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milliners, tailors, hatmakers, etc., is included. About 87 per cent 

 of the workers in the clothing industries were females. The exact 

 numbers in the various branches are listed in the following table : 



Males Females Total 



Dressmakers and seamstresses (not in factory) . 3 13,469 13,472 



Sewers and sewing-machine operatives (factory) 165 4,356 4,521 



Milliners and millinery dealers 96 4,210 4,306 



Tailors and tailoresses. 2,243 756 2.999 



Other clothing factories (semiskilled) 504 651 1,155 



Suit, coat, etc. (semiskilled) 315 193 508 



Clothing industries (laborers) 104 149 253 



Dressmakers and millinery apprentices 1 216 217 



Hat factories (semiskilled) 134 19 153 



Total 3,565 24,019 27,584 



d. Wood Industries 



The wood industries in 1910 ranked fourth in importance. As 

 previously noted, carpenters and other workers in wood incident 

 to building construction are listed under the building trades. In 

 presenting the following table one is impressed with the fact that 

 there are relatively such a small number of cabinet-makers and 

 such a large number of laborers and semiskilled operatives. 



Males Females Total 



Furniture, piano and organ factories (semi- 

 skilled) 3,767 474 4,241 



Saw and planing-mills (laborers) 2,792 17 2,809 



Wagon and carriage factories (semiskilled).... 2,242 202 2,444 



Furniture, piano and organ factories (laborers) . 2.2.39 55 2,294 



Cabinet-makers 2,174 . . . 2,174 



Wagon and carriage factories (laborers) 2,002 37 2,039 



Other woodworking factories (laborers) 1,469 97 1,566 



Sawyers 1,530 1 1,531 



Other woodworking factories (semiskilled) 1,311 149 1,460 



Saw and planing-mills (semiskilled) 736 52 788 



Coopers 724 . . . 724 



Wood-carvers 264 . . . 264 



Wheelwrights 220 ... 220 



Total 



21,470 



1,084 22,554 



