Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-04-17
U. S. Employment SerOice in Mississippi!
By THOMAS DABNEY.

s-mallllaIneu Dy tle government,
council OF Defense ana SUBSCRIPTIONS;
Joseph w. Jones, traveiing examiner,
supported by the Civilian Keile1 Sec
ton Of the Red Cross.
Local examiners offices as follows:
Meridian: L.. N. Holmes in charge;
Miss tishel ,stenographer; maintained
by the, government and Council OF
Defense.
Greneville: Miss Annie Neff, act
ing local superintendent; maintained
by the Civilian Relief OF the Red
Cross.
Natchez: Miss Hortensc Wexler, To-
cal superintendent; maintained by
Council of Defense and Red Cross.
Gulfport: Hunter M. Course, local
superintendent; maintained by sub
scrptions.
Pascagoula: August P. Bugge, To-
cal superintendent; maintained by La
Dor organizations.
jackson: w. B. Lockwood, local
superintendent, Miss Gilmore, stenog-
rapher; maintained by Council OF De-
tense and subscriptions.
Vicksburg: Major James E. Cor
man, local superintendent, and Miss
Ring, stenographer; maintained by
Council of Defense and subscriptions.
Holly Springs: Miss Eddie Dodd-
ridge in charge maintained by Coun-
Gil Of Defense. o
West Point: w. F. Lagrone, local
superintendent, Miss Carrothers, ste
nographer; maintained by Council OF
Defense and subscriptions.
Corinth: Cecil Sharp in charge;
maintained by Council of Defense and
Red Cross.
Clarksdale: F. G. Wingfield, local
superintendent; maintained by Council
of Defense and subscriptions.
Camp Shelby: Col. C. c. Wyatt,
| assistant federal director land Mrs.
Selser, assistant, in charge; main
tanned by special appropriation.
Through this machine, nearly 5000
linen and women a month are being
placed in jobs. The records Of the
offices show a steady increase, Feb
ruary's jump over January being al
| most 1000, and March's nearly as
much again.
The Employment Service is not a
wage-fixing agency. Its sole purpose
is to bring the man and the job TO-
qether. At the different local offices
employers and workmen register thell
needs, the one for labor and the other
for jobs. BY worlmen are not meant
common laborers or mechanics alone;
but everybody who works with head
| or hand-whose capital is not wealth
/ that has been produced, but the power
to produce wealth. The local examin-
ers refer the two classes to each other
| industry and labor slips together like
a clutch and the machine OF produc-
ton moves on.
Now in every community the supply
and demand do not balance. In very
few communities do they balance OF
come anywhereanear balancing. Here
we find more jobs than men; there
1
more men than jobs.
Every night the local examiners re-
port their untitled applications to the
fedreal director in Meridian. They
are entered on cards, filed i'll twin
! drawers, one being devoted to the
needs of employers, and the other to
the needs of the worlmen. Then the
chief clearance, Roger l.. Calvert
matches up the cards. For instance
he sees that certain firm in Vicks-
burg wants 20 carpenters; and in
1 Jackson, he finds that 20 carpenters
can't find work. Half dozen words
10y telegraph, and shortage mas oeen
met and a surplus wiped out.
] It's fascinating game, tnat o.
matching up the cards. The 1llng
drawers are very long-but only the
forward ends are used. The ADJUST
lments are made so quickly that the
cards cont have much chance to ac'
lcumulate. OF course, tner care
number of unusual occupations II
which it is hard to place men. Ihese
lare listed every week and sent by thf
.[fedreal. director to the various ex
I aminers with instructions to see !
,sfsDlaces can't be found for the men. II
; an astonishing number OF cases, TN
efforts are successful-for employer
, win very often fail to list an unusua
need, thinking there is no chance t
:. HI it. 4
This is how the Employment Serv
Lice works throughout the Unlte'
!, Estates. The federal director OF eacl
|. !.etafer knows the economic condition