Efficiency in Management Boosts Production and Cuts Accidents
International Labor News Service reports a national study by the American Engineering Council finding that production per worker has risen in the last five years while accidents per worker have fallen. Based on 14,289 plants and 2,250,000 employees, the analysis notes a general trend toward higher efficiency and safer operations as management improves.
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International Labor News Service
Detroit
Mich
American Engineering Council
Lawrence W. Wallace
National Safety Council
Wallace
Food prices rise in August to September report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes food price increases from August 15 to September 15 across 47 cities with gains from 0.0 to 4.0 percent. Butte Montana shows no change while Birmingham logs a 0.5 percent drop. Kansas City Louisville and St. Louis report 4 percent increases.
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Washington
United State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Butte
Mont
Birmingham
Kansas City
Louisville
St. Louis
Installment Buying Poses Risk to Business
Los Angeles bankers at the American Bankers Association convention warn installment buying is overdone and may harm business. They urge a reckoning, especially in luxury lines, though no formal action was taken at the meeting.
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Los Angeles
American Bankers’ Association
Federal Council Reveals New Facts on Detroit Church War
The Federal Council details two new findings on Detroit church labor tensions during the AFL convention week. YWCA and YMCA participated in Sunday services, and a well known minister declined to speak to avoid labor controversy. Open shop pressures framed the event, with church leaders mobilizing speakers to present labor ideals alongside church aims.
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Federal Council
Detroit
Federation of Labor Convention
Federal Council of 19
Social Service Commission
Uhe Peders Council of Churches
American Federor
Gene of Religion Fund
Dubor
National Social Service
Commission
American Federation of Labor
Labor Convention
James Myers
Detroit Council of Churches
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Myers
Fifth of Farm Landlords Own Half of Rented Farms
A Agriculture Department survey across 1 184 counties shows a fifth of farm landlords own about half of rented farms while four-fifths hold one tenant leadh. The report notes concentration unchanged since 1900 with Southern landlords often supervising labor in lieu of wages and most landlords living in the same or neighboring counties.
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Agriculture Department
International Labor News Service
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Ohio River
South
Detroit ministers pressured over labor speak arrangement
Detroit church leaders faced pressure from employers groups and local media as plans to invite labor leaders to speak in October sparked counter campaigns. Officials from the Detroit Council of Churches and YMCA invited ministers to host labor or social service speakers, while The Detroit Saturday Night criticized union influence and urged churches to avoid labor topics.
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American Federation of Labor
Industrial Relations Committee
Aba
Detroit Council of Churches
American Federation of Tabor
Reinhold Niebuhr
Board of Commerce
Detroit
American Federation of Labour
The
Building Trades Association
Jhownd of Commerce
Detroiter
Minsters
Federal Council
Detroit Times
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Churches of Christ In America
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Ineral Council
Big Business
Department of Research and Educat of
Amer
Chicago Market Co
High Street
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