New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-04-30
Estimated Figures ]
Entire Country PHI
Unemployment At FL
Three To Five Millio|
New York State Leads v
100000 Jobless With 4
600 Listed in Illinois
25O,OOO Each in Penn
vania and Indiana

SHIcdgO, april 3U.-SllShtIy
than 100000 men will be vi
p1oyed in nineteen states of the q
when May day is ushered in to
row, according to estimates give
the Associated Press by governr
labor state and Industrial officia
East, and Central States.
A large percentage OF those
are unable to obtain work are il
big industrial sections of the Eal
and Central States, included in
nineteen states from which uj
ployed figures could be obtained
reports from the other 29 states vi
figures were unobtainable, all 4
that unemployment exists and
estimated unemployment of the d
try, made by experts including
leaders, range from 100000 Il
100000 persons.
States Affected Worst. !
Reports of much unemployI
show up from New York, Til
Pennsylvania. Indiana, Mich
Wisconsin and Ohio while practi
every state east of the Mississippi
4er and north OF the Mason and d
line is seriously affected by the
that has swept over the country
ing the last year. The reports
cate that the situation in these
densely populated states is grd|
mora acute daily.
The report of the United s|
government employment sd
showed that on january first ofI
year the leading cities of the cot
with a population of 32,560,953|
a total OF 1 1,S02,75 unemployed
subsequent bulletins issued by
service indicate that this numbe}
increased somewhat in these
during the last four months.
I Optimism In West.
While the unemployment exten
the west and south, yet in the rel
from the former a decided tone d
timism prevails for a resumptio
business activity that would spe
do away. with the unemploy
while in the south the situation
not appear to be Of a serious nd
and reports state that when the
cultural work is in full swing the
plus of labor will be small
New York city, Philadelphia,
cago, Detroit and Cleveland stan(
sa the centers of the unemploy
wave.
New York Hard Hit.
In the country's largest city, rel
from experts indicate that app
mately 250,000 men and womeI
out Of work. On January 1, this
the government estimated that
243 were unemployed in Gothan
this has been increased during
four months, according to the m
ly bulletins of the industrial sc
The remainder of the state,
ever, has not gone unscathed by
means, for the reports from A
show that $4,000 of the state1
100000 factory workers inclj
New York city are unemployed.
New York state cities report u
ployed on about the same scale.
Same In Chicago.
The United States employU
service figures for Illinois show
somewhat like condition. While
900 were unemployed in the ctl
Chicago in January, yet the ra
increase in the last four M
would indicate that this has bee
creased to more than 100. .0QA
today. In the state of Illinois,
ever, the figures move upward.
government puts them this way:
January 1, 1920, 1.424 concerns
ployed 943.400 persons. On JaI
1, 1921 these same firms emp
539.313, showing a reduction d |
that year of 414,0S7. Chicago
were included in this survey. NJ
ures for the next four months
these concerns, is given but an
mate based on 107 concerns. each
ploying more than 500 men or wd
show a decrease in employmeI
about per cent. on April 1 as
pared with January 1, 1921.
Pennsylvania Is Second.
Pennsylvania probably ranks
with an estimated number of u
ployed placed at 250,000, by the
Bureau of Employment. Membe
the Philadelphia Chamber of
merce recently issued a state
that this figure was
low.
State Records.
The estimates in the states N
flourishes most q
present time show the number o.
ployed to be:
New York ..... 46V
Illinois ............ ~43Q
Z. s26 !
Indiana ............ .....s.. 26I
.s.........s..
Ohio