The Washington times., 1922-05-06
BUILDING TRADE
SHOWS MARKED
UPWARD TREND
Virginia and Maryland condi-
tons Improve Vastly Dur
ing Month Of April.

Employment conditions in the
South Atlantic district, including
Virginia. West Virginia, Maryland
and the District of Columbia, ac-
cording to figures made public
today by the URited States Employ
ment Service. show an improve
ment Of approximately 2.6 per cent
in the number of persons EN-
ployed IN industrial centers in
these States.
Strike Hits w. Va.
The best showing in the number
of concerns taking on new EN-.
pioyes Is made in Maryland and
Virginia. West Virginia. due to
decrease in coal mining operations,
shows a good increase in the mum.
ber Of industrial employees, but 4
dscr,ass In the number OF miners.
The actual figures In West Vir.
Rinia show that on March 16 there
were <o.43s miners employed in
3a1 coal mines in the State. while
on April l5. there were c5,<25 EN-.
ployed, or q net decrease Of lb,003.
General INCREASED building con.
striction is reported in West Vir-
Ginis. Charleston, Parkersburg and
Huntington all show a substa ntial
Increase in the number OF industrial
workers. Wheeling, w. Va. re-
ports from forty-one Industrial con.
Germs an increase OF 749 employees.
Fairmont and Keyser. both report
large increases In the ranks of the
unemployed. due principally, how
ever, to the coal strike.
Richmond. Petersburg and Dan
willie report decreases in the number
of workers, while Norfolk. Lynch
burg and Roanoke. in the order
named. report increases.
General employment conditions In
Maryland. the report states, show a
good advance. Stone, clay and glass
products register the largest employ.
ment increase. Baltimore. Cumber-
land and Frederick represent the
cities in Maryland with the largest
increase. In the order named, due
principally to new construction.
The biggest boom. the report
shows, 10 In construction work
There 10 a demand for carpenters,
bricklayers. plasterers and all classes
Of workmen engaged in the build.
ing trades equal II not in excess
Of the supply. the report states.
Improvement General.
Unemployment in the United
A.w ~ -
shows an improvement of three.
OF figures OF the United States EN-.
ployment service.
The increase OF employment Is
based on a survey made in SIS
cities. from reports OF l ,42s firms.
each employing more than 500
workers. The survey shows that
during the month this number. Of
firms took on IL ,S75 additional en-.
ployes.
or the cities reporting. all o'
them known as industrial key"
cities, 40 showed an increase In the
number Of Industrial workers in
that locality and ~ cities showed a
decrease in the number of employees
Providence. X. l., the sixty. fifth
city reporting. shows the exact
number of employees on the payrolls
Of its Industrial firms on April 30.
compared with the month previous.
The greatest employment increase
is reported by the firms of Chatta
nooga, Tenn, showing 1853 per cent
more industrial workers now en-
ployed than q month previous. Other
cities, in the order named, are: Den
yer, 14.5 per cent: Indianapolis, II
per cent; Niagara Falls, Ill per cent
and Detroit, Mich, IL per cent.
Lawrence, Mass. shows the great
est decline in employment, there
being 6s.s per cent of the textile
workers laid off during the month
Memphis, Tenn, lost 23.7 per cent OF
its industrial workers and Brockton
Mass, l2.< per cent.