The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-25
The Unemployed Thousands.

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The Investigations undertaken by Brad
streets shows that, so far as reported, three
hundred and sixteen thousand fewer employees
are at work in manufacturing establishments
in; twenty one states, containing 80 per cent
OF the manufacturing employees, than have
hitherto been required 1t is fair to presume
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 lumbermen in the Northwest and the
North is not included in the totels presented,
nor are the reductions among clerks and other
employees in mercantile houses in the larger
cities.
Wisconsm-Pr0minen numbering firms in
Wisconsin say that the cut ID expected to be
about two thirds Of that year ago. Last
year about eighty thousand men were en-
ployed, which, number, it may be- inferred,
ing the probable number out Of employment
Minnesota-The single instance in this field
where . large number Of men have been
thrown out of employment by the pressure of
the times is the case Of the Northwestern Car
company 1T stillwaser, which went % i ; the
business of the Northwest is severely de-
pressed. Saltwater lumbermen claim their
cut in the woods will be reduced 50
per cent for next year, with proportion
40 fooucuon OF 1oSeuk toIcoe tus Wlnter'
cent lighter than usual The Minnesota iron
company hac on their pay roll, nov. /, at theil
mines, 500 men. Their force is now not to ex-
coed 400 men, and they have made reduction
of wages of all their employees of 20 cents pei
day. Twolarge lumber mills, one atDuluth and
one at Superior City, Wis have been idle during
the entire season. The Duluth Iron company's
blast furnace works have raised but little,
small cut being made in higher priced labor.
Men will 60 to the woods at = reduction from
last years figures Investigation at st. Paul
develops light reduction of working force in
many instances, with an average wage reduc-
ton OF At least 10 per cent taking all mploy-
ments It is thought there are from $50 ia
dustry of Minneapolis shows little change.
The largest estimate of iron workers thrown
out Of employment is 200, and this about 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
manufac curing from 400 to 500 men are out OF
employment It is considered a safe estimate
that less than 90 per cent Of the number of men
sent into the woods will be employed this winter.
It is intended to reduce the cut from so to Is
per cent and wages will be lowered by 80 pei
cent Taking all branches Of manufactures,
there are probably from 8, 600 to 4, coo men out
Of employment The Touring mills have been
running at profit are employing more men
than ut the same tine last year, and have made
no wage reductionA No strikes worth chron-
icling are reported from the Northwest. In the
cities Of Minneapolis and St Paul there are,
ABSOLUTELY spanking more men employed to-day
than one year agoS The expansion OF industry
the times BIZ .msale itself felt upon wages,
which are uniformly from 10 to Is per cent
lower. = * III. : ~. =