Show I AHEAD I J BY sY GEORGE S. S BENSON President College t StO Flight of Business What should a business firm do dowhen dowhen dowhen when it finds that wage demands have put its expenses up higher than the income it can reasonably expect This is the plight facing many businesses today Some of them are taking flight to fairer climes Perhaps you have heard hear of the big textile factory that decided decided decided de de- de- de to leave New England No it didn't just go to the South It decided decided decided de de- de- de to leave the States entirely and go to Porto Rico It had to go somewhere It had to stay in the black or close down Our industries will not all go to Porto Rico but this incident is a addressed addressed addressed ad ad- wall the message dressed to all of us When a business business busi busl- ness reaches the saturation point where it cannot collect more in income income income in- in come in the form of new business business busi busl- ness increased sales or higher prices then something's got to happen If it cannot cut expenses then en it jt may go broke This situation situation situation situa situa- tion is tough on little businesses especially but its it's dangerous even evento evento evento to big ones Glamour Prosperity Maybe this thing explains our Increasing rate of busin business ss failures When the even break point is so high and so close even a little drop in income or a up step-up in expenses can put a company In serious dan dan- ger It doesn't make any difference difference difference differ differ- ence either that the volume of business today is so big Most of our companies companie have to do two to five times the amount of business they did before the war just to break even A Mutual Interest American workers are smart Their good sense is needed today as never before They can do a alot alot alot lot to help industry get on a sound footing They know we can avoid misunderstandings that are so common common com com- mon if everybody sees that industry's industry's indus indus- try's problems are also Americas America's problems Labor can seriously consider consider con sider the important things Labor can help work out solutions that are to the best interest of both industry industry in industry in- in and the general public knowing that these are also very important to labor Take this inflation for example That old spiral that always catches you right between the paycheck pay and the grocery store can be scotched One solution is greater production Labor knows a lot about production problems Are workers any less interested in higher high er output because high output is something that also interests the management and the public No they still wont want production to be high Increased production if it delivers delivers delivers de de- livers goods to the public softens the danger of runaway prices High output also makes it possible for forthe forthe forthe the company to pay continued high wages Our Own Creation Some American workers have had experience with businesses that couldn't pay A company that thatis is in danger of folding up is no good goodas as an employer Therefore the problem problem problem lem facing the boss in his effort to show more income than expense is also the problem of the workers I If a business gets on the run it may not want to move to Porto PortoRico PortoRico PortoRico Rico this indicates that something is seriously wrong Ten to one the income is not up to the outgo Labor Labor Labor La La- bor may have some of the answers A lot of Americans may b be fooled by the seemingly endless bounty of business Government also is expected expected expected ex ex- to give and give and give Yet it doesn't make sense to expect expect expect ex ex- either of them to keep on giving giving giving ing forever Neither government nor busin business ss ever actually creates a dollar of wealth Each can give benefits only out of that which it receives By the same token our high living standards are actually the products of our own intelligent work and continued high tion Uon Mr and Mrs Merle J. J Peterson and daughter of Salt Lake City visited recently for a few days with Mr and Mrs Parley Peterson Mrs Fred Tuttle is in Salt Late Lake City to attend an executive board meeting of the Utah Dental Auxiliary Auxiliary Auxiliary iary being held in the Hotel Utah this week Dont Don't Leave Lea the Leaves Outer green leaves of vegetables are rich in food value and can be used in a number of ways Shred the outer leaves of cabbage and lettuce to use in salads or chop and cod cock them if they are tough Cook the tender leaves of cauliflower er and broccoli along with lith the re rest t of the vegetable Add celery leaves fresh or dried to flavor soups sauces and dressing And young beet and turnip tops are tasty vegetables when fresh Cook them dont don't throw them out Mrs M. M M. M Bailey who has been living in Salt Lake City was home for a visit last week end Mr and Mrs Roy D. D Mellor wen went to Salt Lake City Monday Monday- Mrs Mellor entered a hospital there for fora a physical check Mr and Mrs Alton Christensen and children of Richfield visited over the week end with Mr anc and Mrs Wilford I Rope Guides Balloon BaBoon Guide rope of an old fashioned balloon was used to regulate the height of the balloon in travel according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the research department department depart depart- ment of the Columbian Rope com com- pany The hanging rope weighed the balloon down until part of the rope dragged along the ground Thus relieved of part of the ropes rope's weight the balloon would rise until until un un- til the entire length of the rope was again suspended in the air Dir |