The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-21
BUREAU OF Employment
Maryland to Assist Hen and Wemen
in Securing Work.
Chief of the Department of Indus
trial Statistics to Put the Scheme
Into Operation September 4-suc-
cess of the Project In Other states
No Charge Made to Applicants.


BALTIMORE. Aug. PA movement has
been started by the Bureau OF Industrial |
Statistics to conduct a State Employment |
Bureau in Maryland under the auspices OF |
the department, and the enrolment books |
for both applicants for help and applicants |
for work viii be opened on September 4. |
The scheme is one Of Importance to the |
industrial population of the State and the
plans of the department are far-Feaehing |
looking to possibility Of a chain of these
employment bureaus in every State in the
Union, by which surplus labor could be
evenly distributed throughout the country
and every section supplied with help.
In places where large number of per-
sons are out of employment the strain
could be relieved by the transfer of many
! of the seekers for work to other States or
| sections where there is a demand for la
Dor. The bureau here proposes to conduct
its work without reference TO creed. color,
| sex, race, or politics. Some little opposi-
| ton is expected from the employment
| agencies existing in the State, because of
the fact that absolutely no fee sill be
| The purpose is not to antagOnize the AS
! sociated Charities and organizations which
/ have established agencies 10 aid poor per-
! sons in getting work, but TO cooperate
with them
Thomas A. Smith, chief of the bureau.
and Jacob G. SchonfaTber, assistant, nave
| been at work the idea Tor some time,
and il viii be vigorously pushed from the
start, with the hope of demonstrating TO
| the public at large that much good can be
I accomplished and the labor supply and de
mand in the State equaliZed. An appeal
| Will be made to the merchants 10 support
/ the bureau in its efforts, and il, as IS con
| hdenuy expected, the people take to thu
! idea the next Legislature Will be petioned
! TO appropriate money for carrying on ana
| extending the work
| The first State Employment Bureau was
| established in Illinois, where it met with
! great success There are nov three of the
! Offices in Chicago alone and number scat
| tered through the State. In Ohio and
| Massachusetts, the plan has been in OPP
| Grafton for 2 number of years. The bill!
! first creating the bureau and appropriate
! ing money for its support was passed III
| Ohio in 1880. Since that time twelve
| branch Offices have been established IN
| different parts OF the State.
| The local bureau viii start out on a mod
| est scale, trusting to the support OF the
| people to give it solidity enough to branch
! out on q more elaborate plal iaEST Oh.
| The following statement showing the
plan in detail was issued by the bureau
| yesterday:
Thomas A Smith. chief OF the Bureau
! of Industrial Statistics, has decided TO
start State employment bureau under
the auspices OF his department. The main
| object of the bureau is TO bring the en-
nloyer and employee together without cost
| to either party 1t is believed that farm
I mrs in
| of the State, well as the city, often
require help-mechanics and Iaboring men
and women-but owing to the trouble OF
| securing IL are compelled to wait until
| they make a visit 10 the city OF depend
| upon the various employment bureaus run
for a profit. On the other hand, there are
many workpeople who do not possess the
necessary amount of money to pay for en-
| rolIment in these bureaus, or whose wages
are too meagre to even spare the dollar
or two demanded by these agencies after
the employment is secured
| 1T is thought that the Bureau of Indus
trial Statistics may accomplish this work
with little cost. if the effort to be made
is seconded by the press of the State and
| the various labor organizations and work
! people generally.
For the present the following pro-
| gramme is mapped out: A book viii be
| opened at the bureau from a. m TO A
D. m. en- which the name of any person
seeking employment can be registered
| The person must apply to the office, stat
ing age. residence kind cf work wanted,
and reference. Employers of all kinds Of
labor are requested to file applications for
help by letter or otherwise The bureau
will at once put the TWO in communication
with each other Or where positive in
| structions are given. will send the appli-
| cant to the employer at oEce with letter
| while this is being done list of labor
ORGANIZATIONS will be arranged and the
| officers of such requested to keep the
bureau posted as to mechanics out OF en-
ployment and how they can be easily
reached. so that the wants OF the county
employers car be quickly supplied.
"Of course. as there is no appropriation
for the work at present, the effort viii be
limited but it is hoped TO demonsu ale
by the next session of the Legislature
that this is work both OF practlcablllty
and usefulness to the people of the State.
1.-The State OF Illinois has established
three employment bureaus in the city Of
Chicago These were opened August ,,
1899 and I'D to date of July %, 1890, had
ACCOMPLISHED the following good work:
Applications for employment, 44,267:
number of positions secured. 81, liz; ap-
plications for hep, 1888; applications Tor
help untitled. 6.S27.
what an immense amount of good has been
accomplished by the Illinois bureau in Sc
curing work for the unemployed. and if
only a small proportion of such work
can be accomplished by the Maryland bu
reau the Legislature will nave sufficient
data to base any legislation upon that may
be deemed necessary.
There will be absolutely no discrimina-
+ ton between applicants. the first to come
being the first served. That is, the list
will be strictly adhered to and persons on
that list assisted TO employment accord
ing to rotation 1t is proposed to enroll
men and women alike. without reference
to race, creed or color, and endeavor to
help all kinds Of labor. from house help
to factory or shop
The employers Of the State can make
the effort a success by rendering their aid
and sending to The bureau for help of all
kinds while it mains to be seen whether
those out of employment will avail them
selves of the opportunity offered.
Accident to a Washington Woman.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. 21-Miss Maude
Smith, of Washington, a clerk in the
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