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South Carolina and Georgia. We expect to expand and meet the
demands in those sections.
Mr. Frez. You are under the Department of Labor?
Mr. Jones. Yes, sir.
Mr. Cooke. And you are located in Washington, D. C.? :
Mr. Jones. Yes, sir; at Eighteenth and D Streets NW.
The CrarrmMaN. How many men in the field are doing your work?
Mr. Jones. We have 11 permanent offices in the farm-labor division,
 and they employ about 18 permanent people. However, during
the harvest season we employ about 60. There are from four to five
months of the year during which we have those temporary offices.
We open and close the offices in accordance with the needs of the
service.
The CuarrMaN. There are two or three things we very much
would like to know. What are your observations in regard to unemployment
 at this time throughout the United States? Have you
made a survey of that kind?
Mr. Jones. We are in close touch with that matter. You may
question me, if you will. If I should be allowed to go shead by
myself, perhaps it might be said that I was delivering a lecture,
therefore I would prefer that you ask questions.
The CrarrMan. I do not want to ask unimportant questions.
When was your last survey in regard to unemployment made?
Mr. Jones. A statistical survey is made regularly by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics. They have men in the field who report to the
chief of that bureau, Mr. Ethelbert Stewart. He is the Commis
sioner of Labor Statistics, and his bureau is well abreast of the conditions
 of unemployment throughout the country. We make a
survey of the industrial activities and get current information bearing
 upon employment. Answering your question as to whether
there is any unemployment, I will say there is considerable of that.
The CHAIRMAN. Are you able to state it in ficures?
Mr. Jonks. I do not gather the statistics, Ar therefore I do not
care to hazard a guess. I have an opinion in regard to the matter,
but I should think Mr. Stewart should talk to you about that matter.
He knows more about it than anybody else I know.
Mrs. Langrey. Where is the most unemployment at the present
time?
Mr. Jones. In New York City. The stock market debacle of last
October affected them largely.
Mr. Ruraerrorp. How about employment in the State of
Michigan? ;
Mr. Jones. There is considerable unemployment in the State of
Michigan now, especially in the city of Detroit.
Mr. Rurrerrorp. If the Governor of that State said after making
A survey recently that the condition of unemployment was worse
to-day than it was in the panic of 1893, what would you say?
Mr. Jones. I am not familiar with the conditions of 1893. There
was considerable unemployment then, I believe, and there is considerable
 unemployment in Michigan at the present time. In
December and early January there was considerable unemployment
n Michigan, but about January 10, I think it was, the condition
began to grow better—better conditions set in. But, as I have said,
bhere is considerable unemployment to-day in Detroit.