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Show uu Demand for Labor Is on Increase In This State' SALT LAKE, April 3 There Is a labor surplus in Salt Lako amount-Ing amount-Ing to 5500. It is shown in a report made by the United States employment employ-ment service to the headquarters of the United States department of labor. la-bor. The figures are compiled for the week mding March 29. and were, made public yesterday. A labor surplus of 6000 for the preceding week is reported. re-ported. The report issued by the department depart-ment of labor is not as comprehensive as formerly, owing to the lack of reports re-ports from a number of the rmploy-iim rmploy-iim nt. departments, which were compelled com-pelled in many cases to discontinue operations because of the failure of the federal appropriation. Only thirty-six reports were received instead of eighty-three, the usual number. The report from Salt Lake fun her states that industrial relations are good in the Btate, basi 'I on the reports of fifty -six ol the leading manufacturing manufactur-ing and business firms, with an aggregate aggre-gate ni fit) 15 employes. Parker B. Cady, stale director, reports re-ports an increasing demand at his office of-fice tor labor of all kinds. Yesterday applications were received from sev enty-six employers, and more than f sixty men were placed in positions. Seventy -five registrations for labor were made during the day. An unusual unus-ual feature is the constantly increasing increas-ing demand from points in southern Idaho for farm labor. An accurate labor la-bor shortage is felt in practically all branches of industry in that section. A letter from the county agricultural agent at Twin Falls states that he can locate a larse number of both married and single men on Idaho ranches. Single men are paid from $60 to $75 and board, and married couples cou-ples receivo $80 per month with house, cow and garden. Considerable road work is contemplated about Twin Falls, he states, and men can find ready employment in a number ot lines. The Twin Falls representative of the U. S. department of labor, in a letter to Mr. Cady, states that there is a scarcity of farm hands of all kinds. Experienced irrigators are desired who know horses. In most cases they will need their own bed roll. Wages, hei says, range from $65 to $75 per month ! and board A labor shortage In in - j dustrial lines is becoming severe, the letter continues, and the Salt Lake employment service is requested to notity men that employment can be readily secured in the southern Idaho towns. |