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Show Enterprise Review Page 4b Can't Keep Km Down on the Farm Monopoly Sends Costs Skyward As hearings continue in the hays, Examiner for the State Senate Consumer Subcommi- Insurance Commission, the ttee investigating the cause of rising crash parts cost, baffled Utah automobile repair shops and insurance agents continue paying the higher prices. Asked why costs keep rising American Auto Parts manager replied, Mam, I'd like to A recent survey conducted by the Utah Division of Indus- trial Development among more than 16,000 scientists, engineers, businessmen and mining engineers who graduated from Utah colleges and universities and then moved elsewhere, indicates that many of these individuals would prefer to live and work in Utah. More than 4,200 of the 5,100 respondents definitely stated that they would return to Utah for a career that would be equally challenging and financi&lly rewarding to that held elsewhere. Utah has historically exported a high percentage of her trained and skilled people-- an expensive and valuable other labor markets throughout the country, said Dale B. Carpenter, director of the Utah Industrial Development Division. The only answer is an increased effort to provide more and better economic opportunities for those already living and studying in Utah as well as former Utahns who desire to return to their native state. -to know that myself. Every day were told about new prices-a- theyre nd he added. Hei speculates the cause was a combination of higher union labor costs and higher material costs. They just keep costs on down to passing the the consumer; he guessed. Owen Johnson, director of the Federal Trade Commissions Bureau of Competition, recently told the investigating subcommittee he thought a major cause of higher prices was the fact that auto makers had a monopoly on both distributing and wholesaling the parts. He suggested automakers be required to sell parts directly to independent wholesalers. always higher, Insurance Rates According to Mel Sommer- - $5,500 car would be $100 deductibles will be raised to $200. Some insurance firms As crash parts costs contin- are offering an optional deduccost of crash parts has increased 250 percent within ue to rise, so do insurance tible rate of $1,000. Moss has said the issue is the last five years, 165 percent rates. This year State Farm for a 13.6 percent deceptively complex, in the last three years. He said Insurnaming mounting labor costs, it has increased 65 percent rate increase; Famers ance requested a 20 percent higher energy costs, higher since last year. Senator Frank Moss, chair- increase; impaired risk insur- warehousing costs, and devalers have asked for as much as uation of the dollar as possible man of the Senate Subcommitcontributing factors. He said a a 40 percent increase. tee, said the Western InsurAs insurance rates increase, truly competitive market ance Information Service has concluded that the cost of so do deductibles. Sommer-- , would help to solve the deducproblem. repairing a totally demolished hays said most $50 to $100; raised tibles will be $23,250. has-applie- d Costs of Replacing Selected Parts, 1969 and 1975 $10.50 an hour. $7.00 an hour UDi CRT 0? K Job Applicants Lack Basic Skills What is todays job cant really like? appli- According to several Salt Lake City employers, todays applicant has poor language and arithmetic skills, takes little care with his or her appearance, and is aggressive and independent. ' Myrna Averett, employment office supervisor at Mountain Bell, says job applicants today test lower in arithmetic and vocabulary than they ever have before. She added a partial explanation of the phenomenon may be. that about five years ago Mountain Bell removed the requirement that applicants have a high school education. added, explaining the tight job market has forced " many to take anything, just to get a job. Carter agreed that applicants spelling and grammar skills have decreased. He added applicants for management positions have better language skills than do those for secretarial or general office positions. Charles Bird of Kennecott Copper Corp., disagreed with We Carter and Averett. interview mostly engineers, he said, and they seem to have improved their abilities in grammar and writing. He The longer you leave your money in a Versatile Bonus Benefit Certificate, the higher the interest rate retroactively ... all protected up to 10,000. Bonus Benefits begin after the first year with interest monthly from the date of original investment as follows: said Kennecott managers have been asking schools to train engineers in language Applicants today know what they want, she continued. They are very aggresShe added they have sive, no feel for the job market or need for training. Averett added she has noticed new employees dont see a need to attend work New employees regularly. are not regimented to an day, she commented, adding the problem with attendance is prevalent in all job categories. Jim Carter of Kenway, Inc. also mentioned an increasing problem with attendance, and agreed todays applicants are more aggressive than they were five years They seem to know ago. what they want in a job and in wages, he said, and added generally they are realistic in their goals. Within the last year they have been less selective than usual Carter ur skills. They seem to have done what we've asked, he said. Bird said he has noticed a problem with attendance only among those new employees from a lower economic background. They're not used to working a full day and don't come from a background of regimentation, he explained. He said that with proper communication and discipline the problem is usually solved. Bird, too, agreed today's applicants are more aggressive than they were five years ago. They know what they want, he said. He added that engineers did not have to fight the job market years ago as they do now. Applicants today are more confident. Theyre willing and eager to move ahead. You have to keep them challenged and motivated, Bird concluded. PROTECTED CERTIFICATES ISSUED IN AMOUNTS FROM $1,000 to $10,000. 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