The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-08-20

| IOEmeu Oo.S per cent OF the total DOpu
lation and 48.9 per cent of the popula
ton 10 years of age and over.
The male gainful workers in 1910 mum
bered ZAP, 175, or 1873 per cent Of al
males 10 years of age and over, as com.
pared with 224,847, or 1876 per cent il
1900. The female gainful workers ir
1910 numbered g., 282, or 81. 8 per cent Of
all females 10 years of age and over, al
compared with 81, $50, or 1876 per cent
in 1900
DISTRIBUTION OF WORKERS..
The 3O5, 457 gainful workers in 1915
were distributed among the main branches
of occupations as follows: Agriculture
| forestry, and animal husbandry, 50. 247.
or 1853 per cent; extraction of minerals,
1856, or O.5 per cent; manufacturing and
mechanical industries, lis, 794, or 81. 9
per cent; transportation, 20, 679, or 6.s
per cent; trade, 26. 275, or Sc per cent;
public service, 1894, or 1.6 per cent
professional service, Is, 123, or 5 pei
cent; domestic and personal service, 29,-
694, or 9.4 per cent; and clerical occupa.
tions, 10,095, or 3 per cent.
SEX OF WORKERS.
Of the gainful workers in 1910, 242,-
It's, or 1913 per cent were males and 3d.
282, or POT per cent females. In agri-
culture, forestry, and animal husbandry,
the males numbered 1853, or &c. per
cent and the females, 1928, or 3.2 per
cent. All persons Q,556) engaged in the
extraction of minerals were males. In
manufacturing and mechanical industries
SO, 343, or 80.6 per cent of the workers
were males and %, 451, or 1874 per cent
females. Males constituted 1854 per
cent of the 20,679 persons engaged in
transportation, S7.4 per cent of the &c.
275 persons engaged in trade, and IS. 5
per cent of the 1894 persons engaged in
public service. In professional service
the females outnumbered the males, the
females numbering S,409, or $50 per
cent IA large proportion being school
teachers,) and the males 6,714, or 44.4
per cent. This was also true of domes-
tic and personal service, where the fe-
males numbered 20,S6S, Of 1877 per cent
and the males only 1881, or 27.3 per
cent. OF the persons pursuing clerical
occupations, 5 449, or 81 per cent, were
COLOR OR RACE OF WORKERS.
Of the 242, ITS gainfully occupied males
in 1910, 160,038 were native whites of
native parentage, 31,SS6 native whites
of foreign or mixed parentage, 40, PSI
foreign-born whites, sol negroes, and
400 other colored. The proportion which
the gainfully occupied males formed of
all the males 10 years of age and over
in each principal class of the population
was: For native whites of native par
entage, 77.9 per cent; for native whites
of foreign or mixed parentage, 7O.3 per
cent; for foreign born whites, 1876 per
cent; and for negroes, 96.9 per cent.
OF the 63,2 82 painfully occupied fe-
males in 1910, SO, 1874 were native whites
of native parentage, II, 62S native whites
of foreign or mixed parentage; 10, 140
foreign-born whites, 206 negroes, and TIA
other colored. The proportion which the
gainfully occupied females formed of all
the females 10 years of age and over in
each principal class of the population
was: For native wfi.es of native par
entage, 1879 per cent; for native whites
of foreign or mixed parentage, 1868 per
cent; for foreign-born whites, 26.4 per
cent; and for negroes, 81 per cent.
AGE OF WORKERS.
The gainfully occupied males in 1910
were distributed according to age periods
as follows: 10 to Is years, 684; IA to Is
years, 3,026; 16 to- 20 years, %, 342; 81
to "A years and age unknown, 1877, 6S3;
and As years and over, S7,440. The pro-
portion which the gainfully occupied
males formed of all males in each age
period was: For those 10 to Is years of
age, 2.7 per cent; for those IA to Is years
of age, % per cent; for those 16 to 20
years of age, Ill per cent; for those 81
to "A years of age, 96.5 per cent-that
is, all but q n en- in every 100 had gainful
occupations; and for those 45 years of
age and over, 84.5 per cent.
The painfully occupied females in 1910
were distributed according to age perio IS
as follows: 10 to 10 years, 172; IA to Is
years, 1,544; 16 to 20 years, IL, 597; 81 to
"A years and age unknown, "a, 1872; and
As years and over, IA, AIT. The proper
ton which the gainfulIy occupied females
formed of all females in each age period
was: Fer those 10 to IS years of age,
OF per cent; for those IA to Is years of
age, 121 per cent; for those l6 to 20
years of age, 80 per cent; for those q
to "A years of age, 27.1 per cent; and
for those As years of age and over, lat
per cent.
NUMBER OF CHILDREN AT WORK.
In Maine in 1910 there were $40
males and l, ZIG females 10 to Is years of
age engaged in gainful occupations; or,
stated otherwise, SO per cent of the
males and As per cent Of the females 10
to Is years of age were gainful work.
ers. In 1900 there were 8, 979 males and
2,O13 females 10 to Is years Of age en-
gagged in gainful occupations, which was
1913 per cent of all males and ST per
cent of all females 10 to Is years of age.
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS IN MAINE.
The principal occupations followed by
the males and the females, respectively,
in Maine in 1910 were as follows:
MALES.
BARRIERS, hairdressers, and manicurists... 1888
Blacksmith .,.,.......... 2,H1
Bookkeepers, cashiers, and accountants. 1867
Brakemen, .......... 725
Brick and stone masons ............ 1,6Os
Builders and building contractors. 500
Captain, masters, mates, and pilots...... LAG
! Carpenters. Observation-Disclosures. 1921
! Clergymen ................ GAG
Clerks Except clerks in stores) .......... 1882
Clerks in stores Observation-Disclosures. 2,542
Commercial travellers. .......... ..... 1929
Deliyerymen. ...................... ! .592
4,,,,,+ors ond ax,rascr,op 600