Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-23
UNCLE SAMUEL IN NEW ROLE
If You Want a Job or EmplOye,
Ask Him.
secretary Of Labor Wilson ExplainS
Working Of Employ mcnt Burcnu-
Brings "Pcrsoniess" Job and
'JOblcss, Person Together.

In the January Womar's Home Com.
panion Secretary of Labor William p,
Wilson says:
II YOU want a job ask Uncle SAM
II you want an employe, ask Uncle
sam The service is free Distance is no
OBJECT Your postmaster will act 9 em-
ploymg agent and the government will
do the rest.
The national employment bureau. oper-
at"d under the auspices OF the depar,-
mont Of labor. will receive applications
for employment from any individual in
,, the United States IT is ready to find
| help for employers. Tho object Is no.
| only to bring tho "pcrsonlcss" lob and
the ''1oblcss' person together. but 10
put tn" right person in the right place.
| 1t is one of the biggest things the gov
ernmont of the United States has ever
| undertaken.
| earnestly commend the facilitic.
| of this bureau not only to any and all
employers but to all individuals seek
| ing work. Women can make Use Of i
as freely and readily As mon The sue
cess of the entire plan now depends
upon the willingness with which the
average wage Garner seeking - position
will make use of the governments aid
| i'm getting the job
! The department Of agriculture and the
postoffice department arc both coon
! Grating with the department of In Dor 10
make the project a success. Employ
ment blanks have been sent to all post
! masters of the country and to every
field agent of the department IF agricul-
turo. These blanks may he had upon
request Employers will state upon them
the number and kind of employees they
ar" in need Of. and employees will spoo-
ify. i'm turn, the kind of work they want.
1t makes no difference what kind IL
work it is; it may he housework, stenog-
raphy, farming, bricklayins. cooking
domestic help. The blanks will, upon
their return, he assorted and classified
AMI then the department of labor.
through it's division Of information, will
make its effort to bring the wage earn
er and the job together.
The magnitude of the normal unen-
ployment cannot be ignored If we IN
clude agricultural pursuits, there are
I about 3N0,no people idle in the United
States an average of two months: 900 go
idle an average of five months, and
about 10000 idle an average Of forty-two
weeks. Finding Job therefore. becomes
a problem Of skill as much as holding
! the job once it. has been found.
The paramount object Of the new en-
ploymcnt bureau has been to get ma
| chinerN in operation ny which the un-
employed mon and women Of the country
can he picked up in one place and put
into another place where labor Is need
la I, Il. ,t.,. net. 49,
dustrics can he so chartcd that It will
| be known just what the employing DOW
er of an industry Is in the months OF
ts maximum pay roll. and he able 10
know when. in any industry. the maxi
mum and minimum will occur: and how
the seasonal industries could to some
extent bc pitted against ono another
the off season in one industry being
the rush season of another. thus ena bling
one industry 10 take m the others slack.
EIGHT MILLION WOMEN WORKERS
To-day there are. In round numbers
about io,oooco persons ten years Of
age and over engaged in gainful occu-
pations in the United States. OF thess
| about S.oD.eH are women
Upon the constant employment Of these
millions there depends the well-heins
Of the average family in this country
The wage Garner is. in four cases out
of five, a man. because statistics show
that about every nfth saared individual
is a woman. As the average man has
one or more women depending upon
him for more or less long time, it is
obvious that the question OF the per-
n'ancnce of his employment is as vital
to the fair sex as that OF the average
, working woman