The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
EMPLOYMENT FALLS
IN STATE FACTORIES
6 Per Cent. Fewer Workers in
November Than in October,
Report Says.

Special Despatch % THE NEW YORK iiERAtt.
ALBANY, Dec. 13.--A report covering
the employment IN New York state fac
tories during November was made pub
lie here to-day by the state Industrial
Commission, through Edward T. Buck
ley, secretary. a tabulatiOn Of reports
received from .536 manufacturers scat
tered throughout sthe state shows that
there were per cent. fewer factory
workers employed in November than in
October, and further figures compiled by
the commission show that there were
about 200, 900 fewer workers IN Noycm-
Der than in March of this year.
Reduced activity appears in nearly
every branch of manufacturing in Octo-
ber." says the report, because Of the
slackenng demand for products. Nj
merous plants report partial or COM
plete shut down or part time work In
a few industries the reductions arc due
to lessened seasonal activity. but these
are intensified by the existing de-
preston. The few increases reported IN
November are in nearly every case the
result of seasonal gains in activity.
THE number of employees reported
i'm the factories of the State in Novem'
Der was per cent. less than year
ago and about the same as in Deem
Der, 1915 This seems to indicate thai
manufacturing activity is now rapidly
returning to pre-war conditions. During
the eight months from March to Noyem'
Der the decrease in employment amounts
to IA per cent.
"The most conspicuous reductions III
employment during November and the
preceding months have occurred in the
textile and clothing industries. The
number of workers in the cotton goods
industry in November was 3S per cent
less than In October and nearly 80 pei
cent. less than last March. Knit goods
factories report "A further 26 per cent
decrease in employment in November
making a decline of SO per cent. since
March. The wooden goods industries
show reduction of IL per cent in
November and of &c per cent. since
March In mems clothing the decrease
in employment in November is 20 pei
cent. and the decline since April now
amounts to SO per cent.
"Other important decreases in the
clothing industries during November are
Is per cent. in miscellaneous sewing, y
per cent in women's furnishings, 10 pei
cent in women's clothing and per cent
IN mems furnishings. The decline II
employment in these industries since
last spring varies from Is TO 81 pei
cent.
tries have now become affected BY thu
depression The automobile industry
shows a per cent. drop in employment
in November and a decrease of ~ pei
cent. from the maximum reached last
March. drop of 10 per cent. IN the
production of silverware and Jewelry
and OF per cent. In steel plants marks
the end of the high level Of operations
which prevailed in these industries dur
ing past months.
"Other large decreases Of the month
in the number of workers employed IN
the metal industries are II per cent. In
brass and copper . per cent in cooking
and heating apparatus per cent. II
sheet metal work and hardware, Z pei
cent. in machinery and electrical goods
and per cent. in firearms and cutlery
The reductions in these Industries since
last spring vary from ] . 20 % per cent
4 reduction OF per cent. is also re-
ported in structural and architecture
iron work"