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Males Females Children

1890 census report, - -112 3

Factory inspector's report, 5 2 5 2 6o

The establishment reported by the factory inspector is the well-known one of Lorillard & Co.

We find by referring to Colonel Wright's latest report on strikes and lockouts that in this year there were involved in the strike June 23 to 30 in this industry in this city 400 males and 1600 females classed as "pluggers." In this same report on strikes we find that in this city and industry there were involved in the strike of June 14 to 27, 1877, 700 males and 2800 females. For the state of New Jersey the census and the factory inspect- or's -report for this industry are as follows :

Males Females Children

Census report, - - 1006 123 53

Factory inspector's report, - 832 2799 273

The census has included a number of smaller establishments not visited by the factory inspector, but has omitted the more important ones employing large numbers of females and chil- dren.

As the factory law of New Jersey places under the supervi- sion of the inspector mercantile as well as manufacturing estab- lishments, the total number of employes found in all industries is not comparable with the number reported in the census.

In the report of the New York factory inspector we find, however, included only manufacturing establishments, and the number reported is, as in the Eleventh Census, the average num- ber. Because of the limited number of deputies, the New York inspection in 1890 extended to but 6197 of the 65,840 establish- ments included in the census. In 1891 the inspection was extended to 10,112 establishments. The number of operatives found are here compared with the number of operatives reported in the census :

Establishments Males Females Children

Census, 65,840 545,453 194, 35 12,263

Factory inspector 1890, 6,197 211,452 116,426 14,669 Factory inspector 1891, 10,112 281,517 140,553 17,495