Show Released RNea pd by Western We tern Newspaper New paper Union WORTH OF DOLLAR MEASURED BY 81 WHAT IT WILL BUY I WITH NO OTHER present day standard the value of ot the dollar Is measured by what It will buy of at staple commodities The price of at such commodities Is determined by bythe bythe bythe the cost of at their production Tech Technology and the applied sciences as they affect industrial production have Increased the value of the dol dol- dollar dollar I lar in that they have produced com com- commodities commodities commodities at toss tess cost so they could be sold at lower prices The benefits derived from tram technology technology technology ogy and applied science would be bemore bemore bemore more than offset by labor if It the de de- demands demands mands for tor wage increases and de decreased creased hours are met They I would mean a greater increase in I cost than could be offset by im improved Improved i proved methods of at production and production can not long continue I when Increased costs are not met by increased prices I Over the years both labor and the buying public have profited from tram technological advances In that wages have gradually Increased I while prices have gradually de creased The benefits derived tram from froman an ever advancing technology thanks to our competitive system have been shared hy by both labor and the purchasing public That ad advance vance vanc has maintained the purchasing ing value of at the dollar It was but a a. few tew years ago when Henry Ford Tori set a new precedent by fixing 5 5 a day as asa asa asa a wage minimum In his plant plants Ills His Improvement In manufacturing turing Luring methods the Introduction of or mass production made that hat possible Competition made It necessary for other manufacturers to pay labor an equal wage and to sell tear th lr product at an equal price value consid considered red ered If they were to stay In business That was evolution in the matter of ot wages and prices The postwar demands for tor increases in wages are not evolutionary they are Union leaders have not at at- attempted attempted attempted tempted to ascertain what wage Industry can pay at present dollar values but have demanded what they want without regards to the maintenance of dollar values Meet Meet- Meeting MeetIng ing those demands means one of ot three things to be determined by the future Either technology can so Improve production methods as to absorb the increased cost of the tha demanded wages and decreased working hours or prices must be increased to meet the demands or orthe ortho orthe the tho quality of at the product must be decreased and the dollar value go godown godown godown down because it buys less It must be one of ot these three or a stop in production Unreasonable demands on the part of ot labor demands that cannot be offset by technological advances can break the value of at our dollars and throw us headlong into an In in- Inflation fla that will be more mare disastrous than any depression e e PEOPLE WHO LOWER OUR STANDARDS ARE UNWANTED WE AMERICANS are not prejudiced prejudiced prejudiced diced against people because of their color or the language they I speak What we object to Is the lower standards of living they In Introduce I in our communities Re Re- Regardless Regardless of at race color or language we object to having as neighbors any family who by neglect of their own premises depreciates the property properly values of at our neighborhood We ob object jest to those whose low moral stand stand- standards ards demands no privacy and who flaunt those standards at our front door On the West coast the Jap is not condemned because he Is a Jap Tap out l ut because he makes no effort to measure up to American standards lIe He works for tora fora a cheap price because he lives on u a cheap scale He lIe is objected to as a neighbor not be be- because because cause of ot his color or 01 his loyalty lo alty but because of ot what is felt to be his uncouth way of ot living e e e eIT IT MAY 1 NOT BE a aMack ablack ablack black Mack market markt In tobacco prod prod- products but the established brands of ot smoking tobacco cigars and cigarettes have largely peard Many ny new brands bra lids sever ler before heard of ot have Appeared on the counters of dealers In cigars the new 11 brands represent a 11 live cent quality selling sellin at from 15 to 25 2 rents Much the same sallie thing Is rue 1110 of ot smoking tobacco and cigarettes If you want to smoke you pay your our money mone and take tallo is offered e e e eIT IT IS THE EXCEPTION that thai proves the rule not that the rule is wrong e e e eA A PROPOSAL being considered consid red ered by b the senate would If adopted provide for govern governmental mental control and operation of or til dl outgoing or Incoming cable uble or wireless communication of loth oth text and pictures Its passage would be the first nail In tn the coffin offin of ot freedom of ot the press e e e eDO DO NOT EXPECT a 11 new cat cal calvery very soon The old bus or old Dob fob Dobbin bin must still serve for foi while awhile a yet If It we are not to walk |