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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL 9, 1937. Davis and Royle Head Metal Miners Economic Highlights COOPERATION IN DENMARK Happenings That Affect the Dinner Dividend Checks and Tax fails, H. A. Davis of Tooele, ami El Hills of Every Individual Nadred M, Royle of Tintic District Irob-lemtional and International Miners union No, 151, were elected Inseparable from Local president and secretary-treasure- r Welfare. of district No. 2, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smeltcrl What the Annalist terms a Workers, Sunday at the second annual convention of the district del- - spectacular race between wages and prices constitutes the most in Silt P Mr8 hnter(iStinff and important recent succet(Utyi Mr!1 businoss of Bark City, (Continued from page 1) S Royle succeeds H. L. Tooele. Attendmg the convention 1,1 V 1,,UUUUUB ple are very highly civilized. In fact, no people existing are more literate, more interested in things of the mind, more advanced socially, than the Danes. Frederick C. Howe, well known American journalist, who has for many years been a student of Denmark, writes: The culture of the country has literally issued from th soil. There are more newspapers read per capita in Denmark, and a higher degree of intellectual curiosity about all kinds of subjects, including political and cultural ones, than in any other country with which I am familiar. One of the workers are the ruling classes. peoples colleges. schools of the earliest put its Denmark seems to have taken a motto on a sign before the main great many steps toward eliminat- s lit" owned and operated by the state. The railways are used to serve a social purpose rather than being operated for the benefit of stockholders. The farmers and the I 1 entrance. It was a uuotation from ing the extremes of wealth and The Danes have achieved (he Dane, Enrico Dalgas: What is- apoverty. wide diffusion of the ownership inwon be lost outwardly must of homes and of consumer goods. wa1y1 he Danish farmers began to They have, by cooperative effort, made it possible for farmers and rC0,tmZe the workers to secure credit at low in- terest rates. They hae socialized producing a surplus of grain, much the state to a remarkable degree J.v,ra7 were of which was shiPPed t0 Europe at and have put through credit legisth TJSiftS I the following dnln, Dauer a5,es ar? prices lower than those prevailing lation providing for health, old age, and unemployment insurance. Highly Civilized Next Week Maurice Francis Egan, formerly fifth in the series of articles Dss- - m otner instance, tneyi Pr urt""Th?riMCo?the cities in Minister of the United States to on The thony and Dewey Nelson ; Fark I are the cooperative movement wih dnman'J'ng shorter working JJ c Denmark, comes to the following E. Donirlas, Tom Cos- City No. a 11 market in the Utah Labor News pvidod appear weeks without wage decreases r r. tn nnri p i, wkito. conclusion: and week. next Next weeks article iSS ! w ii Lbj!i Denmark is above all a land of will deal with cooperation in TS2SWE S.1 cooperation and a land whose peo Sweden. " district orncers in attendance were Dan Edwards of I A YOU SHARE IN THE PROFITS Eureka, and Glen A. Freeman of Without debating the many facet Lark, vice presidents. Glen We Welcome Labor as Members of 1400 now there'are over I J.882: a'tuigiiTiTuutVontally airdr"thtei0me!tial, local creameries. In 1887 co- UTAH CONSUMERS COOPERATIVE Lrvr workers, stockholders affecting nn 1'iiv were bacon factories operative ' and is management, developing. ties of the international union. ASSOCIATION Unions are in a stronger position started; these within recent years I 80 handled Msttors concerning tnc constitu per cent of Dsnish thn they huve been for msny huve FRESH MEATS QUALITY GROCERIES The farmers bacon tion of the district organization I years. production. the craft Furthermore, 860 Main South Wasatch 4861 formed the basis for discussion. I unions are at least momentarily on also have organized over 700 socie JUST PHONE the export of eggs, over WE DELIVER Several proposals for changes were the decline, and the industrial ties received and acted upon. unions led by John L. Lewis, are 1300 feed purchasing societies, in the ascendent. The A. F. of L. over 1400 fertilizer societies. Total I is no match for the C. I. O. in ag- - membership in these agricultural UNION LAREU associa gressiveness or pulling power. And production and marketing Most million. a over half tions is C. I. has ESSAY CONTEST the O., for good or evil, of members are farmers Damh where it reached the stage finally Best Wishes to Labor These in-- 1 several local on cooperatives. demands stropg PARKERSBURG W Federalmn Central Trade, and Uhor Counci.lry and feel safe in achieving of this city is holding an essay conW. F. SNYDER & SONS COMPANY The consumers movement has For example, the steel industry test in the senior and junior high Den schools of Wood county for the is the great stronghold of the- also been highly developed in Yet steel has re- mark. The first cooperative store MINES best essay on the subject, Why open shop. 1. was founded in 1866 at Thisted in We Should Huy Union Label Pro- - cently officially recognized a C. the leadership of FELT BUILDING SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH For the best four essays j O. committee as a bargaining jI Jutland under duct,. Sonne. By 1885 there u. ae-- i were zw cooperative stores; today inat 11 W1U acceae co $120 will be awarded in as wages there are more than 1800. As in .such matters The proposal was made to 4000 "lands Reason for most other nations the orgamza-intpnrlpnt- 5 hours. and working students through the school super- steels is capitulation plain. It tion of retail stores was soon who nrp rnnnpratinir LABOR, GO TO THE ia to into a forward produc- - lowed by their federation looking big the labor unions in promoting are mills wholesaks. opthe contest. The prize essay will tion and profit year Credit Organization be made one of the compulsory sub- - orating close to capacity 24 hours a and ambitious Cooperative credit has also been day, expansion jects in the school courses. Wagon & Machine Co. cannot Steel are underway. plans organized in Denmark, extensively union This is the first time the label has been made a topic for es- operate without bituminous coal, Small cooperative banks, federated in practically all in a central bank with headquar-mill- s. of 140 South State Street Salt Lake City says in the schools. It has a two- source Theenergy indi-10- 0 is coal . ters serve at the nearly industry Copenhagen, fold purpose. One is to increase for your wants in per cent unionized now, is in vidual member. Loans on real es interest in labor unions among the Steel knows tate are made available through children and the other is to arouse the Lewis ranks. HARDWARE, GARDEN TOOLS, STOVES, WASHING the interest of parents in an inten- that, in all probability, Mr. Lewis cooperative building societies. In C. O. I. could and his abou; in as the bring coopSweden, Denmark, sive organizing campaign for the PRICES MACHINES, QUALITY MERCHANDISE erative movement Ijas been accomunion label, shop card, and button. an almost complete cessation coal production by means of panied by a labor movement and by RIGHT. FULL UNE JOHN DEERE FARM strike. So, rather than take Union-mad- e political action on the part of both cigars and cigar, chance sho to forced of being urban and the workers farmers. ettes are surely coffin nails for MACHINERY down and lose business, stee The railroad, telegraph lines, and chiselers. A unions. with the strings along lines are long distance telephone remarkable sidelight on this is T found in Mr. Lewis recently pub Best Wishes, Labor to chairman the lished tribute and Health U. S. Steel, Myron Safety of board the LORENZO SMITH of School Children Taylor, for his aid and cooperation Fire-Fightin- g in settling difficulties. The disastrous explosion in the Higher wages naturally mean New London, Texas, rural school higher prices for all manner Equipment commodities and services. This is that took the lives of nearly 500 Sales and Service where the race, referred to by the children, focuses nation-wid- e atTAKES COMPLETE CHARGE 255 East 2nd South comes in. Will wages, tention upon steps that may be Annalist, Wasatch 8266 on a percentage basis, outrun taken by other schools, and have OF YOUR COAL BURRING HEATING PLANT been taken by many in the past, (Continued on Page 6) to insure the life and health of children in the classroom, Dr. John W. Studebaker, U. S. comBETTER, MODE EVEN RENT r REDUCES missioner of education, said. for less money During pasl years many school officials have consulted with spe-- 1 Stokol ftokers bring automatic cialists in the office of education heat within everyones reach. concerning the welfare of boys and small down payment installs A LIVING PLFASANT FOR Commissioner girls in school, in your present heatStokol a out. In Studebaker pointed fact, AT THE HOME OF THE QUALITY to satisfy demands for informa- ing plant now terms to suit y fa LINES ? Pays for itself out of tion, relative to possible health and you. safety hazards in the schools, the savings. Remember last winter office of education prepared a puband get the jump now on the Drive Out SUCH AS: lication on Safety and Health of drudgery and discomfort of and Save This pamphlet the School Child. another heating season while KARPEN has been in great demand and are still low. Guaranprices thousands of copies have been disFURNITURE teed for two full years. When tributed to schools throughout the able in both bin and hopper buy Stokol you get known you United States. PIIILCO d only types. New Stokol quality and years of dependPrepared by Dr. James Fredavailfeeds is stoker Stokol that from any angle. able service. RADIOS erick Rogers, office of education consultant in hygiene and health EXCLUSIVE STOKOL FEATURES MOHAWK Fully Automatic Thermo. education specialist, this publicaNo Oil Tranamiaaion Controlled Hydraulic atatically tion lists more than 200 questions RUGS Shear Pina Airtight Hopper a Safe, Clean, Dependable. (Continued on page 4) I ,waF? 2lnn5)C3' !, I aa- ni, , I I 1 fr y - unitojhe - I 1 I fol-wi- th Consolidated jukiuthke -- bin-fee- MAYTAG Welcome, Labor WASHERS SELLING OUT MONARCH RANGES Remember the Place Memorize the Name SUITS and O'COATS Cl Pants 7 CA $2.00 All Union Made Bell Tailors SOUTH MAIN ST. 252 WAS. 4121 OFFICES 714 CONTINENTAL BANK BLDG. 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