The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-23
PEOPLE In The SHOP
STATE LABOR BUREAU COMPLETES
FEATURING ESTABLISHMENTS
CHILD LABOR LOOKED INTO

Every Factory and Work Shop in
the City Thoroughly Investigated
-Four Per Cent of Male Adults
Possess Technical Education
Percentage of Sunday Labor Less
Than Six-Tenths of One Per Cent.
The state labor bureau has just COM
pleted an inspection of the half thousand
manufacturing establishments in the city,
as we'll as the non-manufs curing estab>
lishments, and has compiled some inter
esting statistics from the inspection rec
ords Every factory and workshop OF
any size in the city, where machinery is
located, and where child labor is en-
ployed has been included in the inspec-
ton, which has been very thorough In
all 600 establishments were inspected, Of
which sixty-eight were non-manufactur-
ing and the balance manufacturing. The
concerns covered in the report employ
is, 457 people, which represents pretty fully
the number OF people engaged in manu-
featuring pursuits. OF this number 4l66
are females. The department found as q
result of the inspection that four per cent
of the male adults were possessed Of a
technical education. That is, they had
the advantage Of a scholastic training
along the lines of their calling. 1t is also
found that nine per cent of these en-
ployed in the factories Of st. Paul were
home owners, nine per cent of adults Elf
ployed.
Exclusive of operators on railway lines
the department finds that the percentage
of Sunday labor was less than six-tenths
of one per cent. The department did not
figure in this result the people employed
in bakeries, as in many cases they do not
work on Saturday, but put III their time
on Sunday preparing the supply Of the
early part of the week. The table on
Sunday labor is based on q week of six
days Where another day is given for
rest it is not counted as Sunday labor
The percentage of males in manufacture
ing establishments is II, females "a, and
children under 1G less than siX-tenths of
one per cent. In non-panuGacturing es-
Establishments the pei centage Of child labor
is three per cent, giving for the COM
bined manufacturing and non-manufac-
turing a percentage of one and three
tenths, representing the child labor en-
ployed.
This is a noticeable decrease from the
report made by the bureau of labor
year ago, and speaks for itself for the
conditions which it represents. The totals
are as follows: Number of establish
ments, 54Z; number of employees, 10, !G9.
Total number Of non manufacturing es-
Establishments, e.; total number of en-
al
ing and communicating establish
ments, 500; number of employees, 1S,457.
The number of employees in the various
Industries is as follows:
Manufacturing-FlO mills, IS; foun-
dries, machine and boiler works, 99S; fur
nlture and fixtures, 443 furs and pelts
5O2; gas Wor ks, A; glass manufactures, 81;
grain elevators, Is; harness and leather,
dries, Chinese, 10; laundries, steam, 425;
macaroni, etc, l3; marble, granite and
monuments, II; medicines, %; millinery
manufacturing, l72; miscellaneous, 223;
oils, paints, varnishes, 14S; painting and
decorating, 146; pianos and musical in
Struments, 1873; picture frames and mould
mgS, L; planning mills lumber yards. etc.
262 plumbing and steamtitting, 81; plows
and harrows 80; printing, binding and
ithographing, 1910; railroad shops and
round houses, l, 451; railroad switch yards,
81; rattan and willow works, Il; refrig-
orators IA; shade cloth manufac-
turing, 36; sash and doors, 2S7;
snow case manufacturing, II:
asphalt paving, Go; bakeries, PA bedding.
49, bicycles and sporting goods, I26;
boots and shoes, 1,081; brewing and malt
Ing, 229; brick manufacture, 80; boxes
paper), 81; boxes wood, 127; brooms
Is; brushes, 20; caskets, 422; canning and
preserving, 121; carbonated beverages,
81 carpet cleaning. Il; carpets and rugs,
%; cement, lime and plaster SO; cider
and vinegar, 10; cigar manufacture, 1893;
cleaning and deying, 10; clothing, etc,
manufacture, LOS; coffee, tea, spices,
extracts, etc, SO: confectionery 249: COP
per and brass. So; cooperage, 43; con
tracing, constructions, 125; cordage
binding Irvine, 1907 creamery, Is; electro
dynamo establishments, 81; electric
light heat and power plants
JOB; Electric construction and Plat
Ing, %; engraving and alectrotyping, 90
slaughter and packing houses, $50; soap
manufacturers, 80; stamps and Stencils