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PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. OF ST. GEORGE How would you CHART YOUR COURSE? Pictured here arc the records of four "life lines'' of our businessfour busi-nessfour things which largely control the destiny of any business,, whether it be a farm, a factory or a store. They are Wages, Materials Mate-rials Costs, Prices, and Profits. Suppose these were pictures of what is going on in your own affairs. How would you chart your future course from these facts? KKtNT 0 WAGES i Propotcd M 140 Incrtof IK) ItO 110 loolr I I I '41 4t '41 '44 4J With the proptHsd Increaie, wag ratM will hav mn from $0 BbV4 pr hour in 1941 to JI.3i'2 in 1946 a tram of 56.1. Woaklyavorog would b SS3.40. 160 ,M 1 ' P!'S 140 110 10 '0 I I I 4f LITTLE CHANGE . s .ooL 1 I I 41 '4t '41 '44 '4 '46 tiling U. S. Uuimu of Laboi Si aimki with 194 1 pricm qualina 100, pnen of fan Machinery in 1945 wtr only 104.9. What about wages? Wages have risen steadily for five years, liefore the strike which began be-gan on January 21 in ten of our plants nnd which has choked olT nearly nil farm machinery production, produc-tion, earnings of employes of these plants averaged $1.15 nn hour, not including any overtime. The Union demanded a 34 cents er hour increase and a Government board has now recommended it general increaw of 18 rents nn hour, which would make average earnings $1.33 an hour. Weekly average would be $53.40. What about materials? No one seems to know how high materials costs will go. The Government Gov-ernment has increased steel prices n much as $12.00 a ton, with nn average increase for all grades of 8.2. Steel is tho most important material wo buy, but prices on ot her mnteriuls are also increiining. What about prices? There has been no general incrvar. in our pricet since they were mtc: bv the Ctnvrnment in early 1912. Since then a few small increnwr. Itnve been allowed where particular particu-lar machines were substantially changed in design. What about profits? Rik is port of tho American prof!' and loss system, so wo do not, f course, ask either our cuHtoniri j or the Government to guarnr.Uo that we ran bo certain of profits each year. The chart tells tho story of our profits during the war. Although Harvester produced more goods than ever before, it had no desire to get rich out of war, so our rate of profit has slendilv gone down. What our 1910 profit will be is extremely uncertain. What is the next step? As you can see, our present situation situ-ation is that with frozen pri . and declining profits, wo arc askc! to pay higher mnteriuls roU nnd to make the biggest wage incrc.'iBu in tho history of the Company. Can e do this? Wages and materials consutr.2 all but a few rents of every dollar wo take in. If our prices continue frozen, and cost of wages t.T.1 fit CINT "( 1 1 1 1 r l50 MATERIALS 1946 increaet ' not Included 140 I , ' HO ' up- loolr I 41 41 '41 44 4J '44 By th and of 1945, price on oil com-nodiim com-nodiim othvr than farm products and food hod gonupt9 2 line 1941. Chart doM not thow (HkI of 1946 incrcain. '"pr-l 1 1 1 1 PROFITS 0 X j I 0 X 0 A. 60 X J I 1 T H '41 '4t '41 '44 4J '44. Profit por dollar of aU has declined until In 1945 it wot ilighily ln than four cento, at againtt 8 4 cvntt in 194 1. materials continues to rise, obviously obvi-ously our Company will begin to operate at a loss at some point. Tho exact point at which operating oper-ating at a loss would start is a matter of judgment. Government agencies and union lenders may have opinions as to where that point is. But if they turn out to be wrong, they can Rhrug their shoulders and say: "Well, it wasn't my responsibly. didn't make the decision." The management of this Company Com-pany cannot and will not s.-iy that. It dares not gamble. It has to be sure. Continuation of our service to millions of customers, the future fu-ture jobs of thousands of employes, em-ployes, and tho safety of the investments in-vestments cf 39,000 stockholders depend on our making as correct a decision as is humanly postuble. What about future prices on farm machinery? The judgment of I Inrvester's management man-agement now is that we cannot safely safe-ly make the hugo wage increase recommended by the Government until tho Government authorizes adequate increases in tho prices of farm machinery to cover tho resulting increased costs. That is not a judgment that makes us happy. The Company does not want to raise prices. We prefer to lower prices, when possible, pos-sible, ond wo know our customers prefer to have us do that. We have produced at 1942 prices, and hoped wo could conlinuo to do so. Wo hs vo delayed seeking general prico relief in tho hope that it could bo avoided. Now wo nro convinced that it cannot bo avoided any 'longer. Tho prioo question must Ik? settled. Until it is settled wa do not see how wo crn nettlo thj wago question. Until tho wnga (question is settled wo do not Re 3 how wo can rosumi production :nd le;in turninc out tho farm '.'inchinos which v.o know our farmer customcri need. Mecauso ff tho important stako which both farmers and city dwellers dwell-ers have in this controversy, wo are bringing theso matters to your attention. Through tho cross currents cur-rents of today's conditions, wo are try in ft to chart a course t!:.' ': to our employes, to our f irmer customers, and to ourstoclih'.IJcrs. lafEDESATIOCI'AL pin C3ARV0STEQ Lk |