the tabulation of police records for the year ending December 31, 1908, as submitted below, does not accurately show the frequency with which each race appears in the police court. Many of the persons recorded as Americans are the immediate descendants of other races, although probably born in the United States.

CRIME RECORD IN COMMUNITY C, BY RACE, 1908.

TABLE 204.-Arrests during the year ending December 31, 1908, by race and offense charged.

TABLE 205.—Arrests of persons under 21 years of age, year ending December 31, 1908, by race and offense charged.

CHAPTER VII.

GENERAL PROGRESS AND ASSIMILATION.

Ownership of homes-Investments-Status of children in the households studiedCitizenship-Fraternal and other organizations-Ability to speak English-Progress of immigrants—Immigrants in street trades-Immigrants in business-Immigrants in the professions-Churches-Libraries-Americanization-[Text Tables 206 to 214 and General Tables 162 to 167].

OWNERSHIP OF HOMES.

The accumulation of property is not only an indication of thrift on the part of the owner, but, where the owner is person of foreign birth, it also exhibits a tendency toward permanent settlement. In this connection the following table is submitted, showing the number and percentage of families owning home, by general nativity and race of head of family.

TABLE 206.-Number and per cent of families owning home, by general nativity and race of head of family.

Of 735 families shown in the above table, 21.2 per cent own homes. The families the heads of which are native-born of foreign father show 22.6 per cent owning homes, closely followed by the families the heads of which are foreign-born and those whose heads are native whites born of native father which follow in the order named. Of the families the heads of which are of foreign-birth those whose heads are Germans show 45.2 per cent owning homes. The families the heads of which are Lithuanians and Swedes show 33.7 per cent and 29.7 per cent respectively, while the families whose heads are of

other specified races show considerably smaller proportions owning homes.

INVESTMENTS.

No definite information regarding the amount of money sent abroad by the various races could be obtained. The records of the international money orders sent through the post-office of the city for the year ending November 30, 1908, have been examined and the amount thus sent to each foreign country is shown in the following statement. But these records do not show the race of the sender, and the post-office is but one of the agencies employed for sending money abroad; how much was sent through banks, foreign exchange agencies, and steamship agencies, could not be ascertained.

Money sent abroad through the Community C post-office during the year ending November

30, 1908.

STATUS OF CHILDREN IN THE HOUSEHOLDS STUDIED.

The tables next presented are instructive as indicating the tendency on the part of children in the families studied to attend school or begin work when working age is reached. The first table shows, by general nativity and race of individual, the percentage of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work.

TABLE 207.-Per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work, by sex and general nativity and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

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

TABLE 207-Per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work, by sex and general nativity and race of individual-Continued.

Of 612 children 6 and under 16 years of age shown in the preceding table, 5.2 per cent are at home, 89.2 per cent are at school, and 5.6 per cent are at work. The children of foreign birth show the highest percentage at home, followed by those who are native-born of foreign father and those who are native whites born of native father in the order named. The children who are native whites born of native father show the highest percentage at school, followed by the children native-born of foreign father and those who are foreign-born in smaller proportions. The foreign-born children exhibit a very much higher percentage who are at work than do the children who are native-born of foreign father, and the children who are native whites born of native father which follow in the order named.

Of the children who are native-born of foreign father, those of Polish parentage show the highest percentage and those whose parents are Slovaks the lowest percentage at home. The children whose fathers are Slovaks show the highest percentage and those whose fathers are Poles the lowest percentage who are at school. The children whose fathers were born in Germany show the highest percentage and those whose fathers are Poles the lowest percentage who are at work.

The female children show a somewhat higher percentage at home and at school than do the male children, while the proportion of male children who are at work is somewhat larger than that of the female children who are at work.