The Jersey City news., 1904-12-17

In New Jersey 1929 per cent. of the
families who own homes that are encum-
bered did not make any payments on the
principal, sum- while COIL per cent. of
such people in New Jersey did make pay
ments on the principal. In Connecticut
1851 per cents. did not make any pay
ments on tbegh principal and only 24.39
per cent. didareduce the principal sum.
In New York State 3d. As per cent made
payments on the principal sum, and 1854
per cent. did notgq In Iowa so per cent.
of such faniliesupaid on the principal
sum, while 30 per cent. did not. New
Jersey ranks above the average for the
entire country, (Which is 5S.5S per cent.
who did pay on the principal sum, and
Al. ~ per cent. who did not pay.
The per cent. of families the heads Of
which are foreign, who live in rented
homes in the United States, is 1871 per
cent. and 24.29 per cent who own their
homes. Less Italians own their homes
than any other class of foreigners, and
more. foreigners from the Netherlands
own their homes. than any other class,
the percentage being for Italy 1l.72 and
for the Netherlands 46.15.
In New Jerseys-639 native families
were investigated, the heads of 626 of
| these families being at work, twenty.six
! Of the wives of these families being at
work for wages also, and there were thir-
| teen of the families investigated without
husbands and ten without wives. There
We're also 3555 foreign families inyestigat-
ed i'll New Jersey, the Irish outnumber-
! ing any other foreigners and the Ger
mans coming next the English third, with
respectively 126@families, ninety and for
| ty-eight. The heads of $50 of these for
eign families aregat work, two are idle
and nine of the wives of these families
are at work and three of them are with
out husbands and fifteen without wives.
In the number Of American families
| investigated asfduoted above, eighty-one
of them had is107 children at work for
wages and zig of these families had 1903
children at Isclleoi and 342Yof these FAM
lilies had COS children at home, nearly all
of the latter number being TOO young to
attend school.
| OF the foreign~familiess investigated in
New jersey. seventy had 106 children at
work, las had 321 children at school and
204 had 1868 children at home. 1t will be
seen that the foreigners in New Jersey
have greater percentage of children at
/ work than the Americans and they also
have a greater percentage at home. The
figures for these New Jersey families are:
! American children at work, 1.a32 per
cent; foreign,s2.1 17;;tAmerican children at
home. 156 per cent; foreign, 1.s0 per
cent.
OF these as9 Amsdaean families in New
Jersey, 15.02Sper cent. of them keep 155
boarders to assist in theshousehold work
OF the 355 foreign families investigated
in New Jersey. 21.41 per cent of them
keep 13S boarders and 1.13 per cent. of
/ them four servants.l 1t should be borne
in mind that these families are of the
lswofking class as noted above
The famiHfs efyNew Jersey applied
20os per ceiif. Of their total expenditures
for rent. 4.21 per cent. for fuel. .33 per
cent. for ligluing, l4.7sh per cent. for
clothing. 1873 per cent for sundries,
making total of 1920 per cent. the re-
maiuder, or 1880 Per cent. having been
expended for food The per cent. Of the
income of these families expended
amounted 10 so.ss' II Sew York this
same class Of families expended 97.72
per cent. Of their income for living ex-
penses. Ii MaFylaIId and Tennessee the
people investigated who work for wages
expended little more than tIiey earned
for living eSpenSes The average for an
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