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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH, OCTOBER I, 1937. Economic Highlights (Continued from Page 1) 000 as against $138,000,000 in the comparable period of 103G. Consequently, total gross farm cash income will not be far from $5,000,-000,0in the period. Other factors beside higher income will exert a beneficial influence on agricultural purchasing power. The farm mortgage debt is about one and billions less than it was in 1929. Interest rates have registered a decline and the carrying charge of this debt is now about $400,000,-00- 0, as against I $700,000,000 in 00 six-mont- for a pie card by joining the LABOR ON ITS chauffeurs' union in order to bo FORWARD MARCH seated in the craft union conven(Continued from Page 1) NEW UNIONS ARE BEING FORMED hs three-quarte- rs Frank Bonacci, C. I. O. organiz- er for Utah, reports several C. I. industrial unions are being organized throughout Utah. Two of the new unions being organized are in Salt Lake City. O. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION IIAS AN INTERESTING MEETING C. I. O. LEADERS WILL MEET 1929. The 1937 farm tax bill wil Salt Lake be more than $150,000,000 under 1929 and farm wages, though they No. 115 held have shown a 20 per cent rise in the past year and a half, are one-thiless than in 1929. rd Exceed 1929 Taking all advantages into consideration, the amount of cash the farmers will have to spend this year may total $6,000,000,000, as compared with 1929 spending of $6,260,000,000. Lastly, the pur-- . chasing power of the dollar is still materially greater than it was. Farm income, obviously, is not divided evenly on a per capita basis over the farming states. For example, taking the latest available figures, California, with less than 2 per cent of the countrys farm population, last year received 7.58 per cent of the farm income. Iowa, with 3 per cent of the farm population, received 7.43 per cent of farm income. By comparison, Alabama, with almost 4.5 per cent of the farm population, received only 1.35 per cent of the farm income; and West Virginia, with 1.77 per cent of the farm population, got less than .5 per cent of the farm income. New Deal for Farmers Increases in agricultural income for this year will likewise vary widely over the states. Greatest 'increase in excess of 11 per cent will be found in the Middle Western states such as the Dakotas, Iowa fcnd Kansas. These states were the most severely hit by drouth. As a result, gains of several hundred per cent may be registered in some, inasmuch as they produced relatively nothing during some of last years crop seasons. In the western and southwestern states, one or twro of the Atlantic seaboard states, and part of the northeastern group, farm income is expected to show rises of from 6 per cent to 10 per cent. In western California, western Oregon and western Washington, parts of a few other states and almost the entire south, improvements will range from 1 per cent to 5 per cent. In a small group of states, there will be declines in farm income of from 1 per cent to 10 per cent. Thus the future of agriculture is bright. Even so, at the next session of congress there will be a flood of new legislation designed to help the farmer and some of it may pass. Business Week forecasts that punitive crop control legislation will probably become law, and there is always the chance that a more inclusive granary plan will be put into effect. Secretary Wallace strongly favors this scheme. tion and councils. Martin Cahill, president of the Wyoming A. F. of L. federation, has joined the Cheyenne Culinary Workers union so that he may retain his pie card in the state federation. Several others could be mentioned in the pie card category of Green, Peterson and Cahill. These will suffice for the present. Typographical Union an interesting meeting Sunday aftemoon. New members were initiated, and another, interesting report from President J. F. Rhodes and Secretary J. M. Melvin was received on the allied printing trades unions organizing activities. Rhodes and Melvin gave a re port as delegates to state federa tion of labor convention. The re port created considerable discussion, especially the section regard ing 100 per cent increase of per capita tax without referendum vote of the affiliated unions. The matter was referred to interna tional union, and final action to be taken at next meeting. A partial report was received from W. J. Carson, delegate to the I. T. U. convention at Louisville, International officers and leaders of the C. I. O. have been called to a convention at Atlantic City on Monday, October 11. The meeting will continue for several days, announces John L. Lewis, chairman of the C. I. O. It is expected that the convention will map out a permanent organization plan, including establishment of state industrial union councils, and county and local industrial union councils. The C. I. O. membership is over four million, and exceeds the A. F. of L. membership by more than a million. A. F. OF L. MEET IN DENVER The annual convention of the American Federation of Labor will Ky. meet in Denver Monday, October Orson Wilhelmson gave a splen 4. Judging by the reports of the dij report of his investigation of various departmental meetings the Labors League this week the leaders are squab- of Utah. On motion of W. H. Jones the union unanimously endorsed the League, and named Mr. Wilhelmson as the union contact man for the League and to solicit affiliation among the League members of the Typographical Non-Partis- an Page votes in the federation convention. The United Mine Workers now have over 600,000 members, and were they voting in the ation convention would cast 6000 accomplished. votes, or twice that of carpenters. The guess of those on the side G. 0. P. LABOR BOSS is that democracy will be a lines HAS BIG VOTE IN small factor in the Denver convenA. F. OF L. CONVENTION tion. In fact, it has been almost totally discarded by the executive council and leaders of building Ilig Bill Ilutchenson, the president of the Car- and metal trades unions, who conpenters union, will cast 3000 trol the federation affairs. votes at the A. F. of L. convention in Denver next week. This RUBBER WORKERS is supposed to represent 300,000 GAIN MANY MEMBERS members of the union. The membership has stood at this figure AKRON, O. (UNS) A years during the past several conven- record of remarkable growth and tions of the A. F. of L. Apparent- substantial achievement was rely it has not increased nor shown ported by President Sherman II. any reduction, although this year Dalrymple in his report to the secthe timber workers branch, 100,-00- 0 ond annual convention of the Unitstrong, withdrew from the ed Rubber Workers of America, carpenters union and formed an international union of their own which opened in Akron, September 12. and affiliated with the C. I. O. The unions membership rolls king-pi- n Ilutchenson is the increased from 25,000 to have Republican in the labor ranks a more than 75,000 since last year, He was in reactionary sort. increases with wrage division the labor of the and many of charge other improveand hours shorter Hoover campaign, and held a simwon been ments have throughout ilar position in the Landon camthe industry. paign last year. Delegates from only 47 locals Salt Lake City carpenters local convention, union has been paying per capita attended last years while this year said, Dalrymple tax to the Utah labor federation more from 135 200 than delegates on 125 members. It seems that (Continued on Page 6) the international union is padding its records, while the local unions Pm reading a mystery Wife: are chiseling in order to avoid payment of per capita on full mem- book. Husband: Why,' that book looks bership to local central bodies. In former years Ilutchenson was to me like our household budget jealous of John L. Lewis because book. Wife: It is. the United Mine Workers cast bling among themselves, and when the main show meets next week nothing constructive toward peace moves in the labor ranks will be $23,-000-a-ye- 4000 ar union. was appointed delegate to the Utah peace conference meeting in Salt Lake City October 2 and 3. M. I. Thompson PRINCIPLES AND PIE CARD ARTISTS Apparently there are in the labor movement members who be-- 1 lieve in the principles then there are a few who merely want to get into the front ranks for the sake' of a pie card and thats as far as their unionism extends. For example, William Green for years preached industrial unionism, but when the question of industrial and craft unionism came to a showdown, he, Green, became TYPO UNION WILL ENTERTAIN! Womans Auxiliary No. 16 to Typographical Union No. 115 will entertain the wives of all of the union printers and mailers with a luncheon at the Moose Hall on October 11 at 1:00 p. m. That is the date for the regular monthly business meeting of the auxiliary, bait the meeting will be dispensed with on that day and the time given over to the entertainment of the guests. The wives of all members of Recent war activities have served Typographical Union No. 115 and to illustrate an epochal change in Mailers Union No. 21 are cordial the attitude of some of the major ly invited to attend. powers toward their interests in foreign countries. The United THEY ABUSE States is gradually adopting the THEIR BEST view that in case of hostilities Some of the worlds greatest abroad, we will evacuate the citizens who wish it and those who scientists, artists, sculptors, musiremain must take their own cians, and men of letters, have felt chances. This marks a far cry oppressed in some European counfrom the day when the United tries during the past few years. States would go to almost any ex- They have come in considerable tremity to protect our foreign in- numbers to our shores. vestments. Various newspaper Naturally, they are coming here new this indicate that because policy polls they believe they will like is overwhelmingly favored by the our ways of living, our appreciabulk of citizens. tion of the individual and the liberties of expression we grant him. Heretofore our policy has been Actually there is a war going on in China without a declaration of strong from making foreigners as war, and we are permitted to send nearly like us as possible and as all kinds of arms and ammunition the Irishman said, The sooner, and implements of war to both the quicker. sides to kill and maim and destroy The New York Times takes a property. I think that is against different view. It says: To make the wishes and the intent of the the most of their presence here wTe peace-lovin- g American people. must think not only of what we Fish to tell them but of what they Hamilton (R., have Representative. N. Y.) have to tell us. ever-norm- al I am not in favor of sacrificing But Did Very Well life of a single American boy the He Did the candidate electrify all the boundary lines of settle to his audience? Europe. William E. Borah. She No, he only gassed it. HEAR a member of the musicians union. This is to protect his pie card in the A. F. of L. Attorney Paul M. Peterson deserted his industrial union ideals I 5 Discuss this Interesting Subject I Monday, October 4 at the Trade Union Hall 168 South West Temple St Admission Free! You Are Invited. Bring Your Friends. Kate Richards OHare is a noted writer, lecturer and political observer. She has watched the 75th Congress during the past 7 months and knows who is who in Congress. . . Come and hear her and meet her. |