Show E. E MARKS HEADS Elmer E. E Marks secretary and as assistant as- as manager of the Palace laundry laun dry was elected president of the Utah States Laundrymen's association at atthe atthe the hotel Saturday He succeeds William Maxwell of the Murray laundry Other officers elected are M. M E. E Toliver of the Model laundry at Og Og- Og den vice president E. E T. T Brown of the Troy laundry reelected secretary secretary- treasurer and George French of the Ogden Troy laundry sergeant sergeant-at- arms Mr Maxwell was named delegate to the national convention at Louisville Louisville Louis Louis- ville Ky in October Upon the motion of Mr Brown It was decided to discontinue the annual annual an an- nual convention and hold quarterly meetings at Salt Lake and Ogden in instead in- in stead The practice of lowering wages in inan inan an effort to bring back prosperity was assailed by A. A S. S Brown of the Utah Oil Oh Refining company in a speech before the group To say that wages should be cut horizontally because commodity prices have fallen Is an economic fallacy he said The cost of living has seldom If ever had any necessary sary relation to wages If the purchasing purchasing pur pur- chasing power of the wage earner is reduced in times of depression there Is little hope for business recovery A speech on What Constitutes Good Plant Management was delivered ered by H. H Ross Brown of the Troy laundry |