Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-25
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The Investigations undertaken by Brad
streets shows that, 30 far as reported, three
hundred and sixteen thossand fewer employees
are al work In manufacturing establishments
In twenty one states. containing ~ per cent
OF the manufacturing employees, than have
hitherto been required IL 10 fair 70 presume
that q more detailed inquiry would reveal near
or three hundred and fifty Thousand as the to-
tai In part due, of course, to customary stop
pages at this season The enforced idleness
among lambermen in the Northwest and the
North 10 not included in tho totals presented,
nor are the reductions among clerks and other
employees in mercantile houses in the larger
cities.
Wisconsm-Prominent numbering firms in
Wisconsin say that the cut Is expected 10 be
about two-thlrds Of that q year ago. Last
year about eighty thousand men we're cm-
ployed, which numh@s, il may DO inferred,
will be reduced in jnas that proportion, show.
ing the probable number out Of employment
MinnesotR-The single instance In this field
where Il large number Of men have been
thrown out OF employment by the pressure OF
the times 10 the case of the Northwestern Car
company, at saltwater, which vent into the
hands Of q receiver recently. The lumber
business Of the Northwest is severely de-
pressed Saltwater lumbermen claim their
cut in the woods will be reduced So
per cent for next year, with o proportion
ate reduction Of logging forces this winter.
Wages in the woods viii be from 10 TO AZ per
cent lighter than usual The Minnesota iron
company had ON their pay roll, Aov. !, at their
mines, 500 men Their force Ia now not 10 ex.
coed eco men, ard they have made a reduction
o. wages of all their employees of 20 cents pen
day Two large lumber miiss, one at Duluth and
one 1t Superior City, Wis. have been idle daring
the entire season. The Duluth Iron company's
blast furnace works have raised but little, a
small cut beiag made in higher. priced labor.
Men viii 60 10 the woods at d reduction from
last years figures Investigation at Sc Paul
develops light reduction OF working force In
many instances, with an average wage reduc.
ton OF at least 10 per cent taking all employ.
nients. IL is thought there are from $50 to
5000 mon out OF work. The manufacturing in
dnstry OF Minneapolis shows little change
The largest estimate OF iron WORKERS thrown
ont OF employment il 20, and this abont the
mark Wages are reduced about 10 per cent
on the average, The lumber mills have all
been running. but with reduced crews averag-
ing three fourths Of full number. In wood
manufacturing from 4O 70 500 men are out OF
employment II ir considered q safe estimate
that less than 60 per cent OF the number of men
sent into the woods will be employed this winter.
II in intended TO reduce the cut from 80 to Is
per cent and wages will be lowered by 81 per
cent Taking all branches Of manufactures,
there are probably from 3,o0Qto 1900 men out
OF employment The Touring mills have been
running al q profit, are employing more men
than At the same time last year, and have made
no wage reductions No strikes worth chron-
icing are reported from the Northwest. In the
cities OF Minneapolis and st Paul there are,
ABSOLUTELY speaking, more men employed to-day
than one year ago. The expansion OF industry
has madeway for new hands. This pressure 81
the times has made itself felt upon wages,
whieh are uniformly from 10 10 Is per cent
lower.