Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
WORKERS IN VERMONT
NUMBERED 144,O89
Agriculture and Allied Industries Led with
1859, or 34.4 per Cent-Figures from Re-
port on Occupations Just Issued by Gen.
sus Bureau at Washington.

the gainfully occupied males formed
Of all males in each age period was:
For those 10 to 10 years of age, 80
per cent; for those IA to Is years Of
age, 237 per cent; for those 16 to 30
years of age, 1876 per cent; for those
81 to A years Of age, 95.2 per cent
that Is, all but 8 men in every 100 had
ganful occupations; and for those a.
years Of age and over s2s per cent
Tho gainfuly occupied females In
1910 were distributed according to age
periods as follows: 10 to 13 years, 9s
Ia to IS years, $50; Is to 20 years.
$500; 81 to AZ years, and are unknown
1914; and As years and over. 5000
Tho proportion which the gainfully
occupied females formed of all fe-
males In each age period was For
those 10 to 13 years of age, 0.5 per
cent; for those IA to Is years of age,
81 per cent. for those 16 to 20 years
OF age, 37.7 per cent; for those 81 tc
~ years of age. 25.2 per cent; and
for those As years Of age and over,
IA per cent.
NUMBER OF CHILDREN AT WORK.
In Vermont in 1910 there were j, 967
! males and sos females 10 to Is years
OF age engaged In Rainful occupations;
or, stated otherwise, 1913 per cent of
the males and 80 per cent of the
females 10 to Is years of age were
galnful workers In 1900 there were
2,17O males and 900 females 10 to Is
years of age engaged in gainful &C.
equations, which was III per cent. OF
all males and per cent. of all fe-
! males 10 to Is years Of age.
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS IN YER
MONT
The principal occupations followed by
the males and the females. respectively.
in Vermont in 1910 were as follows:
MALES.
Apprentices. 341; BARRIERS, halrdress ers
and manicurists, 574: blacksmiths. 46s
| bookkeepers, cashiers and accountants
66l; brakemen 400; brick and stone
masons, 631; builders and building con.
tractors, 367; carpenters. 1924 clergymen
$50; clerks Except clerks in storez), .2s5
clerks in stores, 75s; commercial travellers
sos: dairy farmers. 2791; dellverymen. 5l3;
draymen teamsters and expressmen,
1.S20; electricians and electrical engineer
, S51; engineers stationary 719; farm
laborers, 2o02o; farmers 23,377; foremet
and overseers manufacturing. 653
| hostlers and stable hands 325; insurance
! agents and officials, 343. Laborers: Cen
eral and not specified. 1853; marble and
stone yards, So; road and street build
Ing and repairing. S2: saw and planning
mills, 2,1S1; steam railroad, 1.075: lawyers.
] Judges and justices. $50; locomotive en-
CHEERS 34S; umbermen. raftsmen and
woodchoppers. 7a4 machinists and mill
wrights, 2,21l; mall carriers, 4s3; man
ayers and superintendents (manufactur-
ing). 479: manufacturers and officials,
1,492; molders, founders and casters dron).
4o1 painters, GLACIERS and varnshers
! Cbuilding). 1903: physicians and surgeons.
| 700: plumbers and gas and steam filters.
472: quarry operatives, 2,2l9; retail deal
ers, 400; statesmen (storesl 1.SS6; saw
yers CSC. Semiskilled operatives: Furni-
| ture. piano, and organ factories. 552
marble and stone yards. Lag paper and
pulp mills 1876; saw and planning mills,
AZ: wooden and worsted mills. SSl; SER
wants, 700; soldiers. sailors and marines.
500; stonecutters 3,7i6; teachers (schooD,
$50
FEMALES.
Boarding and lodging house keepers,
SG9: bookkecpers cashiers and account
ants 6a5: clerks Except clerks in stores)
POI; dressmakers and seamstresses mot
in factory, l.SG2; farm laborers, 2S1;
farmers and dairy farmers, l065; house
keepers and stewardesses, l,795; laun'
dresses mot In laundry, 1855; midwives
and nurses mot trained, TAP: milliners
and millinery dealers. 597; musicians and