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titutes included in their numbers, and to the fact that most of 

 the houses of prostitution were located on the South Side. 



The Americans and Old Immigration show a little over half as 

 many living on the North Side as on the South Side, while the 

 Colored and New Immigration show a very small proportion 

 living on the North Side and a very large proportion on the South 

 Side. 



Of the total numbers, 11.02 per cent live on the North Side 

 and 56 . 97 per cent or over half the total number of cases live 

 on the South Side. That is, as would be expected, the greatest 

 numbers live in the part of Gary where are located the saloons, 

 the houses of prostitution, bad housing conditions, bad sanitation, 

 etc. 



13. Industrial Status 41 



Two hundred ninety-four different businesses, occupations, or 

 professions are given by the offenders in this study. These 

 occupations are here classified in nine groups according to the 

 character of the work and the wage or salary received. Group I 

 includes the irregular, low-paid workers, chiefly women such as 

 chambermaids, washerwomen, seamstresses, etc., wages $4 to 

 $6 a week or 20 to 25 cents an hour. Group II includes small 

 independent businesses such as junk dealers, fruit-stand keepers, 

 scissors grinders, etc., where the income is small and indefinite. 

 Group III includes the unskilled laborers, such as common 

 laborers, janitors, loaders, drivers, porters, section hands, etc., 

 where the wage is 17 3^ cents to 24 cents an hour, $2.90 to $3 a 

 day, $18 to $20 a week, and $30 to $75 a month. Group IV 

 includes the semi-skilled workers, such as bottom makers, chip- 

 pers, drill press hands, handymen, heater helpers, roller helpers, 

 riggers, stockers, etc., where the wage is $3 to $5 a day of from 

 10 to 12 hours, and $75 to $105 a month. Group V includes 

 skilled workers, such as axle makers, brick layers, catchers, 

 coopers, coremakers, electricians, stationary engineers, hammer- 

 smiths, heaters, plumbers, rollers, steamfitters, telegraph opera- 

 tors, etc., where the wage is 29 cents to 75 cents an hour, $3.15 

 to $8 a day, $12 to $25 a week, and $70 to $200 (assistant rollers 

 and straighteners) and $300 (rollers) a month, 10 to 12 hours 

 a day. Group VI includes professional men such as attorneys, 

 correspondents, physicians, musicians, lecturers, editors, etc., 

 where no wage, salary, or income can be specified. Group VII 



"Original tables, pp. 155-159. See Preface to this sUidy. See also Appendix, 

 Table VI. 



