Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-05
INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS
IN SOUTH IMPROVING
Department Of Labor Declares
No Signs of Excessive
Unemployment.
FLORIDA mas BEST nEponT
statement Shows Increase In Num-
Der of Men to He Employed In Vir-
ginIn, Especially In the Textile
Mills.
10y Associated Press.1

WASHINGTON, Sept 4.-Some i'm
provement in industrial conditions I'm
the South is shown in the monthly
survey Of the employment service of
the Department OF Labor for August.
The brightest spot in the South APP
pears to be Florida, which reports
practically no unemployment and n
Statewide shortage of labor. OF the
six cities for which reports based on
actual count were submitted, four
show increases in employment for
August over July, while two report
decrease. They are Chattanooga, in
crease per cent: Birmingham in
crease So per cent: Memphis increase
8 per cent; Richmond, increase 10 per
cent; Atlanta decrease S.27 per cent.
and New Orleans decrease l.G per
cent.
Textile Industry Increases.
a general survey of the various
districts shows: South Atlantic dis
trict Gncluding Virginia. North
Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida):
Gratifying increases In railroad oc-
equations and textiles have taken
place. Fifteen railroad companies re-
- +,
an increase Of 20.26S. and $40 textile
mills report total employment Of 90
O05, an increase OF ASH, Lumber
products plants, numbering 103, re-
port employing S,lol. n small in
crease. though operators seem to
think the outlook is not encouraging.
Twenty-Five coal mine operators In
Virginia, employing 6.349. show n
decrease of 126. Operators Eencr-
ally are discouraged as to the outlook
while some express confidence that
conditions VIII improve in the near
future. Unemployment continues In
iron and steel and among unskillcd
labor. thcNoutlook for the latter class
being extremely Encouraging. Farm
labor is abundant. Building ia active
in spots.
The situation in Virginia and the
two Carolinas as indicated by the
survey shows:
Employment increases.
Virginia, twenty-five textile mills
reporting employment OF 1910 show
an increase for the month of 392. Coal
mining shows reductions In employ
mcnt. General unemployment exists
in steel and iron. products. including
molders. machinists and sheet metal
workers. Unskillcd labor shows in
creased unemployment with oppor-
tunities for that class of labor stead
lily decreasing.
North Carolina. reports indicate i'm
proved conditions generally through
out tho State. Nincty-ninc textile
mills reported 29,93S on the pay rolls
August 10, nm increase of 112 rs COM
pared with July Is. Textile operators,
while not optimistic. expect to be nh"
to continue on full time. Thirty-six
lumber products mills report 2,272 on
the pay rolls August Is, n decrease. in
the number employed of eiShty-thrcc,
az compared with the previous month.
Lumber mon generally are pcssimis-
tic as to the outlook,
South Carolina. Sevcnty-scven tex
tile mills report employment of 30
o6l on August Is. an increase of $50.
Mill operators generally report fun
time operations, but differ in their
opinions as to the outlook: ma
jority report satisfactory increase in
orders and appear cheerful in regard
to the future. Thirty-four lumber
products concerns employed 2.593 on
August Is, an increase of lS6 since
July Is.