Arizona republican., 1921-03-17
SMALL DECREASE IN EMPLOYED SHOWN BY
 DEPARTMENT SURVEY
IRepubIIcan A. P. Leased wireI


 WASHINGTON. March 16 = The number of persons employed in the United States continued to decrease during February, the department of labor announced tonight in its month ly survey. The decrease. as compared with January. was estimated at one per cent.
 The employment services figures showed that 4321 firms located in the e5 principal industrial centers had in their employ February 2s 1,626.s5s workers. as compared with 1,643,25S January 31. This was net decrease of 16.2s5-
 Reports to the service showed in creases in the number of employed in the manufacture of automobiles and land vehicles, textiles. and leather products amounting to 1S.S. S.5 and 7.I per cent, respectively. These increases. however, were offset by decreases of 7.3 per cent in the iron and steel in dustries, 66 per cent in railroad repair shops: 6 per cent in chemical plants and 5.7 in producers of liquor and bev- erageS-
 Denver, Colo. with a decrease of 24.s per cent on the basis of the service S reports led the 36 cities in which the number of employed was less at the end of February than at the close of the preceding month. On the same per centage basis, Youngstown. ohio. ln- dianapolis San Francisco and Grand Rapids followed in the order named
 The percentage of employed showed the greatest increase in Chattanooga Tenn. amounting to 67.6 over January Detroit also was shown to be recover ing from the general labor depression the percentage of increased employed there amountA Ag to Sf.I per cent over the end Of JsNsry.
 The reports from New York city Boston and St. Louis showed an in crease in the percentage of employed while figures for Chicago. Baltimore Cleveland. Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Pittsburg gave. a decrease in the number of workers atle to maintain 2 hold on their jobs
 New England reports showed i'm provement generally in business and labor conditions. unemployment and part time employment being most prevalent in the textile, shoe, ma chinery. metal and building trade in- dustries.
 The northwest central district com posed of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri Nebraska. Kansas and the Dakotas also reported an improvement, public
 
 employment to many of those dis charged in other activities.
 Prospects for a bettering of condi- tions were reported from the mountain states. although little change was ex- perienced during February. In Colo rado the trend of employment was slightly downward and the number ot jobless was slightly increased in Mon- tana.
 The number of idle workers was re- ported to have grown in the Pacific coast states. but organized efforts to- ward semi public and public works are expected to bear fruit possibly this month.
 Reports from New York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania varied with the wide range of industries in those states.
 Labor conditions generally in Ohio | Illinois, Indiana Michigan and Wis 1 consin indicated improvement, witf prospects of further betterment. the ! services reports said
 | About one-third of the mines IT southeastern Kentucky and Tennessee were said to be idle, due to the lack of business, with about 5000 out of work Memphis reports estimated the unemployed there at 1000, while little betterment was seen in conditions IT Alabama and Tennessee Industrial depression was shown to have continued and perhaps to have grown worse in the south Atlantic states
 The housing shortage was accen- tuated in reports from Arkansas, Lou isiana. Oklahoma and Texas, and in most cases little or no effort was said to be in prospect toward improving it