Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-01-26
EASTERN CITIES
SUFFER MOST;
MICHIGAN ATOP
Army of Unemployed d
Believed by Some to
Be Much Greater.
Mechanical Industry
Pursuits Only. Survey
ed; West Is Better Off.

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Of persons employed in industry the
466 less than year ago, the depart
ment of labor's employment service
announced Tuesday night, on the basis
Of the first nationwide survey.
Director j. E. Densmore said this
figure did not necessarily reprssene
the number of persons actually unem-
ployed, as it was quite possible" some
had found employment In agricultural
or other pursuits not verified BY the
survey.
Even Larger, Belief.
On the other hand some officials be-
ieyed that the army OF unemployed
possibly was larger, as no effort was
made to ascertain the reduction OF
persons employed in pursuits other
than those classed under "mchanical
industry
The figures represented reduction
of 500 per cent in the workers EN-
ployed in industry as compared with
last January and it was announced
that they were based "in the concensus
of figures from neutral bodies, state
labor departments, state commission
ers of manufacturers. state and mum
icipal employment services, workmen'.
compensation bureaus, employees ana
employees organizations and MI other
sources competent to furnish authori-
tative information"
Michigan In Lead.
Michigan led in proportional rsduc-
tan with So per cent, and Ohio and
Indiana followed with a reduction OF
80 per cent each. Next came Illinois
with A per cent; Connecticut with -
per cent; Massachusetts, with 81 par
cont; Wisconsin 80 per cent; New
York 2S per cent, and New Jersey 2
per cent.
The largest percentage Of reduction
In specific Industries, 90 per cent, oc-
Cured in the automobile and accessory
industries, and this was taken 70 ae-
count largely for the great reduction
in employment in Michigan This IN
ylustry, the announcement said, en-
ployed about 8 per cent OF the total
workers in all industry year ago.
Building Trades Sscsad.
Second in the reduction Of employees
was the building trades, with approx
mately 81 per cent. Last January
about II per cent OF the total indus
trial workers was employed N this IN
dustry.
A reduction Of 35.5 per cent was
noted in the textile and related indus
tries; 35 per cent In leather and lts
products and 80 per cent in lumber and
house furniture. The reduction ~ met.
ais and products, machinery, electrical
goods and foundry products was 3O.5
per cent: in packing and food products
10 per cent, and in clay, glass, cement
and stone products 10 per cent.
Greatest Cst In n. 7.
Survey made in 1872 cities, the EN-
ployment service said, showed that
numerically the greatest reduction was
in New York, where 234, ,243 were re-
ported discharged. Chicago had 4 re-
duction of $1,000, Philadelphia 10000.
Detroit 100000. Boston $4,000. st.
Louis 1880 Kansas City 2O,640, San
Francisco 1900 and Portland, Ore,
10000.
The reduction in the New England
industrial centers. including Boston,
totalled $50, ,158: New Bedford led with
10000 and Fall River was next with
25,OOO
Reduction OF the number employed
in the cities in the middle Atlantic dis
trict-New York, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey-totalled 677. 7.743, this
figure including New York City.
Denver io,5oo.
The reduction in the cities IN the
north central district (Ohio, Ilknois,
Indiana. Michigan and Wisconsin, was
placed At 504, ,308.
In the west north central district
IA and kansas) next to st. Louis and
T-.. r;A- on~n Minnaanolfs 9TH