The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-01
This Is Report Handed Ass0ciat-
ed Press By Federal, State
And Labor Leaders
100000 IDLE" - G0MPERs
Sixteen States Show That L.
35O,0O0 People Are Still Out
Of Employment

IA oAO "AASSA AAANAAAA0b ''No ~AA~SS>~~~
in reports gathered by The Associate
Press from federal, state, labor. an
industrial leaders in many states o
the union,
Labor commissioners and other o.
ficials in virtually every state fron
which reports were received. not onl
declared that unemployment had MIA
terially been lessened in the last fev
months, but nearly all were Optimlsd ~
concerning the future, holding tina
the opening OF seasonable lines o
work, such as agriculture, and roat
and building construction would hell
greatly in absorbing the surplus 0
workers. I ~, ~, r., q, .,l n,..c,,
=, While; no Definite figure on ttli
present number OF unemployed wa:
available, approximately 1,550,O00 per
sons were reported idle in sixtee-
states from which estimates we're re-
ceived. Large industrial states such a.
New York, Pennsylvania and Massa
chusetts contributed more than 1000,
600. to this total, New York leading
with an. estimated 100000 out Ol
work. The total population of the six
teen states was itlexcess Of $4,000. 900
Samuel, GoMpers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, esti'
mated the unemployed at 100000
Miners and other workers on strike
were not included In the state esti-
mates. The miners strike, which union
officials estimated as involving nearly
100000 men. was the largest industrial
controversy in progress as May day
approached, with considerable num-
Der Of workers affected by textile and
stone cutting strikes in shutdowns in
New England and In minor walkouts
i N ne, so,na pacII c;tiea a thara @ wac declared
=, no - demand for skilled workers,
I.,,ar,, ~ e,,,nnlv ~ common 1ahnr,
@nno.a'iv 1n NV wos Iacl,rad tn ha Larger
g., 49, do,,,nd somo state labor de.
na..,n,an+ nsf;n;ala dafinitalv stated
1ha4 n % tha unemn,nvmcnt crisis has heen
nasssd @ u in ITheir states and that 4
p ,,nvd taward normal conditions was
- ,,,,o~ross cnmo lncalitias renontel
th,t - : nnnditinns already viI,hialy were
nar,naI mo, % MT fro,n mos. ~ The states
- .annr1ing thora Was w, declared to he IN
aupo sa..,a,,,eor4 nj; ~ marv lines nn,v ii, =
sa.'l 1 isniatad INSTANCES however. was
y dociared to he acute and the gem
ar.i I't1u tsnnr !, - 4be.statements Se staten was one
~ = nrtimism nartic,,lar1vl with refer
~ onco ] - 4ha f,,tmra .,,,. {.
nHo nnoar.r ~ - ~ intarse 1hn:ldine as
4,,.,.,. =. PA ans & oit,,sand stata imnrovemen.
,rnrI @ - Was n,,f,ined in reports from
w,ntna,lv avarv ,Iata and It was ex-
.nactad Shat MANY Idle workers would
@ f,n,, araninytmant % ~ a Gigantic CON !.
st'r,,ctinn ~u ton MON which was indicated
from MANY sources q
= A.oAAA 1'
Records Are Broken Il,
Monthly reports Of building activity
% 1o1I ~ wara hrnIan Nv fhe total yalul-
t;nn ~ hriidinr nenmits at leading
"tt;a. lit. q ~ Ma rch ana the aggregate 81
soe9 ] oas 20 Ok "a. 1a0 cities was ;helieyed
nv thnt nmhlicatinn ITO no the largest
~ oil aims Tha nnmher of nermits
iss,,ad lost month IN thnsa cities WAS
60 III =. ~,
a. .o,rorod ,vak, March 1921 w11an
.ha a. nsrmita n,mhared 53.315 and the
W. IL atinn amm,nted to s131 ,0O5 .3l7,
40 rain in vaIne was 9s percent, New
Vnrr as,ah,,ahad an unnrecedented
reonrd of sfnI S9g sl9n rhicapo's per-
,e;ts wera a. -. ianrest n nine years.
600 annordinr tn tha Illinois Denartment
T - as,nr NO. ja.ENMe tha lhandican 81 nm
satt1sd lahor CONDITIONS n snme build
- trodas rhav amounted tn 419333..
ane on incraasa ~ 912 O33 ZOO over
HSa,,a, vJ =, last vaar - y Z
Tho chicavn building controversy
min npes IN Aha Iandia wage award.
] ,,,h;eh sovorai cnnstructton unions
,,ana ] rss, ,asla STis, ~ a ccant aHH Iver whicl,
.hara % % %snnoars r. .he M hqAsent .pros-
nac. * satt ,emont
~ '''.S :,
The Bright Spots
Among the brightest reports were
those from New Jersey, North Dako-
ia, Ohio, Idaho, Utah and Nebraska,
although they were accompanied in
one instance by the warning that no
outsiders were In demand. Nebraska
was listed May /, 1921 among the
states with considerable unemploy-
Of work This wear. Frank A. Kenne-
dv secretary of the Nebraska State
Denartment OF Labor said Nebraska
viii ho onahled tn take "a re of all its