I have made two divisions of this census list; the first includes those occupations requiring intellectual skill and carrying with them some social position, the second, those demanding only manual work. It is in the second that the colored man finds a place, and as a porter he numbers 2143, and reaches almost as high a percentage as the waiter and servant. Porters' positions are paid from five to fifteen dollars a week, the man receiving the latter wage performing also the duties of shipping clerk. There is some opportunity for advance, always within the basement, and there are regular hours and a fairly steady job.
The heading of draymen, hackmen, and teamsters, with 28 colored in every thousand, shows that the Negro has not lost his place as a driver. The chauffeur does not appear in the census, but the Negro is steadily increasing in numbers in this occupation, and conducts three garages of his own.
The last census division to be considered in this chapter is that of Manufacturing and Mechanical Pursuits.
Key to Column Headers-- A: Total number of males in each occupation. B: Number of Negroes in each occupation. C: Number of Negroes to each 1000 workers in occupation.
============================================================= | A | B | C --------------------------------------+---------+-------+---- Engineers, firemen (not locomotive) | 16,579 | 227 | 14 Masons (brick and stone) | 12,913 | 94 | 7 Painters, glaziers, and varnishers | 27,135 | 177 | 6 Plasterers | 4,019 | 51 | 12 Blacksmiths | 7,289 | 29 | 4 Butchers | 12,643 | 31 | 2 Carpenters and joiners | 29,904 | 94 | 3 Iron and steel workers | 10,372 | 40 | 4 Paper hangers | 962 | 18 | 19 Photographers | 1,590 | 22 | 14 Plumbers, gas and steam fitters | 16,614 | 31 | 2 Printers, lithographers, and pressmen | 21,521 | 53 | 2 Tailors | 56,094 | 69 | 1 Tobacco and cigar factory operators | 11,689 | 189 | 16 Fishermen and oystermen | 1,439 | 65 | 45 Miners and quarrymen | 326 | 21 | 64 Machinists | 17,241 | 47 | 3 | | | Total, including some occupations | | | not specified |419,594 | 1774 | 4 =============================================================
Bakers, boot and shoe makers, gold and silver workers, brass workers, tin plate and tin ware makers, box makers, cabinet makers, marble and stone cutters, book-binders, clock and watch makers, confectioners, engravers, glass workers, hat and cap makers, and others--not more than nineteen in any one occupation, nor a higher per cent than four in a thousand.