New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
PLAN LABOR EXCHANGE
TO PLACE UNEMPLOYED.
National Bureau Contem plated by
Secretary Straus.
IRON the Tribune Bureau

Washington. Dec 2s-A great national labor
exchange free alike to employer and emplove.
with branches in all the large cities Of the con
rinent. is one Of the results 70 be sought by the
council % labor that viii meet in Washington
next month at the suggestion of Secretary
St-sus Of the Department OF Commerce and
Labor Mr.. Straus is now in correspondence
with E H Gary. Of the United States Steel
corporation. and other large employers Of labor
throughout the country. and plans for the con-
venrion are rapidly being formed. The date
has not been set for the meeting but It will
r-obablv be held in the last week Of January.
The most important Of the subjects 10 be
taken uQ.- said Secretary Straus to-day is per
l-a1s that Of The unemployed How to give work
- -7er out Of work when there is no work in
sight Is serious problem. but by no means an
unseIvable one.
Suppose take the case Of q timer in
%ez York" Nr. Straus continued. who has
.us1 lost his Job because work IN his particuIar
line has given out He traulps the streets for
several DAYS and finds other timers in the same
r-edicament- After he has convinced himself
+ha+ there is nothing for him TO do in the big
ci-v he applies 70 the bureau OF information Of
the Department Of Commerce and Labor
which II the mean tire. has been perfected and
enlarged 70 the proportions 70 which We hope
~ See IT grow-and makes his wants known
n z-orkr7en wanted takes down his big book
20 looks over the pages He finds that one
thousand timers are wanted in Seattle to work
81 -he buildings OF the Alaska and Yukon
x-s-cion- that four or five hundred sheet metal
workers. are needed in Chicago. ST. Louis and
Denver and that three thousand men can find
employment in the great fruit orchards and
VINEYARDS q California. all at first class wages.
I'd ike 70 take q job out in Seattle the tin
ss-5 YOU out there for So so and the fare will
- taken out Of your Arst weeks wages the
-7s- at the bureau tells him So the thing is
done The xorkless man goes West and finds
his work and the helpless employer in Seattle
-rds his help. We hope TO be able TO make
su-h zrrangenents with the railroads that re-
,5---e6 rates may be obtained for men who are
going after work. and by the establishment OF
o@oes il the various big cities OF the country
TIE scope Of the work may be extended 10 prac-
rcs1-v cover the whole United States
When the wants Of the employer and the en-
Move can be made thoroughly known TO each
o-4e-'' NJ StraIls continued. 'as soon their
wants occur. 6 great share OF the distress among
IRE iahoring classes VIII disappear Judge
r-z-v Of -he Steel Corporation has written NE
lerrer setting forth his views the matter, and
have written him 7 am also in correspond
erre z--h other prominent men or the same sub
-ar- Nessrs- PowderIy and heefe, Of the inrni-
grafton service. and DonneIly. Of the Govern
-reu- Printing Office. are in correspondence with
ne principal labor representatives OF the coun-
~ and Ihe views OF all men Interested in the
good of the zvorkingnan's cause win be given
opportunity for expression at the convention
Sfnc@ July ! when the bureau Of information
~ the Department Of Commerce and Labor vas
established work for 2512 men has been found
IRIS record. brought Dp 10 December - is con-
sEde-ed very gratifying when the fact is taken
ir- consideration that the scope Of the bureau Is
srfI extremely limited and its operations are
practically unknown 70 the great mass Of work
tnE-nen and only partly understood by the en-
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