The evening world., 1920-11-13
100000 MORE OUT
OF WORK IN STATE
THAN LAST march
Industrial Commission Ex-
poets Unemployment to In
crease With Cold Weather.

Industry in the State will escape the
general depression in manufacturing
activity, which started last March
and shows no sign Of let up, accord
ing to the State Industrial Commits
sion. Even those industries which
stlll report a high level of operations,
the commission declares, will soon be
affected by the general decrease in
employment The failing off in the
number OF employees in the State
has been per cent, or nearly 10000
since last March. During October
alone It was 2 per cent and the
slump may grow as winter APP
proaches.
The commission gives the prevail
ing depression in business as the
cause. II says that while the decrease
IN employment In some industries
had already assumed considerable
proportions, in many Of Thorn reduc-
tons are recent and have taken the
form OF slow and gradual readjust-
ment.
The industries which have been
hardest hit by the depression are the
automobile, firearms. heating appar-
atus, leather boots and shoes, wooden
goods. cotton goods, knit goods,
mems clothing and sugar refining.
The deerease in employment in the
cotton and wooden knit goods in
dustry amounted to 2s per cent In
October and TO ~ per cent since
April. The automobile industry
shows a reduction OF 10 per cent. in
October and OF AZ per cent. since
March, In the leather industry a re-
duction OF % per cent. in the number
OF people employed has occurred
Since January and the drop in
October amounts TO per cent.
The production Of miscellaneous
groceries employed per cent less
workers in October than in Septem-
Der and 20 per cent. less workers
than In July. The decline in sugar
refining is chiefly responsible for this
decrease. Mems clothing shows a re-
duction in employees of per cent.
In October and Of 20 per cent. since
April. A decrease Of per cent. in
: october 'and Of 20 per cent since
March lie also reported in the cotton
goods industry.
Other important decreases from
September to October are 3 per cent.
In wool manufactures and per cent.
each In the boots and shoes and fire
arms and cutlery Industries. The re-
auctions in these industries since
last March are 20 per cent. in boots
and shoes, Is per cent In firearms
and cutlery, and ls per cent. in wool
manufactures. The heating appRr-
atus industry reports q reduction in
employment OF per cent In October
and OF IL per cent since July.
Other industries affected by the
depression, though 70 a lesser extent,
are brass, copper and aluminium,
sheet metal work and hardware, ma
chinery and electrical goods, furni-
ture, pianos, rubber goods and rub
Der retaining. buttons, miscellane-
GUS chemicals and milk products.
Decreases in employment due 10
seasonal fluctuations appear in the
stone, brick, lumber, canning and
beverages Industries. The largest
decreases are IS per cent. in canning
and 6 per cent In brick mAnufactur-
ing. In the other Industries the de-
creases in employment vary from
20 2 per cent.
The important increases in the
number OF workers employed during
October are in glass, railway equip
nent, drugs and chemicals, women's
clothing and light and power. A 7
per cent. Increase in the glass in
dustry Is due to the usual activity
following the summer months and TO
the resumption OF operations in one
plant after a fire. A per cent. gain
in employment appears in the drug
and chemical industry, while an in
crease OF per cent. in railway
shops gives evidence OF the continued
demand for railway equipment. The
womens clothing and light and
power Industries show seasonal in
creases OF per cent. and 2 per cent.
respectively. Other minor gains were
reported In fur goods. silk gloves and
women's furnishings. The strike in
the fur industry in New York City,
which started last May, still con-
tlnueB.
A small gain appears IN the struc-
tural iron Industry and the high level
OF activity in the steel industry con
tiDues. A per cent. increase in EN- 70
Dloyment was reported In the steel
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