Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1916 — NEW LAWS NEEDED TO GIVE JOBS TO JOBLESS MEN. [ARTICLE]

NEW LAWS NEEDED TO GIVE JOBS TO JOBLESS MEN.

It is estimated that fully 30,000 engineers are more or less affected by the stagnation which for three years has existed in water power development. Up to three years ago plants under construction, begtln before the operation of the new laws had put a stop to planning new enterprises, gave work to these engineers and to hundreds of thousands of skilled and unskilled workmtn. Today engineers of long experience are haunting the offices of power companies and contractors begging for jobs. One capable engineer recently announced that he had written 1,300 letters asking for employment without receiving an offer. Pages "of advertisements of "Positions Wanted” appear regularly in engineering papers, while there are practically no “Help Wanted” advertisements. One manufacturing plant in Philadelphia with $2,000,000 invested in buildings and machinery for the building of water wheels was shut down for ten months last year and this year has had only one order for one small wheel.