Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-02

new MEXICO. rH
NEW FORK-Boom period reported
with all basic industries active and
labor markets fully recovered from the
orsis OF 1920-ls2l. Relation between
supply and demand for labor normal,
with balance swinging toward p shQrt-
age OF both skilled and pnskilled male
workers in building construction snd
both male and female Ia maaufactur-
ing: There IL . slight excess Of supply
over demand In clerical trades and Rro-
LESSONS. Peace reigHs among crafts
composing Building Trades Council. al
though labor leaders and contractors
have opened negotiations for increas-
ing wages Of bricklayers, carpenters,
plasterers, plumbers and allied trades
by 81 to 81 a day.
Through the state there was an
increasing demand fer farm hands.
and May / found most Of these re-
A'uited in New York City. The per-
ccntage Of farm jobs, compared with
all others offered by public and pri-
vate agencies, rose from 10 in the
early spring to nearly 20 percent.
Next to building tradesmen, the
great demand was for electricians
and mechanics and experts in the
manufacture Of explosives, sought
llEiS kOI luuuottiS9 III @ySH juicy
and delaware. Conditions in the
the waterfront things are calm, de-
spite two small strikes and some UNI
rest among steyedores and coal
handlers. A popularity OF the local
situation was that while there was
an impending shortage Of unskilled
and semi skilled factory workers.
there was a mognting shortage Of
female labor. particularly among ma
chine operators. while there was a
surplus Of male labor for this work,
There is reported also a prevalent
surplus of applicants for Jobs in all
lines clerical and accounting. The
scale for the so-called white collar"
workers remains where 1t rested af-
ter the 1920-2l slump. ranging from
SIS to s2S a week with $50 as high
mark for most non-executive posi-
tions. Unskilled labor is offered 40
cents to SO cents an hour in oil lines
with occasional offers OF So and 60
building industry,
John Sullivan, president OF the
Trade and Labor Council and man.
aeer Of the city's Industrial Aid Bu-
reau says: There is no labor short
age. There is an increasingly brisk
NS"Anu ioi idOoi, ouS dIluouEu AoSI
of the 100000 unemployed recorded
in New York two years ago have
been absorbed, there is still more
than a man for every job.
Richard Flynn, chief Of the division
of employment Of the federal en-
ployment service found surplus Of
men who desire to do light factory
work and light porter work; chauf-
feurs and machine workers wins do
semi skilled work. There is prob
ably considerable unskilled labor
scattered throughout the smaller cit
les and work if satisfactory induce
ments are offered. The housing con-
ditions in the large cities handicap
the movement Of these workers to
the large cities"
At Buffalo building operations are
reported extensive. and con. factors
report a shortage in both skilled and
unskilled labor for building. No.
thing is in sight to indicate any
strike IS plasterers have recently
been granted an increase to $l2 a
day, nve day week and an eight
hour day, and double time for over
time. Thirty representative indus
tries at Buffalo. employing about 35.-
900 men. increased their working
force 8 percent in March and con-
tinued on a slightly higher scale Of
increase during April. Bethlehem
Steel Company is working 5000 men
or so percent Of capacity, is hiring
additional men, and has raiced wages
ii percent. Longshoremen have asked
for an increase. They were granted
60 cents an hour last year. and it is
reported they will demand 80 this
year. This demand will apply only
to the port Of Buffalo.
Bernard l.. Sheintag, state Indus
trial Commissioner at Albany, de-
clares great activity is assured in
the building lines during the early
part of the year. He says: while
the greatest gain in building is no.
ticeable in New York City, the other
cities will have work enough along
this line to keep their builders and
the latter's employees going at full
speed. at least until warm weather
sets in The cost of materials will
have bearing on whether the build
ing boom continues, MIR. Sheintag
NORTH CAROLINA-From NJ. l..
Shipman, Commissioner Of Labor.
Farmers complain they are unable to
meet competitive figures offered for
labor in various trades and profess
sions. This indicates difficulty in
supplying needed farm help during
season. The supply and demand for
both unskilled labor is about evenly
balanced, with surplus Of incxperi-
enced clerical workers, truck drivers,
chauffers, cooks and domestic help
generally. Textile, furniture and
miscellaneous plants are operating
full time. with the future outlook in
creaSingly satisfactory.
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report of Joseph A. Kitchen, state
Director, United States Employment
Service. Department Of Lobor Four
teen cities report extra farm help
needed; thirty six cities report only
q slight demand. and ~ request no
outside help. There were % applica-
tons for unskilled work and IT'S
jobs open to them. Eighty three
were placed. Professional help such
as doctors are needed in many towns.
There are many requests for posi-
tons as stenographers and book
keepers, but positions are not to be
found for them. Small demand for
farm help influenced by late spring
and delayed blowing.
OHIO-Summary Of report Of o. w.
Brack, of the State Industrial Com
mission: No unemployment An up
ward trend in business and unpre-
cedented squirt in building activities.
Common labor is at a premium EN-
ployers are beginning to offer in
creased wages as an inducement.
Shortage OF workers reported from
rubber companies at Akron, general
" at Cleveland, in steel plants at
Youngstown and among the metal
trades and in clerical help and COM
mon labor at Cincinnati
OKLAHOMA-Repo Of Claude e.
Connally, State Labor Commissioner.
Unemployment has not abated, al.