The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-29

those voluntarily Idle, Large uemana
for farm and highway labor and
miners.
ARKANSAS ~ Coal mining brisk.
common labor In fair demand. supply
adequate.
CALIFORNIA = Surplus Of un.
skilled isborers. Shortage In lumber
activities. Strong demand for build.
ing tradeamen IN larger cities
CoLoRADo-Ncariy all industries
operating to fun capacity with In
creased forces. Shortage OF miners
and building craftsmen.
CONNECTICUT - All industries
running fun time or overtime. short.
age Of female factory workers and
skilled metal tradermen. Slight scar
city Of common labor.
DELAWARE - Increased employ
ment In various Industries. but slack
ening demand in chemical industry
FLORIDA - Transscnts causing
surplus % common labor. Lumber
mills working full time Fruit har.
vest and road building absorbing uu.
skilled labor.
GEORGIA --- Cotton and lumber
mills largely Increase employment.
Shortage In building trades.
IDAHO - Employment In eastern
sections. quiet In west. Lumber.
metal mining active. Highway con.
struction continues thru winter.
ILLINOIS - Employment best In
two years Car shops and glass.
furniture. musical instrument fac
tories increase work. Construction
booming. Coal mining so per cent
normal. steel mills Increasing 20 80
per cent OF capacity. Farm. common
labor scarce
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. busy. build.
ing active. common labor needed. an
fomotive industry NJ high level Of
employment. Farm hands scarce.
1OwA--inadeausse transportation
curtnils flour milling. bu, packing
plants. railroad shops iron and steel
circles Increase employment. Build
ing active In cities
KA>SAS--Farm help needed. pub
lsc work employing much common
labor. bu, railway Ahops. tire fac.
tories on part time.
KENTUCKY -- Employment In
creased IN tobacco. leather. lumber.
paper. chemical. textile and building
material Industries. Coal mines. rail-.
roads employing more men, High
way construction and building trades
active.
LOUISIANA - Numbering. ship
yards. oil sfeidss building trades.
highway construction gaining In en-
pioyrners. Common labor demand
fair
MAr<F-Prarffcaiiy all Industries
running FUN time Shortage Of work.
err IN textile and building trades.
MARYLAND - Small employment
gains by food and textile plants Oft
set BY decreased chemical and sgrs
culture production. Sugar rcfinerfes.
lumber. hiring more mon.
INSTRUMENTATION. shoe.
furniture. cordage plants running 20
capacity. Building trades need men.
MfcHIGAS-Auto Industry
maintaining unusually high employ.
ment rate. Food. hardware. furni
ture plants increasing operations.
Serious iabor shortage Ia lumber
woods and In unskiIled work In cities
TRANSPORTATION difficulties biggest
handicap.
MrSNEsoTA--Meas packing. steel
work. show gains. while -four milling
restricted by transportation Build.
ing activities declining surplus OF
female office help. Lumber camps
employing released harvest hands.
MrssresiPPr--Lum inereas-
ing payroIis despite car shortage.
Textile. iron and steel. chemical.
food and allied industries show gains.
Observation-Disclosures mines. met
al industries. shoe factories. meat
packing show increased employment
Good demand for farm help.
MONTANA - Increased employ
mens In larger mining camps with
much new developing work Coal
mining hampered by car shortage.
Lumber mills resuming operation
NEBRASKA - Car shortage re-
duces employment In many Hines.
agricultural help demand declines
With winter. Meat packing. building
work good.
Mining. numbering In
creaslng forces. Building. highways,
railroad construction augment crews.
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Quarries
adding employees but stiii below nor
NAL payroils. Textile work slack ow.
ing 10 labor trouble. Machinery In
dustry shows Improvement. Build.
ing active.
NEW JERsEY-shortare OF build.
,nw mechanics, common labor. fac
tory and min workers. Iron, steel
machinery. textile. leather and iinoie-
um plants all on upgrade.
NEW YORK - Employment In
many plants largest in two years.
unemployment practically ending
Metal. textile. hosiery. clothing.
chemical. rubber. paper, electrical.
auto accessory industries all report
increases. Labor shortages In many
lines. Building continues on large
scale.
NORTH cARoLINA--cotion. ium-
Der mills increase forces ~ sgricui'
turc releases workers.
NORTH DAKOTA - Surplus OF
skilled labor, female office help.
OHIO-Unemploym rapidly dis
appearing. Rubber. metal, brick.
farm implement plants booming.
Many cities report labor shortage,
both skilled and unskilled. Small
surplus OF clerical help.
OKLAHOMA - Metal. oil. lumber
and railroad operations improved.
Abundant supply OF unskilled labor.
with limited demand.
OREGON - LAUNDERING normal,
building, highway work slackening.
Unemployment beginning TO be noted
In larger centers.
PENNSYLVANIA - Industrial ex.
pansion In general rule. steel Indus
"a 90. nnr.A ~ "a nclfn Gal