The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-30
Employment Situation ? Over
Kansas Is Very Encouraging.
Half of Number Out of Jobs Are
in Kansas City, Kan.
5000 UNEMPLOYED IN STATE
Industrial Works Resume Oper-
alton After Shut Down.
No Plants Closed in Topeka,
Report Says.

The employment situation in Kan
sas is decidedly encouraging. accord
ing to officials of the labor and indus
try department of the court of indus
trial relations.
The number in this state who are
now unemployed is estimated at 5000
to 5000 by Judge John H. Crawford.
member of the industrial court. On
January 1 the number of unemployed
in this state was estimated at 10000
by the United States department of la
bor. The comparatively small num-
ber out of work in Kansas is because
this state is primarily agricultural. Re
ports of the state board of agriculture
indicate spring farming activities are
about the same as in former years.
Half in Kansas City, Kan.
= Fully half of the unemployed in this
state, Judge Crawford says, are in
Kansas City. Kan. The only recent
wholesale cut in working forces oc-
Cured April l 5 when the shops of the
NJ. K. & T. railroad at Parsons re-
duced the number of employees about
40 per cent. letting out about three
hundred men. Slack transportation
business was given as the reason for
a policy of retrenchment.
State officials believe unemployment
will be practically wiped out, except
possibly in Kansas City, Kan, when
undue influx of jobless from other
states. The six offices of the Kansas
free employment bureau in various
parts of the state report an unusually
small number of transients now ap-
plying for work compared with the
same time last year. This is attributed
to the lack of current publicity asking
for harvest hands which last year
brought thousands into the state long
before the harvest was ready.
Industrial Plants Resume Work.
Reports from Industrial centers over
the state indicate that many plants
which were closed down four months
ago, are now running again. Build
ing operations are beginning to take
on life in several localities. Improve
ment in the employment situation is
the feature of nearly every report, it
is said.
The latest Industrial employment
survey bulletin of the United States
department of labor. just received by
the court of industrial relations. con-
tains this resume of conditions in At
Gibson, Leayenworth. Hutchinson and
Topeka.
The Situation Over Kansas.
Atchison-One plant remains closed.
several are on part time. and one has
reopened this past month. There is
an appreciable Improvement all
around. Building, while not extensive.
is increasing and there is little real
unemployment.
Leavenworth-Only two plants re-
main closed. and none are operating
on part time. There is considerable
new construction under way at Fort
Leavenworth. There is considerable
unemployment but no apparent un-
rest.
Hutchinson-All of the local plants
are working, altho two of the salt
plants are operating at so per cent
capacity The building trades are
quiet. Unemployment has been ma
terially relieved by back k-to-the-farm
movement. There is no apparent un-
rest
Topeka-There is a slight Improve
ment apparent in local conditions. No
plants are now closed. One has re-
opened and only a few remain on part
time operation. Unemployment con-
tinues to be noticeable, but there is a
general confidence in an early return
to normal conditions.