TABLE 100.-Per cent of foreign-born male employees 18 years of age or over earning eac specified amount per week, by race and length of residence in the United States.* (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. This table include only races with 200 or more males reporting.] earning x. The earning s for all n-born ed rate native Low the born of native shows id $10 }ILITY. lity of n this V race eek of ortion everal ice. This table shows wages or earnings for the period indicated, but no account is taken of voluntary los time or lost time from shutdowns or other causes. In the various tables in this report showing annua earnings allowance is made for time lost during the year. The preceding table shows that 100 per cent of the French Canadian employees who have been in the United States under five years and from five to nine years earn $5 or over per week as contrasted with 99.7 per cent with a residence of ten years or over earning the above amount. The French Canadian employees also show a higher per centage with a residence of under five years earning $7.50 or over per week than those with a residence of from five to nine years, while the latter show a slightly larger proportion earning this amount than those with a residence of ten years or over. The French Canadians show an increase in earning capacity for each following specified amount per week according to the increase in length of residence, except among the employees earning $20 or over. None of the employees of this race who have been in the United States under five years earn $17.50 or over per week, and none with a residence of from five to nine years earn $25 or over per week. The Russian Hebrews also show an increase in earning capacity as length of resi dence increases, and the North Italians exhibit the same tendency. The South Italian employees show a higher percentage in the group having a residence of from five to nine years earning $17.50 or over per week and $20 or over per week than is shown for those having residence of ten years or over earning the same amounts. The Slovak employees also show an increase in earnings according to length of residence, but no employees of this race earning $17.50 or over per week. The following table embodies the same data as the one im preceding, but in a somewhat different form: TABLE 101.-Comparative earnings per week of foreign-born male employe age or over, by race and length of residence in the United States. (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. Thi only races with 200 or more males reporting.] IN UNITED STATES LESS THAN 5 YEARS. *This table shows wages or earnings for the period indicated, but no account is taken of time or lost time from shutdowns or other causes. In the various tables in this report s earnings allowance is made for time lost during the year. The preceding table shows that as a general rule th capacity of the individual increases with the length of res the United States. Among the foreign-born male employees a residence of less than five years or a residence of from fiv years in the United States none earn $25 or over per week. the employees who have been in the United States ten over 1 per cent of the French Canadians earn $25 or over In the group of males who have been in the United States five years, the Russian Hebrew and North Italian show a ably higher per cent earning $17.50 or over per week than t Italian; the French Canadian and Slovak employees show sons earning the above amount. Among the employees been in the United States from five to nine years and ten over the French Canadians show the highest per cent earni or over per week and the Slovaks no persons earning this Among the employees earning $15 or over per week the Canadians and the Russian Hebrews show the highest pr for each period of residence and the Slovaks the lowest, the employees of each race showing an increase in earning capacity according to length of residence in the United States. The same order is observed among the employees earning $10 or over per week. The Slovaks show the highest percentage earning $7.50 or over per week in the group who have been in the United States ten years or over, the Russian Hebrews and North Italians show the highest percentage earning the above amount in the group having a residence from five to nine years, while the French Canadians show 100 per cent earning $7.50 or over per week in the group including employees with a residence of less than five years. .0 tary lost ! annual rning ce in rting nine nong rs or reek, than der ›uth per ave s or 1.50 int. nch ons CHAPTER IV. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS. Literacy-Conjugal condition-Visits abroad-Age classification of employees[Text Tables 102 to 108 and General Tables 62 to 66]. LITERACY. The degree of literacy which prevails among employees of the shoemanufacturing industry in the eastern States is set forth in the table next presented. It shows by sex and general nativity and race the percentage of employees who were able to read, and the percentage who were able to read and write. TABLE 102.-Per cent of employees who read and per cent who read and write, by sex and general nativity and race. (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [This table includes only races with 80 or more persons reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] Number reporting Per cent who read. Per cent who read and write. General nativity and race. Native-born of native father, Native-born of foreign father, Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. 3,025 1,793 4,818 99.9 99.2 99.6 99.9 99.2 99.6 father: |