, 1874-12-08

and ppraonal aorylocn. AccorliuE to tho enti-
4 n,htcs given tito at tho Dnrnht OF LaDof btails-
ies, md by otiera, Tho itIcroaao III sho nuirf an
Of Embellishments mud utlrloyoh since 1870,
especially III toxto manufactures, ID nonstt olua
to sllo riin,bor OF botl,fac1otlos, ,nilu, work.
Alops, md omployoa-that nro now it'lo. II
ttia Ii corroct Il may 10 ootaldatca, tao tiat
manufacturers nt Till time, but tint thoy rorro-
dent uonso 21500 wholly unemployed. tho hnura
being rott.1cel M average os fifteen put wcok,--
tho runnng mll1-llino nov nvoinSng, I'LL oVor
s,., az s'stS ,IetE IeftyTs 1 oSti Sssy Ssr veeSs 6
lilo caBo. There arc, III fncs. about 0o,03D
,utl.oporattyea III tI,ta staso working oil two-
thirds tlalc Ton tho'aa,id will bo IL moderate
estimate lor tho n,,nbor uf ,nocharicH aud 9th
ory Immediately affected III shops, such as lhoso
of ropaiy, bolts. oso., etc., which de1o'M uroas
lilo mills. Thoy osn tin,e III tlle enulo propor-
ton. So 1t mny io a1t .auwii rs not oSottrawn.
Tint t!loro nru 100000 wording OH twu-thirt1s
time, or, aqercgatil1s tho reduction.
a3,D33 WHOLLY uN!.MpIoyE,,
in The s.ato.
OF tho $4,000 pcrpons engaged III trale and
transportation, thc rut!o Of enforced idie'less
fourth. Ccrsnny tho reduction in pay ls greater,
-ranglng from onc-third to ono-f0,lrill Of tho
pny recoiYcd two years ngo. Tho estimate glvo1l
Of tho reduction or force vii! DO to, ,G0D poraonH.
tito t1,anufncturo OF lcallor, nnA Of 6ootB md
sllous, III sot down as at least G5.000,. allowing
for iuorcaAo. or this total, not oaa than olio-
fourth aro wholly idle, w|i!o tho roinnintog arc
II an m,,cl,. Tllcso flsu1os wt!i adj 1G goo per
nons to those o,,t Of work and, aGgrcsat'nE s'ie
reduction felt by tho bnianco by one-tliirt, 1t
would giyo I'll this group total
,hnf lnSss op s,'p!ly cmoyc in
tho 1lanufacturo Of straw goods. At thia yea
au TINT business iy alwnys slnct, but TOW It 1a
neariy at sta'ni.stll|. It may bo safely aall
throo-tour!hs ero "thoMs tgt olnploynent Thcso
other OCCUPATIONS, two.nixtlla at loast OF whom
nro runnoctet with iroIl-worku macllino.sEiop8,
and related iu1,strics. OF tloso,x ~, 100 or 80,
oyor ono-l1n1f, nro out OF Wor.: III Other occu-
onc-tilird. So tho total Of unemployed IN this
atate. Mt tho prosont tiino, maJ bs rocapltulatou
as follows:
rcxtllo aud dependent manufactures. 5000
Trade md transportation ............... -. 1g,tO
Leather hoos aud Bhncs cs.................'. aS.e1n
straw gonas. Xxx, gUSy
a1a1;iug toat ....10i ,c00
70 this must ba added those engaged IN per-
sonal mud clerical services; and, IN tho formos,
1t Is stated III Boston that tito supply Of good
llouec-!.olp cquals tho demand for tho arss tinlo
fho total is about 1888 900 persons. or these,
at least sU,0U0 belong to tho category Of wages
or about $4,000 poysens. This would increase
tho total number out Of work III this State to
l20,0u0, or .......
ONE IN EVERY 19t5
Of tho wholo population. / have not included
agriculture III these estimates, nj that will
probably not lessen itB !ahoy any more thnn
usual only tho par thereof. The most fortunate
thing lit thiH ttt,ntiou Ia tho fact Tint so 1nrge
proportioi, Of tho total iabor Of tho State has
comparatively steady work, eren IL not Rs muclt
nf tt ns t!csirclt. I'iio egtinletps hNyo gtyen
will n,n'o idlo nearly ono in every i've OF tho
nlolo laboling force throughout tIe State.
Another encouraging sgu In tho situation
hero is tho rnrid depletion Ut tlo textile ssocks
throughout tho oountry,-not moro than six
weeks full supply beng OIL hand, ,-~tLns making
revival Ut Misunderstanding activity quite certa!.i
ut nU tl,stnut tatu.
Apart from I'LL other considerations. aro not
these estimator Hutllcieut explanation OF the
Into political surprise Il. ]. II.