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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD. OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1335. PAGE FIVE ) The Cost of a Job Following li txt ol an address,, "The Cost of a Job," recently deliv ered by W. J. Cameron, o! the Ford Motor company: "If you were to set up buainesa-as a wood-cutter, you would need an ax and a tree to begin with. Fortun ately, you would not have to make your ax; the work of mining and smelting the Iron, shaping and tem pering the blade, forming and fitting the helve has been done for you by other men. Two or three dollars for an ax, $10 for a tree, supplied by yourself or someone else, and you con go to work. But there would have to be a tree, an ax and a man the material, the tool and tne labor before there could be any wood-cutting. If the wood were sold, a truck a train or a heat would be needed to transport It to Its purchaser. Taat would require another outlay of work and money. If the wxd vvre made Into paper, or .finished for furniture, mills would be required, and yet more outlay. Behind any Job there must be capital. Unless the tools are there the worker cannot work. Unless a large number of people take some trouble about It. the tools will rot be there, 'That is the pedigree of capital, which simply moans the cost of put ting a man to work. Capital not 'capitalism'; we shall ppeak of capi talism another time. The money cost of putting a man to work is no the whole cost, by any means. Money Is probably the least part of capital; the workman who puts In his energy and skill Invests true capital, toa. But. for a hfwrlnning, consider tonight the ' money It costs to create a modern job. "In the Ford Motor company the cost of setting up an average job where a man can work, la $3,007.37. When a man is employed there must be provided a place for him to work land, the factory building and its various services and that costs some thing. He must have tools to work with moderii tools are expensive. He must have-materials on which to use the tools materials are costly. The Ford Motor company finds that for each employe at work, $2,008.55 Is needed for real estate and buildings. The average cost of equipping a job with the necessary machinery Is 82,- 870,59. Merchandise and supplies, the material on which the man and ma chine work, must be kept at a con stant average value of $064.78 for each Job. There! you have spent $5,344 on the Job already. Of course ; there are other things taxes must be paid or there would be no factory at all. And to keep up the necessary stock from day to day, pay wages promptly, generate the electrical pow er for each employed man to use, and maintain the operation of the shop between the time goods are produced and the time money for them begins to come In, requires a sum of ready cash. Besides this, tools' are always wearing out and needing replacement, And altogether, these costs run into another $3,663. Thus it takes $9,007 to set up a job, and that is a remark ably low figure, because of the num. ber of Jobs involved. "In Just one way can that Job be maintained for the man after it Is set up, and that Is by distributing . what he produces. You cannot sell the real estate he uses, nor the ma chine he uses, nor the raw material; only what is produced on that ground. by that man, by means of those tools, and out of that raw material only that can be sold. The company finds that for the year ending last Sep tember 30. its total sales divided by the number of employes amounted to $6,970.40 per employe. Some one will immediately say, 'Hear that? Sixty nine hundred dollars out of a 00 hundred dollar investment every year!' That Is the way polltioana fig ure. Well, If income were all profit yesl But every housewife knows that household income is for from being household surplus. Take that sum which we receive for sales per man employed, and see what has become of it. Fully 94 per cent of it has gone for wages and materials; and after Uses and depreciation were paid, one and a half per .xit re mained for the company. That Is. out of every dollar of Income from ealcs in the year ending September 30, our own and other employes re ceived 94 cents; the Ford Motor com pany received 1 !, cents. Or, one whole vears operation or the average joo paid $1,468.85 to the employe who operated It, and paid till to the com pany that invested $9,000 to establish and maintain It. "That Is a close-up picture of what a job costs, how It Is maintained and how the wealth it creates is dis tributed. It Is simply a turn-over of value which, like the circulation of the blood, nourishes all the economy: organs in its course. If anyone atr tempts to bleed it by taking unneces sary profit; if any part concerned is not fairly repaid for what It con tributes; If the circulation becomes sluggish. And what alt of us are con illness. And what all of us are con cerned with is economic health." COAGHRECALLS ROGERS' QU!P0N FOOTBALL GAME Will Rogers feared General Pershing might have to play foot'jall durin-r the 1828 game between Army and Stan ford, Glenn S. Warner, coach of Tem ple university, Philadelphia, recalls. "After Stanford had severely de feated Army In a post .season eame in the Yankee Stadium in 1923," re lates Warner, then coach of Stanford, "Biff Jones, Army ecoch, and I were invited to the theater where Bill was subbing for Fred Stone. During the show Rogers introduced me to the audience, and wise-cracking about the game, he said: " 'Biff Jones used so many substi tutes, that General Pershing left the stands before the game was over for fear he might have to play." NORTHERN FORCES POT TO FLIGHT BY TALIAN INVADERS (Continued Prom Page One.) turns were a "formality," and merely "to keep the door open and show the world France and Britain are fulfill ing thetr obligations " to seek peace. Emperqr Halle Selassie was back In Addis Ababa today, having eoepleted an aerial tour of the southern war front shortly before tsro fascist air planes flew over the section he had surveyed. Selassie Returns The Ethiopian government an nounced the Italian machines passed over Harar and Dlredawa, in eastern Ethiopia. Just after the Lion of Judah started back for the capital, which he left only Tuesday. The com munique said the Italian planes drop ped no bombs.. Indicating they were "pursuing the Ethiopian plane" or reconnoitering. Anti-British feeling was again man ifest in Egypt, as students and other groups compelled some shops to close as a demonstration against Great Britain. Police battled with the dem onstrators, who broke many shop windows, but there were no serious injuries tip to mid-afternoon. Egypt's collaboration In sanctions against Italy, opposition to British influence and disapproval of the poli cies of Premier Tewfik Nesslm Pasha have been responsible for the pro longed disorders. Unexpected rains slowed the ad vance of Gen. Rudolfo Orazlanlo'a Italian southern army, as roads were clogged with mud, delaying the movement of guns, provisions and ammunition. Still Topetul Halle Selassie, on returning to the capital, declared, "I have kept my word by gotng to the front among my soldiers, I was most gratified at seeing for myself the loyal devotion being shown by my troops for their fatherland, and their magnificent bravery. I believe that with the help of God our righteous cause wilt pre vail." Sources close to the emperor said they believed he had issued definite battle orders to Has Kaslbu, Ethiopian southrn commander, at Jljiga. Denial of the. Italian report from Asmara that 3,000 Ethiopians were killed in a bombardment by Italian planes Monday was made by the-Ad-dls Ababa government. Instead, the official communique stated, the Ethi opian commander in the Makale area reported 30 killed and SO slightly wounded. Italy continued its efforts to com- aaWiratj FASHION DECREES GAY-HUED BAGS FOR ENSEMBLES -It's break for Keith Topping of Patadena, Calif., it a star end on the Stanford football squad. He was among the coast'i beat last season and got off to a good start this year. He it a centor. (Associated Press Photo bat league sanctions, it was announc ed some main avenues in Rome would be darkened to save electricity. Archbishop Rosa, In a speech at Perugia, uked for a blessing on what he termed Italy's attempts to break the ring thrown about her to pre vent her taking civilisation to bar barians. CHICAGO (UP) the girl who is left holding this sea- son bag. And more likely than not ths suc cess of her ensemble will be shaped &y the shape of the bag she holds. Mot for many autumns have hand bags played so important a role in the saga of chic. The popularity of colored leathers forecast in the early showings of Parisian designers became establish rd when style authorities at the Mer chandise Mart introduced origina tions in the Renaissance colors which control winter fashions. The conservative darfc blues, browns and blacks, of other years have Slven place to leathers Sn the high t y le colors, with p loves, hose and shoes prepared to do their part in en iorelng the decree for matched acces sories. Oxblood, rust, sage kwn, olive green, bright green, the new vivid blue and plum are governing hue for accessory groupings, with the bag the most important factor. Alligator leather is back again, but dressed in colors that flout its eroeo dlle ancestry, stitched suede Is wide ly used and pin leather is a stand-by. In shapes, the envelope is stiii pop ular, but the smartest receptacles for powdered rouge, lipstick and coin boast handles. Bags that are squat and pouchy have the double charm of holding items enough for an over night jaunt without losing their shapes. STRATO RECORD MADE OFFICIAL WASHINGTON. Nor. St. JAP) A new international attitude record of 73.395 feet was set by the November IS flight of the National Geographic Society-Army Air Corps balloon Ex plorer II. This mark was certified as official today by the National Aeronautic as sociation. It esreeds by If. 158 feet the old record of si .337 feet set by Lieutenant Commander T. G. W. Set tle and Major Chester Pordney No vember 30. 1933. at Akron, Ohio, It also expeeda the unofficial world mark of 73.200 feet set by three Rus sian balloonist In 103. thetr record never having been vertfted because their balloon crashed on Its descent, killing the crew and smashing most of its instruments. EAGLES DRILL TEAtt MEETING TOMORROW All members of the Eagles drill team are asked to attend lodge to morrow night la uniform, tt was i nounced today by Jacfc Heuston. cap tain. Drill: team members will as semble at the lodge hall at 7:45 p. m. To Ashland County Health Phy sician A. N. Johnson, wa la Ashland this Afternoon, attending a mecttoal meeting,. rlfoSHET0LD WORN OUT HUSBAND Sht could have rrorcachwi himfac W hi nta? temper his "ail in' ' coo I riairvts. But wisely she saw in tus -v ,mmA influent cr&s. Jvj "i?ssfd out," Fa f 7 "on '.ff " cfwiektkst-r the very LTjF troubta she herwif had whtpped. i j. t very taomrng: after y ',f Remedy 9-3 as she advised, he 13 frit l:ltt fiMnwif a again fceen-iy s irr i. peppf. enewiat. hr irjet jt, dVpendabi. a'li-wgetaUe I laxative ana corrective uraffy. J-surouJaieMheeft-n-insave tract to complete. am i iri inc. N on-habit- 4MMMK. at druBSuC. to IT Ca TWW J at 70B7 Ss-Bjiriflra B3i rntl imiiSX'otor i'JlS-19Jr5 1 innitr Tin. mom or wtrh. thtjonrraaw at siSc botot HRora tita mil at Turn ifitr Art-it IntHirwtHfln.y Millions now have en opportunity to contribute to the memory of Witt Rogers, Famous friends have orga nized the Will Rogers Memorial com mission. .It Is hoped everyone who smiled with Rogers will come forward with a subscription. Take It or send It to your bank or any bank or use the accompanying coupon to send your subscription to this office, Every cent subscribed will be used for me- morlftls to be selected by Henry Ford, Herbert Hoover, Alfred E. Smith, Will H. Hays, Jesse H, Jones, Owen D. Young, Vice -President John N, Gar ner and other men and women of na tional prestige and respect. STEEL "BID COLLU'SION IS CHARGED BY ICKES WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. AP) Secretary Ickes accused four steel companies today of "collusion" In submitting identical bids on both an ocean terminal at Morehead rClty N. Ctnd the trlborough bridge in New York city. S I Weather. Oregon : Pair east and generaliy cloudy west portion with rain west portion Friday and on coast tonight; no change In temperature; moderate southeast winds off the coast. 4 T. R.'s Widow Hurt Mr. Edith Kermlt Booaevelt, wldovy of Pratldant Theodore Roosevelt;, was confined to a hoapt lal at Oyster Bay, N. Y., after suf fering a broken hip In a fall In her home. She'a 74. (Associated Preaa Photo A FROM SfHPcOLONIAL HaiJCrafitJh DUNCAN ii in. wide, 1J4 in. deep. You'll fall in love with thi, heulifurgift!.The perOrt Hih for all dainties! Discover supreme quility C H B Coniliraents ami Vegetables now and iirt thi, alluring pre?enl! Enclose 15c in coin in .ime park.v uith C U B bollie lops or lab-Is.-to Premium let. (',. Calif. Conserving Co., 1 10 Market M.. San Francisco. OFFER IXPlRES JAN 31, 1936 This thrilling I1.S0 re tail value sent to you for any assortment of eiaht bottle tops or can labels bearing C-ll-B trademark and 15c to cover handling costs. TitoBB'oy ory 13, w pb(i. iod v ifc',d. This Fortunate Purchase Means a Big Pocket Book Saving to Hundreds of People in Southern Oregon! Shoes, Hosiery, Hemnants, Raincoats, Underwear, Sweaters SALE OPENS TOMORROW MORNING at The Bfl. M. BAEGAHIf EASEMEKflT 306pair Children's Stockings White, brown, black hose In Ions, short and aj lengths. Sties 6 to 10. Sold for 25c and 33r. 248 pair Children's Stockings Long or short, dark and lislit col ors, extra fine rib, regular up to 50p, ' 78 pair Women's . Rubbers 49 nesttlar 98c. Full run of siies, 47 pair Women's Garter Galoshes Snap, buckle and lipner styles. Regular I.S9 jo J2.99 pair. 63 pair Boys and Youths' Rubbers HeTjr soles storm rubbers. A com plete range of sizes. Women's Low Shoes You should be alIe So fit yourself In this lot; awm-tPd stars Hnd sty If s, A Women's Low Shoes $1.89 style In this lot that are ,tut dandy. An opportunity that Kill not come again. Children's Low Shoes S9 Very fer dark sir" in tbU lntr hut they will do Jtitt oa wpH for every day wear for the children. All sizes f Men's Work Shoes $11.59 Ontjr a I(ml!e4 numlier of pairs trt this lot hut every size is there. Men's Work Shoe $11.90 Shoe a join i up; hniUt feu? pair now. 4 Men's Woolen ArmyCoats $2.98 Regular army style. Tney will sura keep you narm. Sold up to 2 Men's Sheep Lined Coats $3.98 Wool collars. Sold at J 11.00. ssiies 4ft and 44. 2 Boys' Sheep Lined Coats $2.98 Sties SO an K. Sotil at f:.t. 6 Men's Cloth Rain Coats 98' Knee ienrth. Sold for 21 Boys and Girls Rain Coats $11. Red, jrajv brown, Mark; warm Itn tnis. , to. It, H, t fze. Set up to ftft. 12: Remnant s-One-Hal Price AH the Piece Goods in this stock cut into Remnants. You will want them to make up your Christmas gifts. BUY NOW! Misses Cotton Union Suits 45c Medium weight Winter Suits in all sizes. Sold np to 90c. See The TABLE Assortment of everything; See The 5c TABLE yod might find wim thtnir job roiild oe. rr jS . r i uy tt it it ii i ii si a i inn yts 'MB n5 Boys Mackinaws Size K. J. t. Sold op ttt !3. $2.98 n 29 Women's and Children's Sweaters mtp-oter, ancj ttylea. Sold np to $2,30, 59 COURSE Oet S, and H. Green Stamps. One every purchase. Fill your stamp book for Christmas. A 39 Men's Cotton Undershirts ('leered lined, jtraf, (Small alie only.) Regular "-V:. 25 M. DEPARTMENT STORE 23 2ZZS
