The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-01-05
SHARP DECLINE IS REPORTED
IN MARYLAND FARM LABOR
Number Falls More Than 30 Per Cent
Since Census of 1910.


Farm occupations in Maryland
have suffered a heavy decline in pop
ularity in the past ten years, as in
dictated in the special census report
on Maryland given for newspaper
publication by the census bureau on
last Thursday. While farmers drop
ped from 1884, in 1910, to 37186,
in 1920, of ? per cent, farm hands de-
clined from 56,657 to 39,453, or 3O.4
per cent. Part of this is due to shift
ing the census date from midwinter
to spring, but it is the most start
ling fact in that report, which deals
entirely with numbers employed in
various occupations.
OF the States total population Of
1,449,661, there were 46G,255 males
and 1928 females over 10 years Of
age employed for pecuniary compen-
sation. OF the women, 1910 classel
themselves as farmers. which was a
decline Of AZ from 1910.
Here are some Of the other occu-
pations in Maryland and the number
engaged in them:
Servants and walters, 6.85g males
and 26,305 females; clerks (except in
stores), 1885 males and s.2s7 fe-
males; retail dealers. 1894 males
and 2,ll7 females statesmen and sales
women, l1,574 males and 6.l69 fc-
males; launderers and laundresses
mot including those employed in
laundries), 253 males and PALS fe-
males; machnists. millwrights and
tool makers, 1926 Gall maIesJ: gen
eral laborers, laborers employed on
buildings and laborers for whom the
line Of work was not specified. H..
249 males and 298 females: soldiers.
sailors and marines. 1860. all males;
stenographers and typewriters. l.I45
males and s,Gl7 females: bookkeaa-
ers, cashiers and accountants. 5.Gts
males and 4l,IOG females; school
teachers, 1882 males and 1854 fa-
males.
The number engaged in certain
professions were: Physician and
surgeons, 2,253 men and 100 women:
lawyers, judges and justices, 2,lOO
men and is women; clergymeu, 2,07q
men and % women; trained nurses IS
men and 2,7s2 women.
Pronounced increase for females
are shown for the following: Clerks
except in stores, from 1898 in 1910
to 8,2S7 in 1920; stenographers and
typists, from 3,l33 to S.6l7: book
keepers, cashiers and accountants.
from 2,22S to 4,1OG; school teachers.
from $3.50 to 1854; clerks in stores.
from ,4G4 to 2,53s. which is supposed
not to include saleswomen. but through
incorrect reporting probably does in
clude number; trained nurses from
1,72l to 2,782. On the other hand,
the number Of dressmakers and seam
stresses, not including those employed
in factories, decreased from lO.8O5 in
l9lO to 4,y49 IN 1920; the number Of
laundresses, not including those en-
ployed in laundries, decreased from
16,189 to 12,418, and the number Of
servants and mattresses decreased
from 80 ,292 to 2G,305.
Changes in some occupations and
the number employed is marked.
Blacksmiths in 10 years have decreas-
ed in number from 300 to 3O2s:
bookkeepers, cashiers and account
ants have increased from 4,274 to S.
GAS; chaufeurs have jumped from
$50 to 6,925; coal miners and dray
men have declined slightly in number
and electricians have increased from
l,S03 TO 4007; fishermen and oyster
men have decreased from 7405 10
z,457; longshoremen have increased
from 2,975 to 1880; machiuists and
toolmabers have increased from 1913
to 1926 Soldiers, sailors and mar
ines in Maryland Increased in 10
years from 1913 to 1860.
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