The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-19
new INCREASE
REVEALED FOR
JOBS AND PAY
April Report for Indiana
Also Shows Man-Hour
Gain Over March.
AHEAD OF LAST YEAR
Durable Goods Industries
Squirt Held Significant
by Carpenter.
BY JOHN JOHNSON

Aluidud employment increased !. b
per cent, pay rolls 2.6 per cent and
man hours worked 3 per cent in
April as compared with March, fig
ureS released today by the Indiana
Employment Service show.
This Is the third consecutive
month in Indiana that employment.
pay rolls and man hours worked
have increased, Martin F. Carpen-
ter, service director, pointed out.
Employment and pay roll reports
were received from 1921 manufac-
turing and communicating firms.
Six Of the seven major groups
IN the durable goods industries in
creased employment, and of the %
major groups studied, Is showed
employment increases and seven de-
clineS in employment.
From April, 1895, to April, 1896
employment in state manufacturing
industries increased approximately
81 per cent. Pay rolls increased
1911 per cent during the same pc
riod. The majority of this improve
ment was due to a lis per cent in
crease in employment and 2S.2 per
cent gain in pay rolls in the dur
able goods industries.
Gains Held Significant
"These gains are especially signi-
f1cant," Mr.. Carpenter. said, "since
economists maintain that anv
permanent improvement in the en-
ployment situation must be ac-
complished by increased employ
ment in this group of industries"
Nondurable goods industries in
creased their number of employees
3 per cent and their pay rolls rs
per cent over year ago, the re-
port reveals.
Indiana hotels show a 11.2 per
cent increase in employment and
a 1874 per cent gain in pay rolls
over last spring. Dyeing and clean
ing firms show increases of 1912 per
cent in employment and 1875 per
cent in pay rolls in the last IL
months. Over the same period, In
diana laundries disclose employ
ment up 8.3 per cent and pay rolls
up 20.3 per cent.
Quarrying Falls Off
Employment and pay rolls in the
communicating industries were
greater than last year in all groups
with exception of the quarrying and
nonmetallic mining group, which
reported z per cent fewer persons
employed and 81 per cent less
wages paid. Bituminous coal mining
industries disclosed employment 1853
per cent and pay rolls 1876 per cent
above year ago.
Reports from the retail trade
group reveal employment per
cent and pay rolls 38 per cent
above April, 1885. Wholesale trade
employment is 2 per cent above last
year while pay rolls are up 40 per
cent. Public utilities show their
employment ga per cent above q
year ago while utility pay rolls were
increased IT'S per cent.
Work Hours Increased
THE number of hours worked
week by the average manufac-
turing plant employe has increased
IL per cent" Mr.. Carpenter said,
but his weekly wages have shown
a greater increase, IA per cent, so
his hourly earnings are higher than
during April, 1885,"
Manufacturing establishments, to-
falling 912 and employing 172,906
persons, increased employment 1.6
per cent from March to April while
pay rolls rose per cent and man
hours 3.3 per cent.
These gains are also significant"
Mr.. Carpenter declared, "in view of
the fact that there has been an
average seasonal employment loss in
Indiana manufacturing industries
during the last four years of s per
cent from March to April.