Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-13
LABOR CONDITIONS
IN ALL SECTIONS
Reports for Past Week Indicate
Labor Supply and Demand Are
About Equal in Local Market.

TeicSraphic reports rcccived by the
United States Employment Service from
all of the offices IN the country indicate n
Gradual slnw up In operations although
there is n marked la!sor shortage IN sew
sral of the eastern States The surplus oi
lxhor IL thought tn he due largely to
weather conditions and the cancellation
of war coptractS In this State the de-
mand for labor about equals the supply,
and many mon from other States are
beginning 10 drift hack again, indicating
plentiful supply of labor as ssson as tho
winter season Is over. Other sections
report n follows
New England Eoston reports CON
tinued decreases duo to the laying OF oi
mon. and also 4 surplus of 300 Prac-
:lraly al the cItlcs IN the State show
slight reduction cf employees Lynn mot
ca.c, 4 surplus nl ee0, Worcester $500.
There II 4 surplus Of 5000 machnists,
600 CLERICAL workers and slight surplus
oi carpenters reported ~ the state
Rr1dpersnrt Conn f.rtS surplus OF
5.0hn. whnh y e reduction from last
week report Other Cltlcs m the state
show supply and demand about equal.
There Is not as marked decrease IN en-
plovcs rs hctarc. several citics showing
@flEhf increases ft''l - q tfiildti i'i
textile cotton workers \ surplus of
. 1N1 Is Indicated IN machine to-'l hands,
with shckt surpluscs ~ hotel and RS
,surant employees painters, clcctr clans
and farm lab1rcis, with moderate de-
,nand for maldcrS In Name the supply
and demand arr reported to hC about
canal. Rhode Island shows a slight sur
plus.
New York state In Ncw York City
FIRMS are increasing the number IT en-
povcs. hat supply and demand are re-
port,.d aS about equal. Buffalo siIll shows
Il iarg, Surplus Surpluscs ,rc also ndicat-
a. III AlbanN kingston, Rochester and
syracuse. The surplus IN Rochester
-hous an incrrasc over the previous week
Railroad workers arr necicd ~ Buffalo
and New NoTN 'ltN. \ shortage nt
lalNrrrs machinlsts. machine ;ool hands.
hlp workers wcod>nen and agricultural
labor, ar, Indicated IN reports from the
state
New Jersey supply and demand are
reportcSl ~ beIng about equal, with sur
phlscs Indicated IN Newark and Ncw
RrunswIck thcrc having lccn some re-
ductlon m employees in the latter city
Pcnns,ivanm shortages are stall re-
ported ~ over the state though some
whist reduced n ~pnt~ Philadelphia s
~hortag,. IT l0.sD "a thc previous report
has hctn reduced ~ s.,n httshurg
rom iO.sGto eN Scranton shortagc
Is about ioel Plants are increasing their
tarccs N all he citics except in South
llcthlehcr The heaviest demands arc
or lahorcr cual rrrer>, hrick maSons
and ship worker lesser demands ore
iniicatcd for auto mechanics hiacksmlths
marhini>ts ana pipe htters
OHIO Conditions IN tho state are sImi-
lsr - thu-c noted m tho previous rcInrf
Akron shows i short scc nf 2Np 1Incln-
naii Cleveland md Toledo are layIng
utF. while Dayton Is increasing slightly
Coal miners, machInetS. Inoldels and
pumhors are necded IN the S'atc
Nlddle " e~tern Detroit reports q sur
phis oi 20Dro, as against Is 900 last week.
~urpl1ss- are also Nportcd fIom GRAND
Rapids and Port Huron Indiana re-
maIns STATIONARY, except IN indianapolis,
where a surplus of shout Zoo j. reported
supply and demand aIe about equal N
Illinois In Rock Island quite number
ui men have hecn laid of on account ~
inventory IN Chicago, 200 men arc
reported 70 have been laid ofi probably for
tho same reason There has been slight
REDUCTION ~ forces III - Paul. Duluth
and MINNEAPOLIS IN Illinois tho heaviest
demand i Tor agricultural and railroad
lalor IN Minnesota for wuodSmen
Western kan-ae Z itv and - LOUIS
indicate : considerable. rtsluotion IN
orccs and 4 growing sutpm~ ! consider
able surplus IL he building trade IS re-
r-prted IN Mlssouri Reports from Utah
indicate a surplus of about 400 In Butte
Mont 4 surplus j. also shown, plants
reducing their forces There IS also
reduction IN Denver, otherwise the supply
and demand are about equsl in Colorado
Colorado Alabama reports indicate
supply and demand shout equal Florida
shows an increase in employment III fact
men arr greatly needed. especially stip
workers and colored lahor Reports indI-
cate that graduate nurses are needed there
in large number Georgia needs textile
workers and plants throughout the state