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Breckenridge—Engineering Experiment Station

Breckenridge—Engineering Experiment Station

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WAGE

EARNERS

UNITED STATES —1900

A MILLIONS 6

would seem as though all the wage earners, using all the possible power, wer^e engaged in manufacturing. In these states the value of the manufactured product per capita of population is naturally large. It will be seen, Fig. 7, that in this list of states Illinois stands well

IN

AGRICULTURE.

IN MANUFACTURING , MECHANIC PURSUITS

AND TRANSPORTATION

IN ALU OTHER

OCCUPATIONS.

FIG. 4.—DISTRIBUTION OF WAGE-EARNERS IN UNITED STATES

COMPARATIVE EMPLOYED IN

NUMBER DIFFERENT OF

OF

PERSONS

OCCUPATIONS.

BURC.AU OF LABOR STATISTICS, 1906*

STATE

ILLINOIS.

FIG. 5.—DISTRIBUTION OF WAGE EARNERS IN ILLINOIS

up (eighth), notwithstanding the fact that so many of the wage earners are engaged in agricultural pursuits. The mineral output of Illinois, Table I, is restricted largely to its coal, pig iron, oil, clay, zinc, and other natural stones. Even in this classification the iron