New Britain herald., 1923-11-23
THIS CITY BUSIEST
 IN ENTIRE COUNTY
A. L. Brown Looks for Favorable
 Conditions This Winter

Although the manufacturing busi-
 ness has fallen of to slight. extent
 in this section of the country, New
 Britain at present is the busiest city in Hartford county, according to Ar
 thur l.. Brown, secretary of the Hart ford county manufacturers associa-
 ton. Southington is n close second to New Britain while Meriden. is under stood to be picking up slightly.
 One very noticeable feature con- corning the recent slump is the fact that there has been very little labor turnover in New Britain recently. One reason for this is the fact that there is little if any demand for unslSilled tebor and practically no help of this kind is being hired, while men who have steady jobs are holding onto them.
 "steady" Workers Occupied
 There have been some slight lay. offs in number of the local factories, practically all of it being of unskilled labor and most of the men being laid off are those who came here from ether towns.
 While there is Il slight demand for skilled labor in the city, there are quite few unskilled men looking for work. Most of the men who are out of work belong to the class called "noaters' or the type who become easily dissatisod and never stay long cn any one job. These men can get work easily when there is consider able demand for all kinds of help, but seldom develop into skilled laborers and usually are the first to be dropped from the payroll when there is aI slump
 With the exception Of "noaters" and men from out of town it is not felt that the layoffs have seriously af- fected any one in the city, married men and men of local residence who gro known as steady workers being retained in practically every case.
 Sees Good Winter Ahead
 No hardships among factory work CTS are expected in this city this win ter Certainly there will be nothing like the conditions Of 1920" said Mir. Brown when questioned yesterday. With inc men now on the payroll | all the factories Of New Britain are running on full time and | certain departments of many factories | are running overtime, although only | skilled labor is being used in overtime | work
 Because of the fact that men gre i holding onto their jobs and few oth- | FITS atc being hired, inc labor turn over in New Britain last month was Inc lightost this city has seen in many months.
 Another situation which threatens Q affect the labor market seriously is inc proposed raise in communication -atcs Oil the railroad between this city lbd Hartford and between New Brit Hn and Bristol The present ratc be- ween New Britain and Hartford is 1882 for a monthly ticket and S16.5S or fhrrr months ticket The pro posed change would eliminate tho hrce months ticket and raise the monthly ticket 10 sS12, making g ump of almost SIC, or from SiG.5s 10 i26.IG for three months.
 Tor'sees Large supply of Girls
 2 february according to Mir Brown. it g very apt 10 react against New Brit in girls who work in Hartford in HranCc offices and throw many girls l fainrd for office work only onto q abor market here which cannot as- 1miiate them. At the present time. probably not more than two or three irls could be placed anywhere in thT ity in office work, and sudden in reass Of hundreds of girls seeking positions would stampede the market
 The change also would seriously fleet hundreds Of men who travel .ack and forth. although the number f Hartford men. especially trained mechanics. who come 10 New Britain c work probably is eounterbalanced c large extent by the number of sew Britain men working in Hart ord