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TABLE 20.—Per cent of male employees 18 years of age or over earning each specified amount per week, by general nativity and race—Continued.

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Of the 6,797 males 18 years of age or over employed in the coppermining industry, all earn as high as $5 per week, 68.2 per cent earn $12.50 or over, 32.9 per cent earn $15 or over, and 7.3 per cent earn $17.50 or over per week. The foreign-born show a larger proportion than the native-born of foreign father, who in turn show a larger proportion than the native-born of native father white, earning each specified amount from $7.50 to $17.50, while the native whites born of native father show a larger proportion than the native-born of foreign father, who in turn show a larger proportion than the foreignborn, earning each specified rate above this amount. Over 50 per cent of each foreign race earn $12.50 or over per week, the Croatian showing the largest and the French Canadian the smallest proportion, so reported. The English, German, and Swedish are the only races showing as high as 10 per cent earning $17.50 or over per week, while the English and German are the only ones showing a proportion earning as high as $25.

RELATION BETWEEN PERIOD OF RESIDENCE AND EARNING ABILITY.

The progress of male employees of foreign birth in industrial efficiency or earning ability after designated periods of residence in the United States, is considered in the next series of tabulations. The first table presented shows, by race and length of residence in the United States the percentage of foreign-born male employees, 18 years of age or over, earning each specified amount per week. The proportions in each period of residence are arranged under the several races, thus enabling a study to be made of the progress of the male employees of each race.

TABLE 21.-Per cent of foreign-born male employees 18 years of age or over earning each specified amount per week, by race and length of residence in the United States.*

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. This table includes only races with 200 or more males reporting.]

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*This table shows wages or earnings for the period indicated, but no account is taken of voluntary lost time or lost time from shutdowns or other causes. In the various tables in this report showing annual earnings allowance is made for time lost during the year.

The above table shows that all of each race, regardless of length of residence in the United States, earn $5 or over per week. Only 2 races, the Croatians and Finns, report a proportion earning less than $7.50 a week, the proportion being small in each instance and falling among those who have been in this country ten years or over. Over 95 per cent of those of each race within each specified period of residence earn $10 or over per week. Less than 50 per cent of each race, except the English, and those of the Finns who have been in this country from five to nine years, earn as high as $15 per week, while the English is the only race reporting a proportion as high as 10 per cent of those with any specified period of residence earning either $17.50 or over or $20 or over per week. It is also the only race reporting a proportion earning $25 or over per week.

In the table following the same data as in the table preceding is presented, but in a different form. The comparative earnings each week of foreign-born male employees who were 18 years of age or over are shown by race.

TABLE 22.-Comparative earnings per week of foreign-born male employees 18 years of age or over, by race and length of residence in the United States.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. This table includes only races with 200 or more males reporting.]

IN UNITED STATES LESS THAN 5 YEARS.

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a This table shows wages or earnings for the period indicated, but no account is taken of voluntary lost time or lost time from shutdowns or other causes. In the various tables in this report showing annual earnings allowance is made for time lost during the year.

With the exception of a certain small proportion of the Croatians and Finns who have been in the United States ten years or over, each race shows that its entire number earn $7.50 or over. The French Canadian is the only race not showing a proportion of its number who have been in the United States less than five years who earn as high as $15 a week, as compared with 59.1 per cent of the English. The same races show the largest and smallest proportions, with each other specified period of residence, earning the same amount. Less than 5 per cent of those of any given race with a period of residence of less than ten years earn as high as $20 a week-the English showing 12.6 per cent and the North Italians none of their number with a period of residence of ten years or over earning this amount. The English is the only race reporting a proportion earning as $25 a week.

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ANNUAL EARNINGS OF MALE HEADS OF FAMILIES STUDIED.

The annual earnings of male heads of families studied are next considered. The first table presented shows, by general nativity and race of husband, the number and per cent of husbands at work, together with their average annual earnings.

TABLE 23.-Husbands at work, by general nativity and race of individual.

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Of the 482 husbands 100 per cent are at work, their average earnings being $740. Since all but 13 of the total number of husbands are foreign-born, figures for the total closely reflect the condition among that class. All the husbands of each specified race are at work, their average earnings ranging from $631 among the Croatians to $973 among the Swedish.

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The range in annual earnings of male heads of families is set forth in the following table according to general nativity and race of individual:

TABLE 24.--Earnings per year of male heads of families, by general nativity and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only male heads of selected families. For selection of families, see p. 110.]

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The table shows that of 482 male heads of families 0.2 per cent earn under $200 per year, 0.6 per cent earn under $400, 14.9 per cent earn under $600, 81.7 per cent earn under $800, and 95.6 per cent earn under $1,000 per year. The foreign-born heads of families report the same percentage earning under $200 and under $400, as is shown for the total number of heads of families studied. The percentage of foreign-born heads of families earning under $600, under $800, and under $1,000 per year is slightly higher than the percentage shown in the total for all heads of families for whom information was secured earning the above specified amounts. The average yearly earnings for all male heads of families for whom information was secured is $740; the average yearly earnings of the foreign-born heads of families is $737, that of the heads of families who are native-born whites of native father being $895. The Swedish heads of families show the highest average yearly earnings, which is $973. The Norwegian, German, and Irish heads of families show average yearly earnings of over $800. The North Italian, Finnish, Polish, and English heads of families show aver age yearly earnings of over $700, and the average yearly earnings of the

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