Cleveland County herald., 1921-03-03
3,473,466 jOBS
 LOST IN YEAR
United States Department of La Dor Makes Survey of En-
 pIoyment Conditions.
INDUSTRIES HAVE SLOWED UP
Figures Represent Reduction of a5.5 Per Cent in Empioyment-Lareest Percentage of Reduction in Au-
 tomobles and Accessories.

hington.-American industries on January 1 employed 3473, ,466 fewer workers than they did in January a year ago, so the United States Depast- ment of Labor announced. The figures were based upon a nationwide survey of unemployment conditions made by a staff Of experts between December 15, 1920, and January 15.
 The figures represent a reduction of 35.5 per cent in employment. In other words the industrial plant at New Years was operating at about 64.5 per cent of the stride it was hitting a year ago. This approximates the two thirds of capacity" estimate which ex- perts have been making for some weeks past.
 Director John B. Densmore explains that the BATS. .466 figure does not nee essarily denote the actual number of the jobless in industry, as some may have been absorbed in pursuits not covered by the inquiry. Other officials pointed out, too, that the "army of the uilClAployCd lo SICalCl LhuI AAiC hS ures given as gainful pursuits outside of industry were not embraced by the survey-it does not cover clerks, stenographers and other white-collar occupations or casual pursuits in which the slump has been hard felt.
 The survey says comparative infor nation from 35 states and the District of Columbia shows that a year ago the number employed in industry was g. 402,000 On January 1 this year it stood at 6070,64S, a reduction of B. 331 1852. In addition, unemployment in the other 13 states ran the total to g., 473,456.
 Michigan Hardest Hit.
 Michigan is shown to be the hardest hit. The working force in the plants is reduced S2 per cent from one year ago. Of the other big industrial states Indiana and Ohio come next, with cut of one-half Illinois is fourth, 44 per cent below year ago.
 By industrial groups, the largest percentage of reduction as compared with year ago occurred in automo piles and accessories. which indicated a 89 per cent drop in employment. This industry a year ago employed about s per cent of the total number in all industry. Second comes the building trades with a reduction of 52 per cent. Twelve months ago these crafts employed about II per cent of all workers in industry. Next comes textiles and clothing, hosiery and unt flerwear, with curtail of 351a per cent in employment leather, boots and shoes, with a B per cent reduc tion; lumber, furniture boxes and wood products 32 per cent below last year; metals. machinery, electric goods and foundry products, 30R per cent off; clay. glass, cement and stone, 19 per cent off; packing apd food prod ucts, 19 per cent below last January.
 Jobless by Cities.
 In 1S2 industrial cities the estimated employment in industry was placed at 1,S02,755. Numerically New York led the cities in volume of unemployment. It was placed at 234,243. Detroit had a reduction in working force of 160,- 900.
 Chicago's number of jobless in in- dustry was given as S60O0. The In- diana Harbor district has 26,00O. Cleveland has S1 ,000 fewer men in the shops, Philadelphia, 10000; Baltimore, 39,500.
 By industrial groups the fall in en- 1loyment is given:
 No unemployed on.