The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-02-15

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now fond of this class Of employees Repeated eor nave
been made by this department OF the railroad business
namuch touch with free employment Offices
maintained m the arm states at Saint Louis Joseph Kansas
CITY and Topeka yet fcw orders for help this character have ever
been placed by OF these offices with railroad companies ne
commonly known Man Grabber nominal salary to gather
employees OF this class These representatives OF the companies know
ing that they split Of fees anything OF that character
with the free employment bureaus quite naturally conine their opera
ons with the private agencies Careful investigation OF this SUBJECT
only demen the railroad companies themselves but viii event
ual bring about legislation regulating the private employment asen
Iccs along these lines.
The question OF supplying help to the larger hotels and Tes'au M
that these institutions pay very fair Of wages and import their
chefs and higher class help to great extent In the instance OF
OF floating element and the smaller hotels and restaurants who
employ cheap class OF labor supplied this This
like The railroad situation found ia be supplied largely through
something to be reckonel with in Oklahoma There are now seven OF
them operating employing principally Chinese help their kitchens
and dining rooms. In few however. find white
SKILLED MECHANICS
The mechanical trades those lines OF employment
ceed by apprenticeship pretty generally employed
fair during the The outlook however good
for the coming business depression not only
in Oklahoma but in the northern and The situation
Oklahoma particularly strained OF the great
boosting this country past two three wears which has
caused large influx o craftsmen only The building trades but
the mechanical lines connection with this we might state
that this class Of labor governed largely by their respective
unions and through the offices OF organizations generally
furnished employment and seldom apply either private free
employment office
ls Department does not iii with this class OF labor
to any great extent as the mining industry located that all
who engage in that line OF work directly
erPonent ana when unable to secure employment in this State
naturally iock to the mining fields and other parts OF the country
his same condition applies TO wormcn employed in the oil gas
CLERICAL AND OFFICE HELP
large NUMBER persons are employed IN the several branches
ants nogaphr clerks The business colleges through
out the country turning this EMPLOYEES by he hun
dds and unnecessary state that employers always large
waiting list from personal applications have occasion to call
on any employment agency for assistance not get in touch
have large list OF applicants who competent in every respect and
any employer the State who derou obtaining employees OF
can s'st svMMAsY xa sT or 4AsLTs dhes OF the three offices
ty scrutanzng the tables herewith presented. what might
be noted that with $3.50 persons applying employment and 248
appcaon tor help there were but placed in positions
han one third OF those applying only better than half the
help demanded being supplied This explained part from the fact
cent % Of l ] ,sq ter was dnptaon OF applications large per
to oer at the time and again when large demand for
kind OF help desired was not available the EMPLOYER nor ] h
wants known until the help actually Again large Dor-
ton OF demand labor comes in connection viii, M j I
picking Of cotton while greater part OF applicants for farm
"of< are from the North and not familiar with . hence not
i will also be noted that the report Of the Nskogee office shows
greater per cent OF the aPpie2ts placed also greater per cent
ms explained from the fact that the for help and appi
can' were largely local against widely demands for hn
and the transient nature OF those applying at the other offices
WOMEN WORKERS.
me demand for women and girls steadily increasing in keep
ing with the growth o our cities Many factories and anacrh
plants arc beng established within the State that will depend nc
upon TINS class OF help such millinery gloves cahdy
proprietary remedies laundries commission houses where girls are %
Pou 70 candle ana pack eggs butter also telephone and e
sapn companies who employ large number of girls various capa
ne best paid and best cared o perhaps are those employed
III e garment 1actorles they being organized commanding
hgher rate OF pay with shorter hours well as other
not enjoyed by other classes Of women workers
Although the past has shown general depression al
lines OF industry and employment yet have no KNOWLEDGE M nv
wage Tedctlo but on the contrary substantial increases ~
shown especially the transportation department m rard H.
increase amounting to ten cent with better working conditions
The Printing Trades received substantial increase On I
tt I9I while most other lines of employment remain on t |
scale as previous year. dollars having been established h
per de rate OIL wages IN most and common r
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