S AND LOCKOUTS IN MASSACHUSETTS FOR TWENTY YEARS, ssachusetts the fourth State in the Union in number of strikes, and third in num- ght-hour Working-day for City Employés - Railroad Employés in Massachusetts Textile Industries in Massachusetts - Industrial Accidents in Massachusetts - Receipts of Coal at Boston - Foreign Parentage - Population of African De- scent-Free Public Employment Offices - Trades Unions - Collateral Legacy Taxes - Recent Legal Decisions - Railway Employés in the United States - Im- ports and Exports of Merchandise, United States, 1902-Immigration into the United States, 1902 - Work of Women in France-History of Employers' Liability Law in France-Payment of Employés in Switzerland - Labor Office, Italy - Women and Children in Industry in Italy - Children at Work in Germany - Trusts in Germany - Population of the City of Berlin - Sick Benefit Associations in Austria - Sick Benefit Associations in Denmark - Family Ex- enses of Danish Workingmen - Trade Schools in Vienna-Industrial Acci- ents in Beligum - Strikes in France - General Strike of Miners in France - trikes and Lockouts in Germany in 1901 Strikes and Lockouts in the etherlands in 1901 - Incorporation of Trade Organizations in Roumania - Pop- MASSACHUSETTS LABOR BULLETIN. No. 25. FEBRUARY. THE CHINESE IN MASSACHUSETTS. 1903. The number of Chinese in Massachusetts in 1870 was 87; in 1875, 278; in 1880, 229; in 1885, 432; in 1890, 984; in 1895, 1,672; and in 1900, 2,968. A better indication of the relations of the Chinese population to the total number of inhabitants may be derived from the following statement, which shows the proportion of the Chinese to each ten thousand of the population: In 1870, there was one Chinaman to each ten thousand of the population; in 1875, two; in 1880, one; in 1885, two; in 1890, four; in 1895, seven; in 1900, 11. i The most marked increase is shown in 1900 as compared with 1895, but it would be readily acknowledged that their presence in the community is noticeable, not from the fact of their number, which is very small, but from their Asiatic origin, their personal appearance, their Oriental dress, and their peculiar habits and mode of living. A few of them have eschewed the distinguishing badges of their nationality, but the majority still retain their peculiar characteristics, and stand out prominently, an anomalous feature as compared with their surroundings. The popular impression that the Chinese are chiefly engaged in laundry work will be fully sustained by an inspection of the table which follows, in which the occupations of the Chinese in Massachusetts are given in detail. At the same time, it will be of interest to the reader to learn that the Chinese are not exclusively devoted to laundry work, but have made their way into other branches of employment. |