The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

IOr september OSSA eooAs'AJ - 49, Is,
The ten leading industries in the
average number Of wage earners en-
ployed during the year are:
Foundry and machine shop pro
ducts ...... $3.50. s'o'o
ducts ......... s,s7s
snons Wv 1922
pr,cn ana t,la 1904
o,a,,gh,aring and meat packing. 1865
Printing and publishing ....... 2,lso
Electric light. heat and power 2,O4o
p,,.ton. n.ar, 1905
roh.ccn CIGARS and smoking 1855
80. ,-,r. r,ttor. ,468
The ranking OF the industries en-
ploying the greatest number OF wage
earners for any one month OF the
year is here shown. also the montn
of maximum employment:
Foundry and machine shop pro-
ducts, February 1,ooo
Lumber and planning mill pro-
ducts, August .........3...... o,Soo
Car construction and repair
pr,o,, and Tile August ...... s,o5S
Canning. September ......... 1851
Strengthening and meat packing,
February ...... ......-..... S'ooo
Electric light, heat and power,
August S,oSo
Printing and publishing. Decem-
nsr ...... 2,302
r.,a- generations september 1914
psa-, h,,ttons Anril 1888
The average number OF wage earn
ers employed during the year was
1896 OF whom 39,s73 or s4.5 per
Ecent we're males and 1925 or s16.6 per
cent were females.
| The ten industries employing the
greatest average number OF women
i for the year follows:
Clothing, mems .......... Sso
Tobacco. cigars and smoking -. elo
Confectionery ............. .... OF lo
! Pearl button Do 90
Bread and bakery products %.
| Women's clothing .............. 4ao
Printing and publishing ~
Food preparations ..... o ls
rcosa,pa 257
/
/ Hosiery and knit goods ........ 1So
The high average for the canning
industries is because OF the employ
ment OF Oil women In August ana
/ 1921 IN September. In five industries
the average number OF women wage
learners exceeds that OF the male
! wage-earners. These industries with
the average number Of each sex en-
ployed are: -.
i. Mems clothing-1o0 males. s93S
/ females, -.
2. Tobacco; cigars, etc.-6s5 males
A $40 females.
/ 8. confectionary-41s males, SIS
4 females.
T.. women. clothing-71 males
Il s. Hosiery and knit goods-SO
males, $50 females.
Table III represents the actual EN-
ployment for definite date-Monday
i December 16-by sex Of both ADULTS
ana minors under sixteen years o.
age. The aggregate number Of wage
earners employed on the above date
was 44,795 of whom 44,2s1 or sSs
per cent were adults and b14 or n
liner cent were minors !. under sixteen
!, years. OF the adults 6.s1 Or 1b.z pei
1 cent were females, while the minors
were almost equally divided between
4 males and females. the actual mum
,lbers being males 259. females 255.
The Industries showing the great
lest number Of minor employees or
above date are printing and publish
ling. 70: mems clothing, 40; leather
GOODS. A; tobacco, cigars and smok
Ing and pearl buttons each, 80; con
lfectionary, 81: bread and bakery pro
ducts, SO; food preparations. 26;
slaughtering and meat packing, %;
and canning and preserving, 81.
Table I. Shows the smallest mum
her of wage -earners employed by al
{ OF the industries during the year t.
have been 36,792 and the creates
number 1896. This does not meal
at any one time Of employment fol
t all OF the industries, but Is based
: upon the smallest and greatest mum
> Der employed by each industry a
t some time during the year; for In
g stance the canning industry employ!
the smallest number, 242, in Januar,
I and the greatest number, 1881, II
a September The printing industry EN-
Y ploys the smallest number. 2.o93. II
RI July and the greatest number. 1902
y in December. Manufacturers OF agri
e cultural implements employ the small
lest number. 739, in December ant
elthe greatest number. 993, in March
r The smallest number employed b!
Il the three industries during the yea
r is therefore 3.074 and the creates
!, number is 6.676. The table Is valu
r able to show the required mobility OF
= the part OF the wage-earner in thu
s lesser skilled branches of industry t
a be assured OF some degree OF regtl
). laritv OF employment. and also tina