The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-22
PRACTICALLY No
UNEMPL OYMENT
IN INDIANAP Oils
Estimate There Are About
1000 in City Who Are Out
of Work Voluntarily.
MANUFACTURERS ARE BUSY
city's Factories Employ 10000
Men and Women-lndustriaI
Condition Good.

Unemployment in Indianapolis Is
practically negligible. One year ago
there was 1900 unemployed in the
city. Now there are not 1000. Most
Of the unemployment that exists now
Is voluntary, the industrial division OF
the Chamber of Commerce said There
is work for everybody in Indianapolis
ii he wants to work.
Within the last few months six new
major industries, which will employ
10000 men and women and which
have a capital stock Of $20,000,0 900,
have established themselves here.
These new industries are the General
Electric Company, the Westinghouse
Electric Company, the Deusenberg
Automobile Company, the McLaugh-
lin Company, manufacturers of IN
derwear; the Rub-Tex Manufacturing
Company, manufacturers of hard rub
.ter goods, and the Hardesty Manua-
featuring Company, makers Of con-
centrated syrups and extracts.
Industrial conditions IN Indianapolis
Up to the time Of the coal and railway
strikes, were the best they had been
since the war. There was a slight
revival In the fall Of 1921, but not
until this summer has there been a
steady and unnistakable swell toward
prosperity. Now building bids fair to
break all records. Especially has the
manufacture Of automobiles and al
he'd lines shown quicken1ng Of pace.
City Ranks Twentieth
Indianapolis ranks twentieth IN the
United States as a manufacturing
city. It has 1900 manufacturers put
ting 800 different products on the
market. Its factories normally en-
ploy 10000 men and women. It's
products ar evalued annually at $780,
10000
Indianapolis industries are cap.
tailed at S215, 700, 900. The materials
consumed in manufacturing cost $780,.
100000 every year. The annual pay
roll to employees is $65, 900 900. There
are 1000 salaried employees, with an
annual pay roll of s19o0o.000.
The ten leading lines Of manufacture
are: Meat packing and slaughtertng,
automobiles and accessories, machine
shops and metal trades, furniture and
allied lines, printing and publishing,
flour and grist mill products, pharma-
ceuticals and biologicals and clothing.
Largest in World
Eleven Of the single industries OF
Indianapolis are the largest in the
world in their line. There are: S. n.
Bixby Company, shoe polish; Diamond
Chat. Company, transmission chains;
Kingan & Co.. hog killing plant and in
dependent packing house; Real Silk
Hose Company, ladies' silk hose; Bur
reu-DUgger Company. poultry rene
| dies; Holconb- Hoke Company. pop
corn machines; Nordyke and Marmon
| Company, milling machinery; Pitman.
Moore Company, hog serums; Van
Camp Company. kitchens for canning
food: Robert H. Hassler Company,
shock absorbers.
Among the other leading industries
are the Eli Lilly Company, making
| pharmaceutcals and biologicals; the
Prest-O-Lite Company, making acetyl-
enc gas and storage batteries, and tha
Wheeler Schebler Company, manufac.
| turers Of carburetors.
Indianapolis leads the world in the
manufacture Of high grade motor cars.
The automobile plants located hers
are MaITnon, Cole, Stutz, H. c. S,
Duesenberg, Premier, National
Lafayette, Monroe and Frontenao.