OCCUPATIONS OF OUR WAGE EARNERS. Population at Least 10 Years of Age Engaged in Gainful Occupations, Classified by Sex and Specified Occupations, 1890 and 1900. Agricultural laborers Dairymen and dairywomen.. Farmers, planters and overseers.... Stock raisers, herders and drovers. Other agricultural pursuits 3,004,061 3,747,668 17,895 9,983 892 10,875 5,281,557 5,367,169 72,601 58,928 2,860 61,788 65,866 72,020 70,729 83,056 1,932 84,988 * 24,737 113 36,075 5,287 243 5,530 *Turpentine farmers and laborers included in other agricultural pursuits. Electricians included in engineers (civil, etc.) and surveyors. Includes officials of mining and quarrying companies (number not stated), classified in 1900 with manufacturers and officials under "Manufacturing and mechanical pursuits." Includes electric light and power company employees (number not stated), classified in 1900 under "Manufacturing and mechanical pursuits." Includes door, sash and blind makers. Includes piano and organ tuners (number not stated), classified in 1900 under "Other miscellaneous industries." §Brass molders included under "Iron and steel workers." Includes carpet (rag) makers. $Includes textile mill operatives (not otherwise specified), and also mill and factory hands for whom the specific branch of industry was not reported. Carpet (rag) makers included with factory operatives. Officials of mining and quarrying companies included with officials of banks and companies under "Trade and transportation." **Electric light and power company employees included with telegraph and telephone linemen under "Trade and transportation," and piano and organ tuners included with piano and organ makers, classified in 1900 under "Other woodworkers." No nation has ever prospered as we are prospering now, and we must see to it that by our folly we do not mar this prosperity.-President Roosevelt at Union League banquet, Philadelphia, Pa., November 22, 1902. The nation has appreciated the valor and patriotism of the black men of the United States. They not only fought in Cuba, but in the Philippines, and they are still carrying the flag as the symbol of liberty and hope to an oppressed people. -President McKinley to colored citizens, at Chicago, Oct. 8, 1899. At all hazards, and no matter what else is sought for or accomplished by changes of the tariff, the American workingman must be protected in his standard of wages-that is, in his standard of living-and must be secured the fullest opportunity of employment.-President Roosevelt at Logansport, Ind., September, 1902. This is not and never shall be a government of a plutocracy; it is not and never shall be a government by a mob. It is, as it has been and as it will be, a government in which every honest man, every decent man, be he employer or employed, wage-worker, mechanic, banker, lawyer, farmer, be he who he may, if he acts squarely and fairly, if he does his duty by his neighbor and the State, receives the full protection of the law and is given amplest chance to exercise the ability that there is within him, alone or in combination with his fellows, as he desires.-President Roosevelt at Butte, Mont., May 27, 1903. 121,537,276 Cars and general shop construction and repairs by steam railroad companies Cars, railroad and street, and repairs, not including establishments operated by steam railroad companies.. Cheese, butter and condensed milk. 1890 4,712 16,624,163 12,601 4,422,101 51,364,574 62,686,043 1900 9,355 36,508,015 12,865 6,170,670 109,151,205 131,199,277 Chemicals 1890 563 55,032,452 15,038 7,308,411 33,694,927 59,352,548 1900 459 89,091,430 19,054 9,401,467 34,564,137 Carpets and rugs, other than rag. 1890 62,676,730 173 28,208,842 28,736 11,122,259 28,644,905 47,770,193 1900 133 44,449,299 28,411 11,121,383 27,228,719 48,192,351 Clothing, men's.. 1890 18,658 182,552,938 217,270 87,714,314 179,425,661 1900 28,014 378,022,815 173,034,543 191,043 79,434,932 197,742,067 Clothing, women's, factory product. 415,256,391 1890 1,224 22,259,528 39,149 15,428,272 34,277,219 68,164,019 1900 2,701 48,431,544 83,739 32,586,101 84,704,592 159,339,539 21,724 7,783,007 31,116,629 55,997,101 1900 4,297 35,155,361 33,583 10,867,687 45,534,153 81,290,543 1900 47 53,063,395 11,324 8,529,021 122,174,129 165,131,670 1890 905 354,020,843 218,876 66,024,538 154,912,979 267,981,724 1900 1,055 467,240,157 302,861 86,689,752 176,551,527 339,200,320 SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL MANUFACTURES, 1890 AND 1900-(continued). ments. -Wage earners.Total Cost of materials used. Dollars. Value of products, including custom work and repairing. Dollars. Average wages. Dollars. number. Dollars. Electrical apparatus and supplies. 1890 189 18,997,337 8,802 4,517,050 8,819,498 19,114,714 1900 580 83,130,943 40,890 20,190,344 Flouring and grist mill products.. 48,916,440 1890 18,470 208,473,500 47,403 18,138,402 434,152,290 91,348,889 513,971,474 1900 25,258 218,714,104 37,073 17,703,418 Foundry and machine shop products.. 475,826,345 560,719,063 1890 6,500 383,257,473 231,331 129,282,263 171,363,925 413,197,118 1900 9,324 665,058,245 350,327 182,232,009 Furniture, including cabinet-making, repairing and upholstering.. 286,357,107 644,990,999 1890 5,973 93,642,147 83,587 40,816,566 55,125,830 135,627,332 1900 7,972 117,982,091 100,018 42,638,810 Gas, illuminating and heating.. 65,499,877 1890 153,168,309 742 258,771,795 12,996 8,499,625 14,037,087 56,987,290 1900 877 567,000,506 Hats and caps, not including wool hats. 22,459 12,436,296 20,605,356 1890 75,716,693 705 13,724,002 25,931 12,650,917 16,160,802 37,311,599 1900 816 25,095,798 31,425 14,144,552 Hosiery and knit goods.. 24,421,052 49,205,667 1890 796 50,607,738 59,588 16,578,119 35,861,585 1900 67,241,013 921 81,860,604 83,387 24,358,627 Iron and steel.. 51,071,859 1890 95,482,566 645 372,678,018 148,715 78,977,900 295,777,843 430,954,348 1900 668 573,391,663 222,490 120,820,276 Iron work, architectural and ornamental. 522,398,932 1890 803,968,273 724 21,968,172 17,158 10,235,701 18,620,510 1900 37,745,294 672 33,062,409 20,646 11,111,226 Lead, smelting and refining. 31,140,636 53,508,179 1900 39 Leather, tanned, curried and finished. 72,148,933 8,319 5,088,684 144,195,163 1890 175,466,304 1,787 98,088,698 42,392 21,249,989 122,946,721 172,136,092 1900 1,306 173,977,421 52,109 22,591,091 Liquors, distilled. 155,000,004 204,038,127 1890 440 31,006,176 4,762 2,246,064 14,909,173 1900 104,197,869 967 32,551,604 3,722 1,733,218 Liquors, malt.. 15,147,784 1890 96,798,443 1,248 232,471,290 30,257 20,713,383 64,003,347 182,731,622 1900 1,509 415,284,468 39,532 25,826,211 51,674,928 Lumber and timber products. 1890 237,269,713 22,607 557,775,327 311,886 87,915,659 242,532,098 437,898,942 1900 Lumber, planing mill products, including sash, doors and blinds. 33,010 611,429,574 283,179 104,563,603 317,832,865 566,621,755 1890 3,670 120,271,440 79,923 42,221,856 104,926,834 183,681,552 1900 4,204 119,271,631 73,627 32,685,210 Marble and stone work.... 99,927,707 1890 168,343,003 3,373 37,115,193 31,728 21,342,623 23,868,904 62,595,762 1900 Masonry, brick and stone.. 6,070 67,509,533 54,370 28,663,241 30,443,297 85,101,591 1890 7,715 54,969,408 110,618 69,311,083 96,207,162 204,165,642 1900 8,333 Oil, cotton seed and cake. Painting and paper hanging. 48,070,239 93,568 53,152,258 87,280,964 203,593,634 1890 119 12,808,996 5,906 1,493,780 14,363,126 19,835,947 1900 369 34,451,461 11,007 3,143,459 45,165,823 58,726,632 1890 10,043 23,135,781 45,336 28,787,331 23,110,359 74,067,998 1900 16,939 27,217,086 59,191 34,822,819 26,304,784 88,396,852 |