The New York herald., 1921-01-26
NORMAL INDUSTRIAL
CONDITIONS NEARING
Rapid Improvement Seen as
Factories Resume Oper-
atiOns.
GRAVE CRISIS PASSING
Unions in 100 Cities Report
Total of 2,340, 900 Men
Out of Work.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.-For the first
time since early in last September, when
the pressure Of unemployment began to
make itself felt. Improvement has been
noted in the industrial situation by off
cials of the Department of Labor. Ethel
bert Stewart. chief of the bureal OF Ia
Dor statistics and probably the greatest
authority In the country on wage. price
and employment figures. said to-day:
Conditions to-day are better than
they were a week or two ago and they
will improve as industry picks up. Many
factories are resuming operations and
many others will resume in the next
month or two"
Other Government officials are opti-
nistic. They say the turning point has
been reached and q grave crisis - one
that threatened the prosperity and well
being Of the entire people has been
avoided. They are a unit In the belief
that the industrial and agricultural sec
lions have pulled through the worst Pc
riod of the readjustInent after the war
and are settling down to normal produc-
ton and normal vsices
The. gravity OF the situation Is shown
by official figures. One man out OF
every four employed in American indus
trial pursuits in January. 1920, Is out OF
q job. One-eighth Of all the wage earn
ers in the United States are out OF work.
The deflation OF prices has relieved the
condition to some extent however
As to Specific Industries.
The largest percentage OF unemploy-
rnent In specific industries occurs in the
automobile and automobile accessories
trade. Sixty-nne per cent. of the workers
employed in this trade in January are out
Of work. For this reason Michigan leads
Ill .At. sn@- -. fl. II.
ment. with So per cent Ohio and In
diana follow. with so per cent Illinois
Is fourth. with Al per cent Connecticut.
43 per cent; Massachusetts, 3s per
cent. Wisconsin, 32 per cent New
York. 2s per cent, and New Jersey. 90
per cent
Second TO the automobile industry in
reduction Of employees wes the building
trades. with loss OF 50 per cent. Last
January about IL per cent. of all indus
trial workers were employed in this in
dustry.
A reduction of 35.5 per cent was noted
In the textile and related industries 81
per cent. in leather and its products and
32 per cent. in lumber and house furnl-
ture. The reduction in metals and
products-machinery. electrical goods
and foundry products--was 30.5 per
cent; in packing and food products -
per cent, ard in clay. glass, cement and
stone products 19 per cent.
Numerically the greatest numerical
reduction In employment was in New
York city. the employment service of the
Labor Department said A survey OF
1S2 cities showed following figures New
York, 34.243 Detroit. 1s0, 900; Chicago,
! IS, 200; Cleveland, $1,000; Philadelphia
10000: st. Louis. 1880: Newark. Al
600; Baltimore 3s.565; Boston, $4,000 /,
Milwaukee, 24,33O: Cincinnati, $4,000 4.
Kansas City. 20,640: San Francisco.
1900; Pittsburg. 12,5oo. and Portland.
Ore. 10000.
In New England Centres.
The reduction in the New England
industrial centres. including Boston, to-
tailed 250156. New Bedford led. with
5000, and FAN River was net, with
5000. Others were: Manchester. y.
H.. $1,000; Bridgeport. 10000 Provi
dence 1900; Lawrence. 14,500: Lynn.
IL 900; Lowell. IL ,000 Worcester. TO-
000 New Haven, 10000, Haverhill,
$500. and Springfield. 1900.
The middle Atlantic district (New
York. Pennsylvania and New Jersey
totalled 577.743. including New York
city. Principal cities were: Buffalo. 35.-
0OO Paterson. 10000; Rochester. 1s.-
| 600: Scranton. $4,000; Jersey City, 49,.
0o0 Passaic. 10000; Syracuse, 10000;
Troy, 5000; Utica, 5000: Reading,
1000: Schenectady. 1900 Trenton.
$500, and Camden. 5000.
The North central district (Ohlo. Illi-
nois. Indiana. Michigan and wisconsin,
totalled 594 4.393. In the West-North
central States (Minnesota, Iowa. Mis-
souri,, Nebraska and I[ansas) the total
was 2.325,726. Denver led the Rocky
! .t.I
Pacific coast citis besides San Fran
cisco and Portland. W ic
ated above were: Seattle. 1900 Los
Angeles 1000. and Sacramort0 oAo;
others were under 5000 The total for
the three Pacific States was 63.T0O.
The total for the Southern states, in
cluding Kentucky. was only about i00.-
600. Chattanooga was hrst among
Southern cities, with 1900; Atlanta
next. with 7,400. and Birmingham third.
with 5000.
2,34G,0oO Ont of work.
Frank Morrison. secretary cf the
American Federation OF Labor. has com
piled statistics from unions IN more than
100 cities, showing a total OF 2.346.OeO
men out OF employment. This applies
only to industrial centres and includes
a large share OF building trade me
chanics who normally lose nuch tline lu
the winter months The federation has
no figures for January OF last year.
The official figures of the Labor DE
partrrent are much more striking They
discount the normal unemployment AZ
this season because they do not include
as n general rule the seasonal classes
OF labor. In addition they count as en-
ployed all OF those who are working on
part time, one or more days weeK.
Many mills and factories are on part
time basis
Labor officials here look for a rapid
reallgnment that will restore mon 20
many Of the Industrial Jobs taken hy
women during the war. Many women.
they say, will not leave war employ
ment however. until they are married.
and the employment situation will nor
be truly settled until the Adminstra-
ton determines IT, immigration policy
and normal production has been re-