IMMIGRANTS IN INDUSTRIES. BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURING. This report, which was prepared under the direction of the Commission by W. Jett Lauck, superintendent of agents, forms part of the general report of the Immigration Commission on immigrants in industries. 204 BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURING. CONTENTS. PART I.-GENERAL SURVEY OF THE BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURING History of immigration.... 225 Racial classification of employees at the present time.. Period of residence in the United States of foreign-born employees and members of their households.... CHAPTER III.-Economic status: 227 234 Industrial condition abroad of members of immigrant households studied.. 241 244 General occupation of males at the present time, in the households studied. 246 247 248 249 Relation between period of residence and earning ability. 255 258 Annual earnings of males 18 years of age or over in the households studied. 260 Annual earnings of females 18 years of age or over in the households studied. 261 262 Wives at work..... 263 Relation between the earnings of husbands and the practice of wives of Age classification of employees and members of their households. History of immigration... PART II.-THE BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN Employees for whom information was secured....... Representative boot and shoe manufacturing communities... CHAPTER II.-Racial displacements: Period of residence in the United States of foreign-born employees. Page. 325 326 327 327 Racial classification of employees at the present time... 329 CHAPTER III.-Economic status: Principal occupation of immigrant employees before coming to the United 333 Members of households for whom detailed information was secured. 362 365 CHAPTER VII.-Racial displacements: History of immigration.. 367 Period of residence in the United States of foreign-born employees and members of their households... 368 Racial classification of employees at the present time. CHAPTER VIII.-Economic status: Industrial condition abroad of members of immigrant households studied. 371 373 376 General occupation of males at the present time, in the households studied. Relation between period of residence and earning ability. 384 384 Annual earnings of males 18 years of age or over in the households studied. 386 Annual earnings of females 18 years of age or over in the households studied. 387 388 Wives at work.... 389 Relation between the earnings of husbands and the practice of wives of |