Show FOULGER MADE CLUB PRESIDENT I Exchange Hold Their Election Railway Leader Speaks Albert B. B B Foulger manager o of Paine k Hurst department store was today elected president of the Og- Og Ogden Ogden Ogden den Exchange club at the weekly w kly meeting In the Spanish room of the Hotel Bigelow Election of officers came today following recent reorganization reorganIZAtion of the club S. S S T T. Jeppesen was elected as first firs vice Ice president and William J. J Black- Black Blackburn Blackburn Di Directors DI- DI DIrectors Directors burn bum as second se ond vice nce president rectors elected are Ora Bundy Trace Turner George W. W Kellogg Ronald Wadsworth Harmon Barton and an Con Bohn Bonn George W W. Hunt general chairman of or the Brotherhood of Railway Train Train- Trainmen Trainmen Trainmen men on the Oregon Short Line In addressing the club called attention to the legislative e protective and In Insurance In- In Insurance aurance divisions of ot his organization PROTECTING FAMILY Insurance rates for railway train train- trainmen trainmen trainmen men n were said to be almost prohibitive tive live before the organization found It Itself it- it itself Itself self in a a. position to Insure Its own members he said By acquiring leg lei legislation legislation which has brought safety de devices de- de devices devices vices Into operation the th danger danler has been greatly diminished and the ef efficiency ef- ef efficiency efficiency of railroads Increased it was added The organization Is not forced to have as great a reserve as general Insurance companies he said sold In that they may call for assessments but this was vas necessary only during the world war There are workers in the United States and Canada belonging to the organization today They are said to be 40 per cent more efficient today than in 1913 while chile freight rates have hare increased 33 per cent in western United States s 35 per r rt cent net In Inthe Inthe r het the south tl and 74 per cent cant in the east Mr Hunt emphasized that wages in comparison with Increased efficiency freight rates and other factors have not advanced out of proportion to other things Business Is usually good or poor as wages are good or poor he said Prosperity depends on as high a wage as reasonable and consistent to pay poy It is no more applicable In any case ase than in that of railroad men In that they spend their money readily He HeId said Id that the efficiency of trainmen on the Oregon Short Line over the last 35 years ears has increased 2000 per cent while wages ha e in increased in- in increased increased creased per cent Arrival at these figures was gained by compari compari- comparison son of the amount of freight handled per person in those these days as compared I Ito to amount handled per worker today CAN PRODUCTION Dan Rowlands of the American Can Con company of Utah gave the thee weekly e talk as a member e of the club c is He related that the plant here r is em- em employIng men and 75 women The company here was said to have stor star storage storage age space for cans and is manufacturing cans dally daily during the present rush season Thir Thir- ty-two ty canning factories of Utah are being supplied th Cans eans I The Exchange club voted to accept an invitation by Mr Rowlands to visit the plant This will be done following their regular meeting next Tuesday Ray Boyle Borle president of the club presided for the last time today |