TABLE 41.-Per cent of female employees 18 years of age or over earning each specified amount per week, by general nativity and race— -Tableware.* (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [This table includes only races with 80 or more females reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] *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 the average weekly earnings of females to be $5.54. Persons native-born of foreign father show the highest average weekly earnings for females, followed by native whites born of native father and foreign-born, with somewhat smaller average earnings. The totals show 99.2 per cent earning $2.50 or over per week, 58.4 per cent earning $5 or over, 18.6 per cent earning $7.50 or over, while only 3.4 per cent of female employees earn $10 or over per week. Native-born of native father show 100 per cent of females earning $2.50 or over per week, followed in slightly smaller proportions by foreign-born and native-born of foreign father, in the order mentioned. Native-born of native father also show the highest percentage earning $5 or over per week, native-born of foreign father and foreign-born following in the order named. Native-born of foreign father show considerably higher proportions than native-born of native father earning $7.50 or over per week, while foreign-born show a comparatively small per cent earning this amount. Native-born of native father and native-born of foreign father show 4.9 per cent and 4.1 per cent, respectively, earning $10 or over per week, as contrasted with no foreign-born earning this amount. The series of tables next presented sets forth the extent to which persons of both sexes between the ages of 14 and 18 years were employed in the different branches of the industry, together with the average amount and range in amount of weekly earnings. The table which immediately follows shows, by general nativity and race, the per cent of male employees of plate-glass factories 14 and under 18 years of age who were earning each specified amount per week. TABLE 42.-Per cent of male employees 14 and under 18 years of age earning each specified amount per week, by general nativity and race-Plate glass.* (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [This table includes only races with 40 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] *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 greater proportion of the total male employees 14 and under 18 years of age earn $7.50 a week or over; 9.2 per cent earn $10 a week or over. All employees of every class earn at least $2.50 a week. The larger part of every class earn at least $7.50 per week. The proportion earning as much as $10 per week ranges from 6.1 per cent of the native-born of foreign father to 14.1 per cent of the nativeborn whites of native father. The table next presented shows by general nativity and race the per cent of male employees 14 and under 18 years of age who were earning each specified amount per week in the glass-bottle industry. TABLE 43.-Per cent of male employees 14 and under 18 years of age earning each specified amount per week, by general nativity and race-Glass bottles.* (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [This table includes only races with 40 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] * 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. All of those reporting in the foregoing table earn at least $2.50 a week, but only 71.1 per cent earn $5 or over and only 5 per cent $10 or over, while less than 1 per cent earn $12.50 or more. Among the totals the foreign-born make the best showing, their percentages being considerably in excess of the general averages. No race, however, reports foreign-born in sufficient numbers for separate tabulation. The native whites born of native father report 80.6 per cent earning at least $5 as compared with 51.5 per cent of those of native birth, but of foreign parentage. As regards the number earning $10 or more per week, those native-born of native father and those native-born of foreign father report identical figures, the per cent in each case being 3.7. The table next presented shows by general nativity and race the percentage of male employees engaged in the manufacture of tableware, 14 and under 18 years of age, earning each specified amount weekly. TABLE 44.-Per cent of male employees 14 and under 18 years of age earning each specified amount per week, by general nativity and race-Tableware.* (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [This table includes only races with 40 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] 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 foregoing table shows that all of the male employees reporting who are 14 and under 18 years of age, earn $2.50 or over per week, 68.1 per cent earn $5 or over, 17 per cent earn $7.50 or over, while only 5.2 per cent earn $10 or over per week. Native-born of native father show a somewhat higher per cent than foreign-born and a considerably higher per cent than native-born of foreign father who earn $5 or over per week. Of those earning $7.50 per week foreign-born show by far the largest proportion, while native-born of native father which follow show a considerably higher per cent than native-born of foreign father. Foreign-born show over 10 per cent earning $10 or over per week, while native-born of native father and native-born of foreign father show less than 5 per cent earning this amount. The table next submitted shows by general nativity and race the percentage of female employees engaged in the manufacture of tableware who were 14 and under 18 years of age and who were earning each specified amount per week. TABLE 45.-Per cent of female employees 14 and under 18 years of age earning each specified amount per week, by general nativity and race— Tableware.* (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [This table includes only races with 40 or more females reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] *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. All of the females reporting in the above table earn $2.50 or over per week, while only 23 per cent earn $5 or over per week. Foreignborn show a considerably higher proportion earning the above specified amount than native-born of foreign father while native-born of native father show a much smaller per cent earning this amount than the latter. ANNUAL EARNINGS OF MALE HEADS OF FAMILIES STUDIED. In the table next presented the proportion of husbands at work in the households studied, together with their average annual earnings, is shown according to general nativity and race of individual. TABLE 46.-Husbands at work, by general nativity and race of individual. Of the 607 husbands for whom information was obtained in this industry, almost the entire number, or 99.7 per cent, are at work, with average earnings of $596. The proportion of foreign-born husbands and husbands native-born of native father at work are similar to the proportion shown for the total. Of average earnings, the foreign-born report $549 as compared with $808 for the husbands native-born of foreign father, and $791 for the husbands native-born of native father. Among the foreign-born reported in sufficient numbers to admit of comparison, the Slovaks alone show a small proportion not at work. A comparison of the earnings of these foreign-born husbands show that the Germans, with $667, report a considerably higher average than do the Poles, Flemish, or Slovaks, and a much higher average than do the French, North Italians, Magyars, or South Italians, in the order named, the last named reporting average earnings of $437. The Germans native-born of foreign father, on the other hand, with average earnings of $808, report a slightly higher average than do the whites native-born of native father and much higher average earnings than do the husbands of any foreign-born race. The following table shows by general nativity and race the range in yearly earnings of male heads of families: TABLE 47.-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. 243.] The greater proportion of the total number of male heads of families earn under $600 a year. The proportion of foreign-born heads who earn under $600 is even greater than that of the total. The earn under $800. The proportion of foreign-born earning under each greater part of the employees native-born of native father, however, .0 3.4 15. 155. 5 89.9 98.3 40 107 150 159 1.3 3.8 25. 267.3 94.3 100.0 23 111 331 510 570 .3 3.818.354. 7 84.3 94.2 11 12 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 24 24 .0 .0 29.091.7 100.0 100.0 66 107 117 |