The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1895-04-10
FREE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE.
One Established at Helena i'll Connection
With the State Labor Bureau.

One Established at Helena i'll Connection
With the State Labor Bureau.
The law establishing the free pub.
lie employment agency at Helena, in
connection with the labor bureau, is
now in force. Fl. It. Bevan has been
appointed clerk in charge Of the office
and Commissioner Mills has prepared
the books and forms to be used in the
Office. The applications for help
include a blank in which to insert
references as to responsibility, the
object being to have persons out of
town, unknown to the clerk in charge,
insert Helena references, SO those
desiring employment may not be
imposed upon by irresponsible parties.
A. blank space is also left in the ap-
plication Of those wanting employ
ment to give references if they see
proper. Persons obtaining help
through the Office are required to
notify the office when the help de-
sired has been obtained, that the
application may be cancelled and
record made: Postal cards are fur
nished for this purpose. The priyi-
leges Of the office extend only to those
out Of employment and residing
within the state.
The free employment Offices differ
materially from the pay offices. The
pay offices receive applications from
those wanting help and those wanting
employment and transact the busi
ness of securing The help or employ
ment desired. The duties of the free
employment office are limited t(
placing those wanting help and thost
wanting employment in communica
| tion with each other. 1t receives an(
records the names Of those wanting
help or employment and furnishes
each applicant for help personally Q
by mail with the names and addresse
of all persons whose applications arr
on record desiring that kind Of work
The names Of all persons wantin!
help are also kept accessible to al
persons who have registered an ap
plication for employment. 1t viii
readily be seen that the office coul
not undertake to transact the busi
ness for each applicant to obtain til
help or employment desired, as tina
might necessitate discrimination 70
or against other applicants whe
more were registered than there wcr
corresponding applications for. \
material delay will, however, occu
: thereby, as the applicants for hcl
will be immediately furnished wit
the names Of those wanting employ
Ement, and unemployed persons wi
have access to the names and &C
dresses of those wanting help an
will be furnished facilities for Writin
if the parties are out of town. n
Efee is to be charged under any ci
cumstanccs for furnishing thes
, names and addresses.
One occasion for the cstablishmer
of the office was the abuses whic
had grown up in employment office
in some of the states whereby appl
cants were worked for all the none
they had and then sent to plac
where there was no employment f
them. The new spstem is designt
to render it inexpensive for uncr
ployed persons to obtain work
bringing them into communicate
with persons wanting help, thercl
decreasing the number Of unemplo
ed and relieving those out Of Wo
. Of the expense Of procuring it at t
T time when they can perhaps il
spare the necessary fees.
Under the terms Of the act 9th
cities in the state may establish si
, liar Offices. Ohio now has offices
eablished on similar system in fl
:, cities in the state. 1t will doubtl
require here, as there, several mont
to get this system in thorough wo
ing order and the people familiari1
with it's methods, but there is
7 doubt that the officers will give c.
Il scientious effort to carry out
4 purpose Of the law and make it
benefit to the unemployed.