Show Utah Employed R RoDs list Increase in February I Increased economic activity heavy defense hiring and and favorable favorable favor favor- able construction weather res resulted result result- favor I lt- lt ed in m making the period between mid January and Feb 15 a rec- rec ord breaking one in Utah's employment emI employment em em- I history Th This s was disclosed Tuesday in inI inthe inthe I the February statistical supplement supplement supplement supple supple- ment of the Utah Department of I Employment Security Traditionally a month of employment employment employment em em- lows February broke with w lh the past this year with total labor force estimates showing an increase of 2000 over the previous previous pre pre- month This gain is is' the first time Utah's estimated employment has hasI I increased in February as reby revealed revealed re re- by the departments department's records rec rec- or or for a period of about 10 years Total employed as of oC Feb 15 in both agricultural and nonagricultural nonagricultural tural industries was estimated at which represents some more jobs than existed in inI I February a year ago Below 1950 While the fact that Utah's total unemployed i increased 11 ere a sed 1200 during the day 30 period ending Feb 15 may seem contradictory it was pointed out that the mid- mid February unemployment figure I is below the total at the I corresponding time a year ago I II I Nonagricultural employment recorded the biggest gains gams over 1950 w with th increases being shown in construction manufacturing I retail trades and railroads Some I I persons were on nonagricultural nonagricultural 1 cultural pay rolls in February I 1951 However the most spectacular gain in employment for a single industry could be claimed by bythe bythe bythe the Federal Government which was employing some more workers than in February 1950 The gain between mid-January mid and Feb 15 of this year was approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately 2900 in this category Above 1950 In Salt Lake C City ly it was reported reported re re- ported in mid February that employment em cm- in m those industries covered covered covered cov cov- ered by unemployment insurance remained above the mid mid- February 1950 level However as compared with mid-January mid of this year this category of employment employment employment em em- showed a reduction of 1100 on Feb 15 Analyzing February h hourly o 0 u r l 1 y yearnings yearnings earnings supplement revealed an increase in many Utah industries as compared with a month ago Metal i mining deviated from this pattern with a decrease of per hour from mid January to Feb 15 However the February figure figure figure fig fig- ure was per hour above earnings a year ago Coal mining earnings increased from Jan flan 15 to mid-February mid some while white hourly earnings increased in the meat products products prod prod- industries Although not so great the canning and preserving preserving preserving ing as well as sugar refining industries industries industries in in- also recorded increases in hourly earnings |