The Van Buren press., 1897-03-13
olla wAee-woRRERs.
retail Number OF People Engaged in oc-
ea,stfons of All Kinds.


Much interesting Data about The oc.
repatians Of The American people is
given in bulletin OF the eleventh cen-
sus Just furnished he press
II shows that the total number of peo-
Die engaged in occupations Of ali kinds
in 500 was 22,555,6e1 This is an in
rrtnse Of more than 100000 working
peopIe i'm a decade. This whole number
of working people consists OF those 10
YEARS old on over. and makes up over
30 perT cen. of the entire population and
Utmost n per cent of all persons 10
years old or over.
of the whole number Of working peo-
lie the females form lT.22 per cent.
Divided by classes, the working peo~
Die Of the country are as follows; Ag-
riepltare, fisheries, and mining, 0,93i,-
aae; professional, 944.333; domestieand
personal service. 4360,57i; trade and
transportation. 320,122; manufacturing
and mechanical industries, 5.091 s293.
The domestic and personal service in
cludes hotelkeepeTs, soldiers, sailors
and marines, laberers. BARRIERS, detec-
lives etc. The first-named class has o
len years gain of more than 100000,
or of almost 3,0oo,0oo for score of
years.
Considerably more than foar-fifths OF
The ilIiterate male population OF the
country and over one-foarth of the il
llterate female population are working.
More than 50 per cent of the working
men are married, over. 81 per cent. SIM
pie over 3 per cent. widowed. and one
quarter Of 1 per cent divorced. OF all
foreign whites at work here 4 per cent.
OF the males and IS per cent. Of The
females eannot speak English There
is an element of 50 per cent. OF the men
employed in domestic and personal
service who cannot speak English, and
almost per cent in the manufaetur-
ing and mechanical industries. Manu-
featuring and mechanics embrace the
largest number of females who cannot
speak English, over per cent, witt
domestic service a close second.
In Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut the males engaged in MANI
featuring aud mechanical Industries il
1890 constituted very nearly one=half ol
all men n gainful occupations. In 2
states and territories, including all il
The south central and most of those il
the north central and south Atlantic
divisions. the males engaged in agrieal
ture fisheries. and mining constituted
more than half ofall the working males
Ofthe females at work bv far the great
er proportion were found in domestic
and personal service IN a large majority
Of the states and territories.
In manufactures and mechanics tn
carpenters aud joinere, numbering Gil,
fs2. make mp the greatest element. Will
dressImakefs and milllners following
with $50 $50 There are little owe
1000 600 boolskeepers, clerks and sales
men. 69O.65S merchants and dealers
5,2s1 557 farmers, planters aud over
seers, and 3,0o4,06 agricultural labor
ers. $40. .59s miners, aud onlyalittle owe
90 600 fishermen and oysteTmen.
Professors and teachers, aegregatinl
/ 347.344. form the most numerous of til
professional classes; physicians am
surgeons. 1o4. .505. come next; then law
yers, $1,000; clergymen, s,203; govern
ment officials 70.654; musicians, etc
! G2,155; engineers md surveyors, "A, ,239
I artists aud art teachers %, 496; iour
! nallsts. 1850, and actors, 9,72S.-Ch
/ cauo Tribune.