I will hand the report to the Senator and let him read it. and he can answer in his own time. Commenting upon this table. the commission says: The average annual wage of the native white in the Pittsburgh district is $677 and of the total native born $623. Both the native born and the foreign born exhibit the lowest average wage in community " C." which is east of the Pennsylvania district. where the annual earnings for the total native born are $450. as contrasted with $271 for the total foreign born. Average total native born. $504 . average total foreign born. $325. Table 45 of this same report shows that the average earnings of the foreignborn laborer in the Pittsburgh mills is $367 . in the Birmingham district. $309 . and in the iron and steel industry at large. $325. According to this report of the commission It therefore appears that 68 per cent of the employees in the Iron and steel industries of this country are receiving less than $400. which. according to Mr.
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