aae iallor,.
OF the II occupations u0der the head
Of personal service 80 include wo.
men The 525 femsie surgeons of
1870 have Increased 10 Pap; the :
lawyers 10 10, the 65clergy men 20 l65,
The number Of aundries have iucrsa,.
ed from $1,000 to l23 900 aud of the
later los 600 are KEEP, bv women.
This large iuc.ea, showsa gtest
tightening of the 10 ise wife's labor.
OCCUPATIONS OF THE LoP1E.
Perhaps the most important and
significant information presented bv
Gen. Walker is what he SAYS about
the Occu "a ions Of the people of the
United States. The census of 1882
gives the number Of persons engaged
:, n ft1t }
or 47.3I per cent Of total persons
over ten years old. These were ell
gagged IN the four chief lines Of occu-
patton as fellows: Agriculture, =
10000; pro:e sion die and perso1l
services, 4,074, 800; trade and trans
poltation, l,Si0.000; manufacturing
mechanical and mining industries.
3, 3,S31, 900 In 1870 the number en-
gagged in occupations vas L., 2,5o5,00O
Of those in 1850, 2,6f1 900 were
woman. The number of persons over
ten wears of age is 30, 76l .0JO leaving
1880 unacounted for The LITTER
is about equal to the num-
Der attendinr school or PHYSICALLY III
capable Of labor The census shows
sn increase over 1870 Of about 80 per
n population, bat an increase Of 30
per cent Ill the number engaged III
This increase in num-
Der engaged in occupation over the
gain IN populations Is accounted for
Dv the growth of the factory system
The lowest proportion Of population
angagedil occupation is in West
Virginia and Utah, namely. 90 per
,ent, and the highest in Montana
- per cent. The great grain States
Keep down the proportion Of bread
winners IN their boundaries. The
percentage in cotton-srowing States
s higher, owing to the women and
children going to the fields; III manu-
acturinr States the percentage is
higher still, owing to the employ
nent of women and children IN fac
Dries, while i'll the mining States it
) highest of all. Agriculture re-
mains the great occupation of the
'ouutry, nearly one-half II all the
aborers being engaged III that en-
'loyInent The mining population
las increased from l52 O1O in 1870
o 234 600 in 1850. OF oil in occupa-
iouS. 23.4 per cent are IN professional
Ind personal service. which Includes
rom The lawer and judge TO the bar
'er and common drudge There are
,SS9, 600 under the head Of common
aborer The number Of cIergymen
q 1880 was $4,000, agaios, $1,000
q 1870; TIE number Of Lowers 81 900
q 1880 10000 in 1870; the nunber