Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-03-28
NEARLY 10000
CHILDREN WORK
Household Servants, Errand Run
ners and Clerks Lead In
New York City.
New York. March 1s--rhe psrmsn.n+

-'o~ ioIk, Maroh B.JThe pern ensn+
census nureaus tabulated report which
gives tho number OF children from "A On
IN years old who are working in Now
YORK city, was made public vesterday
Inc report first OF all divides tho cbfldro,
as employed In the occupations havng
more than 1000 workers. then .bosa ON
pioylng between 500 and 1850 next ,bos.
containing between 100 and on no,
thosc from 500 to 1900, next 100 to 5oo a,d
nnoily the occupations having less nm,
l~ WORKERS. The grand total. ACCORDING
70 the report. gives 1882 boys and R,rla
at WORK now. The total IL Divided ,p,o
oo.eO boys and 1852 girls, a difference
OF only l,26s for the boys.
Inc totals for the six divisions In which
MT Chatheld has divided the report are
as roiloWs Occupations having mora
tnan 1000 workers. 44,1GO; moro than
$500 but under 1000, 5000; more TIN,
LOU. 1894; more than 900 slo0. moro
than 100, 1862, and less than 100. 21es
Comparing the children from I, to n
years old with those from 1s m 10 :. 4,
FOUND that there are more IN the olaar
9'o"p' Inc hgures are as follows: i4-lG
Years boys 2S,S7i, total 49, Iii 1913 years.
ooys 4E''47 girls il,055. total SO, sol George
u Nhatneid secretary Of the permanent
cehsus bureau, said that the enurneratora
u'o nov ger the names Of all the children
from Il to l6 years old
PARENTS REFUSE INFORMATION
In many cases" said Mr.. Chatas,d 90,
was found that the parents raf,,eed .,
sive the enumerators all the information
desired. ba oh
Whom working papers were necessary
Naturally where such papers had no,
been obtained the parents were loath to
ta'k' All that the bureaus enumerators
could do in those cases was to renor. %
inc compulsory education bureau names
ana addresses Of the children. It devel-
oped however, that b. the time that the
attendance officers visited most OF the
houses the required WORKING De.Ders had
been taken out With this report. how
ever. as n basis we now have something
tangible to work on, The next tabulatior
naturally will he more complete and con.
sequently more valuable"
The most crowded occupation Of the lot,
the report concerns approximately $40, ls
house~ork and all but two Of the children
80 employed are girls Tho total is 49,.
2Is. between "A and IS years old a boy
employed as a hoseworlIer. who Is In the
younger group, has not completed his frs,
year yet but the other boy Is on his third
year.
Errand boys and girls make up the sec.
ond most crowded occupation There are
1883 boys and l.222 girls, all from "a to Il
years old. employed in such manner.
The total is 1881. The last occupation
which has moro than 1000 workers is that
OF clerk. There are 9,145 boys and o9S,
girls 80 employed. making a total Of L 1871
The grand total for the number OF chill.
dren working in those three occupation:
having more than 1000 workers each Il
416O.
OFFICE BOYS AND GIRLS.
Office boys and girls top the list OF
employing between SEQ and
1000 workers. The total is $3.50. with
1888 boys and Lie girls Next comes
the number of helpers which Mr.. chat
field says is too elastic for accurate figur.
Ing. That term with a few similar ones
will be eliminated from the next report
The report says that there are 1881 boys
and 1870 girls listed as helpers 6.22l in
all. The grand total for occupations hlr-
ing between 500 and 1000 children Is
5000
The third group, which is made up OF
the occupations that employ from 1.cc
to 600 workers, contains 20 modes OF
employment. starting With machine
operators and going down through pack
erp and wrappers, stenosrapners sales
boys and girls. messengers. stock girls
Iva aiS.ars
various kinds of factory workers tele-
phone operators, drivers, printers and
finally tailcrs. The girls lead in the num-
Der OF machine operators, there being
1916 to 22S boys. Two boys are put down
as dressmakers, The grand total of oc-
cupstions having between loo and 5,mc
workers IS .s,49i
The fourth divtsion. which Is composed
Of occupations which hire more than 500
but lsss than Loo children. has only
nina kinds OF Jobs. beginning with enl-
bro!dery workers and continuing through
cash girls and boys. cashiers and book
binders.
VARIETY OF OCCUPATIONS.
The group which follows, that having
from 100 10 so workers per occupation,
contains nearly 60 different positions.
which brings the total number Of chill
dren so employed up to l6.o5-. The
hairdressers head this division, with
total OF 497. Various occupations include
Gather workers. plumbers. electricians.
labeliers. laundry employees. tobacco
workers jewellers. news boys and girls.
carpenters. nurses, hoothlacks. bakers.
musicians. elevator boys. government EN-
ployes. amusement performers, litho-
gra pliers. telesrnphevs, paperhangers.
The last group, which only totals 2,lss
children. has nearly 80 occupations. These
positions are the ones which take less
than 100 workers apiece. Starting with
collectors to the number Of IS boys and
nine girls, this list runs down through
suspender and garter makers. ushers. dip
pers masons. designers. timeteepers.
blacksmiths. compositors philosophers
window dressers. librarians. manicurists'
lampllghters. dentists. Narn,shes con-