Show THE NUMBER OF unemployed government figures for about one fourth the population of country show the number of unemployed people to be bout two per cent of the population if these figures should dinue in the same proportion for the whole country the num af unemployed would be about H it is unfair to draw any conclusions about the number of 1 ie out of work until these statistics are somewhere near corn f but these figures may suggest that the business pessimists ir exaggerated the number of idle persons there are always jl e who take counsel of their fears and see the worst side there should be some system for collecting more regular W accurate information about the number of idle people yet it subject on which it is almost impossible to get strictly accor some persons would consider a man unemployed if he i out of work for a month or a fortnight and yet a man who alj work for most or even half the year and who will be called c whenever business starts up cant be considered wholly un loyed though he may be having a very hard time f if we can keep all but two per cent of our people working ilaray the business system cant be called a failure though it S ild do its best to find jobs for those two per cent the country wants the exact facts about unemployment 1 lout political bias or attempt to gain political advantage re are always some people too optimistic who see golden pros s ahead no matter how feverish and unhealthful business i are and there are always the croakers who raise a howl if people are laid off for a short time both cism and pessimism obstruct the clear and accurate view on ch regular industry is based |