The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-27
0 'FICIAL STUNNING.
U. 5. Labor Commissioner
Wright's Report on the
BYWays of Big Cities.
MORE MEN THAN WOMEN
Where the Liquor Saloon Comes
ln-Illiterate Phila-
delphia.

w ASHINGTON, July u, 1874. Com
missioner of Labor, Mr. Carol D. Wright
has forwarded to the President his seventh
special report, which relates entirely to th,
slums of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Chicago, being the results of an inves
tigation ordered by Congress. The stun
limits covered by the report are as fol
lows
Baltimore Starting from the harbor
along Chester street to Canton avenue
along Canton avenue to Broadway. along
Broadway to Bank, along Bank to Bond
along Bond to Pratt, along Pratt to Albe
marie, along Albemarle to Stiles. along
Stiles to East Falls avenue, along East Falls
avenue to City Dock, along City Dock to
Lancaster street, along Lancaster to Bond,
and along Bond to the harbor,
Chicaga-Starting from Polk and Halsted
streets. along Halsted street to Taylor, along
Taylor to Newberry avenue, along Newber-
ry avenue to Twelfth, along Twelfth to
State, along State to Polk and along Polk to
Haisted
New York Starting from the corner
Of Centre and Worth, along Worth to
Leonard, along Leonard to Baxter along
baxter to Canal, along Canal to Centre,
along Centre to Hester, along Hester to Null
berry. along Mulberry to Spring, along
Spring to Elizabeth, along Elizabeth to
Canal. along Canal to BowerY, along Bowery
to W orth and along Worth to Centre.
e. Starting from the corner of Broome
and Broadway. along Broadway to East
Houston, along East Houston to Elizabeth,
along Elizabeth to Prince, along Prince to
Marion, along Marion to Spring, along
Spring to Crosby, along Crosby to Broome,
and along Broome to Broadway
Pnila1alrlhia 4 \ Sfartfpty from tha ooppar
of Front and South streets, along South to
Fourth, along Fourth to cambridge, along
Bainbridge to Front and along Front to
South
e. Starting from the corner of South
and Fifth streets, along South to Ronald
cambridge to Eighth along Eighth to
Fitzwater, along Fitzwater to Fallon, along
Fallon to Christian. along Christian
to Eighth, along Eighth 80 Marriott. along
Marriott to Fifth, along Fifth to German.
along German to PasSayunk avenue. along
Passayunk to Bainbridge, along cambridge
to Fifth. and along Fifth to South
The following is brief summary of some
OF the results Of the investigation
CAN BEAT THIS IN JERSEY CITY.
Liquor saloons-In the city of New York
there was, at the time of the Investigation.
one liquor saloon to every 200 persons, but
in the slum district canyassed there was one
in the city at large, thele was one liquor
saloon to every 60 persons, but i'll
the sluru district canyassed. there was one
such saloon to every 592 persons. In
Baltimore, in the city at large, there
was one saloon to every 228 persons, but in
the slum district canvassed there was one
saloon to every 105 persons In Chicago,
in the city at large, there was
one saloon to every PIP persons while in the
district canvassed there was one saloon to
every l27 persons.
iIEH PREDoMINATE III THE sLUMs.
In these calculations frictions have been
dropped
in the slum districts canvassed with that of
the whole city, it is found that in
each case the males predominate to
greater extent in the slum dis
tficts. In Baltimore, in the city at large,
Al. A per cent of the population are males,
while in the slum district selected the
males constitute 49.S4 per cent. of
the population. In Chicago the differ
ence is between 51.eS per cent. for the whole
city and 1898 per cent. for the slum
district. In New York the difference is be-
tween 49. "a per cent. for the whole city and
81. 81 per cent. for the slums. In Philadcl-
phia it is between As. 50 per cent. for the city
at large and 53.4S per cent. for the slum dis.
trict.
FOREIGNERS LIKE THE SLUMS.
Native and foreign born. The total
foreign born in the city of Baltimore is 1888
per cent. of the total population, but in the
SUM district canvassed it is 40.22 per
cent; in Chicago the total foreign
born in the city at large con.
while in the slum district it is 57.51 per cent;
in New York the foreign born is AZ. %
per cent of the total popula tion
while III the slum district it is 62.55
per cent, and in Philadelphia the
foreign-born constitutes 25.74 per cent. of
the total population and 60.43 per cent. of
the SUM population These figures show
conclusively that the pre- portion Of foreign
born persons in the slums of each city is
very largely in excess cf the proportion for
the whole population
This excess is in Baltimore, 4.30 per cent;
IN Chicago. 1858 per cent: in New York,
20 80, ana in Philadelphia, 3471
to nationality are brought out
ont as to each of the cities investigated in
the tables and the text preceding them and
constitute one of the most interesting
features of the report.
FACTS ABOUT THE ILLITERATE FOLK.
Illiteracy-In the whole City of Baltimore
the illinerates constituted 9.l7 per cent. of
the native born population in 12.41 per
cent of the foreign born, the per
C ntage for both being 9.79 In
tue slnm dstrscts of that city 8.13
er cent. OF the native born and 30.62 per
cent. of the foreign born are illiterate,
while the percentage for both is 1850. In
the city of Chicago at large the litter
es constitute O.s1 per cent. of the
native born population ami $50 perascent.
III the foreign born, the percentage for both
being 4.63; but in the slum district cam
vasseG 5 "a per cent. of the native born per-
sons are illiterate and 1886 per cent of
the foreign born. the percentage for
percentage of lIiiterates is /. .16 for the en-
tire native born population and 14.e6 for
the foreign born, the percentage for both
being 7.59, while for the sluin population
the percentage of native born who are
illiteTates is 7.20, and the foreign
born 57.09, the percentage for both being
46 81 Philadelphia shows nearly as large
o proportion of illiterarates in the
slum districts as New York, the figures for
the whole population showing that 21S
per cent. OF all native born persons
are illitsrate and l1.2g of foreign born, the
united percentage being 4.97. In the slunl
districts OF Philadelphia, however, 3.44 per
cent of the native born persons and 1851
per cent. of the foreign born are illiterate,
the percentage for the two classes being
B707.
Voters-In the city of Baltimore 2013
per cent. of all the voters of the city are
foreign born, but in the slum districts can
vassed 44.04 per cent. OF the voters are
foreign born. The variation in Chicago
is not SO great, the foreign
born voters of the whole city being 50.62
per cent, and in the slum district can
rassed 6l3l OF the whole number of
,se.sws in New York City 40 SO per cent. are