Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01
FIRST NATIONWIDE
SURVEY OF LABOR
GOVERNMENT FIGURES SHOW UNI
EMPLOYED TO BE 40 PER CENT
LESS THAN YEAR AGO
ALL INDUSTRIES NOT LISTED
Some Officials Believe More Men Are
Idle Now, as Persons Employed In
other Than mechanical In
dustry'' Are Not Counted

Washington. Jan. 26-The number
of persons employed in industry the
first of this month numbered 3,473, 466
less than a year ago. the department Of
labor's employment service announced
last night on the basis of the first
nation wide survey. Director ]. II.
Dinsmore said this figure did not nee
essarily represent the number of per.
sons actually unemployed, AS it was
quite possible" some had found EN-
pioyment in agricultural or other pur.
suits not covered by the survey
On the other hand some officials be-
lisved the army Of unemployed posi-
bly, was larger. as no effort was made
TO ascertain the reduction OF persons
employed in pursuits other than those
c4assed under mechanical industry"
Reduction of 1913 Per Cent.
The figures represented a reduction
of 800 per cent In the workers employ
ed in industry as compared with last
January, and 1t was announced that
they were based ION the consensus OF
figures from neutral bodies, state la.
Dor departments, state commissioners
of manufactures, state and municipal
employment services, workmen's com.
pensation bureaus, employers and EN-.
p}oyes, organizations and all other
sources competent to furnish authori.
tative information"
Michigan led In proportional reduc-
ton with 80 per cent, and Ohio and
Indiana followed with a reduction OF
so per cent each. Next came Illinois
with A per cent; Connecticut with 43
per cent; Wisconsin, 80 per cent; New
York, % per cent. and New Jersey.
% per cent.
The largest percentages of reduction
la specific industries, 90 per cent, oc-
Cured In the automobile and acces.
sorry industries, and this was taken to
account largely for the great reduc.
tion In employment in Michigan. This
industry, the announcement said, EN-.
ployed about s per cent of the total
workers in all industry year ago.
Second in the reduction of employees
was the building trades with approx.
Hately 81 per cent. Last January
trial workers were employed in this
Industry.
A reduction of 35.5 per cent was
noted in the textile and related indus
tries; 35 per cent in leather and its
products, and 81 per cent in lumber
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IN metals 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.
Survey made in 1872 cities. the EN-
yleyment service said, showed that nu-
snerically the greatest reduction was
La New York, where 234, 243 were re
ported discharged. Chicago had re
auction OF $4,000; Philadelphia. 10.
eco; Detroit, 10000 Boston, $4,000
st. Louis. 1880; Kansas City, 20.
$40; San Francisco, 1900; and Port
land, Ore, 10000.
The reduction in the New England
Industrial centers, including Boston
Sotalled $50, 156. New Bedford led with
10000. and Fall River was next with
5000.
Denver led the rocl1y mountain dis
trict cities with 1880, aud with ths
exception Of Pueblo, with s,969. wal
the only city to show a reduction al
great as 1000. The total for the dis
frict embracing Montana, Idaho. Wy
oming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizo
ma, Utah and Nevada was only 23,714
San Francisco was first of the Pa
eific coast cities and Portland was sec
ond. Seattle had 1000; Los Angeles
1000; and Sacramento 5000. Nom
of the other cities had az many as 5,
600, and the total for California, Wash
ington and Oregon was 63,7OO.