Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-29
WORKF0R ALL
IN TH|SSTATE
Industrial Situation in New
Jersey Most Encouraging,
Report to Washington
MAY ! OUTLOOK GIVEN
Situation in All Parts of Coun-
try is More Favorable Still
Some Unemployment
MAY ! OUTLOOK GIVEN

sociated Press) General improve
ment in the industrial situation, de-
scribed in several instances as slow
but steady. particularly over condi-
tions as they existed in the winter
months. was indicated in reports
gathered by The Associated Press
from federal, state. labor and indus
trial leaders in many states OF the
union.
Labor commissioners and other
officials in virtually every state from
which reports were received, not
only declared that unemployment
had materially been lessened in the
last few months, but nearly all were
optimistic concerning the future.
holding that the opening of season.
able lines of work, such as agricul-
ture. and road and building con-
struction would help greatly in alb
sorbing the surplus of workers.
While no definite figure on the
present number of unemployed was
available, approximately 1,35O.o0o
persons were reported idle in sixteen
states from which estimates were re-
ceived. Large Industrial states sueh
as New York. Pennsylvania and Mas
sachusetts contributed more than L.
900, 900 to this total. New York lead
ing with an estimated 100000 out of
work. The total population of the
sixteen states was in excess OF A.
900, 900.
In some cities there was declared
to be a demand for skilled workers,
although the supply of common la
Dor, generally was declared to be
larger than the demand. Some state
labor department officials definitely
stated that the unemployment crisis
had been passed in their states and
that a move toward normal condi-
tions was in progress. Some local
tiles reported that conditions already
were normal, but from
most of the states reporting there
was declared to be unemployment in
many lines. Only in a few isolated
instances. however. was ii declared
to be acute. and the general tenor
of the statements was one of op-
particularly with reference
to the future.
A program of intense building
activity and city and state improve
ment work was outlined in reports
from virtually every state, and it is
expected that many idle workers
would find employment in a gigantic
construction boom which was indi-
Gated from many sources.
Monthly records of building activ-
ity kept by the American contractor
since 1914 We're broken by the total
valuation of building permits at
leading cities for March. and the
aggregate of s262.2S3.25j for 1sO
cities was believed by that publioa-
ton to be the largest for all time.
The number of permits issued last
month in those cities was e2,444.
Statements from some of the large
Industrial centers were encouraging.
Detroit reported that employment
per cent of normal, while the gener-
al percentage OF employment was So
per cent of normal, as compared
with 80 per cent a year ago.
Among the brightest reports were
those from New Jersey, North Da-
kota. Ohio, Utah and Nebraska, al
though they were accompanied IN
one instance by the warning that
no outsiders were in demand. Ne
braska was listed May 1, 1921 among
the states with considerable unem-
ployment with $4,000 estimated as
out of work. This year Frank A.
Kennedy, secretary of the Nebras-
ka State Department of Labor said
Nebraska will be enabled to take
care of all its unemployed in another
four weeks: state and federal agen-
cies are beginning to have difficulty
in filling calls for laborers: reports
from the state indicate no unusual
or serious condition" He added,
however. Nebraska will need no
outside labor. unless possibly some
harvest hands late in the summer.
There is Job now open for every
body who wants to work" in New
Jersey, according to Russell Ed
ridge. federal director of employ
ment in the State Department OF
Labor. He added that there is short
age of skilled mechanics all over the
state.
The official report on New Jersey
conditions follows:
Building is about normal in all
parts of the state. according to Rus
sell Eldredge. federal director of
employment in the state department
of labor. Farm labor is scarce. he
said Business is improving north
of Trenton. The southern part OF
the state is returning to normal con-
dltions more slowly. The potteries
of Trenton are being operated a.
about 80 per cent of normal and
the steel Wants at about 20 per cent.
Rubber mills are working on three
shifts.
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