Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-01
wORIGING-WOHET.
what the COmmisstoner OF Labor
saYs of Them.


WAsHINGrON. ID. e., January 3l.-Carrol
d. Wright. Commissioner II the Depart
ment Of Labor. to-day submitted 10 ;he Sec
retafy of the Interior his fourth annual rr-
port, winch deals exclusively with The sub
| iect of working Women in the Great
Cities"
Commissioner Wright in his Introduction
SAWS thai the object Of the investigation now
| under consideration was 10 secure infOrma-
ton relative TO The condition Of
| the wofking.wOmen IN our great
cities BY worklngwomen i meant that
| class Of women who earn their living
| in occupations calling for manual Ia
! Dor. The professional and semi.prOfessionai
caiings like those OF teaching. sfenOgraphY,
! tvpewriting, telegraphY. Sc, have not As 4
rule becu recognized in The inye'tigation.
| Those women who work In the great city
| sleeps upon light manual or mechanical labor
! ana IN stores are the ones that we recognize
under the popular term working-women.
The study comprehends 3i2 distinct indus
tries and relates 10 TWENTY-FIVE different
cities, a. follows: Atlanta. Ca; Baltimore.
Md; Boston, Mass; Brooklyn, y. Y;
Charleston, :. c.; Chicago, Ill.,; Cincinnati,
TO-: Cleveland, o.: indianapolis. Ind;
Louisville. Ky; Newark, y. j.; New or
leans, la. New York, y. y, Philadelphia,
Pa Providence, Il. l.; Richmond, Va;
San Francisco, CAL; san Jose. Cal; -
Louis. Mo-; II. Paul, Mimi. savannah,
Ga. These twcnty-tHo cities must be con-
sidered as thoroughly representative 80 far
a> locality is to be taken into account.
The department has not sought. he says.
10 secure information relating 10 any par.
ticular clssS like those employed III the very
lowest forms Of work and living IN the
slumS OF elites. nor on the other hand 70
those engaged IT. what might be called me
highest forms o. labor ana living IN style
that would take them ont OF the class OF
WOrkinu-Womeu, but great representative
employment agencies have been considered
and tue grade OF women that should be rep
resented within these employmenis.
The repOrl shows that the wOrkine-women
IN the great cities are Lractica ~ girls whose
average age in all cities comprehended Is -
wears and months. The highest average
i found In Charleston, :. C.-2j wears and
month. The lowest average !, II. PAUL
yesrs and months. lt Is found, however,
ihst concentration is the greatest al the age
OF Is.
The average weekly earnings by cities il
given as follows: Atlanta, Sl.05; Baltimore,
S4lS; Boston. Sj.64; BROOKLYN. - 70;
ButT do. S4.21; Charleston, S4.2S; Chicago.
1914; Cmcnpaiti. $500: Cleveland, s4.G3;
Indianapolis, S4.G7; Louisville. SL5l;
Newark, Is. 10; New Orleans, Si.3i; New
York, Sj.S5; Philadelpha. 1874; Proyi-
dence, S5.51; Richmond, 1928: II. Louis,
S5.l9; ST. Paul. $500; san Francisco, S69l;
an Jose, S6 IL; savannah, S4.99; all cities,
1924.
The report covers $40 industries 10 which
are employed l7,421 women.
Al. afnF - rN4FLH
ING. women the Commissioner among other
things saws: E. From all that can be learned
we need not hesitate in asserting that the
working>women OF this country are as hon.
ct and as yirtuous Is any other class OF our
citiZens,N