MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD. OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1335.
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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
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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.
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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
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perOrt Hih for all dainties! Discover supreme
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in .ime park.v uith C U B bollie lops or lab-Is.-to
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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
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