TABLE VIII.— NUMBER OF WORKERS AND DEPENDENTS IN 

 DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS 



1^ I Per Cent. 



Occupation Number y>, j ^ of Total 



Dependents ^^^^^^^ 



Farmers 7,000 31,000 74 .4 



Manufacturers 900 3,000 7.3 



Tradesmen 900 2,900 7.0 



Laborers 300 1,900 2.1 



Mechanics 200 700 1.7 



Railroad employees 200 600 1.4 



Mail clerks and carriers 100 350 .8 



Teachers 234 600 1.4 



Doctors 90 360 .9 



Ministers 42 160 .4 



Lawyers 30 120 .3 



Unclassified 960 2.3 



Attention should be drawn again to the large proportion represented in 

 the tradesmen class, one family out of 17. Of the boys who leave the 

 farm the largest per cent., 27 per cent., go into business, likewise of the 

 farmers who move to town, and yet there are already more storekeepers 

 than are necessary to do the business. The result is not only the inevit- 

 able failure of many who make this venture, but more serious still from 

 the standpoint of the economist is the great waste of human energy 

 involved. In the professional class are included 85 doctors and dentists, 

 30 lawyers, 32 ministers and 100 teachers. The proportion represented 

 in some of these professions seems large. There must be many lawsuits 

 or else very high fees must be charged to support one lawyer to every 

 440 families, and so with the seventy-odd physicians. 



Education 



The educational advantages of the heads of the families now living in 

 the 21 neighborhoods studied is shown in Table IX. 



TABLE IX.— EDUCATION OF HEADS OF FAMILIES 



TT- L ^ c I. 1 A.^ I J Number of Per Cent. 



Highest School Attended Persons of Total 



College 9 1.9 



High School 21 4.4 



Country School — Secondary 210 44.4 



Country School — Primary 198 41 .8 



None — illiterate 35 7.5 



Total 473 



Of those who had had some college training, 6 are doctors and 1 is a 

 minister. The percentage of college-trained men in the country districts 



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