Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-09
SERVANT
GIRLS
ON TOP
Enormous Demand, SCant Supply And
Top Notch Wages

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follow the example Of Spokane in
her effort to relieve the existing de.
mand for servants as the situation
Igrows worse and worse each week
land the appeals from the surround
Ing towns by the city employment
bureaus show the situation to be the
same about the country.
In Spokane the situation is de-
scrlbed as follows in the Spokane Re-
Iview:
"The perplexlng problem of Sc
curing competent servant girls for
Spokane homes, which for some time
has been the bugabear OF many
housewives, is about to be solved.
Because of the rate which has been
offered by transcontlnental railroads
from eastern cities TO the convention
Of the Baptist Young Peoples union
to be held at Spokane, July 4 to Z,
Inclusive, hundreds of eastern SER
want girls will come TO Spokane to
relieve the demand existing here, so
employment agents declare.
The coming OF servant girls to Spo-
kane has been directly Influenced by
the publicity committee of the Spo-
kane chamber of commerce and the
10000 club, which sent the word
broadcast through the eastern states.
Spokane women we'll remember the
elimination OF the pent-up cries for
bousokeepers at the mass meetings
held at the Masonic temple I'm Febru-
airy, at which time Bon II. Rice, who
was then secretary of the 10000
club, received hosts OF letters OF in
quiry from eastern girls relative TO
the need of their services here.
Scores OF girls came to Spokane at
that time, but they were not a drop
IN the bucket toward filling the de-
mand. A statement made by Mr..
Rice at that time showed that OF the
10000 Spokane homes, 1000 an
ployed hired help In the kitchen,
chambers and premises. Positions
Tor $500 servant girls were then
open. and at present are only par
.lally filcd. Spokane women are |
paying practically the top prices for
domestic help. The demand OF COM
)etent women for from $50 to $40 I
,or month Is being paid throughout
he city.
As an explanation OF the help
hortage, It Is said that after being
Employed in the homes a short time
ne girls and women either marry or
emoye TO other localities.
Managers OF employment agencies
n the city say that they have been
otined boy eastern people OF the ap-
roaching exodus OF Mattresses and
eryant girls from the Mississippi
alley and eatorn states to Spokane.
"A discussing the situation yesterday
ttornoon, $. Simpson. manager of
he Denver employment agency.
aid;
1T Is too true that Spokane and
he adjacent country Is at this time
from lack OF both men
nd women in nearly all branches OF
,bor. particularly In the home f.
ousekeeplng and dining room, In
he hotels, in the numbering camps
nd In the harvest fields. In our
hces alone we have positions offer-
I for at least 1000 men and about ]
10 same number of women, the
omen as servants. chambermalds,
aitresses and housekeepers. The
ilaries offered vary from $50 to $50
pr month for female help. \
THE coming OF the crowd OF SER
int girls TO Spokane from the east !
III relieve that branch OF the de- 4
and for help materially, but unless
mething Is done to bring laboring J
en- 90 this vicinity soon oyerripe