Some facts concerning the people, industries and schools of Hammond and a suggestive program for elementary industrial, prevocational and vocational education . tal Inhabitants Employed in Manufacturing Establish-ments in Hammond and Other Cities. Derived from Numberin Industries in 1909, and Population in 1910 CITY Per cent, inIndustry CITY Per cent, inIndustry Hammond Indianapolis Anderson New Al >any Lafayette Muncie , Richmond In 1909, the capital invested in Hammond manufacturingestablishments ainounted to $16,270,, the value of the manu-factui-ed
Some facts concerning the people, industries and schools of Hammond and a suggestive program for elementary industrial, prevocational and vocational education . tal Inhabitants Employed in Manufacturing Establish-ments in Hammond and Other Cities. Derived from Numberin Industries in 1909, and Population in 1910 CITY Per cent, inIndustry CITY Per cent, inIndustry Hammond Indianapolis Anderson New Al >any Lafayette Muncie , Richmond In 1909, the capital invested in Hammond manufacturingestablishments ainounted to $16,270,, the value of the manu-factui-ed products for that year amounting to $15,580,250. Thecapital invested at the present time is far greater than indicatedfor 1909 and the number of employes has probably increased atleast 40 per cent. Reports of the State Bureau of Inspection forthe year ending September 30, 1913, indicate 5,764 employes inthe Hammond establishments, and it is probable that this reportdid not include all establishments. THE INDUSTRIES OP HAMMOND 13 CHART 4 Percentage of Population Employed in Manufacturing Establishments in Hammond and Other Cities 5 ._l lO IS _i eo as_j 30. —as BO HAMMOND ANDEH50N— MUNC/E RICHMOND--- INDIANAPOLIS- NEW ALBANY- LA EAYETTE The local importance of the Hammond industries is furtherdemonstrated by reports showing the occupations of the parentsof 13 and 14 years old boys and girls attending the Hammondschools. Comparative reports from other cities showing the occu-pations of the fathers of the 13 and 14 year old children indicatethat in Hammond, 61 per cent, were engaged in manufacturingestablishments as compared with 58 per cent, in South Bend (1) ;46 per cent, in Evansville (1) ; 45 per cent, in Richmond, Vir-ginia (2); 38 per cent, in Springfield, Illinois (3) ; and 25 percent, in New Orleans (4). MctJiod of Ohtaining Data. The facts concerning the indus-tries of Hammond: products, number of wage earners employed,materials used, trades and occupations involved, e
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