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as many in the latter period. This matter of location is, how- ever, of less importance than the character of the establishments. Less than 23 per cent, of our people having gainful pursuits are engaged in manufacturing industry, yet of the total number of employes in the establishments investigated over 90 per cent, are thus engaged. We have separated the establishments engaged in other than manufacturing industry, and in the following table present the total of all establishments and of manufacturing and non-manufacturing establishments separ- ately.
The increase per cent, by classes of employes by each class of industry is also contrasted with the increase shown for the whole number of establishments investigated :
Former period
Present period
Males
Females
Males
Females
1 8 years or over
Under 18 years
1 8 years or over
Under 18 years
1 8 years or over
Under 18 years
1 8 years or over
Under 18 years
No. employes in 931 establish- ments . . .
26,479
24,432 2,047
4,175
3,78o 395
27,163
25,052 2,111
6,743
6,468 275
43,195 39,748
3,447
7,540
6,858 682
45,162
40,750 4,412
12,751
11,979 772
No. in manufac- turing indus- try, 775 estab- lishments. . . . No. in other in- dustries, 156 establishments
Increase per cent.
All industries
6^ I
80 6
66 1
80 I
Manufacturing
62.7
Si 4
62 7
8C 2
Other industries
68 1
72 6
IOQ O
1 80
From the foregoing it seems apparent that the result of
Colonel Wright's investigation depended altogether upon the
character of the establishments investigated.
With a fair proportion of non-manufacturing establishments the showing would probably have been a veYy much greater increase in the percentage of females and female children
