THAN 2,000, 000
UNEMPLOY'ED
.NINETEEN STATES
, ’7‘
floutinued from First page.
.
:1!
1
warts state that when the agricul-
I'fi'ork is in full swing the 'sur-
or labor will be small.
”New York City, Philadelphia, Chi-
' ., Detroit and Cleveland stand out
111- “the country's largest city re-
ports rom experts indicate that ap-
Fox ately 250, 000 men and women
pare out of work. On January 1 this
> year the goveinment estimated that
‘33L24B, were unemployed in Gotham
' d that has been increased during
to the
Industrial
he four months according
..mntlriy bulletins of the
Moe.
_ the remainder of the state how—
.mr. has not gone unscathed by any
Em for the reports from Albany
g‘ow that 364. 000 of the state's
33,500 000 factory workch including
Jew Fork city are unemployed. Othw
flew York state cities report unem-
flayed; on about the same scale.
- Th'e'UnitedQStates Employment ser~
we figures for Illinois shows a some-
Twat like condition. \Vhile 86.000
item unemployed in the city of Chi-
3.530 in January. yet the rate of in-
fluence-in the last four months would
«Initiate that this has been increased
fi more than 100,000 by today. In
11.9 state of Illinois however, the fig-
;m move upward. The Government
Sits them this way: On January 1.
’10. :1424 concerns employed 943.-
porsons. On January 1. 1921
Igbame firms employed 539.313.
tag a reduction during that year
41345087. Chicago firms~were in-
minded: in this survey. No figures for
.2 next four months on these con-
yarns. is given but an estimate based
in 107.;concerns each employing more
mu 500 men or women. show a de-
.:I=!;easejin employment of about 3 per
’Cliat’... on April 1 as compared with
”animal. 1921. '
E'ennsylvania probably ranks next
with an estimated number of unem-
9’10de placed at 254 000 ‘iv the State
Mu of employment. Members of
“an Philadelphia Chamber of Com-
merce recently issued a statement
low.
The “estimates in the states where
unemployment flourishes most at the
present time“ show the number of em-
ployed to be“:
New York ............... 150.000
Illinois . ....... ........... 430.006
. Pennsylvania . . . ... ....... . . 250.000.
Indiana ....... ,........... 250.000
Michigan .. 100.000
Ohio" ..... -..~....... ..... .. 210,000
\Visconsln ................. 140.000
West Virginia . . . -. . ........ . 50,000
New Hampshire . . . . ..... . . 35,0.)0
California ............. . . . 30,000
Rhode Island . . . . . ...... . . . 21.300
Washington . . . . . .......... 20,000‘
Oklahoma ............... .. 18.000
Nebraska. . .......... . . . . . . 12.000
Idaho .................... . 12.000
0regon-...... ......... 11,000
Kentucky . . . . . . . ...... . . . . 10.000
Arizona . 6,000
Itch ......<... .......... . 4.000
In a number of states the reports
gaxo no estimate of the number of
unemployed «But the officials noted
that the unemployment was large. In
Massachusetts. for instance. the esti-
mate was lacking although figures
c-impiledli'rom two trades ran the to-
tal ct unemployed in these up to 32.-
000.
James H. Mauier. President of the
Pennsylvania State Federation of La-
bor estimates that. about 5. 000. 000 are
unemployed in the United States, but
government statistics and individual
reports from almost all states do not
quite bear out this figures. although
they do indicate that the total is
somewhere between 3.000.000 and
4.000.000.
Condensed reports from the various
centers show:
Appmximately 364,000 of New York
State's 1.500.000 factory workers will
be unemployed May 1 as a result of
industrial conditions. Factory wages
average 10 per cent logger than in
October, 1920. when the high point
was reached. Wage reductions are
expected all along the line May 1.
Approximately 65,000 members of
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America are 011 strike in New York
city—Aargest strike in city. Several
thousand boa. makers out as well as
6.000 misses and childrens dress and
waist makers. Several thousand cus-
tom tailors’are out.
proximately 50 per cent. of the or-
ers_without employment. The major-
ity of the union agree'mcnts run to
Full or next Spring. No attempt by
employcrs or employes to change wage
schedules. Only labor troublc import-
ance ’just settled when 15.000 union
painters signed new agreement with
employers uric-r strike of many weeks.
Marine situation unsettled. Thous-
ands out of work on thc water front.
Only six thousand of the 15.000 mar—
contending: 411M this figure was too'
including those in .
Fifth Avenue and Broadway shops.
All strikes against wage reductions
and for union recognition. Numerous,
other smaller shop strikes.
Situation quiet in building trades
industry in New York city but ap-
ganizcd 116.000 building trades work“.
lne workers on railroad and other
floating equipment in harbor working.
Federal counciliators attempting orbi—
trate controversy between coastwise
tugboatmen and owners. These work-‘
ers protesting against wage cuts or
385 and $50. a. month.
International Seaman's Union taking
reductions proposed by the American
Steamship Owners' Association.
More than 5.000 actors and vaude-
ville pertormers on the Rialto without
work.
May Day finds the employment sit-
}uation in Pennsylvania improving.
Robert J. Peters. Director of the State
Employment Bureau estimates the
total number of unemployed in Penn-
sylvania. early in April did not exceed
250.000. '
The Chamber of
gave out a
high tide
Philadelphia
Commerce recently
statement that the
of unemployment in Philadelphia
that the number of persons unem-
ployed in Philadelphia is larger than
the figures of the state bureau show.
Industrial employment in West Vir-
ginia has fallen off within the last
two months so that of 100.000 persons
normally employed. it is istimated
that 50 per cent of the number now
is idle. according to the latest ’statls-
tics of the state bureau of labor.
The most important industry in the
state—coal mining, has been among
the foremost to suffer owing to the
“no market" condition. It is esti-
mated that at least 60 per cent of the
miners have no steady employment,
although reports are based only on
scattering surveys.
A canvass made by John S. B. Da-
vie. state labor commissioner of New
Hampshire indicates that one third
of the normally employed were idle
early in the year. and Mr. Davie finds
that many of the 844 plants from
which returns were received are still
below normal production but im-
proving slowly. The figures or the
canvass showed that 91,267 usually
employed in the 844 plants, 31,930
were idle on account of lack of or—
dam, and 2894 for other reasons,
while 18.374 were working part time.
making ~a total of 53.198 ai‘l‘ectcd.
Information obtained from
State Department of Labor and In-
dustries in Massachusetts indicates
lthat unemployment is still consider-
‘able but has been relieved slightly in
recently weeks by pickups in the tex-
tile. shoe. metal and machinery indus-
tries. In these industrial group's
strikes and lockouts are few and min<
'or. Disputes over wage and working
agreement. however. have broken
30111 in ithc building trades. the gar-
'm«-11t making shops. printing plants
and street railways. with stoppages of
work .in all but: the latter» that are
variously termed strikes and lockouts.
Reports received by manufacturing.
industrial and commercial agencies in
Delaware in April do not give promise
of any general improvement of con-
ditions this May Day. Estimates of
the number of unemployed in the
One nuntireu'xf‘.a
and twenty thousand members or the
strike votes in protest against wage
_giving employment to 14,275 persons
{normal
{bor commissioner.
the'
lbeing reported with 81.000 fllld Toledo 9
and 7
500, more than three- fourths of the
idle persons being in Wilmington.
Vemont—osppmximstely 60
cent. of the 5, 000 men normally em-
ployed «in the various branches of the
nite industry are working
On January
Employment survey or the govern
mes: estimated that there were 21.;
300 unemployed in Rhode Island.
concerns in the State employing 500
hands ,or more, (in-March 31 were
as against 14,413 on Feb. 28 and 13.-
657 on Jan. 31.
Charles Fox. member of the In-
diana. Industrial Board in charge of
the free employment service estimates,
there are 250 000 unemployed persons
in Indiana at present.
Labor conditions in Maine improv
ed very materially during March but
there remained a large number of un-
employed early in April. Official esti-
mates were that at least 60 per cent of
the building tradesmen and a" much
larger percentage of the common 'la‘é'
borers were idle. The percentage of
unemployed shoe workers was placed
at 40. .
In the cotton mills there are nor—
mally 12 .000 operatives. In April of-
ficials estimated 75 per cent. were em‘
ployed.
Conditions in the woolen industry
were near normal. Pulp and paper
nmls were running about 90 per cent
' Approximately 100,000 persons out
otea normal employment of 662.063 in
Michigan will be unemployed May 1.
according to an estimate by W1 D.
Kirby. chief assistant to the state la-
During February. Mr. Kirby said,
about 200.000 persons were
today.
Estimates on the labor situation are
lbased on reports from 395 emannlac- '.
employing f
iluring plants in the state.
a total of 225 000 persons.
Approximately 210. 000 are reported” ,
by the. government surve\ to ‘be out
of <work in Ohio. This unemployment
lis divided with the northern end
bearing the greater share. Cleveland
with 28.000; Cincinnati
:Akron with 20.000.
George F. Miles. director of the
United States labor Service in the
'state says the resumption or outside
construction work. and lake traffic
«viii absorb some or the ”unemployed.
but. he said. unless indusin is speed-
ed up within a few months. the situa-
tion will become acute.
Approximately 18.000 persons will
be idle in Oklahoma on May 1 al?
though labor conditions. so far as un-
rest or radicalism is concerned. will
be good. according to-n statement by
lClaude E. Connnlly. stale labor com-
'missioner.
'Mrs. M. ‘B. Rowe. in charge of the
—
(Continued on page Ten)
24,000
state Iénei‘o‘l’ly tree 11% u about 11,- g.
per . ‘ ?
first the Industrial Ii
Twelve representative manufacturing ii!
ll”
unem- .
played but since that time the indus- ,
trial situation has improved from day '
Everybody thinks that the price of
Anthracite Coal will be lower later in
.you to put 1n your Winter supply now.
*: We do not advise you to put 1n your"
‘ winter supply now OR, laterfbut here
are the facts :
, The operators and the miners have
an agreement of wage “until Aprillst,
Coal cars are plentiful now.
. There is an Act before-Congressto re—
"duce the freight rate on Anthracite
’4 1922.
daemon will be made, rs hot known,
5, 111: we hope, seen
eludes
I F ‘ educ‘; Tire Prices!
1
- -20 PER CENT.
EFFECTIVE MONDAY,
The B. F. Goodrich Company makes this read—
justment of Tire prices to meet new conditions
and to benefit all Tire users.
Goodrich Silverton' Cords,
Goodrich Fabrics,
Goodrich Inner Tubes
‘ You are given the fu11 benefit of these new ’
prices right at the time when you are ready to re- ' -
place your old Tires with new ones.
time to buy them.
Your Goodrich dealer will supply your needs
and give you the advantage of these new prices
on your purchases.
' g B. F. GOODRICH CO., ;
AKRON, OHIO.
MAYZ .
This reduction in—
Now is the
w
x a...-
.s_-_ 1:211. ,
COal sold for $16.00 when we start-
ed 0111 Coal yard in Norwalk, 50c addi-
tional .for carrying in. We do not
think it is fair to charge 50c for car-
rying the Coal in, as it is just as
cheap to bag it at our yard, delivered
in bags, as it is to shove it in your cel—
lar. We have been approached by
people interested in the Coal business
' in regards to charging 50c extra for
carrying the Coal in. But. we have not
and will not.
We honestly believe that Coal
would be higher in Norwalk today if
we had not reduced the price. The
Consolidated Retail Coal Co. sets its
own low prices and the others follow.
Norwalk Chronicler