New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-11
Gets List of Untitled Places
from Notwithstanding
House Formed.
MANY POSTS STILL
AWAIT RIGHT MEN
Months Test Shows II Per Cert
AcCepted-WarHs Other Towns
TO Care for Idle.

Mayor Mitcho'. who has been studying
the question OF how unemployed persons
are to be cared for. and who recently lis
tened to various talks on the subject By
department heads ami charity oreaniza-
ticn officials. issued Yesterday a state
ment on the subject
OF have appointed committee Of
department heads he said. consisting
Of the Chamberlain. the Commissioner Of
Charities. the Commissioner Of Street
Cleaning and the Commissioner OF Ii
censes TO work ont definite measures
They have already begun to organize a
central employment exchange. This oX-
change will be modelled on similar eX-
changes in Massachusetts. Ohio. Germany
and England.
We shall first Try to find out from
all employment agencies where there are
jobs for which they have not suitable ap-
plicants It will be Gearing house for
bringing the manless Job and the jobless
man together At present. as Is known,
there is no cooperation between the diff
ferent private employment agencies. We
DO not plan 10 open up public employ
ment bureau. but merely an information
exchange.
Mr.. Mitchell asks the big business or
CARNATIONS to help out. and he says the
general public can help. too. by having
work done now which they would ordi-
MARTY postpone or might let go alto
eether
The most unfortunate condition Of the
whole situation is the difficulty we have
in finding out exactly how many men and
women arc nov unemployed. and TO what
extent the present condition is abnormal
In attempting to get at the facts We sent
blanks TO 40 employment agencies
throughout the FIVE boroughs. asbing for
the number Of positions that were open
and filled. and the number Of persons ap-
plying for positions from December To-
1913. to January Is, 1914.
We received replies from 800 agencies
In this month there applied TO these $50
agencies 59,eoS men and $2loS women
These employment agencies reported that
in this time the following positions were
open: In the city. s,265 men and 1910
women: outside the city. 3.30i men and
2.3lS women. This made total Of 1859
positions for men and lass for women in
and outside the city. or q grand total for
men ana women. Of 1852 position.
Against this number of 27.O52 Jobs open
there were reported filled only ll,2c5. leav-
ing 5&5 per cent Of the total places IN
filed. Although there were apparently
more than twice as many jobs as there
were persons found TO fill them. only Il
per cent of all applicants were placed
This means that the right man or woman
did not apply 10 the right employment
agency, or that the agency did not have
the right lob for the man or woman ap-
plying.
The figures show concusively the need
for a clearing house. SO that in some
place in the city man or woman look
ing for a Job can find out whether
lob he or she can fill is available any
where in the city. This Information is
now scattered among 725 licensed employ
ment agencies throughout the five Dor
oughs.'
Il ask the newspapers 10 help make
this fact clear-that New York City can
not give JOBS 10 Hheii ~ ON ON"ei Po' - VI
the United States We find that % per
cent Of the men applying TO the lodging
house have been here less than sixty days.
Il talked to Governor Glynn this morn
ng about the unemployment situation. He
is much interested in what we are plan
ming TO do and offered his cooperation
and the cooperation of the state depart
ments. II will require statewide coop
Grafton and cooperation with other