The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30
100000 IDLE
YET COUNTRY
IS CHEERFUL
Decided Spirit of Optimism
Prevails Despite Large
Number of Unemployed
When May Day Arrives.
$4,000 H0OSIERS LOAF
tBy Associated press)

CfilCAGO, April SO.-SllShtly more
than 100000 men will be unemployed
in 19 states of the Union when May
day is ushered in tomorrow, according
10 estimates given to The Associated
Press by Government, Labor, State
and Industrial officials.
A large percentage of those who are
unable to obtain work are in the big
industrial sections of the eastern and
central states, included in these nine
teen states from which unemployed
fgures could be obtained, but reports
from the other 29 states where figures
were unobtainable, all show that un-
employment exists and the estimated
unemployment of the country, made
by experts including labor leaders.
range from 3,0O0,0 900 to 100000 per-
sons.
Reports of much unemployment
show up from New York, Illinois,
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan. Wis
consip, and Ohio, while practically
every state east of the Mississippi
River and north of the Mason and
Dixon line is seriously affected by the
wave that has swept over the country
during the last year. The reports in
dicate that the situation in these more
densely populated states is growing
more acute daily.
Number Increases.
The report Of the United States gov
ernment employment service showed
that on January first of this year the
leading cities of the country with a
population of 32,560,953, had total of
1,S02.755 unemployed and subsequent
bulletins issued by this service indi
70 hot iS nupohor hoc incroaC Ca6
somewhat in these cities during the
:ast four months.
While the unemployment extends to
The west and south. yet in tine reports
from the former decided tone of op-
timism prevails for a resumption OF
business activity that would speedily
do away with the unemployment,
while in the south the situation does
not appear to be of serious nature
and reports state that when the agri-
cultural work is in full swing the
surplus Of labor will be small.
New York City. Philadelphia, Chi
cago. Detroit and Cleveland stand out
as the centers of the unemployment
wave.
NJ Y. Number Large.
In the country's largest city, reports
from experts indicate fat approx
mately 250.000 men ana women are
out of work On January l. this year
the government estimated that 234,-
243 were unemployed in Gotham and
this has been increased during the
four months. according to the monthly
bulletins of the industrial service
The remainder Of the state. how
ever, has not gone unscathed by any
means. for the reports from Albany
hoD hot ,f tho ctofp'c S0Il
900 factory workers including New
York City are unemployed. Other New
York state cities report unemployed
on about the same scale.
The United States employment SER
vice figures for Illinois shows a some
what like condition. While sc 900 were
unemployed in the city Of Chicago in
January, yet the rate of increase in
the last four months would indicate
that this has been increased to more
than 100000 by today. In the state
of Illinois, however. the figures move
upward. The government puts them
this way: On January l, 1920, 1.424
concerns employed 943,400 persons.
On January /. 1921, these same firms
employed 539.313, showing reduc-
ton during that year of 414.0S7. Chi
cago firms were included in this sur
vey. No figures for the next four
months on these concerns is given but
an estimate based on 107 concerns.
each employing more than 500 men
or women. show a decrease in employ
ment Of about per cent, on April l.,
as compared with January l. 1921.
Pennsylvania Next.
Pennsylvania probably ranks next
with an estimated number of unem-
ployed placed at 250.0OO by the state
bureau of employment. Members Of
the Philadelphia chamber of COM
merce recently issued a statement
contending that this figure was too
low
The estimates in the states where
unemployment flourshes most at the
present time show the number of en-
plOyed to be