The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
SECOND SECTION

n uaiiy IN slow process to the wors.
" or whether it will turn into ~
matte panicl1y crisis. 49, ura'
>, M III.
. Inc curtailment of production a..
/ closing up Of factories. or n,,tt; ~
: 1nem on part-time operation csnsaS
I an ever-increasing unemnIo,, ,a i, !.
q OF big masses. F-OS 'ieiis
The United States has No ra.l-...
, s n.nlpioyment statistics, so that n !.
noe easy to form complete picture
u the breadth and depth Of mem
ptpynlent. But the figures and facts
whicn we could ascertain snfice 10
characterize the situation. -
we have no figures on unemplo,,
inemt IN the steel industry.
Inc unemployment among the eooi
mi miners IS especially very heavy IT,
iiiihols Industrial Review Of 1aoa,a
ger Q, 1923, stated: "The miners arc
l1ce 10 race with a winter Of unan,-
pioyment. In Illinois 20 ner cent "a
the mines have been closed Tn ~
oiana one in every three n,i,,as -.
smut down. Over Ok 0o0 TlI;,l lss
r. non are out of work, and close to
S SS,yOO are employed only about one e.
nlth OF their working time. Tn tbo
non,unlon fields the suffering of tbe
workers IS taking an even more acute
Mines Closing Down.
A. +. Lafferty, a West v;roir;.
l Mline inspector, said in Decenbar.
coal mines turnout West V;rg;ni.
as Wen as Ohio and Indiana arc cIos
ing down. The business sIunor Re.
grown in almost an incrad;bIa 10
ume, and its effects are denIorat III
It will be ho-L - ftoVefn-
tbn,--rJ- is no theory when we say
hat our organization is composed of
1 vast army of reserve members that
0nly get to work, in hundreds Of
instances, one day a week, and not
even that in many localities" And
he unemployment among the min
FRS has been growing recently, too.
The report of the Illi-ois department
IF Labor for January says: "Coal
mines in Illinois and adjoining states
have closed down throwing hun
lreds out of work. ~
The railroad workers are virtually
iecimated thru unemployment. The
reports of the Interstate Commerce
Committee show that in August
[ 1913, sos workers were on the pay
rolls of all railroads. In November
only 1,S99,545. That means a reduc-
lion by 73,760 or nearly per cent.
But at the same time a big part Of
the railroad workers were forced to
DO part time work. In the middle
Of November there were 81,246
fewer workers on full-time jobs than
in the middle of August. That means
a reduction of almost 5 per cent.
The unemployment increased still
further in December. A single rail-
road, the Pennsylvania, discharged
not less than 26,185 workers in
December.
The condition of the workers in
the textile industry is frightfuI. The
director of the municipal employment
bureau of Boston estimated the num-
Der of unemployed workers in Bos-
ton in January at not less than
60,0n0
The Lawrence Labor" shows that
masses of workers are getting paid
only for a five-day, a four-day or
even a two-day week.
Unemployment In Chicago.
Unemployment in Chicago under
The influence of the Illinois situation
shows a very serious character. Even
a capitalist paper, the Chicago Eve
ming Post, wrote on January 10, 1924:
'The problem of unemployment is
with us again. The apologize gentle
men who suggest that they are in
need of meal AN most starving
are approaching the prosperous in
appearance along West Madison
street."
Carl Haessler wrote in the FEEDER
ated Press Of early December, 1928:
Jobs are hard to get in Chicago.
Trade union secretaries say so. The
chief statistieian Of the Illinois De-
partment of Labor says so. And
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