The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10
LABOR BUREAU IS
DOING GOOD WORK
Scope of Its Activities Is Far
Reaching.
MANY POSITIONS OBTAINED
Free Public Employment Agency Has
Sent Workers TO Many Indiana
Counties and 10 Other
States.

Indianapolis The first quarterly
bulletin OF the Indiana free public
employment bureau. prepared 10y J l..
peetz. chief OF the bureau of statis-
tics. has been issued and is ready for
.'butiOn The bulletin contains
the report for October. November ard
December. 1902 1t was delayed
somewhat in publication owing TO a
difference Of opinion between Mr.
Peetz and the members OF the state
printing board regarding the duty
Of the board TO authorize the print
ing but Mr. Peetz won a victory by
obtaining an opinion of Attorney Gen
eral Bingham favorable to the bull
letin
Il sets ont in detail the number and
kind Of applications FOR work filed.
number Of applicants placed. number
Of applicants not placed. number 81
positions offered. number filed and
number not filled These show the
bureau has had applications for work
Ia So different lines OF the number
of applications placed. laborers lead
the list with EOS during the three
months. Machinists come next with
% Carpenters. credited with !. and
auto workers with ten follow. Twen-
ty-six offers Of positions for auto
workers and % offers Of jobs for la
borers were not filled. the bulletin
pointing out that these cases were
due 70 the fact that the applicant did
not FL the position or the position
suit the applicant
During the three months 1883 men.
367 boys and 50 women and girls ap-'
piled for work There we've placed
3l5 men. l25 boys and IS women and
girls
The bulletin says no appropriation
in the legislature was made for the
bureau. the only provision Of its es-
adjustment being in a section Of q
bin passed IN 1909 regulating private
employment agencies. Every agency
operating in the state is required to
take ont n license. for which SIS is
paid to the chief of the bureau Of
statistics. this money going into
fund for the maintenance Of the free
employment bureau
As TO the scope Of the work done
by the bureau. Mr. Peetz points ont
that the bulk OF the work is done in
Marion county and In Indianapolis.
but that the bureau has reached ont
into more than score OF other coun-
ties as well as into other states The
counties IN Indiana which the bureau
has reached are Boone. Cass. Clark.
Clinton. Decatur. Delaware. Fayette.
Grant. Hancock. Hendricks. Henry.
Howard. Johnson Kosciusko. La
r-gnge. Lake. Madison. Newton.
Orange. owen. Rush. Upton. Wander
burg. Nigo and Wayne During the
three months II furnished help for en-
ployers in Peoria. III: Beaver. H.;
Lansing Mich and Fremont. o.
With regard 20 the policy Of the
bureau IN labor troubles the bulletin
says. In cases where the number
Of men asked for Is unusually large. or
where there are any indications OF
any possible labor trouble. We require
the applicant for help 20 make state
ment TO the persons We refer TO him
as TO whether or not there Is any
strike or any labor trouble Of any
kind al the institution seeking help.
In all cases we give the applicants
for work an opportunity 10 have fun
knowledge Of the actual conditions.
and the question Of accepting or re-
iecting any position IS for them TO
decide So far there have been no
calls in cases where there were labor
troubles OF any kind"