When it came to tabulating wages the surprising discovery was made that with respect to 35.3 per cent of the total either no wage was received or the amount of it was entirely unknown to the family. Twenty-two per cent received between $2 and $4 a week, and 37 per cent between $4 and $6. Smaller wage divisions are shown here: MALE FEMALE _Wages_ _Number_ _Per cent_ _Number_ _Per cent_ Unknown or zero 1,961 28.4 2,893 42.2 Under $2 19 .3 22 .3 $2 to $2.50 59 .8 75 1.0 $2.50 to $3 72 1.0 113 1.6 $3 to $3.50 728 10.5 581 8.4 $3.50 to $4 806 11.6 624 9.1 $4 to $4.50 1,338 19.4 1,130 16.1 $4.50 to $5 610 8.8 525 7.6 $5 to $6 874 12.6 600 8.7 $6 and over 424 6.1 286 4.1 ————— ———— ————— ———— Total 6,891 100.0 6,849 100.0 Split up by sexes these figures show that 42.2 per cent of the girls were found in the group whose wages were unknown or zero, while only 28.4 per cent of the boys were in that group. For both boys and girls the largest number of those whose wages is known is found in the group which receive $4.00 to $4.50. The detailed comparison is here given: _Wages_ _Number_ _Per Cent_ Unknown or zero 4,854 35.3 Under $2 42 .3 $2 to $2.50 134 .9 $2.50 to $3.00 185 1.3 $3 to $3.50 1,308 9.5 $3.50 to $4 1,430 10.4 $4 to $4.50 2,468 17.8 $4.50 to $5 1,135 8.2 $5 to $6 1,474 10.7 $6 and over 710 5.1 —————— ————— Total 13,740 100.0 The average wage for all boys who receive between $2 and $6 is $4.26; that for girls $4.19, the large number of girls who receive a comparatively high wage in factories bringing their average up. The average increase, between fourteen and fifteen years of age, of the workers noted is thirty-seven cents. It is much less in some of the industries. “Does such a slight return and such a meager raise,” asks the report, “pay for all the loss of mature power, as well as for that efficiency which might be gained by longer continuing in the proper kind of training?” [Illustration: