The table which immediately follows shows, by sex, the number and percentage of employees of each race for whom information was secured in the Middle West: TABLE 8.-Employees for whom information was secured, by sex and general nativity and race-Middle West. The following table and charts show, by sex, the number and percentage of employees of each race for whom information was secured in both the East and Middle West: TABLE 9.-Employees of each race for whom information was secured, by sex and general nativity and race. Number of male employees for whom information was secured, by general nativity and race. [This chart shows only races represented by 50 or more employees.] PREPARATION OF THE REPORT. In preparing the data for publication all the statistical data, with some exceptions, have been brought together into text tabulations of the industry as a whole without regard to geographical lines. The exceptions are four in number, separate tables having been prepared for the East and the Middle West, showing the racial composition of the operating forces, the period of residence, and the political condition of foreign-born employees. On the other hand, the historical and descriptive material is presented with reference to the geographical distribution of the industry and is designed to be illustratíve or representative of conditions in various sections of the country. |