Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-20 | Page 29 | Industrial Employment, Activity Brisk in West, U. S. Report Shows

Industrial 1 Employment Activity I Brisk in n West U. U S. S S Report Snows Shows Woollen mills anti and confectionary plants if Utah Increased their forces s sand and flour mills worked oV overtime while refineries oil il ret ne Mao Also rushed production pro pro- to a a faster pitch according to n s report rl on Industrial ac activity nc- nc emploYment released Satur Sat- Sat ur by G United States department department depart depart- ment of tabor labor The report covers September vand and part of October Industrial lal activity and empl employment employ y merit ment was brlek brIk k throughout the time In In- country CO the report stated tl V The Time Utah supply of or resident labor was was' was fairly w well ll employed through S September Fall harvesting was s' s In full tull and sugar sugar beet activities tics ties which continued in October a af afforded I forded Cordell pl plenty nty of oC orl A sm small U shortage hort e In 8 sUgar ar beet field wor worker was reported at nt the close of or Sep ember Manufacturing establishments establish establish- ments were wore In Sn ope operation atlon and amid canning can can- ring ning ta worked at capacity l Ie l mining continued active with a L slight temporary c curtailment of production and employment noted d' d In imi the copper mines and antI There W wa was a a. seasonal eD onal InI in- in creaso In coal mining and additional miners mv were ro engaged with an nn adequate adequate ade nde I quate supply available Building B 1 construction u rid d work continued to employ a n largo large number of ot men and among the projects ts fg under way va are arc arc I wat water l' l dams considerable Cpus telephone construction work Worl 1 and md the time installation of r natural gas ga pipe Pine line Municipal Improvement and highway work afforded employment employment em em- to large forces The Tue railroad rail laU road lond shops and way of wa or d departments kept It their forces fairly well wen employed and an increase I Is expected in railroad freight train forces with the supply of ot railroad lab labor abor r barely equal to the tho demand In Salt Lake the report stat states s. s difficulty may be bo experienced durI durIn during dur- dur dur dur- I In ing October In sec securing sufficient Agricultural labor lallor At Ogden Is 13 considerable build building activity ty under way Including ud big ing many residences anti ant garages a n largo large O apartment churches and other projects The he supply of or railroad labor in this city is barely equal to the time demand Altho Although gh an upward trend in In In- In employment was in lit Ne New cw Utah Idaho Ida Ida- o. ho Won Wyoming l g N r Montana arid Colorado the tho only appreciable labor shortage was ras as In Idaho Idaho- where In inthe tho the latter latler part of September several sev sev- eral ral hundred additional hold field hands could have havo be been n used In tho time sugar beet harve harvest l