The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-04
FREE LABOR BUREAU.
Good Results During the First
Year OF Its Existence.
MONEY SAVED TO woRkloeMEn.
Orders Filled For Nea riy Five Thou
sand Men and Women From
Every Section OF the state.

~Nes &Er- tfupsoy sneVr once closed
the nrst year OF lis existence last Sat-
rrday. March 30 and the report OF Conn
missioner John Lamb. covering thai per-
ioi, proves the great benefit o1 the in-
sLt1ssoa 10 the working class and It's
sTea1 possibilities FOR the future.
DaTns The fiscal year just closed
eo.ia missioner Lamb received and flied
orders Tor s.se7 persons. z-s7s OF whom
Were men, and 2.2ss women.
The Office has cost ne city. in round
figures. $3.50 for the year, making y
cents the average cost TO the cfgy fer
each JOB thus offered free 10 the unegn-
pioyed.
The fact that orders for fse7 persons
we're received during the nrst year suffi-
GENTLY demonstrates THAI the office Is
usefus 20 employers and employees w9rh
sucn showing in these hard times, the
prospects are encouraging for the near
future. when the demand for labor viii
be brisk
without the present city free employ
ment bureau these ACT men and women
would have had 10 place themselves IN
the hands OF private employment agsn-
clss az an average cost OF $50 The saw
ing OF this $50 20 each man or woman
OF this f.szT makes a total OF S. $40 saved
70 the working class at the compare t4ve-
~ trifiing cost to the city of only 81. 30
In commenting on the general results
OF the ONCE. Commissioner Lamb said:
IT Is proper 70 draw attention 10 the
fact that q large business can be done
a. cheaper rate. proportionately. than
a small business. The cost viii not by
any means keep pace with rhe increase
OF orders. In proportion to It's useful
ness. therefore. the cos; of the office, as
business grows, should become relatively
much less. The present location OF the
office IS unfayoraole TO business. but il
was absolutely necessary 20 make some
provision for suitable office quarters. and
the change from ITO South Second street
TO the corner or North Fifth and YeSaer
was settled upon as the best the csty
could DO at the time. There IS. unques-
tiona0y, a possibility OF making this
Office a suprcmely useful public institu-
ton, and Ii is 10 be hoped that the gen.
erai condition OF business and public
finance viii soon so radically improve as
to secure the institution OF such means
as waIl enable IL TO extend its usefulness
TO the fun limits OF which r. is capable
Orders Received by Months.
The following statement shows the num-
Der OF orders received by months from
April l, 1891. 10 April j. 1885:
April. 1ssI-Men, 9s; women. sc: 1sI
Mayhem, no. women. 81: 20l.
June-Men. lis; women. l1S; 22i.
July-Men. I23: women, In IA
August--Men. 3is: women. 1872; SO.
Superintendent, s64; women. $50; liza.
including LIZA hop pickers.
october-Men. 1856; women, 200: 3ss.
Novemher-Men. ZOE: women, Ia: 20.
Decemher-Men. 1871: women. lao; I'll.
January ise5-Mcn. 50; women. Ill; $50.
Febrtiary-Men. "a; women. i4s; %.
March-Men. 81; women. lse; 2S1.
Total orders for men. 2.55s; total orders
for women. e.249: total for year. 4.6Z9.
Orders From Every City.
These orders were received from every
portion of this state, also from Oregon
and British Columbia. showing how gen.
orally the employing public has availed
itself OF the services of this office The
towns represented outside Of Seattle are
as follows:
Vashon. Wooiley. West Seattle. Chico.
WILDLY island. Mukilteo Peshastin mines,
Clear Lake. Granite Falls. Crystal Springs.
Charleston. Hamilton. Spring Beach.
ocean steamers Everett. Port Townsend.
South Park. Sedro. Snoqualmie, Richmond
Beach. Tolt. Snohomish. Auburn. Ed
naonds. North Bend, Duwamtsh. Preston.
Aberdeen. Mercer island. Colby. Skyko-
mish Olympia. Brighton Beach. Black
Diamond. York. McMurray. chilllwack.
p g. Victoria. n. C.. Pontiac. Cherry
valley shelton. Blewe;t. Ballard. DEM
ing Sauak Lake. Maple Valley. Oak Har-
Dor. Nary~vilie Decatur island. Scarves
Point. Arlington. Friday Harhor. Belle
vue. Newcastle. Port Orchard. Machiss.
Tnuraciaw. Sfanwco9. Florence. We
natchee. Kanriey. Van Asset. Olney.
sunnydale. Port Blakeley. Chautauqua,
Pay View. Lowell. Ia Conner. Chehalis.
Franklin. orflua Columbia. Fredonis.
Green River Stuck Junction. Union city.
vr.,ssainviiIe ranlsho. Mission city. New
V-hasearra. EagecoEnh. Renton. o. Brieu's,
Kfnrafou Manchester. Tacoma. sidney.
Maple Leaf. Gussnes. MoDtesano. Kent.
Eagle IIarbor. Wickershafn. Fails ttfy.
CarfonaHo. sultan city. Siiveriaie. Kirk
| lanh Ffula, Prairie North Yakima. Robe,
pnan~hnrr. Black River. CEDAR Mountain.
T.yrran. Monte Cristo. Thomas Kiona,
ratheart. Redmond. Anacorfes. Bangor.
R,,r.on. Largely. pes Noines. Tenino.
Aorsarsurn. Gilman. Monroe ocarbo ISL
ant. Wellington Saxon, Seaheck. law
renee. Mount Vernon. Portland or. Port
Ludlow. Presser Pals. Bo,neh Saanl'a'
Nooksark Hot Springs. Blue Canyon,
winlo..k. Phelps. Steilaco0rn. Iesler. Hart
ford. Parker spur. Cokedale. Star Lake.
Alaska Sound steamers
The OCCUPATIONS Represented.
The oc~upatgons represented by these
orders are a : follows:
Neu-Srtclernen caikers. clippers.
furniture hnishers shoeuakers. fathers.
bolt cutters. tailors. quartz Fnuers. JAM
phers. shoe machine men porters. sales
men. Transfers carpenters. engineers.
plasterers blacksmiths. boilermakers,
cooks single sawyerS. painters. garde-
ners hoarnneu. walters. skidders. coal
miners mortar mixers, butchers. lath
sawvers. stone masors. brick masons.
nrer,en. axe-nen. dishwashers. vegetable
men. farm hands. plansrmen, shingle
hackers. seamen holders. printers. hak-
ere plumbers. quarrymeu. knot sawyers
knee horers. barriers, teams. brickmak-
ers canvassers.
Wofuat-Cccks chamherna,ds. house
work girls. nurses. Mattresses. seam
stresses. washerwomen. dishwashers. can
VasSers.
The Origin of the ONCE.
The ofsce Of commissioner ~ IA Dor sta
tisties was created by an amendment 10
me city charter adopted az the last city
sfs,tfor The amendment provided thai
the commissioner should conduct Tree
s.nol9vr1er1t office The Office Of commits
efn~,s- If labor statistics had been Great
"a ~ most 81 the states without the free
atrniovYnent feature and there was seri-
ossx souhf ia the minds % many people
whether thls feature OF the work could
he made successful. but the results OF
ous Years work have proved that large
Y,atronaes s-au Be secUred for a free en-
y,l.svfaent office If strict attention 81 given
n the needs ara interests CT BOTH eEn-
vEavev and empioye. Indeed. unlike pub
liz business generally. the very existence
Of a free ernploymnt oftice depends upon
its ability % secure and retala patronage
Advantages Of the once.
Sr~asin- Of the advantages OF the free
employment once. Mr.. Lamb sad.