The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-01


 The survey shows that in 14 states in the central. middle west ern, western and southern sections a shortage in farm help confronts the tiller of the soil this spring; that in the five states of New York, Indiana, Kentucky. Illinois and Cali fornia, shortage is shown in work CTS to carry on tine huge building programs that are planned. In nine states skilled laborers are in demand with jobs going begging, while in four other states the shortage comes in common labor.
 The building boom is noted in IT states and takes in territory in every section of the country, while general boom in all business is reported from the seven states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, 1n- diana, Illinois, Missouri and Della ware.
 The reports show that only in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina does an excess of workers over jobs exist generally. True, there is surplus of workers in clerical help, porters and chauf- feurs in New York, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, Washing ton and California, but in each of these states the workers in other lines are employed and in certain l lines a surplus of jobs exists.
 Inducfrrio1 pance
 That a period of industrial peace is indicated by the reports of only | 9 strikes of any consequence throughout the length and breadth hof the land. Some of these are trivial at present, and none of them appears to cause more than a ripple of local interest. Figured in these i Is the big shop mems strike of last ] July that in some quarters is still in existence, and in other quarters is reported to be over and done with. There are two small strikes among the steyedores at New York, 1 the Somerset County coal strike near Pittsburgh that has been hang ling fire for some months, strikes of painters, electricians and plumbers at Omaha and a moulders strike in Delaware.
 ] The fourteen states that report a Shortage in farm labor are: Illinois Iowa, North Dakota, Nebraska, Min. nesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota Virginia. South Carolina, Montana | Io cl, n ao=to Vol. ifornia. The states that indicate an excess of jobs over skilled work. men to fill them are: New York 1 (both male and female) Ohio, Hi. nois, Kansas, Montana, Arizona connccticut, Maryland and Mis- sfssippi.
 Building Boom.
 An extraordinary building boom 1 is shown in the following states: New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia Louisiana, Florida, Ohio, Illinois Kansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky Missouri, Tennessee. Arizona, Ne veda, Idaho and California.
 The states reporting that all O. | the unemployment prevalent fl lJZV-Zl 0dS DeeH dDSOTDeu anu lHd conditions are normal in this re spect are: Maryland, Delaware Maine, New Hampshire. Massachu sets, Vermont, Rhode Island. Kan sas, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Michi gan, Texas, New Jersey. West Vir- ginia. Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina. Colorado. Wyoming, New Mexico and Nevada.
 In Pennsylvania it is reported that negroes are being brought ur ] from the south to work in the mills while in the southern states this re- port is confirmed through statements cf the unrest among negroes in certain territory and tendency tt desert the south for more wages in northern manufacturing plants. Greater New York has 44,O01 dwellings under construction, be- lsides hundreds of huge business and municipal projects, and is exceeding last years program of new building 1 by nearly $50.000, ,00O a month. R. R. to Improve. Railroads arc preparing to makf new demands on the labor market by spending, in the New York dis trict a part of the $1,100, ,000. 900 appropriated for work throughout l the nation in 1923, and in manning