The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-03
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 to Other
States

lndiananolis.-The first quarterly
bulletin Of the Indiana free public
employment bureau. prepared by J l..
Peetz. chief OF the bureau OF Stats
tics. has been issued and is ready for
dis .bGtion The bulletin contains
the report for October. November and
December. 1909 II 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 Cen
eral bingham favorable 20 the bull
letin.
L sets out in detail the number and
kind Of applications for work filed.
number OF applicants placed. number
Of applicants not placed. number ~
positions offered. number filed and
number not filed These show the
bureau has had applications for work
In ~ different lines or the number
OF applications placed. laborers lead
the Est with 2O5 during the three
months. Machinists come next with
p. Carpenters. credited with III. and
auto workers with ten follow. Tween
ty-six offers OF positions FOR auto
workers and 20 offers Of jobs for Ia
borers We're not filed. the bulletin
pointing ont that these cases were
due to the fact that the applicant did
not ~ the position or the position
suit the applicant
During the three months llS3 men.
367 boys and 50 women and girls ap-
piled for work There were placed
3l5 men. i25 boys and % women and
girls
The bulletin says no appropriation
In the legislature was made for the
bureau the only provision az it's es-
Enlistment being IN a section Of a
bill passed in 1909 regulating private
agencies Every agency
operating in the state is requi ed to
take out license. for which s2j is
paid 10 the chief Of the bureau OF
statistics. this money going into
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 out
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
grange. 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 TO the policy OF the
bureau IN labor troubles the bulletin
says. In cases where the number
p men asked for is unusually large. or
where there are any indications Of
my possible labor trouble. We require
ne applicant for help to make a state
nent TO the persons we refer 10 him
IS 20 whether or not there is any
strike or any labor trouble Of any
Kind az the institution seeking help.
n all cases we give the applicants
or work an opportunity 20 have "A fun
Of the actual conditions.
md the question Of accepting or re-
Getting any position Is for them "a
lecide. So far there have been no
ais in cases whore there were labor
roubIes OF any kind