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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL 21, 1939 Lets Build Utah the Glory To Employ Utah Labor o Utah Boys and Girls- Buy Utah Products NEWS AND COMMENT Average Earnings of Utah Workers Below Nation; Average, Report Shows (Continued from Page 3) mands that operators negotiate with it as the bargaining agency for these dual unionists. The Pro gressive miners apparently have no valid claims for the workers in the Its membership is a industry. hopeless minority. But a few of the According to an analysis of earnings reported under the g e assistance insurance made public by Social Security s ram- desire to use Prajarsr n j Ut l i annUa wa8e of $766. cr8. get-u- p as a club to subdue the ?t wo1rkers drew while the national average was $890. demands of the powerful Unitec Another good reason why Utah citizens should get busy Mine Workers. It is evident that the demands of and cooperate and help in building the United Mine Workers are fair industries and developing of our I union-hatin- old-ag- natural resources. Allen T. Sanford, state director of the National Emergency, reports the following information: In the nation, wages credited to old-ag- e Insurance accounts of more than 30,157,694 workers in 1937 amounted to $26,825,366,241, or an average of $890. Utah Statistics In Utah there are 105,308 work ers drawing wages in the sum of $81,733,367. or an average of $766. Idaho employed 92,532 workers at an average of $645. Wyoming 50,598 with an average of 100,24? pt an $782; Montana average of $852; Arizona, 95,598, at an average of $751, and Nevada 30.623 at an average of $853. The report includes part-tim- e workers as 14.6 per cent earning wages of only from $1 to $99, and thus the wages paid the part-tim-e workers materially cuts down the average of the whole. In Utah groups drew wages as em-plov- ed and in keeping with the establishec policy of the union. The U. M. W. is unwilling to be penalized for idleness to the activities of dual unions which might enter foul con spiracies to destroy the U. M. W. Our guess is that the Appalachian operations will be more than glad to accept the proposal of the United Mine Workers at an early date. earned $3000 and over. Age Groups Nationally, the age group from 20 to 24 years of age constituted 19 per cent of all and was the largest age group. 25 to 29 years of age was second largest with 16.6 per cent. The group of 15 years of age was .2 per cent and from 60 to 64 years was 2.4 per cent. In Utah, by age groups, the number employed is as follows: 339 Under 15 years 15 to 19 years 13,190 20 to 24 years ... 22,232 25 to 29 years 17,217 2155 Page cellent nutritional buy. As all nutritionists know, skim milk contains almost everything there is in whole milk except fat. It has calcium and phosphorus, is high in - Read the Ads josal. It certainly effectively nul-ifithe arguments of those who been lave pretending that the resident has a desire to drag this country into war. Twenty-thre- e representatives of (Continued on page 6) local unions from 10 states of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers employed by the American Smelting and Refinconing company held a three-da- y ference in Salt Lake City last week-enMINE UNION LOCALS HELD A CONFERENCE IN SALT LAKE CITY es REGAL d. Reid Robinson of Denver, president of the international union discussed working conditions and matters of interest with the union representatives. WAGE-HOU- Hyland 65 SURVEY R CLEANING & DYEING CO. STARTED FOR UTAH Miss Ethel Erickson of Wash ington, representative of the Worn ens Bureau of the Department of Labor, is in Salt Lake City this week directing a survey of wages and working hours in factories manufacturing womens wearing apparel. Miss Erickson has been employed by the wages and hours division to make a survey for use in hearings to be called for setting wages and hours under the Federal Wage-lolaw. ur 444 East 2nd South UTAH SASH AND DOOR FACTORY Sash and Doors a Specialty Office and Bar Fixtures g protein, is rich in General Mill Work Vitamin G. Of course, it lacks butterfat and is not as good a PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS source of Vitamin A as is whole 2341 So. State Hy. 4496 milk. One quart of fluid skim milk PLEA FOR WORLD PEACE RECEIVES PRAISE plus 11-- 2 ounces of butter, however, will give you all the food values in a quart of whole milk. President Roosevelts' plea for world peace addressed to Hitler BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU received Mussolini almost and has SELLER LET THE PLANT 34 30 to 13,234 years individuals from universal BEWARE praise Your Crops Insure 35 to 39 years 10,664 and many nations. 8591 40 to 44 years follows: Buy Highland Brand In Washington, Senators and who are working for Consumers 49 7320 to 45 ALFALFAS CLOVERS years 1 to $ 99 $ 22,400 5374 honest weights and measures in Representatives, both Democrats 50 to 54 years GRAINS 199 100 to 9925 Preslauded and the Republicans, 3698 their communities should take a 55 to 59 years 299 From your local dealer or. 200 to 7213 action. ident's enforcement New Yorks from 2184 64 tip to 60 years direct from of D. Thomas Elbert Senator officials. Consumers need to know what Jtah, said he believed the Presi-ent- s OCCIDENTAL CONSUMER NOTES their rights are, and what to do if statement was a reaffirma-;io- n HavMonroe Doctrine. of the they suspect their rights are being SEED CO. WHAT IS GRADE violated. New York Citys Weights ing set our own bounds as the 380 West 8th South he said, A MILK? and Measures Bureau chief tells western hemisphere, i3 the one nation in the America Wasatch 1003 them. Over the municipal broad If you dont know what the casting station, every Saturday world that can make this offer at singrade mark on the cap of your evening from 8:15 to 8:30, he takes this time and make it with one" and local of the weights cerity. milk bottle means, ask your aspect up Senator Pittman, of Nevada, health officer, advises the Con-- 1 measures problem. insaid the President's appeal was was a it Guide. time First general sumers' Best Wishes to made at quite an appropriate Usually grades for milk repre- troduction to the consumers stake sent differences in sanitation and in weights and measures enforce- time. Utah Labor Senator Nye, Republican of safety under which the milk was ment. Coal was the second sub- North manof the Dakota, a leader produced and processed. ject, and specific information was Your neighborhood Pep neutrality bloc, said: Few milk ordinances grade given every buyer so they could datory milk on the basis of its butterfat make sure they were getting every Thats splendid. Coming at this service station will time, it should have some chance content. Ordinances sometimes re-- j ton they paid Jfor. be glad to take care of it sold whole milk The Saturday morning programs of success. quire that any minimum Speaker Bankhead said that the certain a contain shall . go by the general title of Let the to test the battery . . . plea should meet with the approval percentage of butterfat, but tney Buyer Beware. to . S. D. . . the nations of the world. tires of measlights do not always set standards for By exposing weights and of Senator Kentucky, Barkley the buybutterfat content of each sanitary ures practices that cheat check the oil for ecoNew York officials, we the majority leader, said: It is a er, grade. says nomical and enjoyable When you are offered Grade A not only further stretch the pur- very constructive and laudable pro- or Grade B milk there may be no chasing power of the consumers motoring. difference in the richness of the dollar, but also eliminate unfair two kinds, while there may be a competition for the honest seller. difference in their safety. The series ties in with the talks on the best Find out what your local milk ordinance requires of each grade food buys of the day also given of milk sold in your city, and then by the citys Department of Drive in ask your milk companies to tell wherever you see the fayou what are the differences bethe various grades they sell. tween Circle miliar Pep Check what the companies tell you with your local health departSign. ment. While the law may not require milk companies may offer you it, milk of varying richness. For instance, you may find two kinds of milk, both meeting the sanitary Utah Labor News will help you to keep up requirements of Grade A, but one containing 4 per cent butterfat and with the progress bf Utahs development acthe other 3 4 per cent. - Consumers who want a tivities. butterfat content must expect to pay for it because it costs more to produce such milk, Be a booster, subscribe and read. but frequently the difference in Stations Everywhere difprice is much greater than the Utah and Idaho ference in cost. Welcome to Our Friends and Only $1.50 a year. Send your subscripFor consumers whose milk budgexan is milk skim Patrons ets are small, body-buildin- 7 ITS TIME TO GIVE YOUR CAR A I CHECtHJP -- 88-Vi- co ... 88-Vi- WINTERS CertainlyYou Are Interested In the Building of Utahs co , Resources and Industries x ... SWpoint CIGARS 1-- higher-than-avera- ge tion today! A. C. Whittaker BEST WISHES NEr PAEK r.3HNHNG CO. W. H. H. 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