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Show Re-ordering Society Profitably By Hhoitening the working hours of individuals the new recovery program expedts to proiie employment em-ployment for millions of workers. So far the reasoning is easily followed. fol-lowed. However, if shorter hour cause lessened incomes, the workers will have to curtail purhases and adversely affect business. Therefore, their shorter hours must not be an excuse for wage slashes. But the plan goes further. In order or-der that all employers will be placed plac-ed on the same basis, in regard to wage costs, ttte fode provides a minimum wage. That this minimum wage- is more than workers receive in some sections means substantial increases for those now underpaid. This should mean better business in those area?. That the plan is in principle Just and equitable recommends it to a real trial by all citizens. Because it is now backed by law, or provided with penalties to punish violations, the citizens of the United States have been appealed to by' their president to support only those employers who adopt the code. By thus restoring purchasing power to employes the administration administra-tion counts on their spending to speed recovery. Backed by the increased in-creased purchasing power of fanners fann-ers it is hoped that the nation will soon be back to normal business. If the plan succeeds it will bring much leisure time into the life of our people. The day of Industrial slavery will pass away and society will see its people enabled to enjoy en-joy life and promote their own improvement. im-provement. In the end the gains are great. They are worth struggling strug-gling for. Employers of Utah will, we fee) sure, do their part in this great ei-fort ei-fort of the nation. That most of them are public spirited fti well known, but that a few are selfish and greedy is also written on the public record. In order to prevent the selfish few from taking advantage advan-tage of the cooperative spirt of the majority, the public is practically asked to boycott those who attempt to profiteer or take advantage of their liberal-minded competitors. The boycott, let us understand, i& a powerful and cruel weapon. It cuts wide and deep, leaving scare that often fail to heal. Society ha? no more formidable weapon, and even the law itself fails to earry the terrifnc terror that social ostracism os-tracism and economic boycott present. pre-sent. That employers who subscribe to the terms of President Rootevelt's code, and carry it out, take risk's for the benefit of others Is admitted. That their unselfishness should be rewarded is apparent. The only method to save them, and their businesses, is to enforce the code upon all. This can be done, at the present time, through a refusal to trade with those who wish to stand alone. |