Irish. and French Canadians. with a relatively small number of Scotch. Germans. Swedes. Dutch. and French. The French Canadians. among the foreign born. are employed at present in greater proportions than any other race. the proportion of FrenchCanadian cottonmill operatives exceeding that of the Americans. The English furnish about onetenth and the Irish about onetwentieth of the total number of employees in the industry. of the operatives from southern and eastern Europe. the Poles. Portuguese. and Greeks. in the order named. furnish the largest proportions. the total number of these races constituting more than onefourth of the total number employed.
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