Unemployment Statistics Revised
Upward by New York Bureau
From Commerce and Finance.
The Labor Bureau, Inc., of New York City, revises its es
timate of national unemployment upward to 5,790,000 from
its first figure of 4,000,000. The Children’s Aid society of
the metropolis also reports an increasing amount of unem
ployment in the city. Senator Shipstead asserts that there
are 8.000,000 out of work in the country.
Six interior cities of New York state report a gain in
February employment of 4 to 8 per cent, over January, ad
mitting this to be below February last year. Ford plant
(Detroit) employment figures of 97,565 are 45,565 higher
than the low of last summer.
The national Association of Manufacturers publishes a
statement that 1,078 answers from its members replying to
a questionnaire show that companies employing 663,180 per
sons at present had but 655,015 on their payrolls a year ago,
a gain of 1.24 per cent. The survey covered 23 classifica
tions of industries, and the percentage of the industries re
porting increases and decreases in employment were as fol
lows :
FAVORABLE
More Less
Of C/
o •*>
Automobiles .56 44
Auto accessories .74 26
Cement .60 40
Chemicals .74 26
Clothing .72 28
Farm products, etc ...77 23
Glass, crockery, etc. ... 55 45
Leather .70 30
Lumber .62 38
Metals .58 42
Paints, etc.52 48
Paper, pulp .59 41
Rubber .86 14
Printing, etc.52 48
Unclassified .54 46
UNFAVORABLE
More Lesi
% %
Building supplies .31 G9
Electrical .38 02
Furniture .38 02
Hardware, tools .40 60
Iron and steel .48 54
Jewrelry .47 53
Machinery .48 52
Textiles .49 51
. ■ a a a a •
it Jias neen imimareu mat muse wuo nave ueeu utsem
ployed would now be in a better situation had they saved
their wages instead of spending them for radios, automobiles,
etc. This is but a relative truth, capable of but limited appli
cation. Business is sustained by spending. Goods are made
for sale and consumption. If not sold and consumed, they
cease to be made. Were all men to start in saving as much
* as possible of their wages, business would quickly be
brought to smash and they would have little or no wages to
save.
Wife's Suit Barred.
From West's Law Docket.
Section 12357. Michigan Compiled
Laws 1915, provides that ‘‘whenever
a cause of action shall accrue to or
arise against any married woman
fhe may sue or be sued in the same
manner as if she were sole.”
Susan Harvey brought an action
under the authority of the above
statute against John W. Harvey, Jr.,
her husband, to recover damages
for injuries she received while rid
ing in an automobile driven by him.
The circuit court rendered judg
ment for defendant on the ground
that a wife cannot maintain an
action against her husband to re
cover damages for an injury oc
casioned by his negligence. Plain
tiff sued out writ of error to the
Supreme Court of Michigan. Har
vey vs. Harvey, 214 North West
ern Reporter 305.
It was conceded by both parties
that at common law no such action
could be brought, and that the
common-law rule still prevails, un
less abrogated by the quoted statute.
Associate Justice Wiest, deliver
ing the opinion of the court, said
in part: “By legislation, common
law disabilities of the wife have
been largely lifted, but lifting a dis
ability does not operate to grant a
right of action theretofore nonexist
ent between husband and wife.”
The court cites the decision of
the Supreme Court of Mississippi,
in Austin vs. Austin, 100 Southern
Reporter, 591, where, in passing on
this same question, it was held that
at common law the wife’s disabili
ty to sue the husband was not alone
for the lack of a remedy, which was
merely incidental, but for the lack
of any cause of action, and there
fore in order to remove any disa
bility of coverture affecting her right
to sue. it was necessary to confer a
right of action on her. Giving her
a remedy to sue was not sufficient.
Mr. Justice Wiest further said
that:
‘‘Surely the legislature in confer
ring equality of right to sue, did not
confer a right of action never pos
sessed by husband or wife at com
mon law.”
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Cities Move Nearer Country.
H. E. Duffy, in Sharks.
Big cities are gradually getting
nearer the country. Talk and plans
for adequate highways outlets from
the regions of massed skyscrapers
and towering, cliff-like apartments, j
wherein dwell thousands who have
never seen a herd of cattle, are giv
ing way to action.
The latest and most startling
highway project is that of New Jer
sey. which is building a great super
highway leading away from New
York city's Holland vehicular tunnel, j
It is estimated that this roadway,
when completed, will carry 20,000
000 automobiles in a single year, or
nearly as many as the entire regis
tration in the United States.
Travel to and from the sun bathed
playgrounds scattered along the New
Jersey coast will be accelerated by
this super-highway with Its five
traffic lanes. Long distance travel
will also be accelerated inasmuch
as the Lincoln highway will soon
incorporate this high speed road and
the Holland tunnel. Thousands of
New York city's people who have
given up all hope of comfortable
week-end holiday travel will soon
have an express route for 13 miles
through Jersey Ctty. Newark and |
Elizabeth without hindrance from a |
fingle street or railroad crossing; I
■ amps provide local connection*.
Double-decked through most of
Jcrsev City and portions of Newark
and Elizabeth, the new highway will
eliminate I ha congestion now expect
id when the motor owning herd lx
tree to break »w»v from the earex
of business This super-highway
Trami thinks Me.
Prom Tit-Etta.
Tear her- Tosnmv. wi ve not done
a stroke of work this morning, and
I've told yon again and aaatn that
'he devil finds work tor Idle hands
to do
Tommy - Ye»'m,
Thu her- Now take your copybook
and write that out 10 times.
• •
Q. How 1'tlg have men ridden
horses' H O. P
A There is no zim dale record
id In history shen man ftrai roda
I.i»r»rbark but It Is ratable that
the time Is not mire Uuti 2,900
)tara old
AGE ,
By Sir Walter Raleigh.
The best time for marriage
will be towards 30, for as the
younger times are unfit, either
to choose or to govern a wife and
family, so, if thou stay long, thou
shalt hardly see the education
of thy children, who, being left
to strangers, are in effect lost;
and better were it to be unborn
than ill-bred; for thereby thy
posterity shall either perish, or
remain a shame to thy name.
starts with a gigantic concrete via
duct suspended over the maze of
railroad tracks at the New Jersey
entrance of the Holland tunnel. Aft
er spinning along for a few moments
the motorist will find himself at
the beginning of the double-decked
portion. The through motorist will
shoot down the ramp onto the lower
level while local traffic continues on
the surface, for here the lower deck
is submerged and the upper deck it
flush with the streets of Jersey
City.
The two-level throughfare merges
Into a single roadway just prior to
crossing the Hackensack river at the
western outskirts of Jersey City. The
modern thought behind the project
is again illustrated by the construc
tion of a huge tunnel, through
which the roadway passes, midway
between the Passaic and Hacken
sack rivers. The roadway now pro
ceeds practically at street level until
Newark and Elizabeth are reached
Street and railroad crossings in and
near these towns are avoided by
means of elevated structures.
Extraordinary as this super-high
way is, it gives a definite indication
of the steps that must be taken by
both large and small cities in solv
ing the problem of traffic conges
tion. The builders of today must
have vision. Visions of course may
be costly, but, as in the case of this
Holland tunnel extension, the expen
diture will save money, actually, not
theoretically.
Experience has proven that high
ways built to handle existing traf
fic only will be entirely inadequate
in 10 years. The least that a popu
lous community can do with a cleat
conscience is to make plans for *
decade or two ahead.
- — a • i.
Litany.
No, halt the step of spring on earth
dear God,
Spare me the gentleness of Apri.
rain.
The tender spread of green upor
the sod,
The eloquence of leaf—not that
again!
Deliver me from winds too flower
sweet,
From love emboldened by th«
touch of spring.
From beauty, stepping down my
humble street.
From youth, from innocence—
everything
That would dissolve my spirit’*
thrall of frost.
Once loosed from winter’s fast
ness, man and eartn
Must face again old dreams far bet
ter loat.
And feel once more the travail
pains of birth.
Good I,ord. deliver me from love
and truth;
Spare me. good Lord, the dream*
of eager youth.
—Elspeth in the New Yorker.
TIPPETT ON COMMITTEE
Indianapolis. Ind.—E. J. Tippett
of Ohio, was appointed to the Na
tional Publicity Advisory Committee
of the American Legion, and his ap- I
pointment confirmed at the Janu
s-y meeting of the National Exe
cutive Committee H* will serve un
til December II, 1939.
It's lent a Habit.
From Ltid.
Tramp: Mum, I’m de«|ierate. )
haven't eaten for three days.
Ladv <who has been on a dletl;
Nonsense! I felt that way mvaclt ,
at first,
• •
Q What standing has a gradu- j
ate of the Coast Guard academy I
ash
A A graduate of the Coast j
Guard academy has the same j
standing at a graduate of the mill- j
tary or naval academia* Tit# course j
of the Coaa' Guard arad-mv ts the !
equivalent of a college euurae with !
•(rectal emphatic mi nar ganon.
CONFESSION.
(On having • ns'i vered honest- I
ly the questions in a “character
analysis" book.)
It seems that I'm a listless man
Predestined to perdition.
A soul without a guiding plan,
A mortal sans ambition,
A silly fool whose f ilings vex
The people whom I cherish.
And poison to the other sex
Who’d gladly see me perish,
A dilettante devoid of brains,
A hopeless moron (nearly)—
And all because I took the pains
To answer these sincerely!
—Parke Cununings in the Forum
magazine.
Other Workers’ Side.
From the Wall Street Journal.
When Judge Hough In the Feder
al Court of Cleveland ruled he other
da«v that striking union miners must
vacate company houses where the
owners thereof wished to work their
mines on a non-union basis he re
marked that both sides were at
fault. Tiie strikers were to blame
for standing arbitrarily on the Jack
sonville scale and the operators for
refusing to confer with the strikers
after injunction proceedings had
been begun.
This at least lndlcattes a wider
outlook on the controversy than
that of a Senate committee which
can talk only of the "bitterness”
manifested by operators toward the
union. If the committee had made
a real effort to illuminate the situa
tion for the public benefit the jus
tice of such court orders as Judge
Hough's would be more easily un
derstood and wholesale misrepre
sentation of the general attitude of
the courts in labor disputes would
be less successful than it is. One
of the mine properties affected by
Judge Hough's order is Crabapple
No. 1 Mine of the Warner Collieries
Co. It happens that there is on
tile with the Senate committee a
copy of a petition from employes of
this mine to Governor Donahey for
protection from abuse by mine pick
ets. The substance of that petition
fnllnwfc •
"We know that you are aware of
certain facts relative to the coal
situation in Eastern Ohio. But are
you aware that the undersigned are
American citizens living in a few
miles radius of the Crabapple Mine
No. 1, Belmant county? A good
number of us have our homes, while
others have lived in this locality all
their lives. We feel that if the true
circumstances are known by you,
that you will be your good and valu
able influence for our protection.
"We have been working at this
mine since January, 1928, and have
been and still are called vile names
and other remarks too abusive and
in fact unprintable to you or any
one else. Not only by adults but al
so and mostly by children who are
undoubtly drilled by their elders.
This crowd numbers about 100 in
the mornings, about 150 in the eve
ning. mostly of foreign descent.
‘‘There has been violence in the
nature of rock throwing, automo
biles have been damaged by wind
shields being broken by these rocks.
This is very dangerous to occupants
of these machines. One arrest was
made on night o* February 10th by
U. S. Marshal Oldfield and Deputy
Sheriff Nichols. This case was
taken care of by Fereral officer!,
culprit now in Steubenville jail.
Pdevious to this, two summons were
taken out but nothing has come of
them, no arrests being made by con
stable.
“We are convinced that if per
mitted -peacefully to continue work
ing we can make an honest and
fair livelihood for ourselves and
families. There are at present 80
or more men. One of these is of
Polish descent being a naturalized
citizen. All the rest are native born
American citizens (white).
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Shallow Explanation.
From the Kansas City Star.
If it really is necessary to tha
maintenance of the navy to con
vince the American people that It
isn’t for use in war but is just an
institution of learning for the
peace-time education of youth, then
the nation has indeed sunk to a
pretty low level of intelligence and
courage. But we prefer to believe
that those friends of the navy, in
cluding Secretary Wilbur, who seem
to have agreed that It wouldn't do
to associate the national defense
with anything so rude as fighting,
have underestimated the mental
capacities of Americans.
It costs about $370,000,000 a year
to maintain the navy, outside of
new building, which is of course
necessary from time to time, as at
present. ’ This is understood by ev
erybody except village idiots who
are not consulted about anything
except the conduct of the govern
ment, and nobody objects to paving
the bill or is under any misappre
hension as to its necessity. It was
equally clear, we believe, until
gentlemen distrustful of the public
intelligence began to breathe sooth
ing assurance to the contrary, that
ships mounting guns were intended
to give an account of themsplves in
a fight. That is what Americans
who pay for the upkeep of the navy
expect from it if the occasion
arises; that is what they have be
lieved a navy is for.
secretary wuour, in imluk
11c support for the new construction
program, assures us the navv is
know hlin to be ladling treacle we
"peaceful and neutral.” If we did'nt
know him to be ladling treacle we
would withdraw our support of the
navv and vote to farm out the
national defense to somebody who
had .some ships and guns designed
for shooting purposes. But we know
the secretary Is merely pitching his
appeal to the plane he thinks nac
esaarv. In that the whole propa
ganda designed to make people be
lieve the navy is .something It isn’t
Is wrong and even dangerously con
ceived and fit only for a school for
the feebleminded.
• •
Q. What nationality Is Brocco,
the sit-day bicycle racer? A. P
A Maurice Brocco la a French
man.
Bad lawks ktiead
From The Humorist
Prospective Hotilnlaw: I unite fail
to see your ob faction. You admit
that my character U without Mata
Uh.
Her Falh*r: Yea. that's |u.*t the
trouble Nice th.ng It would be for
me to go lhr«M.gh the rest ot ny
t**e wv.fi you held up as a shining
rumple.
• •
Q flow « tit* flavor <>f food In
fluenced by a tun 4 tern i-ta'.uts?
M (>.
A Flavor Is the ftrtt th ng i »
d,u»,i.»-.r when the Irmtv^iiiP *|
food, it i v ft suffers at.'v U ine str
trU loo dry i r too motet.
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