The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-16
FIRMS ORDER
Statesmen TO
RESIDE HERE
About 25 Men to Make Their
Headquarters in Bismarck
in Near Future
BIG INDUSTRIAL BOOM
Factories and Branch Houses
Being Contemplated For
North Dakota
BIG INDUSTRIAL BOOM

Bismarck merchants report
that more than Is new families
will move to this city in the near
future. They get their informa-
ton from travelling salesmen who
say their firms have ordered
them to make Bismarck their
permanent headquarters. Most
of these families will come here
frem Fargo.
For many years Fargo has
been headquarters for statesmen
working in North Dakota. Most
of their work was done in the
eastern part of the state and
they made only few trips to
the central and western parts.
marck merchants that improved
business conditions and the pop
ulation growth of the state
force them to make more trips
to the central and western Sec
items and their firms have or
dered them to establish head
quarters here in order to cut
down travelling expenses.
The travelling men tell the
merchants that both Bismarck
and Minot will get many new
families this year. Bismarck
will be made the headquarters
for sOuth-ccntral and southwest
ern North Dakota and MinOt for
the north-central and the north
western ssctiOns of the state.
Factories and branch houses are
beip~ contemplated for North Dako-
ia and the prospects are very en-
couraging for industrial extensions
in the near future.
Ed McShane, superintendent OF the
employment service Of the United
States Department of Labor at Far
go, is the authority for this state
ment. His office has been receiving
numerous inquiries from factory
heads who anticipate establishing in
dustrial plants in the state, says Mr.
McShane.
Inquiries For Labor
Mr.. McShane is hopeful about the
industrial progress of the state. Re-
cent inquiries for skilled labor and
industrial employees lead him to be-
lieve that it will not be long before
many factories are established IN
North Dakota.
The coal mines in the western
Fart Of the state are also demanding
many employees, said Mr.. McShane
The coming haying, harvesting and
threshing seasons will absorb many
thousands OF men, 10000 to $4,000
harvest hands being required in the
state each fall. There is always q
good demand for farm hands
throughout the eastern part of the
state from early spring until the
ground freezes up in the fall, as
this portion of the state usually re-
auires considerable cultivated crops
and various kinds of hay, according
to Mr.. McShane.
North Dakota Second
In order to give an estimate OF
how this state compares with other
states in the number of harvesters
employed, Mr.. McShane gave figures
compiled in a few of the leading
wheat states last season.
Kansas was first, requiring 63,92a
harvest hands from outside the state
while North Dakota was second, re.
curing 23,628. Oklahoma was third
with 1925 and South Dakota fourth
with 11,l02.
Last season Mr.. McShane's office
placed 47O8 men for general farm
work, which is approximately 1000
more than any other office in the
United States placed for the same
kind Of work. However, these place
ments were not entirely for North
Dakota. There is usually a strong
demand in the fall for help during
the potato harvest season, Mr.. Nc
Shane said.
Helps All Sections
"There appears to be a mistaken
idea that this service places com
paratively little or no help in the
extreme western part of the state
and that it is confined to Cass coun
ty and the extreme eastern part en-
tirely," said Mr.. McShane. "Thi'
condition is by no means true, as VIZ
place hundreds of men throughout
the extreme western part of this
state the year round, and there ii
an ever increasing demand from thai
portion of the state as the farmers
out there become more acquainted
with the manner in which this ser
vice is able to meet their require