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Indiana University Studies 



The scope of the data is revealed by briefly stating the present 

 status of the clothing industries in Indiana as recorded in the 

 study. The clothing industries are grouped under the manu- 

 facturing and mechanical pursuits, which, compared with the num- 

 bers employed in the eight other group occupations, rank second, 

 there being 310,402 males and females so engaged, or 29.9 per 

 cent of the working population of the State. In the manufactur- 

 ing and mechanical pursuits, the manufacture of clothing ranks 

 third on the basis of total number emplo^^ed, there being 3,565 

 males and 24,019 females. It is seen that over 80 per cent of the 

 workers in this industry are females. The specific clothing pur- 

 suits in Indiana include dressmaking, employing 3 males and 

 13,469 females; sewing-machine operating, 165 males and 4,356 

 females ; millinery, 96 males and 4,210 females ; tailoring, 2,243 

 males and 756 females; suit and coat making, 315 males and 193 

 females; hat making, 134 males and 19 females; also 104 male and 

 149 female laborers, 504 male and 651 female semiskilled operatives, 

 and 1 male and 216 female apprentices. Of all those engaged in 

 the clothing industries in Indiana about 918 of each 1,000 workers 

 were skilled, 64 semiskilled, and 9 unskilled, together, with 8 

 apprentices. 



Concerning clothing manufactured in establishments or factories 

 it is noted that 4,073 workers were engaged in manufacturing 

 }nen's clothing, including shirts, that their wages* amounted to 

 $1,305, and that the value of the product* was $8,029; 1,933 were 

 engaged in manufacturing hosiery and knit goods, receiving $687 

 in wages, the value of the product being $2,502 ; 1,582 were engaged 

 in manufacturing cotton goods, receiving $478 in wages, the prod- 

 uct being worth $2,502; 129 engaged in manufacturing women's 

 clothing, receiving $449 in wages, the product being worth $2,058 ; 

 776 engaged in manufacturing woolen and worsted goods, receiv- 

 ing $293 in wages, the product being worth $1,570; 468 engaged 

 in manufacturing boots and shoes, receiving $159 in wages, the 

 product being worth $978 ; and 166 engaged in making millinery 

 trimmings and lace, receiving $59 in wages, the product being 

 worth $538. On the basis of the value of the manufactured prod- 

 ucts, the clothing industries ranked below the tenth. 



Concerning the number of boys and girls under 16 engaged 

 in the clothing industries, there were no boys reported as so 

 engaged, but 589 girls were reported employed as follows: 99 

 dressmakers' apprentices, 8 dressmakers, 319 sewers and sewing- 



*Expressed in thousands thi-oughout this section. 



