Evening star., 1933-09-16
AUGUST SHOWS lob
|ANDPAY ROLL GAINS
10000 Returned to Work,
Earnings Increase by S12,-
100000 for Month.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
An employment gain of 100000 and
an increase of $l2,00O,000 in factory
pay rolls in August over July are esti-
mated by Labor Department officials.
Despite these encouraging signs. Sec
retary of Labor Perkins cautioned that
the upturn should not occasion any un-
toward hopes that hard times are gone.
This is not the time to throw hats
too high in the air." she said, and then
recalled that Winter was just ahead
and that the months of November, De-
cember and January normally show
reverSes
She said employment was still 284
per cent and pay rolls 48 per cent be-
low the normal average in 1926. and
while the August figures were encourag-
ing. eve must try soberly to reach that
normal peak"
Sees Recovery Starting.
She expressed the hope, however,
that this was the beginning of the
upward spirit we have been working
for" and that the increased wage earn
ing would lead to buying of the kind
that would make demands on other
factories.
Pay rolls were increasing faster than
employment. Miss Perkins added, re-
garding this as indicating that "pur-
chasing power of factory workers was
being revived to some extent"
Attributing some of the gains to the
N. R. A., the Labor Secretary said this
was not responsible for all, as the first
code did not begin to operate until
July Is and the figures covered only
the month ending August Is
She believed, however. that the in
creased pay rolls indicated "a mass
movement due to the conviction that
there must be wage earners' market
to build up
Pay Rolls Up 11.6 Per Cent.
August pay rolls increased ;l.6 per
cent and employment GA per cent over
July. The pay rolls, representing
gain of 554 per cent over March, the
lowest point of the depression, we're
the highest since December, 1881. En-
ployment gained 299 per cent over
March and hit the highest mark since
July, 1881.
The employment gain since March
was placed at 100000, of which l,500,-
600 were factory workers Factory pay
rolls increased s40,00O,000
OF the 100000 returned to work last
month, 100000 were estimated to have
entered factories and 10000 non
manufacturing industries.
Of the 80 manufacturing industries
covered in the department survey, 81
reported job gains and 83 pay roll
boosts.
A total of l3,008 establishments re-
ported 3,l87,674 employees at work and
pay rolls of S60,35l ,490 on August Is.
The reporting establishments covered
approximately so per cent of the total
wage earners in all manufacturing in
dustries Of the country.
Heavy Industry Active.
Miss Perkins found most encourage
ment in heavy industry gains. iron
and steel reporting 1872 and 20 per
cent increases in employment and pay
rolls. respectively. machine manufac-
turing, 10 and 10, and machine tools,
It's and II.
She attributed a 20 per cent pay
roll jump in the textile industry largely
to the N. r. A. code and said gen
eral upswing" was reflected in the 16
non-manufacturing industrial groups,
particularly the retail trade, which
gained Al and 7s per cent, respec-
lively, in employment and pay rolls.
The beet sugar industry had the
highest employment gain, $50 per cent,
among the manufacturing industries.
This is primarily seasonal The loco
motive industry had a gain of 329
per cent, and confectionery. millinery,
textile machinery and typewriter in.
dustries more than 20 per cent.
Radio Shows Increase.
Twenty-six industries had gains Of
from 10 to 20 per cent, including radios.
rayon, stamped ware slaughtering and
meat packing. paper boxes, chemicals
and ship building.
Other major industries showing sub
stantial gains were silk and cotton
goods dyeing and finishing textiles,
automobiles. paper and pulp, leather.
boots and shoes, agricultural imple.
ments, electrical machinery, furniture,
pottery and a number of industries
allied with building construction, in
cluding sawmills, brick, glass. steam
fittings and structural iron work.
Every State except Florida South
Carolina, Utah and Texas reported EN-.
ployment gains. California led with
l2.7 per cent.
The eight industries showing decreases
in employment were aircraft, -four, bev-
erages, shirts and collars, knit goods,
plumbers supplies, electrical railroad
repair shops and engines the declines
ranging from 0.5 per cent in engines
to 3.8 in aircraft.