Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-31


census inquiries regarding manu-
featuring conditions in the District
was to determine the number of per-
sons employed on given date by
the various establishments. 1t was
decided by Director Durand that
December 18th would represent a
day of normal or average employ
ment and. so far as practicable. the
data were obtainable with reference
to that date.
It was found that the total num-
Der Of salaried officers and clerks on
December Is, 1909, composed of
1882 males, or 80 per cent, and S27
females, or 20 per cent
There were 172 Officers of corpor-
ations of whom 166, or 81 per cent,
were males and 6, or three per cent,
were females.
The total number Of superintend-
ents and managers was 254, Of
whom males formed 247, or SO per
cent, and females Z, of l per cent.
Among the clerks and stenograph-
ers there was less disparity between
the proportions of males and fe-
males, the whole number employed
being 1888, of whom the males con-
stituted $50, or 73 per cent, and fe-
males 3l4. or 27 per cent.
The salaried employees we're not
classified with reference to age
separation.
The total number of wage-earners
employed on December 18th was
1896 and of this number there were
7017 males. of SO per cent, and S78
females, or II per cent. OF the
1895 wage-earners, there were 1871,
of 81 per cent, who were 16 years
and more of age, and "a, or per
cent, under sixteen years of age.
The male wage-earners, 16 years
and more of age, 6995, formed 80
per cent Of the total for this class
while the females numbered S76, or
IL per cent.
The grand total number of sal
aried employees and wage-earners
was 1904. The salaried employees,
1903, formed only II per cent, and
the wage-earners, 1895, or SO per
cent.
The grand total number of male
salaried employees and wage-earn-
ers, was S299, the salaried males
1882, or Is per cent,
and the wage-earning males, 7O17,
or S5 per cent.
The grand total number of female
salaried employees and wage-earn-
ers was 1905; of which the femaIe
salaried employees formed 327, or
27 per cent; and the female wage
earners, SIS, or 73 per cent.
There were three times as many
women in the wage-earning class as
there were in the salaried class in
the District private manufacturing
'Dicky' Mulligan, the smallest
captain in the United States Navy is
to command the biggest battelshiD.
In normal everyday trim "Dicky's"
is about 1872 pounds.
The displacement of the North Da-
kota is $4,000 tons but the rather
marked difference in size is not at
al disconcerting to "Dicky".
1t isn't proper. by the way. to ad-
iress him as "Dicl1y". 1t is particu-
arly advisable not to hail the ship
rs "Ahoy there, Dicky." Any one
If her ten big guns or twenty-one
smaller ones might be brought to
bear with disastrous results. "Dicky"
is Captain Mulligan, sir,
md it's aye, aye, Sir!" and touch
your visor, If you have one, when
'ou approach. Dick-Captain Null
igan-is a stickler for discipline
md every man abroad the ship must
observe the niceties of naval eti-
Iuette or suffer the consequences.
The North Dakota is the latest of
he battleships to go into commits
ion. Captain Mulligan has been
citing as assistant to the chief of
he Bureau of Navigation and do