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Show COAST EMPLOYMENT IMPROVED SLIGHTLY SAX FRANCISCO, April 20 Slight Improvement in employment condi-! tlons along the Pacific coast is noted ' by J. A Kelly. San Francisco, acting! district director of the employment division of the United States depart-! ment of Ixibor In his monthly report Issued her". Although employment In food products pro-ducts Industries and iron and steel fell Off somewhat in March, compared With February. Mr Kolly points out that building, lumbering and coast-' wise shipping continue very active. Director Kellys report, covering em- i ployment conditions in California. Washington and Oregon, follows "CALIFORNIA 406 manufactur-fng manufactur-fng firms In California report, the following number of persons employ- I ed during December 1921 76.1 7 January 1922 75.466 February 1922 76.96S Agricultural pursuits looking up. Inclement weather retarding the nor-mal nor-mal demand for this class of labor j Building activity increasing as weather weath-er clears up with every' Indication of a very busy year in this country. Iron and steel continues Inactive. Lumber Is very good. Considerable unemployment among unskilled labor. Retail trade reported dull H WASHINGTON Building and general construction, us well as out- H put of some industrial plants, have J been more than usually postponed b - H cause of severe weather. Frelgh . rates continue to delay Improved conditions con-ditions in Inland mills. 'Water ship ments of lumber are Increasing coasi -wise and abroad Agricultural actlvl- H tie! ire small and the future is prob- H ' LtlftaT. The rancher feels his inn- H bility to hire beyond his actual ne- H cessity. Business in Alaska, which is H reflected here, has recently increased. Retail trade not yet satisfactory. H "OREGON Activities in building H under good headway. Highway con- H Btructlon will soon follow Retail business very slow. Logging on up-grade. up-grade. Iron and steel Industry back-ward. back-ward. No shipbuilding Many pro-lecte pro-lecte planned for early spring nd |