Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-01-28
LABOR BUREAU
SAYS MANY IDLE.
NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
IN YEAR.
3,473,466ouT OF WORK
MANY MAY HAVE FOUND OTHER
WORK, SAYS DIRECTOR
pENsMoRE.

Washington, Jan. 26.-The number
of persons employed in industry the
first of this month numbered 3,l73, 466
less than year ago, the Department
of Labor's employment service an
nounced ON the basis of a first nation
wide survey.
Director j. f. Densmore said this
figure did not necessarily represent the
number of persons actually unem-
ployed, as 1t was quite possible" some
had found employment in agricultural
or other pursuits not covered by the
survey.
On the other hand. some officials
believe the army of unemployed pos
sibly was larger, as no effort was
made to ascertain the reduction of per-
sons employed In pursuits other than
those classed under mechanical indus
try"
The figures represented a reduction
OF 36.9 per cent in the workers em-
ployed in industry as compared with
last January and it was announced
that they were based ION the consensus
of figures from neutral bodies, State
ers of manufacturers, state and NUM-
cipal employment services, workmen's
compensation bureaus, employers and
employees organizations, and all other
sources competent to furnish authorita-
tive information
Michigan led In proportional reduc-
tion with 81 per cent and Ohio and In
diana followed with a reduction of so
per cent each. Next came Illinois with
Al per cent; Connecticut with AZ per
cent; Massachusetts with 3S per cent;
Wisconsin. 30 per cent; New York, 2s
per cent. and New Jersey, - per cent.
Surveys made in 1S2 cities, the en-
ployment service said, showed that nu-
merically the greatest reduction was in
New York, where 234,2i3 were report
ed discharged. Chicago had reduc-
ton OF $4,000; Philadelphia, 10000;
Detroit, 10000; Boston, 5000; st.
Louis, 1880; Kansas City, 20,64O; San
Francisco, 1900, and Portland, Ore,
10000.
The reduction in the New England
industrial centers including Boston, to-
tailed 25O,156 New Bedford led with
10000 and Fan River was next with
25,O0O.
Reduction of the number of en-
ployed in the cities In the middle At
lantic district (New York, Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey totalled ST.
743, this figure including New York
City.
The reduction in the cities in the
north central district (Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin), was
placed at 594,393.
In the west north central district
minnesota, Iowa, Missouri Nebraska
and Kansas), next st. Louis and Kan
sas City, came Minneapolis with 1852
and Omaha with 1915. st. Paul has
1.o00 unemployed Kansas City, Kan.
$500, and Des Moines 6,100. Topeka
had only 900 unemployed
Denver led the Rocky Mountain dis
trict cities with 10,500 and with the eI-
ception of Pueblo, with 1869, was the
only city to show reduction as great
as 1000. The total for the district,
embracing Montana, Idaho, Wyoming,
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah
and Nevada, was only 23,714.
San Francisco was first of the Pa
cifie coast cities and Portland was
second. Seattle had 1000, Los An
geles 1000 and Sacramento 5000.
None of the other cities had as many
as 5000 and the total for California,
Washington and Oregon was 63, 700.
The total reduction in the southern
states, including Kentucky, was only
about 100000.
The unemployed in Washington, ID.
c., was placed at S,813.