New-York tribune., 1907-01-25
EXTENT OF CHILD LABOR.
Census Bureau Report GiUes Nam
Der EmpLoyed as 1856, 900.

Washington. Jan. 24-The extent to which child
labor is employed IN the United States is set forth
IN bulletin issued by the Census Bureau to-day.
The statistics presented are for 1900 and relate
the employment Of children breadwinners of
whom L750. 0lG in round numbers. between the ages
OF ten ana fifteen. employed Bread win
ner0 are defined as those earning money regularly
by labor, contributing 10 the family support ap-
preciably assisting in mechanical agricultural
Industry.
BY far the most important occupation for chill
oren Is that ,of agricultural laborers. the number
Of children ten fifteen years old so employed
being lO5i,44s About two-thirds Of the total num-
Der Of child breadwinners were employed on farms
and most Of these children were members Of the
farmers families.
Next In importance comes domestic service or ths
occupations OF servants and walters mattresses,
IN which lSs0S5 children we're employed. most OF
them being girls.
About one-third of the children employed IN
gsiuful occupations were fifteen years old. and
more than one-half were fourteen or fifteen years
old The number under fourteen was 7y0.62s. or
s52 per cent OF the total. OF the total number OF
child breadWinneTs ten fifteen years old 722 per
cent boys and z7.s per cent girls
Almost Invariably the percenLase Of breadwin-
ners Is much greater among foreign born children
Of breaoWinners among Negro children Is much
higher among white chlluTen.
1he cotton mills furnish employment 20 children
70 a greater extent than any other manufacturing
ton mil operatives ten 70 httesn years old was
- the n.e22 messengers and errand and Office
boys ia the United States q per cent were district
ana LeesIaRh @ am ana s sq sT csSt ere
bundle and cash boys or girls- Nine-tenths OF the
children employed IA such service are Boys
The OccupstiOn OF the textile worker, or the nee
Gle lraoes, furnish employment 70 SosVfe chlloEso
Siss were boys and 2s.sSf were girls. The total
humber Of children, ten 70 nfteen yeers o. ess.
l2 Cf the ssSsS glasswoTksrs reported In BOO s.Ses
or l07 per cent, were from ten 20 hftsen years or
Oi the ss.sS7 children for whom statistics were
oomullad ". 96f Ib.s cent, were
fiSiSS q homes with their parents; a.SsO. repre-
tsnting las per cent or ePPFo2-Inste1y -
t7s OF "a per cent with mothers who we're living
apart from their husbands and whose economic
s,uSe9 st S9 @ss S,soS The humber Of chifeTsH thsi
we're either fstherless or were not living wita !,
The sO percsntsse Of school chndrep IN the total
stsd Al he United States was Ss, whicl is only a
s sss5 sas sAs RRsSssa S S ssy
ne nussr Of oheTep& & ten e ea, wes 81
school while the CORES bonding percentage for the
es nn6e of ehdren of That sss ~ me Tsae t
age az which the opportunity for snployInent "a. az
yags ssrners begins their school attendance sui-
IL the families with child bread winnsrs school;
the children fourteen years OF age. aa per cent
soed sna only s ps5 cent @ %srs 70 sf
yssT1 OF age 10 the United States, ~ per cent
Ss a sTssd " sinssrs q ne sans as. included
IN ths tabulation For tne nesssn,.fsTa sna sIa
by Gar the greatest asf5ss sotob % sy the
toasn @o.s 1s ns enshs q II. Gotten Mil
s e yssF o ho.s . sasH
ss I've ss5 s1 Psdssse hss m good ny 4
these children learn 90 read and write after they th..y
ss se s os,r q ass sou R0i sh
e at ss feTs: 70 for he rss ot nell