Abstract and Summary 



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Chap. IV. Manufacturing and Mkchanical Puhsuits 



. Part I. Occupational Distribution of Industrial Workers 



§1. Number Employed in Industrial Occupations and General Status 

 of Industrial Pursuits. In 18 8 0 about one-sixth of all workers were 

 engaged in industrial pursuits, but in 1910 about one-third were so 

 engaged. 



In 1880 only 172 of eaeli 1,000 workers were emplo.yed in the industries, 

 but in 1890 the number increased to 205; in 1900 to 299; in 1910 to 

 322.* 



Of each 1,000 male workers in 1910, 308t were employed in the in- 

 dustries, and of each 1,000 female workers, 251. 



§2. Workers in Summarized Industrial Pursuits. Of each 1,000 

 male industrial workers there were engaged in each of the following 

 pursuits: 



Building trades 295 



Metal industries 274 



Wood industry 78 



Miscellaneous pursuits 69 



Clay, glass, and stone industries. . . 65 



Officials 53 



Mechanical and electrical engineers 41 



Food and confectionery 28 



Leather and rubber 16 



Printing and publishing 3 5 



Clothing industries 13 



Painters, glaziers and varnishers.. 12 



Textile industries 6 



Cigars and tobacco 5 



Chemical industries 5 



Liquor and beverages 5 



Light, heat, and fuel 5 



Paper and pulp mills 5 



Of each 1,000 female industrial workers there were engaged in each 

 of the following pursuits : 



Clothing industries 614 



Textile industries 82 



Miscellaneous pursuits 69 



Cigar and tobacco industries 36 



Printing and publishing 31 



Metal industries 29 



Pood and confectionery 27 



Wood industries 27 



Clay, glass and stone industries ... 18 



Building trades 12 



Officials 12 



Leather and rubber industry 12 



Chemical industries 12 



Paper and pulp mills 4 



§3. Workers in Specified Industrial Pursuits. In each of the 

 manufacturing and mechanical pursuits in Indiana in 1910, there were 

 of each 1,000 workers the following number of skilled, semiskilled, 

 apprenticed, and unskilled employees: 



Semi- Appren- Un- 

 skilled, slxyilled. tices. sliilled. 



Building trades 608 ... 27 363 



Metal industries 513 174 . . . 305 



Clothing 918 64 8 9 



Wood industries .~ 217 399 ... 379 



Miscellaneous 306 255 105 334 



Clay, glass and stone 167 317 ... 508 



Engineers (mechanical and electrical) 1,000 ... 



Food and confectionery 446 207 ... 347 



Printing and publishing 738 219 ... 40 



Leather and rubber 321 483 ... 3 92 



■■^Including mining so as to make data comparable with previous decades. 

 tDoes not include mining. 



