Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29

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Seeking Work for cities in tn
the Unemployed. a ona..o Aliens 1ia to to
find jobs. why should not these same
offices be used to assist citizens of this
country to find jobs? Why cannot as
much be done for the native American
as for the incoming Immigrant"
These questions. asked by one official
of the Department of Labor of another
several days ago, resulted in develop
ing the fact that there Is really no
reason under the present laws why the
government cannot use the same meth
DDS now employed to help aliens to find
work for the similar purpose of assist
ing citizens Of the United States who
are DESTROYS of being placed in posi-
lions. In fact, the Department of La
Dor, in the emergency at the time OF
the Salem fire, during the early part OF
the present year, did step in and as
the Massachusetts city to find new po-
sitions. A study of already existing
laws has convinced officials of the de-
partment that, except for the need OF
more money, there is nothing now 10
prevent Uncle Sam from coming in and
Playing an important part III lho ~ -
of settling the unemployment problem
in the United States.
The act of 1919 which creates the
Department of Labor, states that the
purpose of this branch of the govern,
| ment shall be ito foster, promote. and
develop the welfare of the wage earn
ers of the United States, to improve
| their working conditions, ana TO az
vance their opportunities for prohtap!e
employment" 1t is believed that this
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finding the positions for citizens as
are now used in New York. and wlll
soon be used In other cities Is assist
ing aliens.
employment bureaus has been advo-
Gated for many years by students or
social and industrial conditions IN tne
UNITED States, who believed that mucn
harm is done by the many fraudulent
Iprivate employment agencies which are
scattered throughout various parts OF
the United States. There are number
of private agencies which nave Deen
sistance to workers in trying to ma
positions. but the fraudulent agencies
have been scattered in and have reaped
large profits by exploiting prospective
Ilaborers.
An instance of the kind was recently
brought to the attention of officials OF
the Department of Labor in connection
with a group of six Italians who paid
p
sent them to North Carolina for con-
tract work. Their transportation was
paid by the contracting firm, and when
the laborers arrived they were told
that they would have to work Ger
tain length of time before the cost OF
their transportation was covered. The
men worked three weeks, and were
then discharged without resources and
| Penniless, they started to walk from
North Carolina to Washington, and the
three of the number who arrived told
officials of the bureau of information a
they had suffered.
| Government employment bureaus. ac-
cording to experts. are the only means
of giving satisfactory service and as
sistance to unskilled laborers. many of
whom are illiterate. and at the same
| time insure protection for the men
against exploitation. The distribution
of incoming Immigrants and the help
ing of hundreds of them each year to
find positions in the United States is
| pointed out as having already proved
| the efficiency of a well conducted gov
eminent employment bureau.
| Although the present outbreak of foot
| and mouth disease in the United States
is more serious than
| Cattle any one of previous
| 1. years, the losses will be
"'SS. insignificant when COM
pared with the losses sustained by
farmers and stock raisers each year
from the more common diseases of live
stock. This fact is brought out in de-
tailed estimates of the officials of the
bureau of animal industry.
1t is estimated that cattle to the
| value of more than 81, 0OO. 900 have been
! DIM nj
| the foot and mouth disease. OF this
| sum the government pays 100000 and
| the states in which the cattle are kill
| ed pay the other half. In addition to
| the $500,0 which the government has
| paid farmers up to date for the stock
! which had to be killed, approximately
| s25O,000 in addition had to be paid for
| transportation, labor, salaries, subsis-
| tence. disinfectants and supplies for the
| 500 or more men who have been en-
| gagged by the bureau of animal indus
| try in the fight against the disease
The total amount of $4,000 spent thus
| far by the government is more than
twice what has been spent in previous
+, epidemicS of foot and mouth disease
| In 1908 $4,000 was spent by Uncle
Sam, and in 1902 the amount was $780,
| 600. During both of these years, how
ever. the area covered by the disease
! was very much smaller than at the
| present time.
In contrast to the loss from foot and
| mouth disease, amounting already to
approximately $750.000, the government
has estimates which show that the
| loss from other live stock diseases
| amounts to more than 1912 100000 each
| year. The largest part of this loss is
| caused by hog cholera, which causes a
| loss amounting to more than $4,000
600 a year. Texas fever and cattle
| ticks. against which the government
is conducting a vigorous campaign
cause a loss of s40.000.000 a year Tu-
| berculosis of cattle and other stock
| comes next with a loss of SIS, 900, 900
| contagious abortion, $20,0O0.00O: an
| thrax. $1,500.0OO; scabies of sheep and
| cattle, S4,600.000: black leg, s6,000,O00
| CHAMBERS, $1,000 900: other diseases of
live stock, s22. 900, 900; parasites, $4,000
900. and poultry disease. more than
| So, 900. making a total of exactly
$212.S50,O00 lost by live stock and
| poultry raisers each year due to va
rious diseases, a large number of
| which are known to be preventable.
| What shall be said about the war in
the schools?' This is the question which
is perplexing thou
Public Schools sands of teacher,
and the War. given considers side I ni.
trouble to men and women in charge
of the classrooms, and who wish to OBJ
serve to the letter the neutrality ap-
If