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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. MARCH 24, 1939 Page 7 OflttsrXJJttoEa9o IPoaelln (SGraftGffIlGnvutiGo TTgH OmiDD:?tt E3CunG7GiiG( BuncflimGccGGIGOGll tiHao Ag3g EteflGEnQDua INTERSTATE CHAIN MONOPOLY MENACES WORKERS AND FARMERS silk-wor- m (Continued from page 6) compare the bills with the bills print. It is up to some person at from his store for a similar period. each newspaper office to decide Almost invariably, the customer .which is printed and which is returned. thrown in the waste basket. If two interesting news items come in in LOCAL PEOPLE LOYAL the same day, one in favor of in TO LOCAL BUSINESS dependent merchants and one in favor of interstate chain stores will probably be The WPA has just finished a that person a number of factors by irompted study of social relationships In an n determining which of the two rural-urban established community, terns should in. If the chains South Holland. Such loyalty to n that town goare spending large few miles from Chicago and is sur- sums of money i I The report has this to say about print everything on their side, anc the trade area: the independent merchants are not Of the 467 families reporting, any 87 per cent bouglrt their groceries, organized and not bringing 56 per cent their farm machinery pressure, it is easy to determine which side of the argument will be and 35 per cent their furniture in South Holland. Such lovalty to printed. Some newspaper owners, how the local merchants is significant, realize that if they permit the ever, for it is relatively simple for a business in a town to independent villager to be at any one of a doz be that the newspaper destroyed en markets in less than half an hour. In 1937 (when the survey will be destroyed with it The in was made), there were no chain terstate chains quit advertising stores in South Holland; in fact, when they get control of a market. none has stayed open any length They put out their own publica of time. One chain store tried to tions instead. Question: Some newspaper corgain a foothold before 1932, but was unsuccessful in spite of Its respondents are carrying the state greater variety of goods and more ment that II. R. 1 does not have a chance of passing Congress. Is attractive prices. Question: Why is it so difficult the statement true ? Answer: That is the stock for the people to get correct infor mation about any proposal? phase always used by the opposi Answer: People who are selfish- tion to a bill It does not have a ly interested are inclined to exag- chance." It is very effective gerate and if they are on the wrong sometimes in preventing people side are usually successful in con-- 1 from joining in a fight that would fusing the people by misrepresen meet with success were their ef tations, untruths, and half truths forts joined with others who knew to the extent that the people are differently. The selfish interests not convinced as to which side is said the same thing about the Act and thought right. Newspapers have several times they had silenced the sentiment in as much news furnished to them favor of the bill in that way. Its each day as they can possibly enactment came like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky. People who are interested - in economic changes, that are opposed by those who have considerable control over the who use much press and paid time over the air, should be on guard against such propaganda and, not be influenced by it. This is the third national campaign that I have assisted in conducting. The two former ones were successful 'one involving millions ot men and billions of dollars, and the other, the Robinson-Patma- n Act, which affected millions of people and denied to the greedy few the advantages equal to hundreds of millions of dollars a year which they were not justly entitled to receive. This is not a share the wealth proposal, but it is a bill providing for sharing the privileges and opportunities. Question: Have the interstate chain owners recently changed their policies in regard to local af- toT"hteto an . by-thos- e r fairs? Answer: Yes; since the national e tax bill has been introduced, much of their printing is being done in union print shopsj but not local shops, employees in many cases are joining labor unions and all managers and clerks are in sted structed to appear at least, in local affairs and join civic organizations, such as chambers of commerce, civic clubs, and religious and fraternal organizations. They are also instructed to make contributions to local charity in an effort to answer a very deReports I reserving criticism. ceive indicate that in some localities, the interstate chains are contributing for local purposes, but it is well known that the greatest contributions are made in states where they have their hardest fights before legislative bodies. Millions were spent for all kinds of purposes during the chain-stor- e fight preceding the election, in 1936, in California where the chains won by a very small majority. Mr. Milton M. Gair, a prominent businessman of Redlands, Calif., says that the chains spent $4 for every vote they received at the election. Whereas the proponents of the tax proposal only spent a small sum amounting to only 6 cents a vote. chain-stor- e f The question of a state tax was submitted to the people of Colorado at the general election on November 8, 1938. An enormous sum of money was spent by the chains, approximately $1,215,- chain-stor- r i No one has accepted 000, and a comparatively small and a large quantity of the manns challenge. sum, approximately $100,000, by eggs among agrarians during months. few the proponents. The chains lost by last NON-UNIO- N an overwhelming majority. In fact, 5 a counties carried by they only WORKERS very small majority out of 63 coun- colors TO BRING here FHA HAS INSURED LONDON Queen Elizabeth will sponsor several special apparel MANY HOME LOANS colors to mark the forthcoming royal visit to the United States and at the WASHINGTON The Federal Canada, it was announced Britof the dinner annual eighth Housing Administration has in- ish held Color Council, recently. sured 1,899,242 loans amounting to The council has 100 manufacturers $765,583,161 for property improvement purposes since enactment of and retailers in the United States in its membership. the National Housing Act in June, More than $200,000,000 of this amount has been insured since February 3, 1938, when this type of insurance was revived, Admin- istrator Stewart McDonald nounced Monday. Under Title I of Forat- - picks ties in the state. 1934. Mr. WOOL HEARING STUMPED an- WASHINGTON Declaring that the National the difference in cost of materials FHA insures between a mans suit made of fine Housing Act, the character loans on monthly payment terms for repair, modernization, and improvement of property, including 'certain limited types of new construction. Authority to insure loans of this nature expired on April 1, 1937, but it wa3 renewed by last years amendments as a result of widespread demand and a3 a stimulus to employment. On March 11, loans insured under the restored provisions of Title numbered 439,834 in the amount of $203,736,852. This total represented loans made by private lending institutions which are insured against loss up to 10 per cent of the volume of advances for improvement of residential, farm, and commercial properties. Particularly significant, Mr. McDonald pointed out, was the fact that during the last half of 1938 loans accepted for insurance under Title I for modernization and new construction purposes was ' the largest amount for any similar period during the FHAs operations. In that period 268,805 loans were accepted for insurance in the amount of $120,425,069. He explained at the same time that the proceeds of Title I insured loans can no longer be used for installation of movable equipment and ma chinery. The Act as amended in February, 1938, limits the eligibilty for insurance to loans made for the purpose of financing alterations, repairs, or improvements upon rea property, thus eliminating loans or advances for the purchase and in stallation of equipment and machinery upon real property which were formerly eligible. Under the 'Property Improvement Credit Plan, the borrower must demonstrate his ability to pay 3efore receiving financial accom modations from financial institu ions. He must own the property ;o be improved, or have a lease upon it running at least six months eyond the term of the loan. Amounts up to $10,000 may be arrowed to repair or modernize existing properties, and amounts up to $2500 may be borrowed for the construction of new buildings under Title I. The average loan is less than $500. virgin wool and one made of reclaimed wool or shoddy is only $2, Curt E. Forstmann, president of the Forstmann Woolen company, in favor of the appearing Schwartz - Martin Wool Labeling Bill, put on a three suit act that stumped the committee members of the Senate Interstate Commerce committee as well as the onlookers. Mr Forstmann showed the committee three suits, one made of all virgin wool, another of all reclaimed wool, and another of half virgin wool and half reclaimed wool. He challenged anybody to tell from examination of the suits which was which. The demonstration was intended to show how easy it is to fool the consumer and, consequently, the necessity of labeling wool products for the protection of the consumer. WASHINGTON In a recent discussion on the purposes and aims of unionization, A. A. Myrup, secretary-treasure- r of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union of America, said, the men and women who stand outside the organization, not only hamper our movement with regard to present improvement, they are also a stumbling block to future progress in the further development of labor problems. Therefore it becomes imperative for all those who really wish for better conditions for themselves, not only to join our union, but to take a live interest in all its work. 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