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Higher Taxes, Boost In Costs Of Living Offset Dollar Value Of Greatly Increased Wages - By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON-OW-When you talk of Income. It alwayi comes down to a question like' this: What's a dollar worth? How much will It buy? So, even though i,n u.t i.iu.o man lasi year, am I really better off? A lew nyw ment through the Federal Re serve board issued a report on Income. It said that in 1939 personal in come since It was personal in come It did not include the prof its of corporations was $73 bil lion. But In September, 1949, per sonal income was $211 'billion, or almost three times greater than In 1939. Did that mean that Americans on the average in 1949 were making three times what they made in 1939? No. The $211 billion persona) in come for 1949 was a total figure. No average was involved. To begin with, things in 1949 were different from 1939. In 1939, with 45 1-2 million em ployed, there were about 9 1-2 million unemployed. In 1949 about 60 million people were em ployed, with unemployment run ning around 1 1-2 million. So the increase in the number of people employed alone would be bound to increase the total figure on personal income, plus the fact, and It's a very impor tant one, that wages and sala ries have climbed. No Better Off But, since personal income was $211 billion in 1949 and only $73 billion in 1939, were Americans generally three times better off now than in 1939? No. For one thing, higher taxes have taken a big bite out of the higher incomes of Americans. In addition, the Increase in living ,&.DS Free y Balloons w Candy Tomorrow, Saturday 1-4 P. M. ' TiptM-PermM Ineuranoe 1 Next t Peat Ofrtee up the value 67 costs has chewed of the income. Living costs in 1949 were percent higher than in 1939. Higher taxes and increased liv ing costs cut Into the income of everybody who has an income. The most convenient example is that of the factory worker, since the government has a lot of fig ures on him and not such detailed ones on other people. ' Take the average pay of a worker in the manufacturing In dustry. In 1939 it was $23.86. In 1949, it was $55.72. or $31.86 more. Was he thus $31.86 better off, with that much more money to spend than he had In 1939? No. The higher 1949 taxes and liv ing costs reduced the total and the value of his 1949 Income. For example: take that same average pay of the worker In the manufacturing industry. In 1939 his pay was $23.86. Aft er deducting taxes this was for a man with no dependents he had $23.58. In 1949 his pay was $55.72. Aft er deducting the higher 1949 taxes and allowing for the higher living costs, his pay was worth $28.57 in terms of 1939 dollars and buying power. To put it another way: In 1949 he had $4.99 more a week than he had in 1939. All t h I s the information comes from the government's Bureau of Labor Statistics has dealt with the "average" weekly pay of a worker in the manu facturing industry. Since it's an "average" figure, it means some workers made more a week, some less, than the average of $55.72. For example, and this infor mation comes from the statistics bureau, too: 1 The highest paid workers in the manufacturing industry are the mechanical workers on news papers, such as printers and so on. In September, 1949, they were averaging $80.33 a week. In 1939 they averaged $37.58. Now take the lowest paid work ers in the manufacturing indus try. They're the workshirt-mak- ers. In September, 1949, thev aver aged $27.35 a week. In 1939 they averaged $11.03. , that keep giving for everyone on your list. Remember ... only 29 days to shop for Christmas it e r A Gift and Model Shop 337 N. Jackson Phone 534-J SECTION TWO Established 1873' ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, DEC. 2, 1949 183-49 CAMPING NEAR THE ARCTIC CIRCLE Pictured above is the bAe camp near the Arctic Circle from which James H. Bond worked in making his picture,' "Yukon Wilderness Won derland" to be shown Monday, and Tuesday at the Roseburg Junior high school auditorium. The show is sponsored by the Roseburg Rod and Cun club. Chinese Reds May Exact Big Sum To Free Consul Staff WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 m The United States may have to pay a fairly stiff sum to Chinese Consulate employes before Con sul General Angus Ward and his American staff can leave Communist-run Mukden. Secretary of State Acheson an nounced yesterday that Ward is planning to work out a financial settlement on Saturday. Officials hope he will not run into long delays resulting from claims which in other cities rais ed suspicions of a shakedown of departing Americans. Laws of the Chinese Commu nist "peoples government" pro vide for dismissal fees, server ance pay and other payments. A Communist announcement a t Pelpinff, at the time Ward and few of his aides were convicted of beating a consulate employee said one provision reads: "When an employer dischare- es his employee he must pay him a dismissal fee ranging from a half month to three months of th? wages of the employee." The Mukden consulate has pos sibly 20 Chinese clerks and other workers. Household serveant and others with claims may number 50 or more. At Shanahgl, the American consulate was under siege for several days earlier this year by Chinese former employes of the U. S. Navy who were demanding back pay. Brig. . Gen. Robert Soule, Amer- Colored film on Yukon to be shown . "YUKON WILDERNESS" See this thrilling color motion picture of the uninhabited region of the Yukon Ter ritory near the Aretio Circle. Picture thowe scenery and wild animals in their native habitats. Shown by James H. Bond, former Roseburg resident. Sponsored by Roseburg Rod and Gun Club. Junior High School Auditorium Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 5-6, 8:00 P. M. Adults 60c Students 30c iean military attache at Nanking, has been delayed for weeks in leaving China because of claims against a club of which he was formerly a director. Another source of possible trouble has appeared in Central China. There the communists have demanded that departing foreigners arrange with the local Chinese to guarantee payment of any claims which might arise fol lowing the foreigner's departure. The Shanghai Incident event ually was settled and officials hope this and other cases will serve as precedents to speed a settlement at Mukden. Acheson told newsmen he as sumes that the Communist auth orities now will provide the Muk den staff with transportation to the North China port of Tientsin whes ocean passage can be pro vide J. Elgarose "bj ":.:rs. thelma hanson hi : and Mrs. Milo Howard and children, Jimmy and Judy, ef Springfield, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Sjogren, Bernard Sjogren, and Roy Sjogren visited with Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sjogren and family over Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Evenson and daughter Betty of Tacoma, Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Evenson and children Gloria, Darrell and Dar la, of Salem, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Sand and children, Leland, Gary and Joan, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sand and fam ily. Mr. Lee Brown and daughter Sally visited Mr. Brown's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, of Hol lywood, Calif. Miss Donna Sundberg, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Sund berg, is ill at home with the mumps. Mr. and Mrs. George Hanson and daughters Joyce and Linda of Ukiah, Calif., Mrs. Ruth Mor rison and daughter Betty John son of wtilits, Lam., Mr. ana Mrs. Bud Essary and daughter Carla, Roseburg, Mr. and Mrs, Leonard John of Myrtle Creek, Mr. and Mrs; Harold Messenger, Reedsport, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Barnes and sons George and Bob by of Camas Valley, and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hanson and sons John and Rueben of Garden Valley visited over Thanksgiving holi day with relatives at Elgarose. Miss Patricia Holmquist visited at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Holmquist, ovei the holiday. Miss Holmquist is a student at Northwestern Busi ness college at Portland, Her par ents accompanied her back to Portland. The Elgarose Parent-Teachers association will meet next Sat urday night, Dec. 10, at the Elga rose school. All members and friends are invited. Msintii' Stands in Water Night Long To Save Tot SEATTLE, Dec. 1 ) A Rockport mother saved her three-year-old child by standing waist deep in the water of her flooded home throughout a storm night. Friends disclosed the woman, Mrs. A. L. Watson, was rescued Sunday morning by workers who cut through the roof of the build ing to reach her. Her husband had crossed the Skagit river Saturday and was unable to return across the flood swollen waters. As the river overflowed its banks, the water swept into the Watson home and crept steadily upwards. Mrs. Watson placed her child uixiecrats Harming, To Run Byrnes For President RALEIGH, N. C.im Former Secretary of State Jamea F. Byrnes for president In 1952? The governor of North Caro lina says so. Gov. Kerr Scott, in a news con ference, said speculation at the recent southern governors' con ference at Blloxl, Miss., had the matter figured out this way: Byrnes, former chief justice of on a shelf. 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