Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19

Will give the employment service ac-
curate figures as to the number of
women replacing men in industry, the
number of common laborers employed
in all industries covered by the sur
vey, and other information Of great
value to the employment service in
the conduct of its work The wider
the scope which the individual COM
munity labor boards give to their in
dividual surveys the more complete
will be the information placed at the
disposal of the employment service
II Is emphasized that the requested list
Is only the minimum required by the
war industries board at this time
Must Be in Promptly.
The date of issuance of these in
structions is so late that it cannot be
expected that full returns as of the
1st of October can be secured early
IN the month. They should be secured,
however, as early as possible. In sub
sequent months all returns should be
in by the end of the first week of the
month. The responsibility will rest
upon the community labor boards to
see that this work is done promptly.
One copy of each report should be
mailed to the bureau of labor statis-
tics, 1712 G street, N w, Washing
ton, D. C. Another copy may be kept
by the community labor board or at
such Office of the employment service
as the federal director may direct.
Personal Canvass Necessary.
The methods of collecting these sta
tistics will vary in different commu-
mites. In some places there will be
very few. if any, industries which are
listed. In other places a great num-
Der of them will be found. In cities
where a large number of these indus
tries are located it is suggested that
community labor boards secure from
employers in each industry a volun-
teer committee which will undertake
to get the information for that indus
try. In this connection it should be
| borne in mind that at the outset a
personal rather than a mail canvass
is necessary. In some places the in
formation can be collected by a mem
Der of the board or a subcommittee
over the telephone The report for
each plant does not need to be signed
by a member of the concern, but rather
by the agent who collects the infor-
nation.
Federal Directors Responsible
/ Statistics should be secured each
month from every plant, large or
small, engaged in manufacturing any
\ product listed on the list of industries
Officers and subordinates of the en-
ployment service and the agents of
the public service reserve should be
made available so far as possible TO
assist in getting the information.
| While the community labor boards
have been selected as the agencies
most available to direct the task To-
cally. the work as a whole is under the
direct charge of the federal directors
for the states, who will be held re-
/ sponsible for the progress of the sur
vey.
Here follows the list of manufacture
ing and mining industries for which a
complete survey must be made by all
community labor boards:
Agricultural implements.
Aircraft-Aircraft or aircraft sup
I plies and equipment.
Ammunition.
MISUNDERSTANDING automobiles,
trucks, motorcycles and accessories.
Awnings, tents and sails.
Bags-Hemp, iute and cotton.
Barrels.
Bicycles.
Blast furnaces Producing pig iron.
Boilers-Stationary and locomotive
Boots and shoes.
BoNeS-Wooden and paper.
braSS ana Oopper-kolllnE and
drawing copper, brass and other cop
per alloys in the form of sheets, rods,
wire and tubes.
Breweries.
Calculating and adding machines
Carriages and Sleds-Children's
Carriages and wagons.
Carpets and rugs.
Cars-Rolling stock of every de-
scription.
Cash registers.
Chinaware and pottery.
Chain-Iron and steel.
Chemieals-Not mined
Chemicals-Mined. Sulphur, py-
rites and other nonmetals.
Cigars and tobacco.
Clocks
Clothing-All kinds, mems and
women's.
Coal MISUNDERSTANDING anthracite
Coke-lneluding by-products.
Confectionery.
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