Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1919 — No Labor Surplus In State. [ARTICLE]

No Labor Surplus In State.

Indianapolis. June o.—The govern ment labor suevey shows that there is practically no labor surplus In this state. In Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and South Bend approximate equality between supply and demand for workers Is shown. In Evansville the surplus of workers Is about normal, it is stated. East Chicago continues the center of unemployment in the state, official estimates showing 4,000 Idle jiersons there for whom no jobs are available. With the approach of the harvest season the demand for farm labor Is Increasing and officers of the employment offices say that unless there Is a change In developments soon it may become necessary to recruit volunteer workers to take care of the -rops, as was done during the war emergency. - •