Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-09

HEAD OFFICE IN ST. L.
Employers Can Get En-
ployes by the Same
Method.
How many COWS can you milk?'

"How many COWS can you milk
Are you of a working disposition?
These are some OF the questions
that Uncle Sam asks the candidate for
a Job in the new employment depart
ment that the United states labor and
postoffice departments are opening
through all the postofficcs in the
country.
The Tulsa office has received It's
first supply OF blanks and instruc-
tions governing the methods by which
this office is TO be conducted,
If you are looking for Job. go to
Postmaster Crutchfield. or course, 1t
is not necessary TO see the postmaster
I'm person, but the man who Is III
charge OF this branch Of the business.
a Simple Matter.
Just call for the employment bu-
reau clerk and you will be directed TO
that department. Blanks will be fur
nished on application at this window
and when properly filled out may be
returned to the clerk who Will for
ward them to the st. Louis headquar-
ters under a postmaster's frank. III
the applicant mails the blank him
self the customary postage viii be ro-
quired.
There has been q general idea that
the employment bureau would BE- con-
ducted through departmental officials
at the nations capital, but such Is not
the case The country has been dl-
vided into districts oklahoma, Kan
sas, Missouri and Iowa are In one dis
trlct with headquarters I'm st. Louis.
Applications by employers for em-
ployes filed In the Tulsa office Will be
sent to st. Louis. The local office only
handles the blanks and forwards them
to the central department There is
no guarantee given by Postmaster
CrutChfield or by Assistant Postmaster
Johnson that you will Immediately Sc
cure a job
However there is reasonable
chance that you will. The applica-
tions are all recorded in the 81. Louis
offices and just as rapidly as the em-
ployers OF the country call for en-
ployes Just that fast Will the Jobs be
handed out.
However. tho requirements are
rigid You must be a worker or you
won't get a Job At least II you do,
you won't keep It long. The system
enables the officials TO read your life
record as far as work and employ
ment Is concerned.
You must give the name and ad-
dress OF your last employer and the
cause Of the loss of your last posi-
tion, as well as many other things.
Two sets OF blanks are now on file
in the local office. One is a blank
that an applicant for a Job Is expected
to fill out and the other a blank to be
filled out by employers seeking help.
The man or woman applying for a job
fills out blank that requires among
other data his name, age, height,
weight and race. lie must state the
name Of the country In which he was
born. how long he has lived In the
United States II OF foreign birth, trade
or calling and experience, wages name
OF wife or husband and names OF chill
dren II any; whether his family will
accompany him and II his wife is able
and willing to accept employment as
a domestic; what language he speaks;
name and address OF two last em-
plOyers, wages received from them
and cause Of loss OF position, whether
he has any allment or physical dis
ability, how lonE he has been idle In
what states be viii accept employ
ment. II farm hand. what kind OF
farm work he has done. where ser
vice was performed and the number
OF cows he can milk.
The employer seeking labor must
fiji out an even more vigorous blank.
IL includes his name and address, tel
egraph office. railroad station and rcf-
erences; number Of men he wants TO
hire. the nature Of duties to be re-
quired OF them. number OF cows each
man must milk; natiOnalities he will
employ: whether married or single
men, experienced or green heip;
whether children will be objection
Bile: what money wage he will pay
married or single men for winter and
summer work; what will be furnished
for the use Of the help; hours OF
labor and whether employment will be
permanent. The employer Is also re-
quired 10 agree 90 keep the division
informed by telegraph at his own ex-
pense II he secures sufficient help
without ,hc aid OF the bureau I'm or
der that the department may not send
men TO him only TO find on their ar
rival that the position has been filled. |
The new pOstofflce department
seems. from the blanks. 20 be designed |
chiefly TO bring farmers and farm
hands throughout the country into
closer touch and seems less con-
cerned with the problem Of supplying
help to employers in cities.