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


state. Negroes are inclined to 60 to
| Chicago or Detroit.
CALIFORNIA-From J.. A. Kelly.
district director employment service.
| United States Department Of Labor.
| Actual shortage lin many building
| trades especially among bricklayers
| end plasterers. Strong demand for ex-
| perienced construction men with little
| supply to meet demand. lsver grow
ing demand for lumber men in mills
| and lumber camps. Small amount of
unemployment among machinists and
| railroad shop workers, as shopcrafts
| strike of July 1. 1922. still in effect on
| certain railroads. Strong demand for
| farm hands which will become greater
| during May. Actual unemployment
| confined to stenographers. bookkeepers
and Office help. During nine month
period since July !, 1922, 1898 per-
sons have received employment
| through public employment bureaus Of
California, compared with 99,5SO for
the corresponding period of the pre-
vious year. State Is holding back road
work to give private enterprise first
call on workers. Building permits
show substantial increases over 1929
| records.
| COLORADO-FEom Otto r. Thum,
| Colorado bureau of labor statistics:
! No unemployment In Colorado. In
three large cities there were 7Se appli-
! cations and only 1875 jobs for them dur
| ing the first week of April, 1922, COM
pared with 304 applications and Ell
jobs available during the same period
this year. Mining has not been re-
vved In this state. There are men
enough to take care of the labor de-
mands.
CONNECTICUT-From state fedora
ton of labor. railroad officials and en-
ployment agencies:
There is a scarcity Of unskilled COM
mon labor and wage increases have been
given this group. Mechanics are scarce
In building trades and this fact alone
will curtail building operations.
There is the strike of shopmen on
New York, New Haven and Hartford.
which is part of the general shopmen's
| strike, and one other. that of about 500
silk workers at New London. En-
ployes and employers are comforting
upon these. In manufacturing. and es-
pecially the metal industry. plants are
running to capacity.
DELAWARE - From employment
agencies and union officials:
| Labor situation normal, as compared
with pre-war conditions. In some in
stances forces employed are larger
than formerly. Full time is the rule
in all but few establishments, and
in others thcresis overtime work Out
look for building is better than in sew
cral years. Mouders' strike continues
and is affecting few plants. No UNI
rest otherwise.
| FLORIDA-From State Labor Com
missioner. No shortage of farm labor
lreported and no noticeable unemploy-
R,i11 troI do hvic l-
! GEORGIA-State federal employ
meIt service:
| Less Unemployment generally. and
majority of the laborers employed are
| working full time and in many in
stances overtime. Many industrial cs-
Establishments report improvement of
so per cent over corresponding months
last year. Some declare the situation
better than at any time during the
last two years.
! IDAHO, OREGON AND WASHING
ToN-From federal director. United
States Department of Labor:
Shortage of workers for agriculture
and numbering. Appears to be an
even balance in supply and demand in
other fields of work. Many men will
be drawn from other industries when
| Alaska fishing season opens. Shortage
of farm labor in all three states is
acute. Ranch hands. single and mar
ried, are in great demand They are
being offered from $50 to $50 a month
| with house, garden, COW, chickens, etc,
furnished. These offers come from
Washington and southern Idaho. on
ly line of work in the three states
| where surplus seems to exist is in the
! unskilled clerical jobs. Construction
and development work increasing. with
men barely sufficient to meet the de-
mand.
ILLINOIS-From federal-state de-
partment of labor:
In 1922 there were PA applicants for
every 100 Jobs. In 1923. more posi-
ton offered to date than people seek
ing them. Labor shortage in free en-
ployment agencies during March was
1116. Some employers have been
obliged to increase their offers of
| wages. Wage increase by steel corpo-
ration represents general movement.
| Increase in wages to 200,000 men in
packing industry and an increase to
various Of the building trades. Nine
crafts of building trades have not
signed Lands award. but great ma
jority are working at higher wages
than award calls for and are not I'M
employed. Employment reports from
6S1 firms show expansion of employ
ment of 14.S per cent for March, 1928.
over March, 1922. Estimate manufac-
turing concerns alone now employing,
more than 10000 more people than
they did at this time last year. Farm
ers have not shared as much as others
| in prosperity, as they have been
obliged to compete with manufacture
ing industries for labor. This is a Sc
rious problem.
INDIANA-From the state industrial
board:
No unemployment and everyone who
wants to work at his or her chosen line
can get it. Actual shortage in build
Ing trades will exist when spring and
| summer building activities get going
in earnest. Great building programs
all over the state. Cries for more
workmen already heard from several
! cities. There is a road building boom,
$50 miles Of new roads to be made this
summer.
| 1OWA-Report of A. L. Trick, State
| Commissioner of Labor: Widespread
shortage of farm labor which will be-
| come more acute as growing season
progresses and harvesting season APP
proaches. Every county reports this
| condition, which is unusual for Iowa
so early in the season. Condition
| caused by increased building activi-
| ties drawing men from farm work
Farm labor has increased IS to SIS
| monthly during last two months. Lit
| tie shortage to date in other classes.
| kANSAS-From labor division in
| dustrial court, building. farming and
employment agencies: Heavy demand
for farm labor and skilled and un-
\ skilled building trades workers. Be-
| cause OF this condition most acute la
Dor shortage ever felt in this section
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