Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-23

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That t1ers wa =-ar. ssse=eas L 1914
-azE 81 1913.
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tn. e sze s-sr IL. q. -zs Tez-.
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szz1e- Io- liz Ss-1s6 IL Z wEsc5s. II =
~ s-x- aast ~ 1913. sqz- -azr g-ssz-
I5<y7-sssra- t4%ss-esz eze 70 -zs easSs-
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Ss3zts l1zaess
Tat q rae secon5 -. II tEse r=ar
s2sa. E1@z pSo9mszt ssss@es. nzz rez--
~ a@Tsz Ss.@-.s z1zsey cazz = t.s cry
res5o-e1zx rer.o1 II 1913.
That g-.er. IsssEt-s uzs III s..7
zr@z-e- x sTerg .E11se-y rss-=s<z.e.
- liz -ssurss bx- aEgo = .ss-sF
eTery n-azra II ers-Y ta1zs-rT.
EstErzs ~ 81 sS.s,esn - tie az
plrZ.1z tzx II eze1 z-o1-a r 1914
mere rsce4Ts9 ho-n ~ -rzte 1n522z.
Issse orzzn.zzssl1s ckas@- tro1 .:
IlcsLr&es. REPRESENT n S..s-sz- crz6.s
ant .-ci1Gs . ..ss cs-.- II .ls toezl
gl.oss nlsnaS@gx5s, - tie s-z-e- TEsse
returns sseE tazt x .sza. zso,-hs
tas isse1e@s Tzs greater -Ezz IL rhs
ca.resSo1t.Ez tate {. 1313- They tz-
csE6st sre-y n.oath, ezcey Deee1ao=-.
q t1e sec1zd hzEt D. TIE yezr. T1e
zaez1 ,=ree1-zze II s1.e,esz fir tie
first FIX -1xn.as o. 1914 va. o-e-lzn
II ne pant higher fzs,z AZ eo1rsr@s
@.ta z3,7I r1zz ts- TIE corTespoa4isz
s,erso4 IN 1919 II .5e SCENT salf III
lS-i, tx E.ea. peEcelzzs 1ss So
sr9.ats higher sssJs IN compared with
zf19y tnan n tns sscoa6 asH II 1913.
Tks n.szn p@gceExge .or the entire
Tsa- 1914 azs 80 poias. higher III !;
AZ ccEnragst with 251) than IN 1919,
aat lac<eS eEsT slightly lesz ct-an eng
s<,.Gt II sfsGal!ng TIA, FIR 1sss f2;.7).
1.acs wzs TIE hlghez, in any y@.
STIR t.ssz :sco.1z have been Kept.
In af szye >ze u the industrial
groeps .he .cgeEess vas greater t.za
81, 1915, II tas .o1r leading l.5zs-
trial gTo1ps. 1h.ca together INCLUDE
saore than three -.o1-ths q. TIE to.z.
number repairing. increzges u idle
nesa we're reported In three. These
inc.easss mere "a buiidang-tne secona
azrgest az u number. repo.tins-znore
than Is 1o,nts: IN trsngpprrztion--
ii g<,.Lis. SINE IL TIE other ird1s-
t.ses reg,n-ted large !ncTeaze ~ die
nesg. but nCne III them are slgnihcan.
excsyt ~ Indicative II general ten
csncy. became NJ the relatively snail
numbers reporting. Clothing an.
textiles alone N the industries re-
Dorted Ter. ld!enesa than in 1919. the
decreaHe amounting 70 poin.s.
I-abor 6sp1res accounted for but an
insigniacant proportion N idleness IN
there representative unions, no.
in any month. This was in marked
contrast with the preceding year. IN
which The carmen, workers. strike N
%ew YORK CITY cauged an unprece-
6ented amount u idlenesg IN January
and February and raised the mean Of
such idienegg for the entire year 20
the high figure Of 81 yer cent. The
idleness caused BY disability re-
NAMED practically constant and in
significant, az ug0al
The most significant indication Of
the state Of the demand for labor,
however, is the extent ot idlenegs re-
naming after the elimination Of tina.
due 10 Disputes and disability, since II
Ii 4 gauge of the extent TO which those
who are able and willing to work are
unable to find employment. The DOM
inant influence in such fdleness Is the
general business situation. Practical
Iy all Of the idieness reported in these
representative unions in 1914 was due
to unemployment. The total fdIenesz
In January and February. 1913. in part
due to the garment workers. strike.
exceeded that for those months in
1914. The idleness at the end Of July,
1914. was the greatest ever reported
for that month by the representative
uniong.
Idleness in New York City exceeded
that in the State at large and practi-
caIly all Of the idleness was due to