while the proportion having this period of residence is larger in Baltimore than in New York City.

Where the period of residence in the United States is under twenty years all of the races except South Italian and Polish show a higher per cent of employees who have been in this country for the above specified time in Chicago than in Baltimore and New York City. The Poles show a higher per cent in New York City than in Chicago and a slightly higher per cent of South Italians are reported in Baltimore than in Chicago. Russian Hebrews, North Italians, South Italians, and Lithuanians show a higher per cent with a residence of under twenty years in Baltimore than in New York City.

RACIAL CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AT THE PRESENT TIME.

The following table shows the number and per cent of employees of each race for whom information was secured, by sex:

TABLE 12.-Employees for whom information was secured by sex and general nativity

and race.

TABLE 12.-Employees for whom information was secured by sex and general nativity and race- -Continued.

Of the employees for whom information was secured 3.7 per cent of the males and 7.1 per cent of the females are native-born of native father, 13.7 per cent of the males and 32.9 per cent of the females are native-born of foreign father, and 82.5 per cent of the males and 59.9 per cent of the females are foreign-born.

Among the native-born of foreign father, employees whose fathers were born in Germany show the largest proportion, which is 10 per cent of the total number of employees. Employees whose fathers were born in Austria-Hungary show the next highest per cent. Employees whose fathers were born in Russia, Ireland, and Italy show between 1.1 per cent and 2.8 per cent, while employees whose fathers were born in other specified countries show less than 1 per cent of the total number from whom information was secured. Among employees of foreign birth the Russian Hebrews show 18.6 per cent, of the total number of employees. The South Italians show 14.4 per cent, the Hebrews other than Russian, the Poles, and the North Italians show over 5 per cent, while all other specified races show less than this percentage of the total number from whom information was secured.

TABLE 13.-Race of employees for whom information was secured, by locality and by sex; per cent distribution.

TABLE 13.-Race of employees for whom information was secured, by locality and by sex; per cent distribution-Continued.

TABLE 13.-Race of employees for whom information was secured, by locality and by sex; per cent distribution-Continued.