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Show l "Utah's miners, their families famil-ies and thoM dpendnt em mining ior a livelihood annually annual-ly consume 30 per cent el Utah's agricultural production." m r gilETAL MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH m i TO HELP KEEP YOUR CAR UP Cold Weather is a cruel 5 enemy to any auto. Let our attendants keep your car in ship-shape. ilk RADIATOR CHECKED Avoid a faulty radiator jljjl when the temperature - hits the very bottom. Use Precaution Rather Than Cure j) Standard Station & Garage blE Sweetly Traditional ... THIS SHAMELESS HEART STEALER! Delicious candy enclosed within a heart the gift every Valentine expects! And no wonder our favorite box, filled with our best candy so good you'll help your Vaentine eat it ! Be Sure to Choose CORNER DRUG pyE CANDIES WATCH FOR OPENING DATE - HAL'S PHOTO STUDIO PHOTO COPIES OF IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS OF ALL KINDS PORTRAIT and COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY Next Door to Kirk's Real Estate Milford Hal Jf FiShefy Photographer lore Headaches for the Farmer Once more the farmer is being asked to break all food a wage rise which if applied throughout the industry would production records. To plow more acres, feed more live- amount to $135,000,000. stock and harvest more crops than ever before. He is being be-ing asked to do this so that America may continue to feed , , . , A . ' ,,,,,, Steel workers are already among the highest paid and clothe the needy throughout the world, as well as oui ., x, . wage-earners in America. Before the strike their aver own folks at home. age earnings were approximately $1.16 an hour, $9.26 a day and $46.32 a week - on a forty-hour week. The U. S. To carry out this job, the farmer must have tools of Steel offer would have given them about $1.31 an hour, production. Most of those he owns have taken a terrific $10.46 a day and $52.32 a week. But they refused it, and beating. They can't be tied together much longer with accused the steel industry of conspiring to ruin the union rusty fence wire. with an offered wage increase of $25 a month, the highest increase in the industry's history. In the teeth of this situation, the farmer ran into a strike in the steel industry a strike which hit at the The strike is a direct violation of the contract between heart of food production. the union and the steel companies. The union wanted a long-term contract and got it. The union agreed not to nn, 4, i -i t 1., ' ' , strike during the life of the contract. Yet, the union struck When the steel plants shut down, manufacturers of farm machinery and equipment, farm trucks and tractors, on Januarv 21- cannot get steel for their products. Fighting for a Way of Life This year the farmer won't receive as many of the replacements he desperately needs. He'll fight ahead with , u- t. i. i , . m j Farmers have a big stake in continuous steel produc-nis produc-nis old, broken machinery trying to crack another food , , , , , . , , A , tion. They have an opportunity to say what they think production record, but the cards are stacked against hum , H1 . . , , , , about unchecked labor monopolies which bring to a stop AJ1 this means more headaches for the farmer loss ... , .,, , the nation's recovery efforts, through excessive wage of vital food production, and a bad dent m his pocketbook. demands which could only add to inflation and cause soaring prices. Facts Too Frequently Omitted Not until enough of them protest unfair, dictatorial actions and urge proper safeguards against arrogant, heed-The heed-The steel strike was called by the United Steelworkers less union leadership and one-sided labor laws will the - of America CIO, which insists on a wage increase total- country get back to sane, profitable production where ing $166,000,000. The U. S. Steel Corporation has offered everyone works together toward a better standard of living. i American Iron and Steel Institute 350 Fifth Avenue New York 1, New York 95 PER CENT OF THE WORKERS IN THE STEEL INDU STRY ARE EMPLOYED BY OUR COMPANY MEMBERS GET THE FACTS FREE Send postcard for copde s of recent interviews with steel company leaders |