TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
 

CHAPTER IV
OCCUPATIONS

RELATION OF ITALIAN TO OTHER STOCKS IN
AMERICAN INDUSTRIES—It was found that foreign-
born laborers made up 58% of the total number of the
labor force in American industries.* Of this the Italians
form 7%.** Their children, or Americans of Italian ex¬
traction, in a representative study made by the Immi¬
gration Commission constituted but .3% of the total can¬
vassed. It was found that while 22.5% of foreign-born
laborers were so classified only 9.9% of their sons fell
in the same category.f Compared with native-born
Americans of foreign fathers from other countries the
distribution of Americans born of Italian blood in Amer¬
ican industries is as follows :J
INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION OF IMMIGRANT WAGE-

EARNERS
General Nativity and Race                  Total of 21 Industries

Native-born of foreign father:

Germany   ..................................................................................4.8

Ireland  ......................................................................................4.6

England  ....................................................................................2.1

Canada  ......................................................................................1.9

Austria-Hungary ...................................................................9

Scotland   ...................................................................................6

Russia .........................................................................................5

Wales   ........................................................................................ .4

Sweden   .....................................................................................3

Italy   ...........................................................................................3

Netherlands  .............................................................................2

France.........................................................................................2

Switzerland   .............................................................................1

DISTRIBUTION OF ITALIAN BLOOD IN DIFFER¬
ENT INDUSTRIES—Mangano says that three-quarters

■* Lauck and  Sydenstricker—"Condition of Labor  in  Amer¬
ican Industries" p. 1.
■** Ibid p. 4.

t Immigration Commission Abstract of Report on Occupa¬
tions of the First and Second Generations of Immigrants in the
United States, pp. 13-27.

tJenks, J. W.—"The Immigration Problem" p. 516.