New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

which is beginning to feel the effects
OF the depression resulting from CON
troversles In the building trades. Some
Improvement is noted in textile lines
ana IN the machinists' trade. Condi-
tlons IN the woodworking industry are
good. Farm help is plentiful.
More ,seasonable weather in Indiana
may reduce unemployment by the re-
sumption of seasonable work, which
largely hinges on the building trades
acOivlty Wage reductions are contem-
plaeed by contractors, but opposed bv
the unions, with some definite settle
menu expected soon. Socialists here
say no, May Day demonstrations are
planned,
Farm wages in North Dakota will
suner 80 per cent cut this year, ac-.
cording to A. j. Surratt, state stat;s-
tician for the Bureau of Crop Estimates
There are no strikes or lockouts in the
state '''e
Reports have reached the East. ac-
cording to kilograms received bv Gov
ernor Stephens, that there is labor
shortage in California and that Eastern
iaporers are going to California for
work. "California has no labor short
age and has enough men to take care
OF all its industries" says the State
LABOR Commissioner.
Unemployment in Arkansas has in.
creased steadily since last October. &C.
cordlng to T. A. Wilson, State Labor
commissioners, and prospects for an
seariy resumption of normal Industrial
!l1e are not good. There are no strikes
IN the state and there is no organized
agitation, but unrest among INDUSTRIAL
workers is general.
Work Scarce in Wyoming
The situation in Cheyenne, Wyo., has.
neen complicated by !. strike of
tne members of the building trades,
comprising some. 225 carpenters,
plumbers, electricians and painters
There will be farm work for those who
wish to get out into the open, is the
belief, but officials say that so many
wyoming men already are jobless. that
shey do not advise others to come to
this state at this time in search of
work.
State Commissioner Barber of Idaho
believes the numbering industry will be
normal when the lumber mills of the
state open up, about May 1. The return
OF the mining industry to normal is
dependent upon the market for metal.
The 5000 miners out of work cannot
nope to regain their Jobs until
marked increase is made in the price
OF metal, he said. In agriculture.
which includes the hardhit sheep and
cattle industries, conditions are normal
IN regard to employment, but there has
been decrease Of more than a third
IN the pay of agricultural workers.
Even greater decreases in pay have
been made for sheep and cattle
workers.
I The greatest percentage of unem-
ployment is found in the building
trades in Iowa. This condition is at
tributed to the controversies in many
Of the larger cities of the state over
the question Of wage scales. Normally
about 10000 men are employed in
building trades. About 60 per cent of
these are idle. Iowa's $4,000 miners
are all employed, but are nearly all
confined to half-time work.
Missouri Busy Building
A general comm ent(from the Federal
Department of Labor. regarding the
4th Federal District, which includes
eight Middle Western states, covering
April, says: "In Missouri an amount
of industrial building and development
work was carried over from 1920 and
now is being renewed Some large
plants are being planned. This state
apparently is leading the district in
factory construction and manufacture.
sin southwest Missouri mining opera
tions have been at virtual standstill
for more than six months, it being re-
ported that 80 per cent Of the zinc and
lead mines are idle because Of the low
price of ore. A similar condition ex-
lists in southeast Missouri, where
cotton crop was grown at the highest
cost In history and Is remaining
unpicked in the fields because there
Is not market for it. Railroad shops
for the most part either are idle or
working with greatly reduced forces.
An order effective April threw 1900
men out Of employment in the Mis-
sAuri Pacific shops at Sedalia and about
the same number out Of the Frisco
shops at Springfield"
Secretary Kennedy Of the State EN-