CANADA'S PROSPERITY.
The journal "Industrial; Canada," tho official organ of the Canadian, Manufac-. turers' Association here,. declares that a laboiir famin<>,.is- among the possibilities of .-f ho'-year. .;':'•■:■ ''i , : ' : -' ■'■■"■ ?-'.' : '.'' ' The journal, basee this,.view on the replies to circular/letters seeking infoTmatioai sent to members of the association. Of 463 manufacturers whose replies, have already.been-received ,156 are even ;nbw in need of more omployees, the. total'reSuirements bsimg f0r.5362 persons. Ofiiose 2254. ai«. male and;'.37Oß. females.Eiehty.per ctint. of the nialo labour required is skilled,... and 55 'per cent. ;of the female." :i ; '•' ■ : -' : ;" '. ■-']
These,■' figuns , are ~ considered , remarkably,, particularly in midwi-nter. i.ln..'Ontario alone the. list includes niMiitfacturere .61 furniture,' linen; goods, boots, shoes, bookbinding, fertilisers, food vproducts, woollens, gluoi stoves, woodwork,, knitting, Tadiiitors, carriages, 'biscuits, hvine,. cork, ..electrical.. apparatus,-.. fure, brushes, ..pianos, .wirework, harness,'paper, boxce, umbrel'as, gloss,■■: hats, tor-cars, -and printing materials. "■■■ , . There is a]f»; need, of .moulders, machinists, and :brassworkeie.:V '.''■"' '■ ■;■.';'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 13
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146CANADA'S PROSPERITY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 13
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