The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-07-10

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L. 80, ah.,oro I,a.a
Ssh.hf o,,aa 80 an,
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- ~ no should not ha res,raIn-
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~ D..
Ne ahan =, wanna 10 sro,,od
ara. h..r,nn "a ,ha s,hsao,an, nro-
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D., - M,nnaanniis wv -
= : ~ ----Z as.
washington. ID. C.. JuIy. Sat the
f,a,o,, .,. ,,,.-o
, = 800 -
Ss''oo'EzS persons ,en years Vi age
and over engaged In gainfui occupa-
lions in the United States, including
AIaska Hawaii porto R,co and the
military and naval stations abroad.
The g.,nfnI workers Tins formed
Al nar cont q, the total Foundation
700 aoo ts1, o,nmerate5 M that cap.
sps These figures are contained IN
a report IN occupat,ons which has
,ps, baer nubI,sbad NV director viii.
liam 7 Harris of the bureau M
census denar,mant NJ commerce
In Continental IIn,,ed states aIone
the ga,rfui workers. numbered az !.
1e7 ase ,yb,ch was Al Z nor cont NJ
the tota, nonu,at,o, Iat a7o ossl and
"a 2 nar cen, Of the nonnlat,on ten
yoars ~ ago and ovor I7I Eso o7o,
In tho male nonr,at,or The yainsnI
workers numbered soos, 5s4 which
was 60 G nar .an, 80 ~, ,na,os .nd
az No crsn, os,ba ,,,,,ss ton vsars ~
ace and ovsr In An. ,emaIa noru,a,iop
the eaiufuI workers numbered S.o75.
772 which was 1s ner cent of ali
females and % n.- cent of the
females ten wears of age and over
Tbns IN the total nonpjatiop nj the
limited States. over two.sfths of all
narsons considerably over three.
ff,bs NJ Al, the males hut consider.
ab,v loss than ona-sftb of ali the
females we're enpaged I'm pa;nfu, oc.
cupations in 1910; and in the popula.
| ,,nn Co.., ,a.r. =, &C.. .na ovar ,,,oro
than one.ha,f os nj, nersons over
four.3ttbs M the males bp, less than
lone.,ourth of the females were ya,n
fuI,v accounted In other words n,
Ali persons ten wears NJ age and
over an 1910 more than avery otbe,
one had = pa;nful occpnation. of tbs
males over four ont of Ave were
eainful workers. and of the females
almost one ont NJ four was a gain
ful worker
The nronort,on NJ the total popu,a
Itjon engaged IN pa,nfuI occunation,
increased gradually from s47 No,
cant a. Isso % AIs rer cant On ta,a
1.-The increase be,ug least rapid from
1904 IN 1a0o and mos, ranid from
1900 N 1910. OF tho male ponuIa
ton. the nroport,on engaged IN gain
I'm, occpnat,ons increased from s7 ,
per cent IN 1850 IN "a 9 ner cent n
1910 while NJ the female nonulation
1.-The nroportiop incraased during IN,
same nsriod from 1o7 N 10 : ne,
lcent -
rho nronor,,o, n, tho non,,o ,,o,
| ten wars :, age and ovar sneave,
On ga,nt,I ooc,nat,ons ,ncro.soa sro,,
la7 No 80, a. 1oso a. 20
cant IN tato ,ba increase ha,n. Les
rand from 1900 - 1eoo and mas
ran,d from ,ooo e. ,e,e n ,ha mo,,
nonnlat,on ,en yasrs - .sa ga ova,
the nronor,,on sa,ns,I,y occun,ad ~
creased graduaIly from 1877 per cen
| In 1880 to s1.s per cent in 1910
while the proportion of gainful work
ers in the female population te,
years of age and over increased from
l4.7 to 23.4 per cent
In the several states the propor
ton of the population ten years q
age and over engaged in sainfui &C
equations in 1910 ranged from 4s !.
mar cent In Iowa IN ek nar oant .,