TABLE 104.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States 5 years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming, by race-Plate glass.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States.]

Of the group of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States five years or over and who were at least 21 years of age at time of coming, 36.2 per cent are fully naturalized and 13 per cent have first papers only. Of the Germans, however, 82.4 per cent are fully naturalized and 10.2 per cent have first papers only. Both the Poles and Slovaks, on the other hand, show relatively small proportions fully naturalized or having first papers only as compared with the average for the group.

The table next submitted shows by race the present political condition of foreign-born male employees of window-glass factories who had been in the United States five years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to this country.

TABLE 105.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States 5 years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming, by race-Window glass.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States.]

As showing the interest manifested by the foreign-born male employees of this industry in American citizenship, it will be noted that of the 179 foreign-born male employees studied, 43 per cent are fully naturalized, while an additional 19.6 per cent have secured first papers. Because of the small number of each race involved, computations have been made alone for the Belgians (race not specified), of whom 68.1 per cent are fully naturalized and an additional 21.3 per cent have obtained first papers. Thus it will be seen that the proportion of Belgians (race not specified) who have manifested interest in becoming citizens of the United States is considerably in excess of the proportion shown for all foreign-born male employees.

In the statement next presented the present political condition of foreign-born male employees engaged in the manufacture of glass bottles who had been in the United States five years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to this country is shown according to race of employee.

TABLE 106.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States 5 years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming, by race-Glass bottles.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States.]

a Not computed, owing to small number involved.

Of 148 males 39.9 per cent are fully naturalized and 7.4 per cent have first papers. The South Italians report 5.9 per cent fully naturalized and an equal proportion having first papers only. On account of the small numbers involved, the percentage of the other races has not been computed.

The table next presented shows, by race, the present political condition of foreign-born male employees engaged in the manufacture of tableware who have been in the United States five years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to this country.

TABLE 107.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States 5 years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming, by race- -Tableware.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States.]

The above table shows that 53.6 per cent of the total male employees reporting are fully naturalized and 9.6 per cent have first papers only.

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The tendency of the different classes of glass workers to acquire citizenship after designated periods of residence in this country exhibited by the next table, which shows, by years in the United States and race, the present political condition of foreign-born male employees of plate-glass factories who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to the United States.

TABLE 108.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to the United States, by years in the United States and racee-Plate glass.

(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 100 or more males reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.]

Of the group of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States from five to nine years and who were at least 21 years of age at time of coming, only 3.4 per cent are fully naturalized and 11.1 per cent have first papers only. Of the group who have been in the United States ten years or over 64.6 per cent are fully naturalized and 14.6 per cent have first papers only. Every race specified shows a considerably greater proportion fully naturalized in the group 10 years old or over than in the group 5 to 9 years old. Moreover, in the former group the Polish and Slovaks report a larger proportion haying first papers only than in the latter. In both groups it will be noted the Germans evince a decidedly greater tendency to become citizens than either of the other races.

ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH.

The extent to which employees of non-English-speaking races and members of their households have acquired the ability to speak English is set forth in the series of tables next presented. The table which immediately follows shows, by sex and general nativity and race of individual, the percentage of persons 6 years of age or over in the households studied who speak English.

TABLE 109.-Per cent of persons 6 years of age or over who speak English, y sex and general nativity and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only non-English speaking races with 40 or more persons reporting. The totals, how. ever, are for all non-English-speaking races.]

The males, data for whom are included in the above table, show a much larger proportion who speak English than do the females. For the males the proportion is 83.2 per cent and for the females it is 57.5 per cent, making a total of 71.1 per cent of all persons reporting who can speak English. The native-born of foreign father show a much larger proportion among each sex of English speaking persons than do the foreign-born. Of the foreign-born males, the Flemish and Germans each show a proportion of more than 90 per cent who can