The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30
NON THREE 70
MILLION
|IInOUI WORK


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On 3,6oo, 800 men will be unem-
Djoysd In nineteen states Of the
0nton when May day ID ushered In
fnpnorrow, According 70 estimates
given TO the Associated PRESS W
government, labor, state aad In
du1erfal oinciais.
Il large percentage Of those who
aro unable 70 obtain work are In
the bis Industrial sections OF the
eastern and central states, includ-
q - theee 10 states from which IN
employed figures could b obtained.
bof reports from the other - statcs
Whoro figures were unobtainAbls.
~ shov that unemployment ex-
lsto and the Estimated unemploy-
meat Of the country, made BY ex-
poffs including labor leaders. range
from 5000, 900 to 6,000.000 persons.
Reports Of much Unemployment
Ghow up IRON New York, Illinois.
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan.
wisconsin and Ohio. while prac-
ticalIy every state east OF the Mis-
sissippi river and north OF the Ma
con and Dixon limo 10 seriously AZ
fected by the wave that has swept
over the country during the last
year. The reports indicate that the
situation In these more denseiy
populated states is growing more
acute daily.
The report Of the United States
government employment service
showed that on January first OF
this year the leading cities Of the
country with . population of 1885,
963 had a total OF l,S02,755 unem-
ployed and subsequent bulletins
issued by this service indicate that
this number has increased some
what in these cities during the last
four months.
West Optimistic.
While the unemployment extends
TO the west and south. yet in the
reports from the former decided
tone Of optimism prevails Tor
resumption OF business activity thai
would speedily do away with thu
unemployment, in the sousf
the situation does not appear tc
be OF a serious nature and reports
state that when the Agriculture
work Is In full swing the surplus
OF labor will be small.
New York City, Philadelphia
Chicago, Detroit and CLEVELAND
stand out as the centers Of the un
employment wave.
In the country's largest city. re
ports from experts indicate that ap
proximately $4,000 men and wo
men are out Of work. On Januar.
/, this year, the government est
mated that 234,s43 were unem
ployed in Gotham and this has beel
increased during the four month
according to the monthly bulletin
Of the industrial service.
The remainder Of the state, how
evef, has not gone unscathed b
any means, for the reports from A
bamy ahow that $4,000 Of tn
stofo,s i SOC, 900 factory workers II
Gliding New York City are unem
ployed. Other New York state ci,
1es report unemployed on about tn
same scale.
The United States Employment
service fgurestfor Illinois show
somewhak like condition. Will
$1,000 were unemployed in the cit
OF Chicago in January, yet the rat
Of increase in the last four mont.
would indicate that this has bee
fn1reAssd to more than 100000 b
today. In the state of Illinoi
however. the figures move upwar,
Tho government puts them tn!
way: On Jan. /, 1920, 1,424 COZ
Germs employed 943.400 persons. q
Jan. /. 1921. these same firms en-
ployed 639,313. showing a redu,
ton during that year of 414,0S
Chicago eflrms were included in tn
y survey. No figures for the next fos
~ months on those concerns are gi'
On but An estimate based on Ii
concerns. each employing moi
than 900 men or women, show a d
crease In employment OF about