Evening star., 1921-05-01
CANVASS OF LABOR SITUATION
SHOWS IDLENESS; FEW STRIKES

| involving an outlay of s3S.""".""';
Plans are already drawn for Il good
part of this work.
NORTH CAEoI.INA.-T The general
business situation is cons Sidera bly, bet
ter than in the latter part of laSL
year. and there are indications OF
greater Improvement in the early
spring.
VERMONT. - With few exceptions
industrial conditions in Vermont show
improvement. An exception : IN"
marble industry. which is beginning
to fcei the effects of the depression
resulting from controversies in tn"
| building trades.
Some Improvement is noted in ten
tile lines and in the machiniStS trad.
Conditions in the Woodworking IN
dustry are good. Farm help is rlrntI-
! full.
INpIANA-Mcre >rasouabl" weather
may reduce Unemployment by tn" re
! sumption of ScaSonabl" work. Whirh
| largely hinges on the building trades
! activity. Wage reductions ar" con-
! trmriatcI by contractors. but ar" on
/ posed by the unions. with som" dehn-
! itc settlement expected soon. Social
! lists mere say no May day d"monStrH
) toms ar" planned.
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! NrNTU pAKoTA-Farm wages N
! this state VIII suffer a 50 per cent cut
! this year. according to \. !. Surrait.
! stat" $tHtis:i"ian fer tn" bureau o!
! crop estimates There are no strikes
| or lucknutS in tn" state.
! ); * 4: =
! Reports have reached
: the east. according To t"lo@ramS re-
/ crivcd hv Gov. stephens. that there is
, Il labor shortage in california. and
/ that eastern iHhorer$ are coming 10
california for work. "t'alifornia mas
| no labor shortage. and has enough
/ men to take car" of all its industries,
says tn" state labor commissioner.
ARkANSAS-t' unemployment in Ar
! kansas has increased steadily SlnC"
last October. according to I. \. Will
son. state labor commissioner. and
prospects for an early resumption Of
normal industrial life are not good.
, Ther" arc no strikes in the state and
n" orga nized agitation. hut unrest
among industrial wor kers is general
x :: :: :;
WNnMl Nt;-Tho situation in 'h"y-
enn" has been complicated by "A S,rIk"
of the r1cmb berS of the building trade s
:.
plum hrrS. electricians and painters.
There will be farm work for thoS"
who wish to get out into the open. i$
the belief. but officials say that 50
many Wyoming men already are job
less that they do not advise others to
go to that state at this time in search
of work.
IDAHO-Stato Commissioner Barber
believes the numbering industry will
be normal when the lumber mills Of
the state open up early in May. The
return of the mining industry to nor
NAL is dependent upon themarket for
metal. The 5000 miners out of work
cannot hope to regain their jobs until
a marked increase is made in the price
of metal. he said. In agriculture.
which includes the hard-h sheep and
cattle Industries. conditions are nor
NAL in regard to employment. but
there has been a decrease of more
than a third in the pay of agricultural
workers. Even greater decreases in
nav have been made for sheep and
cattle workers.
IOWA-The greatest percentage Of
unemployment is found in the build
ing trades. This condition is attrib-
the larger cities of the state over the
question of wage scales. Normally
a about 10000 men are employed in
building trades. About GO per cent
OF these are idle. Iowa's $4,000 miners
are all employed. but are nearly all
confined to half-time work.
MISSOCRI-A general comment
from the federal Department of