Show WA 5 HIN ANt US M At NES 5 s vl N One of the most interesting things to watch for in this era of mounting consumer prices Is to see how rapidly a sub number ot of the memo mem bers of labor unions realize the primrose path their lead ers era have led them down sc For It 1 must be borne in mind that much of 01 the Increased cost of 01 living i and the close gap g-ap between Income s II n D d living costs have been created by welfare mea saes acres aures promo ted by union leaders c W Harder Increased coverage by social security medicare ment Insurance and other pro grams are supported by taxes only The taxes come from both the workers pay and from the employers S S Already accord according nr to pub reports a substantial number or of workers are looking askance at the new deduc lions made from pay checks 5 They are not finding the Great Society so great when It comes to putting meat on the table In most cases they are taking less money home but paying more for what they buy 5 This in n Itself Is 15 quite die comforting to them Slut ut soon soon- sooner er or later they are going goine to come to realize an even more uncomfortable fact S t When they realize that a large sharp share of the Increased n roU nr nl Buln prices they pay are due to the very programs their heads worked to bring about these workers are going to be bevery bevery very unhappy 5 Actually to employers prin the big corporations St makes little difference if H they pay an employee per hour or oi it If they pay the em- em employee em 3 per hour and then pay government another 15 cents per hour as payroll tax It Ii still figures out to a per hour labor cost 5 And nd It is this figure that goes into the determination of cost of production This cost costIs costis Is figured In the cost of pro row raw materials in the cost of transportation of them and the cost of manufacturing these raw materials Into the finished products eo Then when hen the prod acts go to the wholesale than ehan vela nels the markup L is on costs re reflecting labor at per hour not at Thug ThUl as the product moves through than hall eels nels to the ultimate buyer this extra cost in the form of pay roll taxes Is pyramided to raise consumer prices Thus union members must eventually wake up to the fact that when pie in the sky is promised them in the skies over the Potomac the they can be sure that the dough to make that pie ill is going to be sup sup- supplied supplied plied by them key And then will wUl come corne the real ration that they cannot afford aford to relax and let 10 George Georee do It because chances are George Georg-e will do them in |