ABSTRACT OF THE REPORT ON IMMIGRANTS IN MANUFACTURING AND MINING. For the complete report on immigrants in manufacturing and mining see Reports of the Immigration Commission, vols. 6-20. CONTENTS. SCOPE AND METHOD OF THE INVESTIGATION. Page. Geographical extent of the investigation.... 293 The principal branches of mining and manufacturing studied. 293 294 Racial composition of the operating forces of 16 selected industries Racial composition of operating forces of mines and manufacturing establishments at present time.. 320 335 Period of residence in the United States of foreign-born employees and members of their households..... 348 Industrial condition abroad of members of immigrant households studied.. 357 361 Principal occupation in this country at the present time of industrial workers Average weekly earnings according to general nativity and race of employee.. Average daily earnings according to industry and general nativity and race of Average daily earnings according to industry and general nativity of employee. Average hourly earnings in the slaughtering and meat-packing industry, according to general nativity and race of employee... 363 366 370 374 379 383 396 401 403 Annual earnings of male heads of families.... Annual earnings of male wage-earners in the households studied. Page. 405 407 409 Annual family income... Sources of family income. The immigrant and organized labor.. Rent in its relation to standard of living. Boarders and lodgers Size of apartments.. 412 413 417 419 422 426 Size of households.. Conjugal condition.. Visits abroad.. 428 430 438 447 461 Age classification of industrial workers. Ownership of homes.. Status of children in the households studied 463 467 470 474 484 Conditions which made possible the extensive employment of recent immi Effect of the competition of recent immigrants upon native Americans and New England cotton mills ... Woolen and worsted goods manufacturing establishments. Clothing manufacturing industry.. Boot and shoe manufacturing establishments.. Glass manufacturing. Oil refining industry.. Silk goods manufacturing industry.. Leather tanning, currying, and finishing. Effect of the employment of recent immigrants upon labor organizations. Labor organizations in the cotton goods manufacturing industry.. Effect of the employment of recent immigrants upon industrial organization Effect of the employment of recent immigrants upon working relations 507 512 516 517 519 527 529 529 530 532 537 538 540 540 541 LIST OF TABLES. TABLE 1. Number of households and wage-earners studied.... 294 2. Households studied, by general nativity and race of head of house- 316 3. Persons in households studied and persons for whom detailed infor- 317 318 4. Sex of persons for whom detailed information was secured, by gen- 320-322 |