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smelting, iron and steel manufacturing, iron-ore min
ing, slaughtering and meat packing, bituminous coal
mining, leather manufacturing and oil refining. The
Cuban and Spanish races are almost exclusively wage-
earners in cigar and tobacco factories. The Danish
appear in the greatest number in collar and cuff manu
facture. By far the largest proportions of the Dutch
are employed in furniture factories, a considerable
percentage also being found in silk dyeing and silk
goods manufacturing establishments. The English
and German wage-earners appear among the working
forces of all the principal branches of industry, the
largest proportions of the former race being engaged
in the manufacture of gloves, woolen and worsted
goods, copper mining and smelting, and the manufac
ture of cotton goods, while the Germans have the
largest numbers in sugar refining, silk dyeing, leather
manufacturing and in the manufacture of agricultural
implements and vehicles. The Finns are chiefly em
ployed in copper mining and smelting and in iron-ore
mining on the Minnesota and Michigan ranges. The
Greek race shows the largest number of representatives
in leather and cotton goods manufacturing and in rail
road and other construction work. Hebrews have by
far the largest proportions engaged in making cloth
ing. Relatively large numbers of this race are also
found in glove and shoe factories.
North and South Italians are most extensively em
ployed in silk dyeing, railroad and other construction
work, iron-ore mining, bituminous coal mining and in
clothing manufacturing. Larger or smaller propor
tions of Lithuanians appear in practically all of the
principal branches of industry, the highest percentages
of wage-earners of this race being engaged in sugar