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Show Review ofi Current Evento EDUCATE ORGANIZE COOPERATE SALT LAKE CITY. UTA VOL VII: NO. 31. 7 Where There Is a Will There Is a Cooperative Way Now that folks in Salt Lake City and Utah have become interested in the consumers cooperative movement through the opening of a splendid market by Utah Con- sumers Cooperative Association at South Main street, Salt Lake City, it behooves us to study the principles of cooperation. Although the idea of consumer cooperatives is new in Utah it is old in other parts of the world. Consumers cooperatives are old and are a success. of all goods consumed in England is sold by the consumers cooperatives through 10,000 retail cooperative stores, total national retail and wholesale trade is two billion dollars and the annual turnover of cooperative banks amounts to three billion dollars. The English Cooperative Wholesale Society is the biggest distributing organization in the British empire, owns a $700,000,000 bank, a $100,000,000 insurance company, countless coal mines, factories, ships and plantations. The English cooperative movement was organized by 28 poor Rochdale, England, weavers in December, 1844, who bought at wholesale to effect small retail savings. Cooperatives today constitute the largest democratic movement ir. the world. In 1933, the International Cooperative Wholesale Society placed the worlds largest orders on the London market for tea, coffee and sugar. In Denmark Cooperation in Denmark has acwinders. Despite complished of the depression share their era,If - wlr mrnriT itni ill'll ira J.ari 8C0 One-seven- th ifliii n " iMtTf- i. the Danes boasted a country without a multimillionaire, an unem ployment problem, a big privately owned corporation, a class strug glc, nay, without a dire state of poverty. Through the cooperative move ment Danes had distributed wealth more equitably than any other country in Europe, if not the world; had effected a greater resettlement of the people on the land than anywhere else; had nbol ished the cursed tenancy; had dea smoothveloped, furthermore, running democratic economic sys tern in which the people performed for themselves almost all of the functions which in other countries are performed for them by others. In Switzerland every industry and utility is a cooperative in most of the towns. More than half of the people of Finland are cooperative, with more than 40 per cent of the national business. In Sweden, where cooperatives have been fam g ed for activity, the movement has 500,000 members, 4000 stores, and is spreading fast. In United States In this country perhaps Minnesota leads in the cooperative movement. The consumers cooperative idea has had a greater impetus throughout the United Sttaes in the last few years. Volume of business done by all kinds of consumers cooperatives in the United States is not preThe Cooperative cisely known. League estimates that it will approach $500,000,000 in 1936. An incomplete listing accounts for 7200 associations, of which more (Continued on, Page 2) trust-bustin- Governor Asks $6,341,786 In Budget Message to Solons , Political OulI In Utah and U. S. Compiled From Reports Price: 3, 1937 RUARY 5 Cents Per Copy Auto Workers to Carry on G. M. Strike to Victory n Strikers In Lewis Goes to Detroit Hails Heroism of I. O. Support --Strike Message Pledging Unlimited C. Settlements Encourage Union Court Orders to Vacate. Sit-Dow- of Observers Sanitary Measure House bill No. 5, introduced by DETROIT (UNS) Inspired by the stalwart endurance of the Ramey of Sal Flint Representative and encouraged by a series of strike victories and Lake county, looks like a gooc pledges of national labor support, the striking employes of General measure. It is an act amending Motors prepared to carry their light through to victory, following a sit-down- Title 79, Revised Statutes of Utah 1933, by adding to said title a new chapter regulating the practices o plumbers, and providing for cer tain qualifications, examinations, and registration of plumbers. This bill should become a law Utah needs it for the sake of the health and welfare of her men, wo men and children. It is a sanita tion and health measure. Poor plumbing has cost thou sands of dollars in cash, as well as in human misery and life. We are living in the age of speedy travel and elaborate auto camps, and for this reason, among regothers, Utah needs state-wid- e ulations for plumbing and sanitation for the prevention of disease and epidemics. The draft of the bill is patterned after the recommendations of the national administration for health and sanitation. Each legislator should give II. B. No. 5 careful consideration and the support it deserves. Labor and Militia H. B. 14, by Representative tor Pett Vic- Juab, and Frank Bonacci of Carbon, passed the house Tuesd.w by a vote of 37 to 18 and was t ansmitted to the senate. The bill p. ovides that in the governor .caiL.out.the. state militia in a labor dispute, all production injquestion would have to stop until fthe militia is withI drawn. Under amendment adopted to ;he original draft the provisions of the measure Jrould apply only in , (Continued on page 2) G. Af of conciliation efforts in Washington. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organization, with which the United Automobile Workers are affiliated, assumed militant leadership of the labor forces during the Washing week, Lewis addressed to them, ton conferences, and upon arrival through Robert Travis, Flint union organizer, a pledge of complete in Detroit this week. This strike is going to be and unanimous support from all fought to a successful conclusion, the C. I. O. unions. National Attention he declared, after Alfred P. Sloan, of officials and other The attention of the entire president, General Motors had left Washing- American public is focused on ton, refusing to accede to the you, he declared, watching the unions collective bargaining de- severe hardships which you are mands. suffering in order to demonstrate Will Not Disarm the strength of labor in the present No half-bake-d compromise is struggle to organize for the purgoing to allow General Motors to pose of obtaining a decent standdouble-cros- s Lewis ard of living for every workingus again, said. We are willing to hold im- man in America. mediate conferences with both Every worker and representasides holding their arms that is, tive of labor in this country owes a with the men remaining in the debt of gratitude to each of you, plants. They ask us to give up and I trust that this knowledge our arms. This we refuse to do. will cheer you through your long, President Homer Martin and weary hours of waiting for the Vice President Wyndham Morti- honorable settlement which in the mer and Ed Hall of the U. A. W. nature of things must inevitably brought back to Detroit assur- come. ances of the unlimited support of The strength of the auto union the C. I. O. These were amplified was demonstrated, during the by a flood of telegrams of encour- Washington conferences by vicagement from labor bodies of all torious settlements of strikes at kinds throughout the country. the Briggs Manufacturing Co. and Recognizing the heroism of the Bohn Aluminum Co. in Detroit and strikers in the Flint at the United Brass & Aluminum Fisher Body plants, who have kept Co. in Port Huron, Mich. S w tin uedoir page i vigil week after -- A break-dow- n John L. sit-do- - -- Life Of Sit-Down- er I Is Strange But Songful; Union Discipline Rules By FRANK WINN In the office they got snooty, So we started picket duty Now the Fisher Body Shop is on open. Here they receive visitors and food that is prepared in a cafe, turned over to the strike commitGovernor Henry H. Blood sent sources as a . result of returning tee by the proprietor, across the his biennium budget message to prosperity. a strike. street. an upstairs window, afternoon Estimated revenue, exclusive of the legislature Monday Comment Every evening these words to a dummy,Fromlabeled News G. M. Stool The requirements of the state de- property tax, according to pres;he mournful tune of The Mar Pigeons, is suspended with a rope two-yeinoutlook be ent the will for period partments entirely By M. I. T. ins and the Coys can be heart around its neck. beginning July 1, 1937, are listed sufficient for the absolute needs of from lighted windows a; Sometimes visitors are admitted ssuing the state, and it is evident that, at a total of $6,341,786.10. A Family Vote No, of end Fisher ofhe north Body tothe ever plant newspapermen, phounless new is the sources of income It highest budget You wouldnt to find that n strik tographers, and ministers investiin Flint, Mich. fered in Utah, but still the total is are drawn upon, the general fund a majority of expect in a ers are the having their regular even gating the merits of the strike. made independent of family would have persons $1,044,739.25 less than the total re- cannot be a softening ing concert. Sitting in the window They have to be escorted by a runquests of the various departments. property tax revenue during the brain even though the father did. :!s the composed of an ner with credentials from strike orchestra, follows: biennium. The in The message coming part For that reason a family vote property a After credentials guitar, several mouth headquarters. I submit herewith a financial tax levy for that fund is, there- should be taken before of the accordion,Behind any and around the are checked, visitors mount a box, organs. budget for the two years begin- fore, apparently inevitable. family income is bet in the policy However, it is expected that the racket. Special prosecutor, Thomas orchestra a group of strikers make get hoisted through a window. ning July 1, 1937, and ending A Dead Plant June 30, 1939. This budget con receipts from the individual in- E. Dewey, recently cracked down up the chorus. fellow and Inside find a registration relatives, Friends, law: come they and as tains, required by corporation franchise on the racket in New York City window the of in desk visit is recorded. front where strikers their of A taxes to the will proposed fund complete plan (1) general and found that the public has been are an audience The that the interior of revappreciative plant is weird. continue to increase and the prop- contributing about $50,000,000 an expenditures and estimated line number. Automobile in Cars bodies various stagbiennium. every applauds enues for the ensuing erty tax levy will be correspond- nually to this vice slush fund. A the in es of ant the street on the still, are revfront of, the plant production Statements in accordance softie who showing (2) ingly decreased, this racket has swell the to lines toot horns silent occupants conveyor enue and expenditures for the two with constitutional provision. This one chance inplays just where one thousand of winthey were on the night of Dec. 30 accounts for the figures 1.8 mills ning. The numbers taken from applause. fiscal years next preceding. The lines quoted above are the when all work stopped because the (3) The current assets, liabili- in 1937 and 1.7 mills in 1938 as racing figures are ties and reserves and surplus or proposed property tax levies., The fixed so that no number on which last few of the refrain to a song company was moving dies (and mens jobs) to other plants. Madeficit of the state. ingovernors estimate of revenue bets have been placed can composed by one, ofthethe strikers, heavy " of stanzas Four history give chinery and production are dead. ; (4) The debts and funds of the cludes these items. win. Most of such betting is done are The daily routine of strikers is the Then there the strikes state. Liquor Profit by father. If a family vote were other songs origin. about var composed only An states of the estimate sign of life; and their sociable There is included in the sched- taken before the placing of each (5) financial condition as of the be- ule of estimated revenue '$1,000, bet, the racket could never be re ious events of the strikes about arrangements for living are a the fight at Hellhole (Fisher No. strange contrast to the place where ginning and end of the biennium 000 for the next biennium from vived. covered by the budget. the liquor control fund. 2), about the strike at the Stand- they usually wrork. The Automobile seats are arranged ard Cotton Co., and Most of the state institutions, Twenty-fir-st Perils at Home legislature author. When between . son comofficial strike and boards ized they conveyor lines to make g. the use of vdepartments, $500,000 from this We are all familiar with stories missions derive their main finan- source for general fund purposes similar to that of the tight rope tie the can on a union man, sit divans and beds. Several radios Small cial support from the general for the present biennium,' end- walker who tripped over his own down! sit down! . . . Interspersed provide entertainment. fund. The heads of these agencies, ing June 30, 1937, the balance door sill and killed himself and with these are hymns and spirit- groups of men are playing, cards, How Beautiful Heaven while individually or together the after careful consideration, have in the fund to be expended at the of the professional parachute uals presented requests for appropria- discretion of the governor; for the jumper who fell from a stepladder Must Be and Golden Slippers. orchestra may be rehearsing for his evenings concert. Near the Then they close with Solidarity. tions for the coming biennium betterment of social and economic and broke his neck. desk are the microKisses Good registration conditions in the state. of $7,386,525.35. Night These odd incidents came to our In conthe strikers loudspeakfor When are the phones wives, over, with 0 songs this provision, $450,-00- minds as we read of the death of formity Expected Revenues er kiddies and system. sweethearts, sisters, exhas been the in . Sierra . Johnson . to transferred shows the the Martin The schedule Strikers Police Force the windows to kiss good pected returns from a general general fund, for use during the Madre range airplane crash. John- come to a clothes or or clean Every day at noon the plant pass fund levy against property for the present biennium. However, the son and his wife had survived night committee strike inside. men to meets, and at 4 food the extra little did act not , in Africa appropriate to the many extreme dangers years 1937 and 1938. No levy was m. is a there the p. general meeting in made in 1936 for general fund pur- general fund the profits from including thousands of air miles The children are lifted throughminhe are committees There a few can windows visit plant. poses because of a combination of state store sale of liquor for the and landings on narrow rivers, to utes withand sanita-io- n, to care all routine of take Dad. Women cant go circumstances not likely, to occur-durin- g fiscal years 1938 and 1939. My come home and meet death on an pebudget contemplates an estimated airline with millions of safe miles inside .the plant. Thats part of And serving, washing dishes, etc. the ensuing two-yetheres the police force 42 - strike discipline.No. 1 is a amount from this source of to its credit. riod. These included: who enforce discipline and a strikers long for the biennium. If other Johnsons bravery with a broken Fisher Body (1) Increased income tax restool pigeons. Smoking for watch on brick block revenue is to be substituted, it leg and internal injuries makes one building long low, ceipts. is d the side of only in the cafeteria, permitted the to race same the should rehighway not be less than that sum. proud to belong (2) Receipts from tax sale and drinking not at all. Detroit. from enter Flint as creatures. of exyou estimate of My budgetary demptions. Hot meals are served in the plant visible from the A few days prior to the accident, The (3) New revenue from opera- penditures from the general fund The food is prepared cafeteria. end one at outside are congregated for the next biennium, herewith Johnson had said, America, probtion of the liquor control act. and put through street the across of three or 1 two most the civilized is where because it . they keep (4) Miscellaneous addit i o n a submitted, . . totals $6,341,796.10. ably on windows (Continued on page 3) the propped on 4) various Page glass (Continued large revenue collected from (Continued page 3) and ar Sit-dow- pari-mutu- el -- Sit-Dow- , ar $1,-000,0- 00 left-han- sit-down- n, |
