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proportions of husbands of the more recent immigrant races who report wife abroad range from 46.6 per cent of the Croatians to 11.6 per cent of the Lithuanians, while the proportions of the older immigrant races range from 15.1 per cent of the Germans to 1.6 per cent of the Swedes. Of those husbands who have been in the United States ten years or over and who report wife abroad, the Servians, with 27.6 per cent, show the largest proportion, the lowest proportion so reporting location of wife being shown by the English, who report but 3 per

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It will be seen that, with the exception of the Swedes, the proportion of husbands of each race who report wife abroad decreases as the length of residence of the husband in the United States increases. The Swedes, while showing a much smaller proportion of husbands with a residence of from five to nine than under five years, show a slightly larger proportion of husbands with a residence of ten years or over than of from five to nine years who report wife abroad.

VISITS ABROAD.

A large proportion of recent immigrants from southern and eastern Europe being single men or married men with wives abroad, exhibit a pronounced tendency to move from place to place within this country, according to fluctuations in the demand for labor. In connection with their migratory habits it is also instructive to consider the tendencies exhibited by foreign-born employees to visit their native lands.

TABLE 148.-Visits abroad made by foreign-born male employees, ty years in the United States and race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. This table includes only races with 100 or more males reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.]

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From the data presented in the preceding table it appears that 11.4 per cent of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States under five years have made visits abroad, as compared with 21.6 per cent who have been in the United States from five to nine years and 21.4 per cent of those who have been here ten years or over. Of the employees who have been here less than five years, none of the Bohemians and Moravians, less than 5 per cent of the Finns, Lithuanians, and Welsh, and a larger proportion of the Canadians other than French and North Italians, than of the individuals of any other race have made visits abroad. The proportion of employees with a residence in the United States of five to nine years who have made visits abroad is largest for the Canadians other than French, and smallest for the Lithuanians. The proportion of immigrant employees who have been in this country ten years or longer and who have made one or more visits abroad is largest for the Greeks and Roumanians and smallest for the Poles.

AGE CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES.

The range in ages of the foreign-born employees is also essential to an understanding of the qualities of the immigrant labor supply, and in this connection the following table is submitted, which shows, by general nativity and race, the per cent of male employees within certain age groups:

TABLE 149.-Per cent of male employees within each age group, by general nativity and

race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[This table includes only races with 40 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

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Of the 65,711 male employees included in the preceding table, 49.5 per cent are between 14 and 30 years of age. The employees nativeborn of foreign father leave a larger proportion than the white, nativeborn of native father, and the latter group in turn shows a larger proportion than the foreign-born under 30 years of age. The proportion of iron and steel workers of foreign birth who are from 20 to 30 years of age is largest for the Servians and smallest for the Irish.

The proportion of employees between the ages of 14 and 19 is noticeably large among those of native birth whose fathers were born in Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia, and Sweden.

CHAPTER V.

GENERAL PROGRESS AND ASSIMILATION.

Citizenship-Ability to speak English-[Text Tables 150 to 154 and General Tables 61 to 63].

CITIZENSHIP.

The extent to which the foreign-born iron and steel workers are becoming citizens or taking the preliminary steps toward acquiring citizenship is set forth in the following table, which shows, by race, the present political condition of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States five years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of arrival in this country:

TABLE 150.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States 5 years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming, by race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States.]

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