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Nevertheless there is danger in trying to work out technical prescriptions for art. This psychological scheme is one-sided, and our time confronts dangers for its ideal life if triumphant psychology crushes under its feet every idealistic opposition. I cannot forget that this view point is an artificial one for real, living art. — Hugo MtJNSTERBERG, Atlantic Monthly. November, 1898.
Annual Statement Relating to the Operatives and Wage-Earners at Pullman. — .■K canvass of all the wage-earners at Pullman, completed October 11, 1898, shows that, exclusive of house sers'ants, there were 5,997 persons employed in all our industries and business establishments ; 5,730 of them being males and 267 females; 3,425 of these operatives are married, and 2,572 are single; 2,408 are reported as skilled workmen, 1,748 as " fairly skilled," and 1,841 are classed as laborers; 1,406 rented homes in Pullman, and 1,515 boarded here, while 915 owned homes outside of Pullman, and 1,143 rented homes outside of Pullman, and 1,018 boarded outside. A few more than one-half of the whole number neither resided nor boarded in Pullman. The average length of time these operatives have been here or have worked here is six years and nine months. The nativity of these 5,997 working people is exhibited in the following tabular statement.
NATIVITY OF OPERATIVES.
^ . ■ Number born t- . , r
T- „ Countries ■ ,„. lotais 01
T>Tes „,„,^^ in each ^^^
American United States i>92i 1.921
(Denmark 57
Finland 7 XT
Norway 112
Sweden 1,155 '.3.3'
r Australia 7
I Canada 230
British -^England 303
j Scotland 104
tWales 18- — • 632
{Austria 129
Bohemia 23 Prussia and other German states..
Irish Ireland
f Belgium
I France
Latin \ Italy 1 43
Spain
Switzerland
Dutch Holland
f Hungary 48
I Mexico I
Other countries . . ■{ Poland 112
I Russia 51
(^Elsewhere 16 228
692 ■
844
196
196
9
5
143
18
175
640
640
Totals 5,997 5,997
Pullman, III., October 11, 1898. Duane Doty.
