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FURNITURE MANUFACTURING.

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IMMIGRANTS IN INDUSTRIES.

FURNITURE MANUFACTURING.

This report, which was prepared under the direction of the Commission by W. Jett Lauck, superintendent of agents, forms part of the general report of the Immigration Commission on immigrants in industries.

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Members of households for whom detailed information was secured.

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Employees for whom information was secured..

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CHAPTER II.-Racial displacements:

History of immigration....

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Racial composition of working force in 1900...

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Period of residence in the United States of foreign-born employees and members of their households....

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Racial classification of employees at the present time. CHAPTER III.-Economic status:

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Industrial condition abroad of members of immigrant households studied..
Principal occupation of immigrant employees before coming to the United
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General occupation of males at the present time in the households studied.
General occupation of women at the present time in the households studied.
Weekly earnings..

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Relation between period of residence and earning ability.
Annual earnings of male heads of families studied...

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Annual earnings of males 18 years of age or over in the households studied.

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Annual earnings of females 18 years of age or over in the households studied.
Annual family income..

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Wives at work..

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Relation between the earnings of husbands and the practice of wives of keeping boarders or lodgers..

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Age classification of employees and members of their households.
Charity, Grand Rapids, Mich......

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General progress of immigrants in Grand Rapids, Mich..

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THE FURNITURE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION.

Growth of the industry-Increase in the number of employees-Territory studiedHouseholds studied-Members of households for whom detailed information was secured-Employees for whom information was secured-[Text Tables 1 to 9 and General Tables 1 to 3].

GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY.

The furniture-manufacturing industry in this country has had a remarkable growth during the past forty years, the total capital invested in the industry in 1880 being only $38,669,764, as contrasted with $152,712,732 in 1905. The principal States in which this development occurred and in which the industry became most extensively established were Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and New York. In the table below the growth of the industry in these States and in the country as a whole is shown during the period 1880-1905. No figures are available for the past five years.

TABLE 1.-Growth of the furniture industry in the United States and in selected States,

1880-1905.

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