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NO LABOR SURPLUS INGITIES OF STATE Many Plants Are Running Over- time With Actual Shortage BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau of New Britain Herald). Washington, D. C., ‘Aug. 20.—In spite of decreased employment in cer- tain lines of industry in Connecticut, | no surplus of labor exists, and many | plants are still running overtime, with more workers needed. Activity in all branches is phenomenally high for midsummer, the usual time ol vaca- tions and slowing down of industry. Industrial employment conditions| in general throughout the country m'o} also very encouraging, according to| the July survey of the U. 8. Employ-| ment Service. The survey | for July| showed a healthy undertone, and a| splendid spirit of optimism is said to st exist in the entire industrial fleld. While July showed a very slight in- crease in unemployment over June in | the 1,428 cstaolishments covered by the survey, this increase amounted to | only 577 altogether, and each of the plants normally employs above 500] workers. Nine Show Increases. In the 14 basic industrics, 9 showed | ncreases in employment, these being| beverages, 72 per cent; paper and| printing, 4.4 per cent; ralliroad repair shops, 2.4 per cent; food and Kindred | products, 2:16; chemicals and allied | products. 0.79 per cent; lumber and ! plants are operating, and a short- | o its manufactures, 0.47 per cent; iron| and steel and their products, 0.44 per | cent; miscellaneous industries, 0.36 per cent; and stone, clay and glaas‘ ,products, 0:13 per cent. Decreases| iavere shown in leather and its finished | products, 4.16 per cent; vehicles for land transportation, 1.78 per ccnt:’ textiles and their products, 1.44 per| cent; tobacco manufacturing, 1.3 per| cent; and metal and metal products| other than iron and steel, 0.08 per| cent. | As compared with July, 1922, in- dustry in general shows a vast in-| crease in employment, ranging as high | as 60 per cent. The only decreasc noted is one of 5.8 per cent in tobac- | €0 manufacture. Not Boom Prosperity. In the opinion of the Department of | Labor, the present era of industrial | Anderson, state superintendent of the | league for their own use. . .. . activity is not an inflated period of | boom prosperity, but rather based on| a sound and firm foundation that is/ wholesome and basically healthy. | overtime, BANTOS AND FOSDICK NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1923, shortage of shop workers in West Ha- ven. Housing conditions improving. Bridgeport — Industrial activity slowed up somewhat during the past month, although all plaits are run« ning full time, with labor fully em- ployed. Bullding situation is healthy, with a considerable amount of con- struction under way, and without any | surplus of tradesmen. Housing sat- isfactory. Hartford—All plants are running, although there is a tendency to slow | down in some lines. Departmental overtime in some metal and rubber plants still prevails. Building pro- gram provides work for all available local labor, which does ot quite equal the demand. Housing conditions ade- quate for the present. Waterbury—Slight decrease in in-| dustrial employment; however, all plants are operating, with the brass| industry on overtime b Building | activities give employment to 800 men. Shortage of common labor. | Housing shortage exists, New London—=Shortage in common labor, machinists, and certain metal tradesmen. Industrial conditions ex-| cellent, although silk industry is hay- ing temporary relapse. Ship and en- gine plant employing 1.000 machin- sts is operating three shifts. New RBritain—All plants running full time. There is a continued short- age of skilled and unskilled labor. Building program provides work for many tradesmen, with local sypply mble for demand. Bristol—Practically all plants on | full time basis, with some working Building trades active, af- fording work for all local labor. De- cided shortage of medium type of houses, which seriously retards indus- | trial advancement. | Winsted—Slight slowing up of in- dustries during the month, although ails in | age of unskilled labor still prev some plants. Very little building zo- ing on and housing conditions are only fair. | TRIED TOGET LEAGUE Not Satisied With Destroying n,j Says Anderson ; New York, Aug. 20.—William H. Anti-§ new Attorn, Fosdick. He charged them with a plan to| oon League, yesterday filed a | ot of accusations against District | Banton and Raymond J!.: | and Prettiest in Canada This new Mormon Temple at Card- ston, Alberta, is considered by many the most beautiful in Canada, and is the first temple of this sect on Brit- ish soil, The building follows some- what the Egyptian architecture, and its interior is rich in murals, mosaics and inlays. Heber J. Grant, president of the Mormon church, will go up from Salt Lake next month to dedi- cate it i League—they were ambitious vncugh{tlm league board tangled up and for their to try to capture it own | dently dropped until Mr. Iosdick, | violating confidence given him as a | Rockefeller representative, furnished the district attorney with new ma- | terial which it was believed could be successfuly distorted. Anderson’s message to the min- in part, is as follows: “Tammany, and even the wet re- publican leaders who work with Tam- many, were evidently content merely td des ¢ the league superintendent demoralize the work of the league. This was direct, frank, open, comparatively honest warfare, but crude and shortsighted. “But District Attorney Banton, Who worked ‘the church racket’ to get lo‘ be district attorney and who was ex-| pecting to work it to become go ernor, and Raymond B. Fosdick, resi- dent of another state, also a church member, having more comprehension of the power of a moral constituency and the value of church support, evidently actually contemplated not only destruction of the superintendent but discregditing of the board of di- rectors and grabbing control of the | hole into which it was precipitated by | dry enforcement repeal, advance Gov. Smith's presidential aspirations and, dick with his employers and the gen- eral public.” DAMA S TRAFFIC POST John K. Long of Springficld, Mass., drove his automobile against the traf- fic post at the corner of Main and East Main streets yesterday afternoon breaking the rod on the traffic post and doing small damage to the car. Officer Walinczus brought him to police headquarters where Chief Hart asked him to pay for the damage to the traffic post as is the custom. Long [said that he did not have any money |so the chief let him go with th un- derstanding that he mail a dollar from Springfield to pay for the dam- age. vidently with Mr. Banton as governor, Mr. Fosdick intended fo be the controlling power of the demo- cratie party. “Foiled last fall in the effort to get then stampeded, the matter was evi- | | “The present move, however, is now ||§ simply to help Tammany out of the | incidentally, to rehabilitate Mr. Fos-| ox &cJompanny e HARTFORD Our Direct New Britain to G. Fox & Co., Inc., Call is 2965. HARTFORD Call At Our Expense Women's Wash Dresses Gréatly Reduced The Newer Styles of the Season An opportunity many women will appreciate as the dresses are quite suitable to be worn for house wear throughout the winter. oiles, checked ginghams and lawns, sizes 36 to 52 The materials are tissue, ginghams, vi $5 Dresses now $2.95; $6.95 and $7.95 Dresses now $3.95. Others at $4.95 to $10.00 Fourth Floor KNITTING CONTEST Wrist Watch—First Prize Camera—Second Prize $10 in Gold—Third Prize ‘Register Today For the best knitted or crocheted sweaters made by a child of 15 years or under, we will award the prizes above. If you do not know how to knit, join one of our Free classes. Entering the Contest costs you nothing. You have only ‘to register at our Yarn Coun- ter on the second floor, where you will be given a full set of rules governing the con- test. At the same time, you can buy the yarn for your sweater. We want every young knitter in Hartford and its environs to enter this Children’s Contest. To make this pos- sible, we will give a discount to all contest- ants of from 10% to 20% on all our Long Crepe Kimonos $1.98 to $6.98 Boxloom, figured and Jap crepe kimonos in a satisfactory assortment of colors; ribbon trimmed and embroidered ; all sizes including extra sizes. Fourth Floor Exdmination of the Eyes BY OUR OPTOMETRIST means more than furnishing a pair of glasses to see certain objects. Technical knowledge, judgment and experience are necessary to insure satisfactory results. We will not preseribe lenses for any case without making a thorough examination of every condition which may influence the result. If, in our opinion, other treat- ment is advisable, we will immediately in- form you. Thousands whom we have serv- ed appreciate what this service means. For the various industrial centers Our Optometrist will tell you after an ex- of Connecticut, the July bulletin of | “double-cross” Tammany and “set up | amination if glasses are needed or not. the Employment service summarizes in political housekeeping for them- | employment conditions as follows: | sclves after Mr. Banton got to be Middletown—All plants running fu overnor, with Mr. Fosdick supemr‘d-‘ * time, with some mills working 0\"‘"'Iing Mr. Murphy as the real power in time in certain departments. General | the democratic party of -the state, shortage of workers in unskilled lin notwithstanding the republican pro- Building activities furnish work for|clivities of his employers, the Messrs. local labor, which meets the demand.| Rockefeliers and the, republican as- Acute shortage of houses. sociates.” ' Windsof Locks—Practically anl signed statement, accompany- plants on full time basis with labor|ing a message he has sent to the equal to the demand. Shortage of | ministers of New York state, Mr, An- | medium-priced houses. derson said: Willimantic—Thread industry op “They erating on four-days-per week sched- | n-any, \ vle in certain departments, affecting | about 2,300 workers. Building trades A. LIPMAN active, with local labhor supply suf- ficlent to meet the demand. Housing | pes . o d 34 Lafayette St. Tel. 1320-3 conditions improving. Stamford—Practically all plants| ronning full time, with a noticeable CLAMS FOR t'HOWDER CLAMS FOR STEAMING SHRIMPS—CRAB MEAT shortage of workers. Building con- struction gives work to ahout 850 SOFT SHELL 'CRABS LOBSTERS men. Housing conditions still inade- Dining Room Connection HONISS’S Glastonbury—All industries are on | full time basis, with paper industry| 24-30 STATE STREET Hartford working overtime. Shortage of farm —DRINK-— | labor. TLocal labor equals demand in ’ E\\’P)S’F MAIN STREET. IDEAL LO CATION, NOW IS THE TIME TO AYERS SODA WATER IhFJ 'T ONE. REASONABLE TER MS, building trades. Housing adequate. son TTaCtOI'. | Take home a bottle of cream soda H. DAYTON HUMPHREY Danbury—Practically all plants are | being done right. = | —Something you will like—it's deli- 272 MAIN STREE1 NATIONAL BANK BLDG. on full time, with labor fully em- We will deposit our | cious. BY STANLEY MINERVA YARNS Second Floor Optical Dept.—Mezzanine Floor HOT WEATHER SPECIALS Refrigerators, all kinds 0il Stoves, Gas Plates. Etc. CROWLEY BROS. IN PAINTERS AND DECORATORS 267 Chapman Street TEL. 2918, TEL. 1233-8 | Estimates cheerfully given on all johs | CINDERS FOR SALE A. H. Harris ==General Trucking— 90 WEST ST. were not satisfied, like Tam destroy the Anti-Saloon to Just Listed—Cottage in Belvidere—Steam heat, garage, chicken coop and all improvements. Be Sure the Job’s Right There is a lot of differ- ence in battery service, as in most everything else, though you may not have thought about it. When we repair or re- charge a battery, you can count on the job We also have a bungalow in Belvidere— Owner is leaving town. It will go CHEAP. CAMP REAL ESTATE CO. 272 Main Street Phone 343 Rooms 305-6, Bank Bldg. _$5.00 starts you to- ward the ownership of any type of Ford Car, Truck or.Ford- CHOICE BUILDING LOTS ON RUSSWIN HEIGHTS. Ji ' O Noticeable curtailment in the cotton industry, with two plants closed tem- | porarlly. Sufficient employment to| care for those out of work. Building| program affords work for local trades- | men, with the supply short of the de- | mand. | Meriden—All plants are operating full time, with labor fully employed. | Local labor supply is not sufficient to | meet the demand in building trades. | A housing shortage exists. New Haven industrial district, in- cluding Ansonla and West Haven—All plants are operating. Slight reduc- tion in working forces in the railroad repair shops during the past month, with other industries absorbing most of the unemployed. Building trades | active, with local labor equalling the demand at the present time. Brass and foundry industries are on an over- time basis in Ansonia in certain de- | partments. Construction of a new | schoolhouse and large road building | Jjobs gives work to many hands. S!izht‘ L esiie——— ] | FOR SALE | A 2-Tenement Brick | House on West Pearl street, all improvements | and price right. COX & DUNN 272 MAIN ST. ployed. Building construction acti Three size bottles—3c, 10c, 15e. anments in a local with labor supply equaling the de- | mand. Housing conditions improv-| ing. You can add a little | e Battery Co. 5 Norwich—Shortage of workers in | the shoe, metal, and textile industries. every week. Soon the interest, will make the Car, Truck or Tractor yours. PHON Willare 2245 Come in and get full details. BERLIN AUTO SALES CO. Berlin, Conn. Tel. 671-5 10 DAY WALL PAPER SALE 20 TO 50% DISCOUNT ON ALL 1923 PAPERS 300 PATTERNS TO SELECT FROM EXTRA SPECIAL | W Zy] L 50 Patterns Suitable for Living Rooms, Dining Rooms, Halls and 7% 1 oy Chambers in lots of 10 Single Rolls and 18 Yards Border— 1 Stock—Not Remnants— e $1.00 PER ROOM LOT THE R. M. HALL Paints, Varnish, Wall Paper 179-183 ARCH ST. (Next to Jester’s) New Britain 0 LAND SAKES ED, GET LP BEFORE You “THREE ToNS WAS DUST? [ oLr AnD, 175 STARTIN TO, b § () = = = I — = = ’Stmmhervéicarfiuretnr; | A. G. Hawke I TS We Clean Everything | Under the Sun | General Housecleaning | A Specialty NEW BRITAIN WINDOW CLEANING CO. 338 Main St.—Tel. 8881‘ STANLEY NEA SERVICE ED WULRGLER, WHO DELIVERS WASHINGS FOR HIS. WIFE_ HAD AN ACCIDENT- THE BACK LEG ON HIS FAVORITE EASY CHAIR GAVE Way TO DAY, THROWING THE REPQSING OCCLPA A NEIGHBORS FENCE | UPANT HEAVILY AGAINST ———— Se e = ]