Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-12
DELAWARE MAKES
GOOD LABOR REPORT
Demand in This State for Un-
skilled Workers Exceeds Supply
by About 1000.

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| The initial weekly reports which are
now being received each week by the
Department of Labor, through the United
| States Employment Service from every
| important community in the country, indi-
| cate at this time a fairly healthy condi-
ton in most of the large industrial centers.
In many instances, the demand for labor
either equals or exceeds the supply.
| In this State the demand for common
| laborers is far ahead of the supply Out of
about 90 or more manufacturers reporting
| the demand for unskiIled labor exceeds the
! supply by at least | 900 men, but In that
| of skilled labor the supply seems to be
equal to the demand.
These reports, which refer only to the
immediate situation, will be received by
wire each week from the community
labor boards of the United States En-
ployment Service and are used as ba-
rometer In making requirements, allocat-
ing labor, curtailment and cancellation of
war contracts, and the rehabilitation of
the army For the week ending Decem-
Der +, reports were received from about
5000 employers, employing over 3,00O,-
600 men in 100 centers in 81 States.
In gauging the situation from the follow
ing summaries, it must be remembered
that the rehabilitation of the army and
the ALLEGATION of labor from war and peace
industries has barely begun.
Conditions in New York State (in-
cluding greater New York; are reported
as good everywhere In Buffalo there is an
excess of about 5000. due probably to
taperlng off of airplanc contracts, but
tins surplus will be absorbed by other
industries in the Buffalo region.
IpDD&y lyauIa which has had many xrar
contracts of great magnitude. reports the
situation good everywhere. Big industral
centres like Philadelphia, pittsburg and
Harrisburg, report heavy shortages Of
labor with the supply nowhere near
cqualhng the demand South Bethlehem
reports a surplus Of lbs IN skilled. but a
shortage Of common labor. Scranton, IN
the heart Of the anthracite mining region
reports shortage Of 5000
Reports from New England. especially
Connecticut, show a healthy condition
New London, New Britain Nerd, and
Derby, Connecticut. show heavy short
ages. while other centres report the supplv
equals the demand with the exception Of
Stamford, where there is a slight surplus
In Massachusetts, there is a shortage in
Boston and slight surplus in Lynn
Other sections report the supply equals
shire report the supply equals the de-
mand, with conditions generally good In
New Jersey there is a heavy shortage Of
labor in Trenton Jersey City and Eliza
beth. In such centers as Newark, Patcr-
son and New Brunswick, the supply about
equals the demand. In Ohio the situation
IS generally good. There is shortage Of
labor in Youngstown, and a slight surplus |
in Dayton and Toledo. Al Akron a net
increase IN requirements Of 5000 work |
men is expected during the coming week
More OF This Stuff
In Detroit. Mich, the centre of the auto
mobile industry, s. concerns employing
10000 men, report the supply Of labor
lust equals the demand Several Of the
larger automobile manufacturers say
that instead of LAYING OF men on account
al the cancellation Of war contracts, they
are planning 10 add TO their forces. In |
the Middle Western States, including
Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota. and Mis- |
souri, the supply equals the demand. with
the exception Of South Bend, Indiana,
where there IA q shortage In Chicago |
175 employers employing 140000 men,
report the supply equals the demand, but
a heavy increase III requirements Is eX-
pected during the coming week. MIN
neapOnS expects SIignt increase ana II.
Louis a heavy decrease. In some parts Of
the Southern States. there is considerable !
shortage Of labor Birmingham Alabama,
reports a heavy shortage while al Mobile |
the supply just about equals the demand |
At Atlanta. Georgia there IS a heavy short |
age In Florida there is heavy shortage, |
with shipyard conditions at Pensacola, /
unsettled Kentucky, North Carolina, |
Virginia. West Virginia and Tennessee all |
report shortages although general con-
ditions are good. Charleston, South |
Carolina, and Dallas, Texas, report the |
supply equals the demand. At Norfolk, |
Virginia, there IS some slight local dis |
turbance owing TO a strike of sheet metal |
workers and electricians, with a heavy |
shortage IN common labor The situation |
in the far west is generally good, with the |
perhaps Of California. In Los |
Angeles there Is a seasonal shortage, with |
conditions unsettled while at Oakland, |
the situation IS acute. In San Francisco, /
however, with I26 employers reporting, |
the situation is good with the supply about |
equal to the demand Denver, Colorado, /
reports a healthy condition. Washington |
and Oregon report conditions generally |
good.