DEPLORABLE STATE OF TRADE IN AMERICA
... DEPLORABLE STATE OF TRADE INS AMERICA. Employment appears to be growing scarce in the ' United States. The correspondent of the Times 1 says that in all the large cities there are hundreds j of young men unsuccessfully seeking employment as merchants' clerks. Not long since a New York merchant, engaged in but a small business, adver- tised for a clerk. The salary was mialt the work required ...