The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-01-27
BETTER DAYS

Men o. large affairs. bankers
and commercial leaders. have
said several times within a month,
and more insistontiy within
few days. that they look FOR re-.
turn OF nearly or quite normal
business by The first of April
The date SET is only ten weeks
ahead III we are 60 expect near.
IN normal trade conditions az
the time indicated. we should see
them on the way az this date.
As offset 90 the optimistic as
Inmates which have become In.
creasingly common we have the
figures upon unemployment which
were issued yesterday and which
show. upon their face. more than
three million of former workers.
ont OF jobs This showing is
modified by the acknowledgement
~ the makers Of the figures that
the department of labor gives,
that a large share of those nc.
counted unemployed presumably
have found work since report
ed, and that the lack Of employ.
mcni is much less than would up
pear
Without going into the compar.
alive correctness of the figures
We win admit thnt there are thou
sands out Of jobs today Thel
immediate question is how long
there will be an abnormal mum
Der Of unemployed The normal
number Of such persons Is large
n all times There are labor
troubles and idlenoss somewhere
in this country constantly, and /
that means many men not engag /
ed ia production When we talk
of unemployment as a key To busi. !
ness conditions we must mean
only excess of unemployment /
How great that may be az this,
time we have no. means OF know. /
ing From al reports 81 Is con.
siderable set we doubt il 10 bel
OF mcnacing proportions
Admitting chat Nc are ap.
preaching o period in which wei
expect 90 See reasonable employ
meat general the excess of mom
ploymeui of this date must be-
provided with jobs The qucs.
ton is whether the jobs viii bo
ready Ten wcCks hence.
II docs NOT require govern /
mental survey 20 SHOW that con
diiions are moving rapidly TO-
ward iho time of general em !
p.oyment The mills OF the east
which consume cotton are report /
cd to De either planning mll
fine or already af regular pro.
duciior although there arc p.aatsl
which still. arc 0u short hours
ln almost ali of these industries
there has been q scaling of wagcsl
to meet lower living costs and
decreased prices 40 WHICH good
must De sold The workers have
accepted the seale-dovn for the
present and thc Industry s. ac
tive n
What IS Seen iu thc eastern fac r
tories romc laicr than m tlc
cotton factories of the Carolinas !
where industry has been an fulfil
tide many weeks
ln no metal trades the depros
sion has yielded more slowly ore I
sumobly large share of thc c1. N
cess unemployed arc Boo these
kinds of industry However apari|'
from the satisfaction of knowing !
our present conditions. The exact !
location of the various bodies Of
excess unemployed Is not nee.
'ssary factor in obtaining o view
" the revival which IS predict,
N
The salient feature OF the ltua.
ion is that the buyer has held Off
he wholesaler has been Obliged
o slack-up, the manufacture has
ackcd orders; the workers have
aeked employment Now the
helves have been cleared the
natural demand for goods Is 20
'e met the buyers are IN the
markets and eager for goods
From all that we may observe
he period Of depression is fad