The state herald., 1920-02-01
3,473,46souToF WORK
NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED
SHOWS BIG INCREASE IN YEAR.
MANY MAY HAVE FOUND OTHER
WORK, SAYS DIRECTOR
pENsMoRE.
Western Newspaper Union s,.. s.r,e..,

tWestefn Newspaper Union Nrvs Bsriee.,
Washington, Jan. 28.-The number
Df persons employed in industry the
first of this month numbered 3,473, ,486
less than a year ago, the Department
Of Labors employment service an
nounced on the basis Of a first nation
wide survey.
Director ]. Z. Densmore said this
figure did not necessarily represent the
number of persons actually unem-
ployed, as 1t was quite possible" some
had found employment In agricultural
or other pursuits not covered by the
survey.
On the other hand, some officials
believe the army Of unemployed POS.
sibly was larger, as no effort was
made to ascertain the reduction Of per-
sons employed in pursuits other than
those classed under mechanical indus
try"
The figures represented a reduction
Of 1853 per cent In the workers en-
ployed in industry as compared with
last January, and it was announced
that they were based ION the consensus
of figures from neutral bodies, State
Labor Departments, state commission
ers Of manufacturers, state and mum.
cipal employment services, workmen's
compensation bureaus, employers and
employees organizations, and all other
sources competent to furnish authorita.
tive information"
Michigan led in proportional reduc.
tion with 50 per cent and Ohio and In
diana followed with reduction Of 80
per cent each. Next came Illinois with
~ per cent; Connecticut with 48 per
cent; Massachusetts with 3S per cent I;
Wisconsin, 80 per cent; New York, %
per cent, and New Jersey, % per cent.
Surveys made In 1872 cities, the EN-.
ployment service said. showed that nu.
merically the greatest reduction was In
New York, where 1884, ,2l3 were report.
ed discharged. Chicago had a reduc-
tion Of $4,000: Philadelphia, 10000; !;
Detroit, 10000; Boston, $4,000; st.
Louis, 1880; Kansas City. 2O,840; San
Francisco, 1900, and Portland. Ore,
10000.
The reduction In the New England
industrial centers including Boston, to-
tailed 25O,158. New Bedford led with
10000 and Fall River was next with
$4,000.
Reduction Of the number Of en-
ployed In the cities In the middle At
lantic district (New York, Pennsyl.
vania and New Jersey totalled 5I7,-
74s, this figure including New York
City.
The reduction In the cities In the
north central district (Ohio, Illinois.
Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsln), was
placed at 59i,39S
In the west north central district
(Ninnesota, Iowa, Missouri. Nebraska
and Kansas), next ST. Louis and Kan.
sas City, came Minneapolis with 1S,062
and Omaha with 16.l45. 81. Paul has
1000 unemployed. Kansas City. Kan,
$500. and Des Moines 6.l00. Topeka
had only 900 unemployed.
Denver led the Rocky Mountain dis.
trict cities with l0.5O0 and with the ex.
ception Of Pueblo. with $3.50. was the
only city to show reduction as great
as 1900. The total for the district,
embracing Montana, Idaho. Wyoming.
Colorado. New Mexico. Arizona. Utah
and Nevada, was only 23,7l4.
San Francisco was first Of the Pa.
ciflc coast cities and Portland was
second. Seattle had 1000. Los An
geles 1000 and Sacramento 5000.
None Of the other cities had ~ many
as 5000 and the total for California,
Washington and Oregon was 63,7O0.
The total reduction In the southern
states. including Kentucky, was only
about 100000.
The unemployed In Washington. d.
C., was placed at S.6l3.