Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-30
Labor Report Shows That
Many Are Out Of Work
New Jersey Seems to be in
Better Condition Than 9th
er Parts of Country.
TWO MILLION ARE IDLE
Reports to Associated Press
Show Lack of Work in Big
Industrial CenterS.

more than 1000, 900 men will be un-
employed in nineteen states of the
Union when May day is ushered In
tomorrow, according to estimates
given to the Associated Press by
government, labor, state and indus
trial officials.
A large percentage of those VINO
are unable to obtain work are In the
big industrial sections of the east
ern and central states. included in
these nineteen states from which
unemployed figures could be obtain
ed, but reports from the other twen-
ty-nine states where figures were
unobtainable. all show that unem-
ployment exists and the estimated
unemployment of the country, made
by experts including labor leaders,
range from 100000 to 100000
persons.
Reports of much unemployment
show up from New York, Illinois,
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin, and Ohio while practic-
ally every state east OF the Mlssls-
| sippi river and north of the Mason
| and Dixon line is seriously affected
by the wave that has swept over the
| country during the last year. The
reports indicate that the situation in
these more densely populated states
is growing more acute daily.
The report of the United States
| go Jernment employment service
| showed that on January first of this
year the leading cities of the coun-
| try with a population of 32,560,953
| had a total of 1.S02,755 unemployed
and subsequent bulletins issued by
this service indicate that TINS num-
| Der has increased somewhat in these
| lac !
While the unemployment extends
to the west and south. yet in the re-
ports from the former decided
tone of optimism prevails for a re-
sumption of business activity that
would speedily do away with the
unemployment while in the south
| the situation does not appear 10 pc
of a serious nature and reports state
| that when the agricultural work Is
| in full swing the surplus OF labor
| will be small.
New York City. Philadelphia, Chi
| cago. Detroit and Cleveland stand
out as the centers of the unemploy-
| ment wave.
In the country's largest city. re-
| ports from experts indicate that ap-
| proXImately $4,000 men and wonl-
eli are out of work. On January /,
! .bis year, the government estimated
! that 234,243 were unemployed IN
| Gotham and this has been increased
| during the four months according
TO the monthly bulletins of the IN
| dustrial service.
The remainder of the state. how
ever, has not gone unscathed by any
means, or the reports from Albany
show that $4,000 of the states
| 1.50O, 900 factory workers including
| u,
| Other New York state cities report
unemployed on about the same scale.
| The United States Employment
| service figures for Illinois shows
a somewhat like condition. While
| 5000 were unemployed in the city
of Chicago in January. yet the rate
| of increase in the last four months
! would indicate that this has been
| increased to more than 100000 by
today. In the state of Illinois, how
ever. the figures move upward. The
| government puts them this way: On
January /, 1920, / ,424 concerns en-
| ployed 943,4O0 persons. on january
| /, 1921, these same firms employed
539,313, showing a reduction tha'
year of 414,087. Chicago firms were
included in this survey. No figures
for the next four months on these
concerns, is given but an estimate
based on 107 concerns. each employ
ing more than 500 men or women,
show a decrease in employment of
about per cent. on April l, as COM
pared with January /, 1921.
Pennsylvania probably ranks next
with an estimated number of un-
employed placed at 100000 by the
State Bureau of Employment. Mem
bers of the Philadelphia Chamber of
| Commerce recently issued a state
ment contending that this figure was
| too low.
The estimates in the states where
unemployment flourishes most at
tho present time show the number
| OF emplOyed to be: