Full text: The immigration problem

156 the immigration problem 
relative to adult wage-earners, were collected, infor 
mation was also secured as to the average weekly 
earnings of 13,682 male and 14,803 female industrial 
workers who were fourteen but under eighteen years 
of age. The showing made by the different groups 
was as follows: 
Male 
Total 
Average Amount of 
Number 
Weekly Earnings 
Native-Born of Native Father, White 
4,016 
$6.60 
Native-Born of Foreign Father 
5,687 
6.39 
Foreign-Born 
3,656 
6.26 
Grand Total * 
13,682 
6.42 
* Includes figures for the native-born negro. 
Female 
Total 
Average Amount of 
Number 
Weekly Earnings 
Native-Born of Native Father, White 
3,126 
$5.25 
Native-Born of Foreign Father 
7,244 
5.31 
Foreign-Born 
4,429 
5.85 
Grand Total * 
14,803 
5.46 
* Total includes figures for the native-born 
1 negro. 
In the case of each sex, the earnings of the three 
general nativity groups are about the same, but the 
averages for the females are materially lower than 
those for the males. The male industrial workers be 
tween the ages of fourteen and eighteen years average 
only a little more than one dollar each day, while the 
earnings for the females are even less. 
As regards the earnings of the adult male wage- 
earners, in the principal branches of mining and manu 
facturing, the native wage-earners have their highest 
average weekly earnings, $16.87, in glass-bottle fac 
tories, and their next highest, $16.54, in the iron and
	        
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