Reports furnished by the division of information of the department show that, in August, 1,279 applications for help were received. The number of positions open was 7,931. In September the corresponding figures were 1,204 and 4,551, respectively. The list of branch employment offices reported varies from month to month; only those which report having received applications or assisted in securing employment are included in the list reported for the month. The Division of Information reports some difficulty in finding men to fill the reported vacant positions. The table following shows number of applications for positions, and number of places filled, with the number of applications for positions per 100 places filled, February to September, 1915. 1 See MONTHLY REVIEW for July (pp. 8-13) and October (p. 14), 1915. TOTAL APPLICATIONS MADE TO THE DIVISION OF INFORMATION OF THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, PLACES FILLED, AND NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS PER 100 PLACES FILLED, FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER, 1915. The table following shows the results of the activities of the division for the months of August and September, by distributing offices, totals in the various zones, and totals for the entire service: SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTHS OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1915. CONCILIATION WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, SEPTEMBER 16 TO OCTOBER 18, 1915. On the authority contained in the organic act of the department to mediate in labor disputes and to appoint commissioners of conciliation in his discretion, the Secretary of Labor, through the commissioners of conciliation, exercised his good offices in 19 labor disputes between September 16 and October 18, 1915. The employees involved in these controversies, the numbers affected, and the results secured, so far as available, are shown in the following statement: NUMBER OF LABOR DISPUTES HANDLED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONERS OF CONCILIATION, SEPT. 16 TO OCT. 18, 1915. 1 Mr. Barton, representing the Rice, Barton, Fales Foundry Co., reported to the commissioner upon his arrival at Worcester that 60 molders went on strike June 6 but that he filled their places and does not know of any strike now in existence. The commissioner reports the plant running full time and filling orders promptly. 2 The commissioner of conciliation is at present engaged in preparing some additional data. When this additional information is obtained the case will doubtless be finally disposed of. IMMIGRATION. The Immigration Bulletin, issued by the Bureau of Immigration, United States Department of Labor, for August, 1915, contains a table showing the number of permanent immigrants admitted each year, beginning with 1820. The total number of such immigrants is 32,354,124, and of this number 9,422,141, or 29.1 per cent of the entire permanent immigration since 1820, have arrived within the last 10 years. The data furnished by the Bureau of Immigration for July and August continue to show the marked falling off in arriving immigrant |