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