Show PURE ICE FOR SALE QUALITY MARKET MARIET Dir Dr E EB B Fa F nsw nsw- rth W C est Theatre Building g J of Utah Ulan rD Delta Y Y I c. c 1 it i r I PAY GOOD WAGES I J JI J I HERE ARE Sol PACTS lACIS abo about t Ford Labor During the y year ended November 19 1940 O the Ford Payroll throughout the United States averaged hourly wage earners n nor including office em students Or executives They were were paid On this basis the ari annual l average crage u wage was the latest available According to govern goern government meat ment figures the annual average wage of all workers in e employment covered by old age insurance taw Jaw was If the workers of this c country received the thc same average average wage as tU Ford I es they would have had additional wages of more than S thus increasing the national income about 5 50 Think what such an increase would mean to the workers df of f this country and andE nd E to the American farmer whose prices are lre bas based d on n ih national in income ome Wage a scalds gS in Yn n the dle Ford Rouge Rouse plants ar are divided into three classifications 1 cJ Unskilled liS t C d. d I Minimum m m hiring w wage g per per h hour ur 1 Semi skilled Minimum hiring wage e SOc per houri hour i Skilled Minimum ni hiring wage ge per hour in consideration of Higher wag wages are ability and years of service Minimum wage scales sales fox for unskilled labor Jabor 04 a at the Rouge plant are ace the die highest in the industry T Top p wages for sk skilled lIed labor Jabor compare favorably with or are arc higher than yag wages vas cs s in other automobile plants Now some facts on Ford labor conditions Not only are sanitation and other health conditions the best in the industry but Ford rord also leads i in safety s ferY devices for the protection of eni J les yes Pc Proof of of this is found in the fop w g com m. m J 1 parison of compensation insurance costs The national average rate in automotive J manufacturing g plants as computed by the thc r National As Association cf of Underwriters is is IS i in excess excess of 10 premium on ea each I 1 payroll The Ford cost of workmen's workmen s compensation is less th than Oc i 4 This indicates that the chance of injury s l in a Ford plant is much less Jess than In in the average automobile plant I f The Thc Ford Motor Company has no age limit for labor and in fact deliberately attempts to keep older workers working The average age of Ford workers at the Rouge and nearby plants is A recent up check-up shows that nearly one one- half the workers at these Ford Forti plants were 40 or r over falling into these ag age gr groups u s between 40 and 50 between 50 and 60 60 between 60 and 70 between 70 and 80 12 between SO a and d 90 s In addition to the so called regular em- em the Fo Ford d Motor Company has hired an and now pas has on the payroll at the same regular hourly wage thousands of workers who are blind crippled or otherwise other wise incapacitated for or normal productive work They arc not nor selected for their ability to build cars or to maintain the plant They are on the payroll because of Henry Fords Ford's belief that the responsibility of a large company to labor i goes oes beyond beyond be be- yond ond the point at which the I worker can no longer produce profitably I The above are arc facts They are arc open to anyone who really wants to deal in in facts Anyone who wants to 1 get et a ajob job buy a acar acar car or place a national defense contract contract con tract on t the e basis of of- fair labor treat treatment r ar ment m must st place Ford at u the rhu op of oC his Ji list o eligible H F i R t O T TOil O r C O. O 0 M IiI F P A 1 X Y 7 L J. J J a i I I I c f C I G Greed r d and 1 S J Gumption By NORMAN CHANDLER Chairman Newspaper Publishers Committee THERE HERE ARENT AREN'T MANY wholly s L unsell unselfish sll people outside of in insane insane in- in sane sanc asylums And you and I I can be thankful for this It is human nature to be selfish The very very will to live l' is selfish the der desire de de- r sire t tp su succeed to win t the e respect of r our fellows to make the world a better better better bet bet- ter safer and pleasanter place place all all NORMAN CHANDLER that is just a combination of greed and gumption Just il a a recognition that r in ill order to live we must let live or live or must even help others to live better b D' D i t Merchants Merchants' and manura manufacturers who advertise advertise in newspapers are selfish I talked today with an especially esper especially espe espe- r t selfish manufacturer f Why do you spend money money for advertising space r I asked him I dont don't spend spend money rodney money that way I save save- it he answered If there viere were ere any cheaper ways to tell telly y people people- people about about my goods Id I'd try try them j Then what do you you do with the savings I went wenton on to inquire j jId i I Id like to keep them he admitted But mostly f r I use them to harass my competitors If I can reduce 1 my prices and give better values I get the customers 1 f And what do yo your competitors do dot doti o I w q f J i fc i 11 I r I 1 j. j I v l r ri rif 0 L f Oh Oh the same thing he said grinning And all of of us In n my hunt for v ays to Im Ira J. J prove our products so sove we ve can tell the customers t still stall better story and perhaps move out a little ahead of the other fellows Suppose you you had had th the power to stop your competitors corn com m- m to deny them the right to advertise leaving the field to you would you use that right He thought a minute and and then gave me this answer No I would oe tempted to do that if I could But Im I'm too greedy and I think too smart to want to My business would go to seed So would other businesses in my line and other lines Pretty soon I couldn't sell my goods because there wouldn't be J enough customers with good enough jobs to afford to buy my stuff Then it wouldn't be long until I myself would have h a hard time getting the new and better t things ings Id I'd like to have It wouldn't work out ut Then who loses when money money is spent for adver- adver advertising 1 01 good products I asked j 4 i r. r J q fJ DO ar J 1 Damnation he exploded Nobody I loses es Advertising Advertising Ad- Ad is just like liken a n better tool When a n man buys a million dollars dollars' worth of good tools for his factory and uses them to tp save his customers a couple of million and to increase his payroll Mother another couple of ot million and still ri-i ri manages nages to keep out enough to buy a 11 shirt and ard pay his income taxes nobody loses My manufacturer friend went his way w without my my telling him that he had missed an important part of the benefits of u using ing advertising a as an an economic tool 1 You can call it your selfish elfish part and mine His HU advertising not only brings you and me news of such things as good values but it also helps t to pay pay the tha cost of gathering and P publishing the news by which you and l' l I learn the facts rEacts we must have in order to keep ourselves free I dont don't know how you ic feel l abou about his particular American brand rand of selfishness t but I like it NOTE The purpose of 01 these ar r ad advertisements Is to make nJ IU life lUe and oDd American better bener Your criticism or reaction Will wID be appreciated by th I r ap r Pub Pub- i Ushers and aDd It Ie chairman chalman A. 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