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BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
Mothersingers Are
Re-organized Here
The M oth ersin gers of th e P.-T.
A., fo rm erly u n der direction of
Mrs. Lloyd M orris, g ath ered at
’he hom e of Miss W oodw ard last
W ednesday evening. T he group
enjoyed singing fa m ilia r songs,
ind plans w ere m ade for re -o r
ganization.
L adies atten d in g w ere Mrs. Bob
Stanhurst, Mrs. M. C. Beem, Mrs.
J e rry W atson, Mrs. H astings,
Mrs. S m i t h,
Mrs. B ernadine
S teele, Mrs. Nichols. Mrs. M ary
M endenhall and th e hostess, Miss
R uth W oodw ard.
LOCAL
N EW S
M ost of th e h eavily trav eled
‘ tre e ts of tow n have been put
nto shape by the Ross P u tn a m
ruder th e p ast week, thus elim-
n atin g m any of th e big holes
which caused m otoring to be an> -•
¡ng but a joy on th ese s tre e ts
’robably in w o rst condition w ere
‘io n eer Road, M em ory L ane and
.'asy S tre e t.
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Chick C hats
»ize of Fiock
Vfrects P rofit
Flock size h as an Im portant ln-
uence on th e profits earn ed * \
p o u ltry -ra ise r. To Illustrate,
t's consider a laving fiock. and
' ow the size of th at flock to a
r,ge ex ten t determ ines its proi
bility.
F irst, we m ust recognize th a t it
th e larg e laying flock th at
ings in the most money. Nnti -
ly, d u rin g periods of high e r ’
Ices f a r m s w i t h la r g e Hoe! >
• t'n m uch h ig h er incom es th i'i
ose w ith sm all Hocks.
OUR R K A S O X 8
T h ere are loin principal re •
•ns why larg e laying Hocks are
u ally most profitable. No. 1.
he raiser h as m ore to work
ith. He has m ore eggs and moi •
u ltry to sell. Any profit on i
'zen eggs or a pound of |x>ulti\
lent is n a tu ra lly increased as
te size of th e flock increases,
ills producing m ore income. On
te o th er hand, th e ow n er of a
lull flock enjoys less to ta l proft.
course, in tim es of poor prices
e larg e Hooks w orks at a dis- I
v an tage. In this instance, how- '
er, fav o rab le egg-feed ra tio s
.h en feed prices com pare ta \
ahi\ w ith egg p riecsi usuallv
Ip offset t h c etTects of low
tees.
Secondly, a la rg e laying Hod,
able» the ra is e r to utilize hr*
bor, equipm ent and buildings
>re efficiently.
F o r exam ple,
iblmg the size of the Hock does
t alw ays double the am ount ot
lx>r, eq u ip m en t and buildings
luirecl. T herefo re, the cost of
nduction is less,
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An ow tier ot a la rg e tlock also
s c e rta in buying and sidling ad-
m tages. By p u rc h a sin g large
lounts of lend, the ra ise r often
ts a discount in price And In
¡»plying m ore eggs ¡x>r shipm ent
• can freq uently get prem ium
ccs from egg buyers.
F inally, th e re is little differ
ee in the n u m b er of eggs hud
r hen in sm all and large flocks,
th e egg production of individ-
U birds does not vary sigifie-
tly according to the size of
ck.
The n u m b er of layers a raiser
m id h av e depends on am ount
lab o r av ailab le, th e buildings
leh can be used, and the ft.
ices on hand But in any p n il
-raising p ro je c t th e p o u ltn -
n should ad ju st his tune and
*or at a level w hich will ert-
e him to m an ag e a flock lai
mgh to provide a good pie
F eed a n d S e e d
P roject leaders from nine C u r
ry county extension units will re
ceive train in g on “M ending T ips”
a t the com m unity church, Gold
Beach, Nov. 13, beginning at 10:30
a. m. Miss M urle Scales, clothing
specialist from OSC, will tra in the
wom en who in tu rn will conduct
d em o n stratio n s in th e ir respective
u n its in Decem ber.
A teh phone call from Mrs. Ed
F. Ackley to her husband the
first of th e week, sta te d th a t she
had left the hospital a f te r h er
su rg ery ot less th an two weeks
ago, and w as a t the hom e of h er
m o th er at S a n ta Cruz. A pparently
all seem s to be well.
A happy m an is P au l Davis of
Davis T ru ck & T ra cto r, since he
has his tra c to r club organized
P au l is a g re a t believer in boy.
and likes to w ork w ith boys
and he feels confident th a t ir
th e next couple of y ears his boys
in the 4-H tra c to r club will b
heard from m any tim es.
Boy S couts m et at the Odd F e l
lows hall, M onday night. All boys
11 y ears old o r older are invited
to become m em bers.
Mrs. C h arles G rayshel is at
P o rtlan d for a com plete physical
check-up.
Mrs. Bill Brow m an, one of the
ow ners of the E u-L ee’s D ress
Thursday, November i, 1951
shop, had he nam e misspelled re a lty agency, w ere in this a re a
last week in these colum ns. It last week, seeking a new spot
was listed first as Bow erm an.
to estab lish som e type of business
C arolyn K err, who is em p.cye and will re tu rn soon. They
at Coos Bay, is visiting h er p a r •* leisurely tim e re tu rn in g home,
try in g to ta k e in as m any of the
en ts here this week.
co
a sta l sig h ts as possible.
P a r S to res will announce a for
m al opening w ithin the next week
R obert, son of Mr. and Mr».
or ten days, in the New Goetz Cecil Young, of S an Francisco,
building on M ain S tre e t. Mr. and arriv ed by plane last T h u rsday.
Mrs. M. A. “B ud” P h ettep lace, He accom panied his fa th e r to
owners, will be in ch arg e w ith Los A ngeles for special tre a tm e n t
Mrs. R uth T u ttle as assistan t. The j T uesday of this week. Mr. Young
sto re will handle h aid w are. a u to has been ailing for som e weeks.
m otive accessories, toys and a I Jo h n C arlson of C a rp e n te rv ille
line of sp o rtin g goods.
will assist Mike P age in the m eat
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Griffiths of d e p a rtm e n t of F re e m a n ’s C hetco
Hillsboro, who recen tly sold th e ir store, s ta rtin g w ith this week.
90% For! 10% Against
R a ilro a d
w o rk e rs
a re
re p re s e n te d
by 2 3
s ta n d a rd
unions. By m utual a g re e m e n t, 2 0 o f th e s e unions— com
prising a b o u t 1 , 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 m en, or m o re th a n 9 0 % — a re
w o rk in g u n d e r w a g e s a r d rules a g re e d to by th e m and
th e ra ilro a d s .
But le a d e rs o f th r e e unions— w ith o n ly
a b o u t 1 3 0 ,0 0 0 m en, or less th a n 1 0 % —still refu se, a f te r
m o re th a n a y e a r o f n e g o tia tio n s , to accept sim ilar
w a g e an d rules a g re e m e n ts . These a re e v e n m o re
fa v o r a b le th a n th e te rm s reco m m en d ed b y th e Em er
g e n c y B oard a p p o in te d by the P re s id e n t.
Ye», if certainly seems to fee Ih a lly about tim e th at the leaders of the three unions stop their
d e la y in g ta c t ic s — t h e ir q u i t t i n g . But the leader.' of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
the Br>.'herhood o f locom otive Firemen an 1 Eaginemen, and the O rder of R ailw ay Conductors
continue io refuse. They continue a course of dfllying and d ally in g . It is d efin itely tim e to
( hi Juno lo. 1950, an Emergency Board
appointed by the President under the
terms of the Railway Lalx»r Act —an Act
largely f ilhered by the unions themselves
made its recommendations on certain
wage and working conditions ('‘rules” in
railroad language) which had lx*en in dis
pute lx*tween employes and the railroads.
More Than 90% of Employes Accept
Since then, terms equal to or better than
the Board recommendations have lieen
accepted by alxiut 1.200,(MM) railroad em
ployes more than 90% of the total of all
workers. They are represented hv 20 of
the 23 standard railroad unions.
Less Than 10% Refuse
But three unions with about 130,000
men, or less than 10% of the total - have
relused to accept, even after months of
negotiations. Those throe unions are the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
the Brotherhood of Ixicomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, and t he ()rder of Railway
Conductors. These are three of the so-
ealled "operating’ unions. Already the
highest paid men in the industry, their
leaders demand still further advantages
over ot her workers.
1.1 all. then*an*alxiut 270.(MM)operating
employes. But not all of them, by anv
means, are represented by BLE. BLF&E.
or ORC . .As a m atter of fact, leas than
halt 132,(MM) to lx* exact — an* in these
th r e e unions. More th an half about
1 lt),(XM) an* in other unions, principally
tlu* Brotherhixxl of Railroad l'rainnicn.
What makes the whole situation so hard
to understand is that these 140,000 op
erating employes an* working under wages
and rules which the leaders of the other
130,000 say they cannot agree to.
W hat Do (he Railroads Offer?
They offet these three unions the same
settlement which was contained m a Mem
orandum of Agreement signed at the White
Hons«* on December 21, 1950, by four
brotherhoods and the railroads. Later
th ese brotherhoods sought to repudiate
this agreement. But oti May 25, 1951, the
Brot herhood of Railroad Trainmen signed
a complete agreement carrying out the
principles of the Memorandum Agreement
of December 21. They have been working
under this agreement since May 25.
W hat About Wages?
Under the terms of the agreement, yard
engineers, firemen and conductors would
now lx* receiving a wage increase ot $.34
an hour ($2. <2 a day and road engineers,
firemen and conductors would now lx* re
ceiving an increase of 19*2 cents an hour
($1.5b px*r day). Large sums of retroactive
pay have already accrued and if the agree
ment is carried out, will lx* paid promptly.
What About “ Cost of th in g ” Increases?
I lie W bite H ouse * Agreement includes an
’’escalator” clause under w hich wages will
lx* geared to changes in the Government’s
eost-Af-living index. Two such increases
April and July. 1951 have already been
paid to thi* 90 9 of railroad employes cov
ered by signed agreements.
W hat Alxiut the 40-1 lour Week?
I lie W Hite House Agreement calls for the
establishment of the 40-hour week in prin
ciple, for employes in yard service. The
employes can have it any time after Jan
uary I, 1952. provided the manpower sit
uation is such that the railroads can get
enough men to perform the work with
reasonable regularity at straight time
rates. If the parties do not agree on the
question of availability of manpower, the
W b ite H ouse * Agreement provides arbitra
tion by a referoeappointed by t he President.
What Else Do the Union
Leaders Demand?
The continued quibbling of the leaders of
the three unions has to do principally with
rules changes, which have already been
agreed to by the Brotherhood of Railroad
Irainmen. Of these, the principal one
seems to be that having to do with so-
called interdivisional service*'" — runs
which take in two or more seniority dis
tricts.
I hi* union leaders would bar progress
and efficiency in the industry, and better
service to the public, by maintaining a
situation where they can arbitrarily stop
*!. railroad from establishing such inter-
divisional runs. The carriers propose* that
if a railroad wishes to set up an inter
divisional run. the railroad and the unions
should try to agree on such run and the
conditions which should surround its es
tablishment, and if the railroad and the
unions can’t agree, the m atter will lx* sub
mitted to arbitration.
But the three union leaders still refuse.
Rules Can Be Arbitrated
The railroads have not only offered these
!i rtu u ^ lo,w, the
rule8 agreed to by
the BR I and covered by the White House
Agreement, but have even agrt*ed to sub
mit such rult*s to arbitration.
The Industry Pattern Is Fixed
With the pattern so firmly established in
the railroad industry, it seems fair to sug
gest that the leaders of BLE, BLF&F
and ORC stop their quibbling and take
action to make the railroad labor picture
100% complete. Certainlv today’s eco
nomic and international situation calls for
a unitt*d front. And certainly no good rea
son has been advanced why these three
unions should be preferred over all other
railroad employes.
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