The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, May 01, 1922, Image 3
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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
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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
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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
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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!
Minnesota: The three employment! 1:
offices operating under the Minnesota j <
state industrial commission report an p
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f. The lack of the enforcement of laws has been
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J Personal supervision and not a few spare
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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. In normal times the percent- with professional ball players, but
ge of employment is from So to S~>, when it comes to hockey all of the
e said. He pointed out that tin- au crack club wielders come from north
>mobile industry was among the lirst of the border.
) recover. First women's tire company in DelWisconsin:
"Inasmuch as there has! aware has been organized at lialloL-en
progressive increase in the num- way Terrace, near Wilmington,
or of factory workers since July 1 Department of Agriculture is plan021,
business is undoubtedly en the ning to introduce the chaulmoogra
pgrade," A. H. Altmeyer, secretary tree into the United States to assure
f the state industrial commission re- a permanent supply of the oil for the
orted. March showed a greater gain treatment of leprosy.