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IMMIGRANTS IN INDUSTRIES.
DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES (IN TWO VOLUMES: VOL. I.).
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.
IV
CONTENTS.
PART I-GENERAL SURVEY OF EMPLOYEES ENGAGED IN DIVERSIFIED
CHAPTER I.-Introduction:
INDUSTRIES.
Explanation of study..
Extent of information.
Communities studied.
Households studied..
The preparation of the report.
CHAPTER II-Racial composition of the operating forces at the present time:
Carpet manufacture..
Car building and repairing.
Cutlery and tools.
Electrical supplies.
Electric railways.
Firearms..
Zinc smelting and refining..
CHAPTER III.-Racial displacements:
Period of residence in the United States of foreign-born employees in the
manufacture of-
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Members of households for whom detailed information was secured.
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CHAPTER II.-Racial displacements:
Period of residence in the United States of members of immigrant house-
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CHAPTER III.-Economic status:
Industrial condition abroad of members of immigrant households studied..
General occupation of males at the present time in the households studied.. 78
General occupation of women at the present time in the households studied.
Occupations of first and second generation compared..
Annual earnings of male heads of families studied.
Annual earnings of males 18 years of age or over in the households studied. 84
Annual earnings of females 18 years of age or over in the households studied.
Annual family income..
Wives at work..........
Relation between the earnings of husbands and the practice of wives in
keeping boarders or lodgers.
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Ability to speak English.
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REPRESENTATIVE COMMUNITY B.
Industrial significance of the community..
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Employees for whom information was secured..
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.
General occupation of males at the present time in the households studied..
Occupations of the second generation compared..
Occupations entered by immigrants.......
Annual earnings of males 18 years of age or over in the households studied.
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Wives at work...
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Relation between the earnings of husbands and the practice of wives of
CHAPTER IV.-Working conditions-Continued.
Employment of immigrants because of peculiar training or skill.
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Local prejudice.........
CHAPTER V.-Industrial effects of immigration:
Criminality.
Immigrants in business..
Immigrants in the professions..
Ownership of homes..
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CHAPTER VIII.—Immigrants in business and the professions:
CHAPTER IX.-General progress and assimilation:
Investments....
School attendance.
Status of children in the households studied.
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members of their households........
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Racial classification of employees at the present time..
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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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keeping boarders or lodgers...
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Sources of family income..
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Relative importance of the different sources of family income..
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Members of households for whom detailed information was secured..
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History of immigration....
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holds studied...
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Estimated population of Community D, in 1909, by race.
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Wives at work....
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The immigrant and organized labor.
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CHAPTER V.—Industrial effects of immigration in Community D:
Effect of recent immigration upon old employees...
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The employment of women..
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The relation between the growth of the community and the immigrant
labor supply.