Importance of AgrtcitIjTure and Industry 123 



the percentage of industrial workers. Thus, in 1910, 334,702 per- 

 sons or 32.2+ per cent of all workers were in manufacturing and 

 mechanical pursuits and 334,454 persons, or 32.2 per cent, in agri- 

 cultural pursuits. The occupational facts for 1914 would doubt- 

 less indicate a larger number in industry than in agriculture. 



Table 39 contains the number and percentage of workers in 

 these and Graph 19 pictures these same facts. 



TABLE 39. NUMBER AND PER CENT ENGAGED IN AGRICUL- 

 TURAL AND MANUFACTURING PURSUITS, 1880 TO 1910 





1910. 



1900. 



1890. 



1880. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 Cent . 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 Cent . 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 Cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 Cent. 



AU occupations.. . 



1,036,710 



100.0 



898,953 



100.0 



744,303 



100.0 



635,080 



100.0 



Agriculture 



344,454 



33.2 



342,733 



39.2 



342,474 



46.0 



331,783 



52.2 



Manufacturing 

 and mechanical 



334,702 



*32.2 



206,611 



29.9 



152,825 



20.5 



109,518 



17.2 



*Includes extraction of minerals. 



Geaph 19 



Percentage of Workers in Manufacturing and Agricultural Pursuits, 



1880-1910 



40 5^ 30^' 20% lO^o 0 10% 20% 30^» 40% 50% GO^o 



1880 

 1890 



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1880 





1890 



\900 





\900 



\S\0 





1910 



In connection with these facts the question immediately arises 

 as to the increase in the total number of workers in all fields during 

 this period, or, in other words, the relative and absolute increase 

 in working population. Table 40 supplies this information together 

 with the number and percentage of increase of workers in agri- 

 culture and industry. Graph 20 illustrates these facts. 



