New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-14
Rise of 2 Per Cent in Fac
tory Workers in N. Y.
State i'm June Regarded as
Indicating Improvement

ALBANY, July 10. - Especially sig
nifcant is the per cent increase in
employment reported in New York
State factories last month compared to
May, in view of the fact that June nor
slackening in manufacturing indus
tries. In making public the monthly
report on employment conditions Henry
d. Sayer, the Industrial Commissioner,
also commented on the fact that the
gain was made in spite Of the uncer-
tainty due to the coal strike and the
railroad shop situation, which ordi-
narily would have caused recession
in employment.
This month, however, In addition to
the usual seasonal increases in the.
mems clothing and the canning and
beverage industries, the increased en-
ployment in the manufacture Of rail-
road equipment and building materials
indicates that the improvement in bust
ness conditions is more than sufficient
to offset the usual summer decreases.
In the clothing trades the mems
clothing factories reported very large
increases and the makers of women's
apparel very large reductions. The re-
opening of several mems clothing fac
tories in New York City after partial
shut-downs and the expansion of others
accounted for the large increase in
that industry.
There were increases also in the estab-
lishments making mems shirts, collars
and cuffs. partly offset by strike
among the cloth hat and cap makers.
The large decrease in the women's
clothing factories was due to the end
ing of the season in the cloak and suit
do MI
in the fashionable dressmakers' shops.
The fashionable millinery shops and
the flower and feather makers also re-
ported large decreases. There were re-
auctions in employment in the fac
tories making women's underwear and
IN those. making buttons for the cloth
ing trades. Employment in the laun-
dries continues to increase.
In the fur industry, the settlement
Of a strike affecting the hatters' fur
makers led to a substantial increase in
employment. In the shoe factories in
Rochester also the partial resumption
OF activity following reductions due to
the strike caused employment in that
industry to rise.
The outstanding increase of the
month was in the metal and machinery
industries, especially in the railroad
equipment and repair shops. The firms
making locomotives and freight cars
reported increases in the number of
their employees varying from 10 to 100
per cent. Most of the railway repair
shops, especially the locomotive shops.
added large number of workers. The
firms making structural steel for build
ing and for railway construction also
reported large increases. Those max
ing heating systems for buildings and
car heating apparatus increased their
forces. Employment in the iron and
steel mills continued to rise. Most of
the establishment making autom obiles
and parts employed more workers in
June than in May.
There was an increase in the manu-
facture of airplanes and firearms. but
employment in the cutlery industry
continues rather low. Among the
establishments making machinery and
electrical goods there were general in
creases, especially in the manufacture
Of elevators, printing machinery and
electrical goods, but decrease In the
manufacture of radio equipment, which
has been greatly expanded during re-
cent months
The industries connected with build
ing operations continue to expand
The lime, cement and plaster mills, the
brickyards and the stone-cutting pl ants
reported further increases in June
Employment in the glass industry
again decreased.