Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-20
Y. 9. TO BECOME
VAST LABOR AG EMIT
FOR UNEMPLOYED

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Under the broad powers conferred b,
law upon the department Of labor tht
United States government is preparing
! to relieve congestion of the unem-
ployed in large cities by finding jobs ir
| the rural districts for all suitable mer
! and women, regardless of whether the!
be aliens or native born.
With the active assistance of the
post office department and the depart
| ment of agriculture 1t is intended tt
make every rural post office in the
United States an employment Office
to aid in the distribution OF farm hands
lum bermen, day laborers. road makers
general out of door workers, domestics
. and rural help of all sorts, To facili-
tate the work, applications for help VIII
! be sent postage free to the nearest OF
eighteen district distributing stations
of the immigration bureau which are
being equipped for the work in zones
covering the entire country
Work May Begin in 80 Days.
j. W. McGrew, assistant in charge
of the division of informa ton of the
| immigration bureau, who was in Chi
cago yesterday conferring With DR.. F.
l.. Prentis. inspector In charge at the
Chicago offices Of the immigration bur-
eau. located at 945 Wabash avenue,
predicted that the entire plan may be
in operation within thirty days, or by
the first of the year at latest. District
offices of the immigration bureau will
be utilized as central distributing sta
tons for the zones in which they are
loca ted.
Dr. Prentis will have general super
vision of the Chicago zone. which COM
prises the states of Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan and Wisconsin. INN igration
Inspector James Hogan will have di-
rect charge of the applications for
work which originate in Chicago.
Notices in Postoffiees.
The general plan. which is being per-
fected as rapidly as possible. includes
the posting of notices in the pnstoffices
telling rural employers that they can
secure help by describing their wants
from the postmaster and which will
be mailed free TO the nearest distrib-
uting station.
As SOoIi as liiey are III Il postum 10
do so. the distributing stations will
serve notice to the unemployed tina.
they Will receive applications for Jobs
and applicants at.the zone offices will
be given blanks 10 I'LL out stating their
qualifications.
1t is even intended to 90 so far as to
receive transportation money from
farmers and to hold 1t until trust
worthy man appears who can he given
a tickle. and Accommodated to the train
by an immigration inspector who will
check the mans grip and mail the
check to the employer as matter Of
prudence to guard against being i'm
posed upon.
May Be Excursion Rates.
1t is probable that efforts will be
made to induce railroads to grant ex-
cursion rates where practicable to AID
the unemployed in reaching jobs 1t
has even been suggested that trans
continental excursion trains be run for
the purpose. altfo the zone system
would seem to render such long dis
lance trains superf1uous. Publicity
will be sought in city and country
newspapers. r5'I
A plan to utilize fhc services OF the
thousands OF weather observers scat
tered over the country IN rural dis
tricts also is under consideration The
department If agriculture is CO. operat-
ing with the department OF labor and
the postoffice department; to further
the general plan. Blan!; forms have
been devised TO facilitate the work and
these blanks are now being distributed
n tf7a al 4r;b
The blanks for use In the postoffice
also are in course of PREPARATION.
These Are the Zones.
The complete list of zones is as fol-
lows:
boston. Mass; Massachusetts
Rhode Island. Maine.
New York distribution branch
(and Ellis Island. " W: New York,
New jersey, New Hampshire. Vermont,
Connecticut.
3-Philadelphia Pa: Pennsylvania.
Delaware. West Virginia.
baltimore Md; Maryland.
5-Norfolk. va; Virginia, North Car
DINA.
Jacksonville. Fla: Florida, Geor-
gia Alabama. South Carolina.
New Orleans. La: Louisiana, Mis-
sippi. Arkansas. Tennessee
s--Gaiveston. Tex; Texas New
Mexico.
cleveland o.: Ohio Kentucky
1o-Chicago, H.; Illinois. Indiana,
Michigan. Wisconsin.
11-Minneapols Mimi: Minnesota
North Dakota. South Dakota
12-St. Louis, Mo-; Missouri. Kansas
Okla homa. Iowa
13-Denver. Colo: Colorado, Wyom-
ing. Nebraska. Utah.
14-Helena, Mont; Montana, Idaho.
15-Seattle, Wash: Washington.
16-Portland. Ore; Oregon.
17-San Francisco. Cal: Northern
California, Nevada.
ls-Los Angeles, Cal; Southern CAL
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