been adequately studied
in the work of Dr. W.E.B. DuBois and Dr. R.R. Wright, Jr. It is to be
hoped that some time soon the need of similar inquiries in other
cities--East, West, North and South--may be realized and that
provision may be made in this way for the guidance of the growing
impulses of those who wish to better conditions in urban centers.

I am aware that there are good reasons for criticism of these pages.
But what has been done was done in the search for the truth, that the
enthusiasm of reform may be linked with the reliability of knowledge
in the efforts to better the future conditions of the city and the
Negro.

GEORGE EDMUND HAYNES.

FISK UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN., APRIL 1, 1912.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

PAGE

PREFACE 7-8

THE NEGRO AS A WAGE EARNER

CHAPTER I

THE CITY AND THE NEGRO--THE PROBLEM 13

CHAPTER II

THE NEGRO POPULATION OF NEW YORK CITY 45

CHAPTER III

GENERAL CONDITION OF WAGE-EARNERS

1. Sex and Age of Negro Wage-Earners 54
2. Nativity of Negro Wage-Earners 57
3. Marital Condition of Wage-Earners 60
4. Families and Lodgers 61

CHAPTER IV

OCCUPATIONS OF WAGE-EARNERS

1. A Historical View of Occupations 66
2. Occupations in 1890 and 1900 69
3. Occupations in 1905 72

CHAPTER V

WAGES AND EFFICIENCY OF WAGE-EARNERS

1. Wages in Domestic and Personal Service 78
2. Wages in Other Occupations 82
3. Efficiency of Wage-Earners 83

PART II

THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS IN NEW YORK CITY

CHAPTER I

THE CHARACTER OF NEGRO BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

1. The Business Promise 93
2. A History of the Negro in Business 94
3. The Nature of the Establishments in 1909 98
4. Ownership of Establishments 100
5. Size of Business Enterprises 104

CHAPTER II

THE VOLUME OF BUSINESS

1. Valuation of Tools an