SUMMARIES OF SPECIAL REPORTS
XII. Boys and girls in commercial work 101 A general view of commercial work 106 Bookkeeping 108 Stenography 108 Clerks’ positions 109 Wages and regularity of employment 110 The problem of training 111
XIII. Department store occupations 115 Department stores 115 Neighborhood stores 116 Five and ten cent stores 117 Wages 118 Regularity of employment 122 Opportunities for advancement 123 The problem of training 124 Character of the instruction 129
XIV. The garment trades 131 Characteristics of the working force 132 Earnings 135 Regularity of employment 139 Training and promotion 140 Educational needs 143 Sewing courses in the public schools 145 Elective sewing courses in the junior high school 147 A one year trade course for girls 148 Trade extension training 149
XV. Dressmaking and millinery 151 Dressmaking 151 Millinery 153 The problem of training 156
XVI. The metal trades 158 Foundry and machine shop products 159 Automobile manufacturing 169 Steel works, rolling mills, and related industries 170
XVII. The building trades 173 Sources of labor supply 173 Apprenticeship 174 Union organization 176 Earnings 176 Hours 178 Regularity of employment 179 Health conditions 179 Opportunities for advancement 180 The problem of training 181
XVIII. Railroad and street transportation
187
Railroad
transportation 187
Motor and
wagon transportation 192
Street railroad
transportation 193