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A very desirable shoe for street wear. / - (!?&* ' wL < Industrial Improvement Slow But Steady Chicago, April 29.?General improvement in the industrial situation, described in several instances as slow but steady, particularly over conditions as they existed in the winter months, was indicated in reports gathered by The Associated Press from federal, state, labor ar.d industrial leaders in many states of the union. Labor commissioners and other officials in virtually every state from which reports were received, not only declared that unemployment had ma terially been lessened in the last few months, but nearly all were optimistic concerning the future, holding that the opening of reasonable lines of work, such as agriculture and roafl and building construction would help greatly in absorbing the surplus of workers. While no definite figure on the present number of unemployed was available, approximately 1,350,000 persons were reported idle in 16 states from which estimates were received. Large industrial states such as ew York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts contributed more than 1,000,000 to this total, New York leading with an estimated 600,000 out of work. The total population of the 16 states was in excess of 43,000,000. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, estimated the unemployed at 5,000,000. Miners and other workers on strike were not included in the state estimated. The miners' strike, which tin ion officials estimated as involving nearly 700,000 men, was the largest industrial controversy in progress as May day approached, with a considerable number of workers affected by textile and stone cutting strikes in shutdowns in New England and in minor walkouts in other parts of the country. In some cities there was declared to be a demand for skilled workers, although the supply of common labor, generally was declared to be larger than the demand. Some state labor department officials definitely stated that the unemployment crisis had been passed in their seats and that a move toward normal conditions was in progress. Some localities reported that conditions already virtually were normal, but from most of the states reporting there was declared to be unemployment in many lines. Only in a few isolated instances, however, was it declared to be acute, and the general tenor of the statements was one optimism, particularly with reference to the future. A program of intense building activity and city and state improvement work was outlined in repotrs from virtually every state, and it was ex pected that many idle workers would find employment in a gigantic construction boom which was indicated from many sources. Monthly records of building activity kept by the American contractor ince 1914 were broken by the total valuation of building permits at leading cities for March, and the aggregate of $262,28.1,2.14 for 190 cities was believed by that publication to be the largest for all time. The number of nprmite iccnprl lncf mnn f K in f V\AOn cities was 62,444. As compared with March, 1921, when the permits numbered 53,315 and the valuation amounted to $131,005,317, the gai nin value was 98 per cent. New York establisned an unprecedented record of $104,598.54?. Chicago's permits were are largest in nine years, according to the Illinois Department of Labor, despite the handicap of unsettled labor conditions in some building trades. They amounted to $19,333,900, an increase of $12.033,800 over March of last year. The Chicago building controversy hinges on the Landis wage award, which several construction unions have refused to accept, and over which there appears to be no present prospect of settlement. Although in Kentucky the number i>f calls for farm labor was described as the smallest in years, Colorado reported inability to meet the demand for eliable farm forkers. While no shortage of labor was indicated in the Middle West, some states reported that there was work for everybody who wanted this type of employment, and Kansas declarations were that r>nly good weather was needed to reduce unemployment to a minimum. Farm labor wages generally were around $35 a month, with board and lodging. Considerable unemployment was declared to exist among Pacific coast marine workers, with no indication of improvement. The most adverse statement from a state employment head came from Louisiana where F. E. Wood, commissioner of labor, declared that "the employment situation in Louisiana was bad." Mr. Wood said he estimated 26.000 men were unemployed in that state, 7,000 of them in New Orleans. A reduction in wages was noted in statements from several staes, along with declarations that the efficiency of labor was increasing. Several states reported that the recent campaign of the American Legion to place former soldiers in position had met with considerable success and had helped materially to decrease unemployment. Statements from some of the large industrial centers were encouraging. Detroit reported that employment in the automobile industry was 70 per cent of normal, while the general per(ontage of employment was 60 per cent of normal, as compared with 30 per cent a year ago. Among the brightest reports were those from New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Idaho, Utah and Nebraska, although they were accompanied in one instance by the warning that no outsiders were in demand. Nebraska was listed May 1, 1921, among: the j states with considerable unemployment with 12,000 estimated as out of work. This year Frank A. Kennedy, secretary of the Nebraska state department of labor said "Nebraska will be enabled to take care of all its unemployed in another four weeks, state and federal agencies are beginning to have difficulty in filling'calls for laborers; reports from the state incidate no unusual or serious condition." He added, however, "Nebraska will need no outside labor, unless possible some harvest hands late in the summer." There is "a job now open for everybody who wants to work," in New Jersey, according to Russell Eldradge federal director of employment in the state department of labor. He added that there is a shortage of skilled mechanics all over the state. Joseph A. Kitchen, director of the North Dakota State Federal Employment Agency, declared at Bismavcrf that next month there will not be a farm worker in the state who wants to work who will be out of a job. Mrs. M. B. Bowe, in charge of the Furyo State-Federal Employment Agency, : declared that there was no acute un- ; employment problem in North Dakota, i and that the state continued to absorb much labor from the south and east, i The demand is almost entirely foi i farm labor, she added. i In Idaho, where it was estimated 1 12,000 were unemployed May 1, 1921, unemployment has virtually become a i minus quantity. Normal conditions b} June were predicted in Utah. The belief that before summer is over there will be a shortage of all kinds of labor was expressed by B. C. Seiple, superintendent of the City Employment Bureau at Cleveland. Em ployers at Cleveland are advertising for skilled abor. Figures for Pennsylvania exclude 300,000 persons reported idle on ac 1 _*_:i *i ' - wunt ui mv iuai suiitf; muse 101 Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island exclude respectively 25,000 and 25,000 and 16,000 persons affected by textile strikes and shutdowns. The maximum total for Maryland includes persons without employment who were working during wartime ex pansion but who are not really dependent upon employment. Improvement in various states is re- , ported as follows: Delaware: Applications at Federal Employment Bureau, Wilmiig ton, drop from 250-300 daily to 10-15 daily. ( Ilinois: Ratio of applicants for jobs, as reported by Free Employment Offices, March, 1922?172.4 to 100; February, 1922?209.7 to 100; March 1921?216.3 to 100. Kansas: Number of unemployed reduced at least 3,000 during March, according to John H. Crawford, labor commissioner of the Kansas Industrial Court. California: Total of unemployment seven to ten per cent less than at this time a year ago, according to federal and state labor officials. Ohio: Conditions improved 40 per cent in last year; placements by em-j pioyment omces auring nrset quarter of 1922 46 per cent more thun during same period last year, according to W. J. Biebesheimer, federal director of labor. Oklahoma: Unemployment lessened one-third to one-half since the middle of February, according to Claude E. Connally, state commissioner of labor. Wisconsin: Fifty per cent more persons placed by employment offices in March than in February. Reports by sections and states follow: New York?While no official state statistics on the number of unemnlov cd were available, it was estimated by persons conversant with the situation that about 600,000 persons in ew York would be unemployed May 1. However, .'100,000 more persons will fco cmployed on that date than in August, 1921, which was the month of greatest unemployment, according to the estimate of statisticians of the state department of labor. New Jersey: Building is about normal in all parts of the state, ac cording to Russell Eldredge, gederal director of employment in the state department of labor. Farm labor is scarce, he said. Business is improving north of Trenton. The southern part of the state is'returning to normal conditions more slowly. The potteries of Trenton are being operated at about 90 per cent of normal and the steel plants at about 70 per cent. Rubber mils are working on three shifts. Delaware: The building trade is noticeably reviving. Throughout the state there is a demand for farm labor and for workers in the canneries. In Wilmington it was estimated that the large manufacturing industries were employing working forces from 75 to 90 per cent of normal. There is continued demand for plumbers, plasterers, skill ed carpenters and high class machinists. Massachusetts: State officials in close touch with the labor situation estimated the probable number of un employed May 1 as 24 per cent of the wage-earners. The unemployed in Roston alone will number approximately 37,000, according to the estimate of the state free employment bureau at that city. Rhode Island: The situation, exclusive of the textile strike, is fairly encouraging. Deputy Commissioner of Labor Christopher M. Dunn believes. The greatest unemployment aside from the textile industry is found in the machine and jewelry trades. Maines: Roscoe A. Eddy, commissioner of labor, said that advices received from manufacturers showed a general improvement in business in Maine in the last few months and a >. >? belief that conditions would continue to improve. It was estimated that 30 to 40 per cent of the 12,000 boot and shoe workers were unemployed. Virtually all of the 15,000 workers in woolen mills and all but 10 or 15 oer cent of the 11,000 cotton mill op eratives in the state were at work. Between 80 and 85 per cent of the 15, 000 persons engaged in the pulp and paper business were estimated as employed but the conditions there were not considered quite so good as a year ago. New Hampshire: State Labor Coin miasioner John S. B. Davis sa d tha New Hampshire business was recovering very slowly with the exception of the metal trades. Vermont: Aside from the granite strike the labor situation was- not regarded as alarming, according to officials of The Associated Industries of Vermont. It is explained that while some industries have been rather hard hit during the last year, employes have shifted to others which are a< tive. Pennsylvania: "Industrial depression ivrtually is at an end in Pennsylvania," Clifford B. Connelly, Pennsylvania commissioer of labor and industry declared. "During April building poerations in every section of tInstate have brought a marked shortage of skilled workers in the building in Justry. In Pittsburg, Erie, Harrisburg, Johnstown, McKeesport and Philadelphia, iron and steel plants arc operating between 50 and 75 per cent of normal." Kentucky: Pat Filburn, assistant federal director of employment and labor, declared at Louisville, that there are about 5,000 men without employment in Jefferson county, prob-, ably fewer but throughout the remainder of the state. The situation has been improving steadily, he said, but a recent influx from other states , ^ has keen added to the number of un employment. Mr. Filburn said he had k -~.l . P" iciunu inuny inquiries aoout work K at Muscle Shoals, but "there is noth- K in-? there at present, and I advise j B unemployed men to stay away." ?>) North Carolina: "The unemplo\- E ment situation in North Carolina has K passed the acute stage," said M. L. ? Shipnu.il, commissioner of labor. "The H demand for unskilled labor has ex- ftd ceeded the supply at several points pj during the last month. The employ- Ej ment service finds difficulty in supplying the demand for farm labor and for common labor in fertilizer plants. Housing conditions show improvement aver any other period during the last year." r Alabama: Farm, factory and mine labor is more plentiful and wages are lower than a year ago, according to F. W. Gist, statistician of the department of agriculture and industry, Mr. Gist continued. "The mine production is nearly normal. Last year's output of steel and iron, 13,000,000 tons, will be increased this year to nearly nor- K nial figures, 20.000,000 tons." fit Louisiana: "The oil sections ai- P*. "overcrowded by workers seeking em- Rj ployment," said F. E. Wood, comm s- I sioner of labor. H .Mississippi: The demand for labn ^ is 3 per cent of normal and tin- suj __ ply 94 per cent i f normal in Missis sippi, according to Prof. I\ P. Garner a commissioner of agriculture and com- ?? meree. For the first time in several yeas reports to the commissioner's office indicate a sufficient supply of farm labor. Maryland: There has been a mark ed absorption of idle workers in Haitimore, during the last 30 days, according to A. S. Goldsborough. special agent for the department of labor. Virtually 90 per cent of the industries of the state are located at its capial. Mr. Goldsborough added hat 8,000 B persons were still urgently in need of n work. ^ Georgia: Omployment conditions in he textile industry in Georgia are considered unsatisfactory, but "the f;rst. of May will find a noticeable improvement in virtually all other lines," said Secretary Hixom of the Employers' Association of Atlanta. Tennessee: Since the first of .January there has been a small, steady improvement in the unemployment situation in all lines of endeavor, according to a statement from the Ten nessee Manufacturers Associa'ion though some plants "are still curtail >: ing their forces." j; Florida: Roger Babson, after a tour of Florida declared the state had not shared in the general depression and reports received at .Jacksonville j from all parts of the state were said _ to show little unemployment. A vast amount of new construction and high- ' way building was declared to be in ni progress. ^ Ilinois: Industry "at last is forg w ing ahead," said George B. Arnold director of the Illinois department of H tabor, "Chicago reports are particu 1 larlv optimistic. Building is reailv opening up. making a strong demand '! for steel, iron, brick, lumber and oth-i u er material." v< The department reported that in 01 March 925 concerns in a wide range of industries increased the number of ( their employes 1.6 per cent. '' Ohio: W. J. Briebesheimer, federal '( director of labor, state department of industrial relations said a quarter of a u billion dollars would bo spent in Ohio 1' this spring, which would be directly ^ beneficial to working conditions. ir State, city and county paving pro- ' grams will approximate $.r>0,000,000. in expenditures, he said; soldiers' ^ bonus will put about $50,000,0(10 in circulation, and manufacturing concerns of the state, according to information received at this office, have bi $100,000,000 ready for spring produe- j b tion. I 1! 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RICE H At The Union Times Office. f MMBaogri i masa?????? urease in the demand for labor ami in employment than any proving lore difficulty in supplying it. .1. 1). month >inee August. nccnrdint /illiams of the commission said to the <mmission. armor weather will bring condition Iowa A !.. Urick, Iowa state k.somewhere near normal." Conditions; bor cooum oner, said labor n "dire the reverse of the depressions this tion< in h> \a were considerably inline last year, he added. provi d over a few month ago. On Indiana: Of the lf? largest cities of December 1, 1921, h?' said there were idiana, none reports conditions asj 14,000 more men out of work in the nimproved; two report employment | state than now, exclusive of striking pial to that of pre-war times, and in I miners. nIy two are conditions giving serious I Kansas: The state-wide eniploysncern, according to Evans Woollen I merit campaign of the American Lef Indianapolis, regional director for, gion has had marked effect, according idiana of President Harding's con ] to state labor officials. It was esti rence on unemployment. mated at headquarters of the I.egion Michigan: Slow, steady improve in Topeka that the number of unenilent since fall was expected to bring [ ployed veterans had been reduced ic percentage ?i employment in; 'rom 4.000 to about 2,000. liehigan up to 70 by May 1, accord m ig to Carl Young, state labor com Uncle Sam may supply Canada tision. 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