The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-24
LABOR SHORTAGE
MARKED 4. ! IN SOUTH 0 |
Situation Nov Nearly as 1. Bad d il il.
East and the Middle
West
FOR INN 4 GRANTS \ s
Emphasis Laid Upon Necessity :'ssSitJy'
for Radical forms Ait in & E "a IT. III
cational Methods.
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Especial Il to Tho Tines lspatch.)s 95.s2E
5BALTIMoRE,s$J June 23.--In summarize
ing In this week s issue eight pa ges e! q
letters from manuf acturers throughout t
l7the country; the beginning OF q series
discussing from the ma cturers, stand sta ID.
point the supply Of la Dor md me its " effi-
cheney as related to the Industrial a Etl-
svancement and immigration the Manu-
facturers Record says
There is a shortage OF abor. This is
most marked in$$thes Southern States,
where even individuals who, operating
upon special lines have an adequa ate sup
ply, find a general lack In their neigh h
$borhood, but In the Eas "a In the Middle
West and In manufacturing States u be.
You'd the mississippi, the situation isi
similar, though. perhaps, not embar--
RAISING. In some reg. ons, espe lly near
the great cities, the number OF Killed
5workmen Is sufficient, but there Is q
demand for the unsklled by no means
met In others there are plenty OF IN
skilled, but not enough skilled. and ~
others, yet, both classes are short.
] Tide of Immigration.
..The desire for8simmtgrationt to meet.
the deficiencies Is Mt present strongest
IN the HIS SGSlllb ~
5nlnined BY the fact that material IA for
common labor predominates at present
among the newcomers to this country
and that the demand for such Is greater
in the South than In other parts Of tho
country, and to tho fact that for. SKI lied
purposes the foreigner who Is yet TO ne
trained is not likely to- become ms eiflTr &
Client as Ia native american Suggestion
or immigration Induces aswde5 range OF
Le1,,t11 InuY
wagon in the middle OF the road. - rather
thanst to destroy the Aperica,n spirit
through large mportatsons of foreigners,
to the strong desire that the law en-
Guiding Chinese labor. be repealed
There is shown, too. ash!fting after
trial from one class OF foreigners TO ans
other, cQntentment Is expressed With con- %
dItions In New England, where 80 great
proportion Of the labor Is of foreign
origin, wish for good class Of I'M
migrants prevails In tho West and IN
the South public sentiment Is becoming
stronger and stronger for an enlargement
OF the work done by State immigration
bureaus and other reliable agencies to
be supplemented by the movement OF
foreigners direct to Southern ports whence
thew may be distributed wherever needed
In agriculture, in mining, In lnanufac-
turing, In the lumber camps, and IN other
constructor work OF various kinds.
One OF the strongest arguments for I'M
migration to the South Is that It viii
not only meet an immediate need, put
VIII discover to the negroes that their
so-called Independence Is but a tempor-
airy thing, and that to have any employ
ment at all they must be willing to work
perslstently and regularly or disappear
in the face Of competition with foreign
born, IA 3a ff55 si1
Meanwhile. In parts OF tho country
where manufacturing has been long es-
tablshed, emphasis Is laid upon the ne
cessity for a radical change in educa-
tlonal methods. for the founding ana
liberal support OF schools where the rls-
ing generation may learn thoroughly
whole trade, and for the enlar semept
OF the apprenticeship system, the strong
point being made that whereas IN traln-
Ing for the professions, all is out-go until
active practice begins, the apprentice IS
paid while he Is learning Criticism Is
also made OF the methods Of handllng
employees and employers upon some such
principle as that the one Is merely az
Individual to be exploited TO the run
Tor the sole benefit OF the other ana
experience Is cited to demonstrate tls
advantages of what has come 10 be eali-
4ed ,lndistrial welfare work and IN advo-
cacy OF a recognition OF the huma j ele,
n,ent In the relations of employer tha
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