The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-01
NATION FACES PANIC.

saddle Yet the cost of living was
never so high, and not for years have
so many faced the new year with such
utter hopelessness. Capitalism is a
failure under either republicanism or
democracy. The teacher, whose birth
anniversary has just been celebrated,
declared: "By their fruit ye shall
know them. A good tree cannot bring
forth evil fruit, neither can corrupt
tree bring forth good fruit" Read
the following and then say what you
think of the fruit of capitalism)
Harrisburg, Pa.-Ten thousand are
idle here.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-About a thou
sand men are idle here.
Kalamazoo, Mich.-A thousand men
idle; works closing down.
Wilmington, Del.-Railroad car shop
forces have been reduced fifty per
cent
Johnstown, Pastel plants mere
are running on sixty per cent of usual
force.
| Columbus, Ohio-Twenty-five hun
dred are idle in railroad and car shop
works alone.
| Joplin, Mo.-Two thousand men in
the Joplin zinc district are reported
out of work.
| Worcester, Mass.-More than thou
sand men recently employed in the
steel and iron industry are out.
Schenectady, N Y.-Three thousand
employees of the General Elecric COM
pany have been laid off till spring.
Rochester, N. Y.-The Eastman Ko-
dak company and big shoe company
have laid off nearly thousand men.
Pottsville, Pr.-Ten thousand men
of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Co., in the Panther Creek valley have
been laid Off
New York City-More than 500
men are now in the bread line, wait
ing until after midnight nightly in or
der to get a sup of coffee and sand
wich A dozen charitable institutions
are crowded to their limit.
Bridgeport, Conn.-President e. P.
Bullard, head of one of the largest
boring machine manufactures in the
country, is authority for the state
ment that 1900 men are walking the
streets of Bridgeport without employ
ment
Philadelphia-The pay roll of the
Baldwin Locomotive works now COW
ers about 10000 men, as compared
with $4,000 last June. These are not
all given full time, and there is busi-
ness ahead to last only till the end
of January.
New York-Twenty-five leading in
dustrial bonds are selling lower than
they have since 1907. British consols
have sold lower in the past month
than for eighty years. Most of the
attempts to float new bonds have ut
terly failed.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Thousands of
people are on the verge of starvation
in Los Angeles. Thousands are out of
work, walking the streets, or else
struggling along from hand to mouth
on insufficient wages. This is the
statement of the Los Angeles Record.
Seattle, Wn.-Twenty thousand men
are out of employment here and home
less. The city is renting old buildings
to house them, and appeal has been
made to the secretary of war for per-
mission to use blankets belonging to
the national guard in helping to re-
lieve distress.
Chicago-John Fitzpatrick, president
of the Chicago Federation of Labor,
estimates that there are 100000 men
out of employment in Chicago. Pro
fessor Henderson, chairman of the
city commission on employment, says
about 10000 are men who have been
let out on account of curtailment of
work
Salem, Ore. - The unemployment
problem is so acute in Oregon that
Governor West is considering a city
of tents for housing the jobless, and
work at grubbing stumps and clearing
land, under the direction of the state
militia He is worried, however by
the thought that there is no provision
for supplying food to the men while
they do this work
San Francisco, Cal-Your corre-
spondent has recently made a trip
through the great Sacramento and
San Joaquin valley and was struck by
the large number of unemployed. l
have lived i'm California for seventeen
years and have never seen so many
men willing TO work and unable 10
find opportunity Only the other day
a man was found near Bakersfield,
and the verdict was starved 10 death.
Appeal TO Reason