Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-04-30
TWO MILLION men
ARE OUT OF WORK
Associated Press Gathers Data on
Unemployment Situation in
Country for May Day
(By Associated Press)

ulISIllpIOS GU III lllllGlGGll states y
the Union when May Day is ush.
cred in tomorrow, according tt
estimates given to the Associat-
ed Press by government, labor
state, and industrial officials.
A large percentage of those
who were unable to obtain work
are in the big industrial sections
of the Eastern and Central states
included in these l9 states from
which unemployed figures could
be obtained, but reports from the
other 29 states where figures
could be obtainable all show that
unemployment exists and the es-
timated unemployment of the
country made by experts. includ-
ing labor leaders, range from g.
GOO,OO0 to 100000 persons.
Reports of much unemploy-
ment show up from New York,
Illinois, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio.
while practically every state east
OF the Mississippi 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 denSely populated states il
growing more acute daily.
The report Of the United States
government employment service.
showed that On January 1st of
this year, the leading cities Of the
country with population of 81
560,953 had total of I.8O2Z55I
unemployed and subsequent bull
letins issued by this service indi-
cate that this number has i'll
creased somewhat in these cities
during the last four months.
While the unemployment ex-
tends to the West and South.
yet i'll the reports from the for
mcr decided tone OF optimism
prevails for resumption of bus
mess activity that would speedi-
ly do away With the unemplov-t !
mcnt. while in the South the St
uation does not appear to be OF a !
serious nature and reports state |
that when the agricultural work /
IS in full swing the surplus Of la
Dor will be small.
New York City, Philadelphia. !
Chicago, Detroit. and Cleveland. !
stand out as the ccnters of un-
employment wave.
In the country's largest city. /
reports from experts indicated
that approximately 250,O0O mem
and women are out OF work. On
January |. this year. the govern
ment estimate that 234,243 were |
unemployed in Gotham and this
has been increased during the
four months according to the
monthly bulletins Of the indus
trial service.
The remainder Of the state |
however, has not gone unsacthedI /
by any means, for the reports
from Albany show that 364,OO0I
of the states 100000 factory
workers. including New York
City, are unemployed. Otherl
New York state cities report I'M
ploved on about the same scale.
The United States employment
service figure, for Illinois shows
a somewhat like condition. While
$4,000 were unemployed in the
city of Chicago last January, vet
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. however, the fig
ures move upward. The govern
ment puts them this way: On
January /, 1920. 1924 concerns.
employed 943,40O persons. On.
January /. 1921. these same firms
employed 539,313, showing re-
duction during that year of 414.-
08z. Chicago firms were includ-
ed in the survey. No figures for
the next four months of these
concerns are given but all esti-
mate based on 107 concerns each
employing more than 500 men or
women, show a decrease in en-
ployment of about 3 per cent, on
April l. as compared with Janu-
ary l, 1921.
Pennsylvania probably ranks
next with an estimated number
of unemployed placed at 250;0O0
by the state bureau of employ
ment. Members of the Phila-
delphia Chamber of Commerce
recently issued a statement con-
tending that this figure was too
low
The estimates in the states