The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-09-19
The United States Employment
Service


tigate the places where laborers are
to be sent, the nature Of the work.
their wages and their employers. and
all conditions must be satisfactory
before permission is granted to re-
cruit laborers for such points At
present the common labor shortage
reported BY practically every war
manufacturer in the Eastern States
is in no way exaggerated as shown by
the National Labor survey Of the U.
s. r Service. Out Of one hundred
and ninety-four cities reporting on
the comr~nn labor situation fifty-onc
report normal conditions in the last
survey; one hundred and fourteen.
shortage; bar twenty nine, a surplus,
the later being pretty well confined
TO the South Central States where
drouths. std ths. closing of the har-
vests have released large numbers
from the farms
III thu skilled labor section boiler
makers. mathinists. and holders are
everywhere IN demand. Ship-buildsrs
are badly wanted in Seattle: Philsdel-
yhie; Wilmington. Del; Mex York and
Galveston: and New England is call
ing for munition workers Various
points in Virginia are also sending
out s. o. s." calls for laborers Of
all classes. particularly unskiIled.
Throughout the middle West the
Railroads. are absorbing the available
supply Of skilled labor. The reader
should easily surmise from above con-
ditions that the seriousness Of the
situation cannot be exaggerated. The
time has come when America must
get on war basis. There are plenty
Of unsl<illed workers who are on non
war business and they must be trans
ferred. II we are not to leave our
rapidly growing armies in the lurch.
II the new fighters 10 be had under
the raising Of the draft ages are to
be equipped every able-bodied man in
the country soon will have to find
work in some essential industry. An
aroused public sentiment will brand
as a Stacker any man who wilfully
refrains from working at some pro-
ductive job up to the full extent of
his capacity. and will be more eff
fective than any laws or regulations.
ce~nss Labor Volunteers
What perhaps Is most needed in our
industries is an infusion Of men who |
vii undertake to work as common
laborers because Of our eountry's
need. There presence viii be an in /
spiration and example to those al
ready ut work and will go long
distance toward reducing the ineffic-
iency and abnormal turnover Of labor
which exists on many important pro-
jects. Americana. like the English
and the French have done, must learn
that common labor. when perform
ed for ones country in time Of war,
is worthy Of any man whatever his
prior position or experience. The
appealing call and urgent necessity
for men to the different government
points should be promptly. patriotic
ally and unhsaitatingly answered by
all physically tit abls-bodied men
from all over the United States. es-
pecially from the drouth stricken
districts Of West Texas and other
points In similar condition In other
sections Of the United States. except
only such men a. are In the first
classification In the next drafts and
such men ~ are not employed 10
manner ths, ID Of dirsct benefit 10
shs government and their country. |,
Those anfortunaiss who ara rssid. I
ing N thls section Of thu country who
have had ressxss IN The Ioss Of craps
and stock should oonzIder their ~
vsrsss ~ blessings fef The, have
hsen slssn. Indirectly. he eppoFsuai,
tIss 70 serve their government ~ 20
<psadlnH y these Appeals frf 'spFHsFs