Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-06 | Page 2 | Buying Power Turns Upward

BUYING POWER TURNS UPWARD Farmers Farmer's Income Climbs More Than Prices on Purchases Living Costs Mount WASHINGTON April 6 P Com JP Com Comparison parison of ot federal figures with standard stand ard cost of living figures indicates that hat the wa wage e earner in lag Ing ng industry h has made mOlde substantial gains In purchasing power and that the he farmers farmer's income on the average has hILS ins gone up more than the prices of things he buys Matching official figures for or February Febuary Feb Feb- uary this year against t February last year year March March comparisons seem cerain Lain ain to be better In expert opinion opinion- shows hows that employment gained 32 per percent percent cent payrolls 48 per cent average weekly earnings 23 per cent and average hourly earnings 20 per cent I At the same time Iliac the cost of ot living index of ot the national industrial conference conference con con- ference board gained 85 per cent the retail price of goods as ns shown by department department de of ot agriculture figures 19 per r cent and the retail price of ot department de I store articles 29 per cent MEETING TIME C CHANGED SANDY SANDY BeginnIng Beginning next Thursday evening the third quorum of ot elders will hold their m meeting each Thursday Thursday Thurs day evening at o'clock Instead oi ol Wednesday evenings as formerly announces an the presidency Isaac Soren son Herbert B Bartlett and William Jones Airplanes equipped with skis transported a 25 horse power and a saw mill mm with a capacity o ci 01 f feet t of ot lumber a day from An Alaska to the Beluga mountain moun tim tain hin range