Among the foreign-born it will be seen that, with the exception of the Croatian families, 27.5 per cent of whom have entire income from husband, the largest proportion of families of each race have entire income from this source. On the other hand, the largest proportion of Croatian families have entire income from husband and boarders or lodgers, while the smallest proportion, or 8 per cent, having entire income from this source is shown by the English, who show a proportion only slightly below that of the Swedish families. No Croatian or Slovenian and only 2.3 per cent of the Finnish families, as compared with 16 per cent of the English and 11.6 per cent of the Swedish, have entire income from husband and children. From sources not specified the proportion of Swedish families having entire income is considerably in excess of that shown by the English or Croatian families in the order named. The Swedish families alone show a very small proportion, or 2.3 per cent, having entire income from children and boarders or lodgers.

RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FAMILY INCOME.

The table next presented shows, by general nativity and race of head of family, the percentage of total annual income from husband, wife, children, boarders or lodgers, and other sources in the households studied.

TABLE 37.-Per cent of total family income within the year from husband, wife, children, boarders or lodgers, and other sources, by general nativity and race of head of family.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more families reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

The study of the 231 families in this industry discloses the fact that 71 per cent of the total income is derived from earnings of husband, 23.6 per cent from the payments of boarders or lodgers, 4.7 per cent from the contributions of children, and 0.7 per cent from sources not specified. The income of the foreign-born, it will be noted, is received from each source in almost the same proportion as is shown in the total for all families. On the other hand, the native-born of native father, white, receive 96.8 per cent, a considerably larger proportion

of the total income than is shown for all families, from the earnings of the husband, the proportion of the total income received from payments of boarders or lodgers being slightly in excess of the proportions received from the contributions of children and sources not specified combined.

Among the foreign-born the Croatians report a very much smaller proportion of the total income from earnings of husband and a much larger proportion from the payments of boarders or lodgers than is shown by any other race. The largest proportion of the total income from earnings of husband is shown by the Finns, while the smallest proportion of the total income received from payments of boarders or lodgers is shown by the English. A slightly larger proportion of the total income of the Finns and Swedes and a considerably larger proportion of the total income of the Slovenians than of the English is derived from payments of boarders or lodgers. No part of the total income of the Slovenian families, less than 4 per cent of the income of Croatian or Finnish families, and less than 11 per cent of the total income of English or Swedish families is received from contributions of children. No part of the total income of Finnish or Slovenian families and only a very small proportion of the total income of each of the other races is received from sources other than specified in the foregoing table.

CHAPTER IV.

WORKING CONDITIONS.

Regularity of employment-The immigrant and organized labor-[Text Tables 38 and 39 and General Table 19].

REGULARITY OF EMPLOYMENT.

As regards the regularity of employment offered, the table which immediately follows shows, by general nativity and race of individual, the months worked during the past year by males in the households studied who were 16 years of age or over and who were employed away from home.

TABLE 38.-Months worked during the past year by males 16 years of age or over employed away from home, by general nativity and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

A fair majority of the 295 males studied in the above table report twelve months' work, 83.7 per cent nine months or over, and less than 1 per cent report less than three months. None of the whites nativeborn of native father report less than six months' work, the proportions. in the succeeding month groups being somewhat larger than those of either the foreign-born or the grand total. But one race, the English, reports less than three months' work and but one other, the Croatian, reports less than six months' work. The great majority of each race have worked nine months or over, but the majority of two races, the South Italians and Croatians, have not had twelve months' employment, the former presenting the smallest proportion,

40 per cent. Summarizing, practically all of each race except the Croatians and South Italians have had nine months' work, but a large proportion of each have lost three months work or less during the year.

THE IMMIGRANT AND ORGANIZED LABOR.

Reference is made in the discussion of the working conditions of the different iron-ore mining sections to the strikes and labor controversies which have occurred in various parts of the country. The extent to which, in the industry as a whole, the immigrant employees are members of trade unions is set forth in the table next presented, which shows, by general nativity and race of individual, affiliation with trade unions of males 21 years of age or over, in the households studied, who were working for wages.

TABLE 39.-Affiliation with trade unions of males 21 years of age or over working for wages, by general nativity and race of individual.

That very little interest is manifested in trade unions by the 282 males for whom information was obtained is apparent from the above table-less than 2 per cent of the entire number being affiliated with same. As between the foreign-born and native-born of native father, whites, the proportion of the latter affiliated with trade unions is considerably in excess of that of the former. In fact, it will be noted that of the three races reporting a proportion affiliated with trade unions that of the native whites of native father is in excess of the combined proportions of the other two.