Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-05
n. ]. INDUSTRIES
ARE IMPROVING
U. S. Report Shows Better
Conditions as Business
Depression Fades
BY GEORGE H. MANNING
Washington Correspondent of the
Perth Amboy Evening News).

washington Correspondent OF the
Perth Amboy Evening News).
WASHINGTON, June 5.-Business
depression is behind US, confidence
has been restored, industry is stead
lily expanding and June will accen-
tuate the upward movement. the
Employment Service Bureau of the
United States Labor Department re-
ports today in issuing its monthly
summary of labor employment con-
ditions for the month of May.
There was increased employment
in May over April IN the vehicle
! trade of ILL., per cent; railroad re-
pair shops 46 per cent: iron and
steel and their products As per cent.
stone, clay and glass products 40
per cent; lumber and its manufac-
lures 8 per cent; food and kindred
products 20 per cent; paper and
printing l per cent, and in the
chemical and allied products, with
decreased employment in leather
and its finished products of 3.9 per
cent; tobacco manufactures 2.9 per
cent, and liquor and beverages l
per cent.
A genuine building boom is on all
over the country with general short
age of building mechanics.
Among the 65 large industrial
centers of the country forty-nine re-
port increased employment in May
over April, with only sixteen re-
porting increased unemployment 1t is
noticeable also that the percentages
of increased employment are large
for May and the increased unem-
ployment figures are small.
OF the New Jersey cities, Passaic
showed the greatest increased en-
ployment with GA per cent. in
crease; Newark 3.9 per cent in
Trenton %, Bayonne .0S. and Pat
erson .02 per cent. increase
The Labor Departments report
for New Jersey in general and for
the principal industrial cities Of the
state is as follows:
New Jersey Observation-Disclosures
and employment conditions snow
continued Improvement. Gains In
employment in many of the princl-
pal industries were an encourag>1g
feature of the month. In all see-
tions a real shortage of experienced
single farm hands is evident. Ex-
ceptional activity in building indus
tries in all the large communities
and in most of the small ones. De-
mand for skilled building trade
workers in practically every trade.
Slight gains in employment on the
railroads and transportation lines az
certain points. A shortage OF com :
mon labor is apparent throughout
the state. Iron and steel. metal
and machinery industries show inn
provement.
Newark - Industrial conditions
show continued Improvement.
Shortage of high grade mechanics
for metal and machinery industries.
Surplus of ordinary factory workers
and a shortage of common labor.
Building industry brisk. Shortage
obtains in the building trades, espe-
cially carpenters and masons. Shor--
age of female workers and domes-
ties evident. Great demand for ex-
perienced farm workers. Steam
railroads not employing additional
help. Street railroads hiring few
extra men due to seasonal changes.
Jersey City-General industrial
conditions showed little change dur
ing the past month. Railroads re-
quire additional men for mainte-
nance work. A shortage of build
ing mechanics, especially brick ma
sons and carpenters. Railroad shops
nave AOL htN
ings that will soon be under way.
Camden-Industrial situation gen
orally shows slight improvement.
Steel pens, automobile supplies,
wool securing, lineoleum and cork,
canneries slowly increasing forces.
Local shipyards expect to change
nearly completed warship into an
airplane carrier giving employment
to several hundred extra men
Road work. factory construction
and home building being pushed
rapidly. Building trades in excel
lent condition, with demand for
carpenters great. Railroads are
commencing to employ for the sum
mer schedule, slowly. however.
Trenton-The potteries industries
continue at almost capacity The
steel mills continue to show a mark
ed improvements. Building trades
continue very brisk, practically all
building mechanics are in demand
Agricultural conditions stili remain
serious. demand for help far ex-
ceeding the supply A freight sta
ton has Increased its forces.
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