e average wage proved to be $4.81 per week, the average
income for the year being $216.45. The average income of teachers and
those in public positions was $457.27.

This is the showing, State by State, so far as bureaus have reported.
Many States have made no move in this direction; but interest is now
thoroughly aroused, and the subject is likely to find treatment in all,
this depending somewhat, however, on the character of the State
industries and the numbers at work in each. Manufacturing necessarily
brings with it conditions that in the end compel inquiry; and for most
of the Southern States such industries are still new, while the West
has not yet found the same occasion as the East for full knowledge of
the problems involved in woman's work and wages.

We come now to the most elaborate and far-reaching inquiry yet
made,--the work of the United States Bureau of Labor under Commissioner
Wright, entitled "Working-Women in Large Cities." Twenty-two of these
are reported upon after one of the most rigorous examinations ever
undertaken; and the average wage of each tallies with the rates given in
the States to which they belong. Taken alphabetically, the list is as
follows:--

AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS, BY CITIES.

Atlanta $4.95 | New Orleans $4.31
Baltimore 4.18 | New York 5.85
Boston 5.64 | Philadelphia 5.34
Brooklyn 5.76 | Providence 5.51
Buffalo 4.27 | Richmond 3.83
Charleston, S.C. 4.22 | St. Louis 5.19
Chicago 5.74 | St. Paul 6.62
Cincinnati 4.50 | San Francisco 6.91
Cleveland 4.63 | San Jose 6.11
Indianapolis 4.57 | Savannah 4.90
Louisville 4.51 | ----
Newark 5.20 | All Cities 5.24

In addition to these figures, it seems well to give the average yearly
earnings of women in some of the most profitable industries, those
being chosen which are seldom affected by "seasons":--

Artificial flowers, $277.53; awnings and tents, $276.46; bookbinding,
$271.31; boots and shoes, $286.60; candy, $213.59; carpets, $298.53;
cigar boxes, $267.36; cigar factory, $294.66; cigarette factory,
$266.12; cloak factory, $291.76; clothing factory, $248.36;
cotton-mills, $228.32; dressmaking, $278.37; dry-goods stores, $368.84;
jewelry factory, $263.80; men's furnishin