The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-02

Win OAdG UOuy III Inc very NEAR 1uU-
ture. The local association is now
recognized by every large industrial
| organization in the country and
through the reports of those bodies it
keeps posted on the labor market of
every section.
One of the chief departments of the
association is its employment bureau
Reports of the management on this
branch of the work show it to be a
very valuable adjunct to the organiza-
ton. Commencing on comparative
ly small basis, its scope has constantly
broadened until today it's value is
recognized by almost every industry
IN the city. Even the country seeks
and receives benefit from the bureau,
for each year over hundred farm
hands have been directed to places of
employment. The records show that
hundreds of individual citizens pat
ronize the Office annually for "short
Job " help. By acting in a general
capacity, the bureau becomes distri-
buting center for all classes of labor
and a clearing house for the various
industries. Applicants for work can
usually be located at the Office and
parties seeking help have become ac-
customed to being supplied there. A
summary of the years work of the
bureau shows several thousand appli-
cants visited the Office, large num-
Der OF whom secured employment. The
total number of recorded calls for help
was 1927, while 1881 written appli-
cations for work were filed. During
the winter months the daily number of
workers seeking employment ranged
from one hundred to one-hundred fifty.
Statistics of the Office for the past six
| years show a total registration to
date of over $4,000 applicants and
$4,000 actual operatives. The bureau
has been especially helpful to work
men during the dull season, and while
naturally many could not secure
work quite number are directed to
places of temporary employment
Through the local newspaper, the Of
flee invited any person in need of
help for few days to send in request.
Many people took advantage of the
offer, and in awaiting themselves of
the services of the bureau aided
worthy persons who were out of work.
In addition to the employment feat
ure OF the bureau, its waiting depart
ment furnishes a well equipped read
ing room for those who choose to avail
themselves of its privileges. Well
heated and lighted and supplied with
comfortable seats, the waiting room is
made In every way attractive to those
who spend portion of their time
there in search of employment. The
reading table is supplied with copies
of the leading daily papers, such as
the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Daily
News, Milwaukee Sentinel and Free
Press. Among the magazines are Col
hers Weekly, the Motor Age, Satur-
day Evening Post, The Review and
numbers of other valuable periodicals.
During the winter months many from
the ranks of the unemployed sought
daily shelter in these rooms and were
constant users of the free literature.
Members of the association, knowing
the value of the reading table, contri-
butte regularly many sample copies of
magazines and publications received
at the factories.
Over six years ago when the bureau
first opened its doors, the question
was, What can it accomplish2 Is Ke-
nosha large enough labor center to
maintain free employment office
That question has been definitely ans
wered and today the query is, What
would we do without the bureau? The
scope of the office has constantly
broadened and the duty of receiving
and examining applicants is relative
~ small portion of its work. The
management devotes considerable of
its time in an endeavor to suit the
workman to the job, and in this wav
many transfers are effected. In years
past shop operatives were often placed
in positions and obliged to continue
there regardless of ability or personal
choice. Hundreds of employees tes-
tify today to the fact that through the
bureau, they have not only secured
work to their liking but much more
remunerative situations than before.