New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
1859 Added to
N. Y. Payrolls in
LastFOurWeeks
Government Industrial Sur
vey Shows Metropolis
Is One of 38 Centers
Increasing Employment
This City Is Third ON List
Figures Indicate Probable
Start of ''Up-Hill Climb
to Normal Conditions

From The Tribumc's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. New York
City is included among the thirty.
eight industrial cenrers of the country
which on August 81 reported an in.
crease in employment over the previous
month, according to the industrial sur
vey made public to-day by Francis
Jones, director general of the United
States Employment Service. A tota
OF 4,059 more men were on industrial
pay rolls of New York City on August
81 than on July 81 This showing wa.
exceeded only by Chicago, Cleveland
and Youngstown, Ohio.
The survey embraced sxty-fve in
dustrial centers. In all, 1923 firms
each usually employing more than 50t
workers, or total of 0,00O, are GOV
cred. On August 81 these firms hac
1883 more employees than they car
ried in July.
Industrial classifications showing in
creases in employment are food ane
kindred products, textiles and theil
products, iron and steel and theil
products, leather and its finished
products, stone, clay and glass products
metals and metal products other thar
iron and steel, tobacco manufacture.
and railroad repair shops. All othe,
classifcations show decrease.
"At first glance" said the director
general, "the figures would seem t,
show that the low point in the presen
severe depression has been reache.
and passed, and that the country ha,
at last definitely set out on the lonl
uphill climb to normal conditions ant
better times.
Agricultural Activity
"While this deduction probably i.
true, it would be a mistake to irnbu,
the figures with significance no
strictly in accordance with the facts
Hence, in any just appraisement of tn,
situation it must be borne in min.
that the improvement shown can b,
traced in great measure to the vas
agricultural activities Of the month
and that as yet the major manufactur
ing mining and transportation inter
ests have given less conclusive evi
dence of the value and permanency O.
such small gains as they may have cx
perienced.
"a happy augury is the very genera
increase in building operations, th,
survey showing that present activitie!
in this line are greater than at any
time since the nation entered the war
"Other encouraging features are the
generally bountiful harvest, indica
tions Of improvement in iron anc
steel, marked mploymyent in rail
road occupations, the approaching de-
pletion of manufactured stocks, and the
continued strength of the textiles, par
ticularly of cotton.
"a marked increase in industria
optimism is noted, business men gener
ally inclining to the belief that the worst
part of the depression is ended anc
that the future will witness improve
ment of healthy and lasting eharac-
ter, even though it be somewhat slow
in developing"
New York Directors Report
District Director F. j. Riker, 12t
East Twenty eighth Street, New York
City, made the following report:
Textiles and clothing report fail
business. Shoes and leather goods
manufacturers report plenty Of work
on hand and favorable prospects. Fooc
products are fairly active. Building is
gradually increasing. Retailers con
tinue to buy very cautiously, but re.
port steady buying on the part of the
public. Chemicals, oil refneries ana
metal products continue to reduce
forces. Business men look for gradual
Improvement this fall, but no decid ed
change for the better until spring"