TABLE 23.-Number of male employees of each age or within each age group, by general nativity and race.

TABLE 24.-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 and length of residence.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

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

TABLE 25.-Ability to speak English of foreign-born male employees, by age at time of coming to the United States and race.

TABLE 26.-Ability to speak English of foreign-born male employees, by 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 non-English-speaking races.]

III.-RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION IN THE WEST.

TABLE 27.—Total number of male employees for whom information was secured, by

general nativity and race.