COMPARISON OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR WORKERS AT THE ILLINOIS FREE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN APRIL, 1923, AND APRIL, 1924 In April, 1923, there were 85.5 persons registered for every 100 jobs; in April, 1924, 135.6 persons. The director of the Federal-State employment offices of Indiana makes the following report for the year ending September 30, 1923, covering Anderson, East Chicago, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Hammond,2 Kokomo, Lafayette, and Terre Haute: RECORD OF INDIANA FREE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1923 A report of the junior department employment offices is given below: CLASSIFIED JUNIOR PLACEMENTS OF THE RICHMOND AND SOUTH BEND, IND., EMPLOYMENT OFFICES FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1923 'Indiana. Legislative Reference Bureau. Year book of the State of Indiana for the year 1923. Indianapolis, 1924, pp. 111-113. Up to Apr. 30, 1923. CLASSIFIED JUNIOR PLACEMENTS OF THE RICHMOND AND SOUTH BEND, IND EMPLOYMENT OFFICES FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1923-Con. The record of the public employment offices in Iowa for April, 1924, was as follows: ACTIVITIES OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN IOWA, APRIL, 1924 The placements cost 18.8 cents per capita. The out-of-work situation in Iowa was not greatly relieved in April, the number of jobs offered per 100 applicants being as follows: Farm labor, 66.4; common labor, 23.3; men of all classes of industry, 54; and women, 73.4. Public improvements were delayed in April, but it was hoped that work of this character would furnish some employment in May. A fair amount of activity in building construction was reported for April, but even in this industry there was a slight oversupply of labor. Massachusetts The following statement relative to the activities of the Massachusetts public employment offices are taken from mimeographed and typewritten reports furnished by the department of labor and industries 1 Iowa Employment Survey, April, 1924. ACTIVITIES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT OFFICES FOR 1923 AND JANUARY TO APRIL, 1924 The following is a summary of the report of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Employment for March, 1924:1 OPERATION OF STATE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES, MARCH, 1924, COMPARED WITH SIX SPECIFIED MONTHS The figures here presented are from a mimeographed report of the Industrial Commission of Wisconsin on the operation of the free employment offices in that State from March 30 to April 26, 1924: ACTIVITIES OF FEDERAL-STATE-MUNICIPAL FREE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN WISCONSIN, APRIL, 1923, AND MARCH 30 TO APRIL 26, 1924 1 Pennsylvania. Department of Labor and Industry. Labor and Industry, Harrisburg, May, 1924, p. 25. Departments of Labor Illinois The following figures showing fluctuations in volume of employment in Illinois in April, 1924, as compared with March, 1924, and April, 1923, are taken from the May, 1924, issue of the Labor Bulletin of the State Department of Labor: PER CENT OF CHANGE IN NUMBER ON PAY ROLLS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES IN ILLINOIS FROM APRIL, 1923, AND MARCH, 1924, TO APRIL, 1924 |