IMMIGRANTS IN INDUSTRIES. GLOVE 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. Members of households for whom detailed information was secured.. 779 Employees for whom information was secured.. 781 CHAPTER II.-Racial displacements: History of immigration......... 783 Racial classification of employees at the present time.. CHAPTER III.-Economic status: Period of residence in the United States of foreign-born employees and members of their households... Industrial condition abroad of members of immigrant households studied.. Annual earnings of male heads of families studied.. 785 787 789 792 793 793 795 Annual earnings of males 18 years of age or over in the households studied.. 797 797 799 Wives at work.. 800 Relation between the earnings of husbands and the practice of wives of keeping boarders or lodgers 800 Sources of family income.. 802 Relative importance of the different sources of family income.. Age classification of employees and members of their households. THE GLOVE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. Growth of the industry-Increase in the number of employees-Territory studied— Households studied-Members of households for whom detailed information was secured-Employees for whom information was secured [Text Tables 1 to 7 and General Tables 1 to 3]. GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY. The growth in the glove-manufacturing industry in the country as a whole and in the State of New York during the period 1880-1905 is shown in a summary form in the table below. It is at once evident from a glance at the table that the industry is principally confined to the State of New York, about three-fifths of the total amount of capital invested being employed in that State. The expansion of the industry in all geographical divisions is also exhibited by the fact that only $3,379,648 were invested in 1880, as compared with a capital commitment of $10,705,599 in the year 1905. The detailed table follows: TABLE 1.-Growth of the glove-manufacturing industry in New York State and in the United States, 1880-1905.a a The figures reported for 1900 represent leather gloves and mittens only, and therefore do not agree with the totals for gloves and mittens in the General Report on Manufactures, Parts I and II. The statistics for censuses prior to 1900 are for gloves or mittens, whether of leather or other material, except fur and knit gloves or mittens. INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. The extent of the employment offered by the glove industry is the most significant feature in connection with the industry in its bearing upon racial changes in the operating forces. In the table below it is seen that the number of employees rapidly increased both in the |