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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1946
Page
12
A WLR survey finds only 15 percent of servicemen from farms plan to return to farming. New skills and industrial wage trends push them toward industrial careers. Farm production remains strong but long term growth slows with population rise and ongoing rural poverty in the South.
Clare county farmers will meet next Tuesday at the Court House to hear Leonard Braamse of M.S.C. explain how a soil conservation district is set up and operated. He will show color pictures of district activities and discuss what soil conservation means for farmers. Meeting starts at 2:00 PM.
General Electric reports higher average hourly earnings for male shop workers as production and efficiency rise during 1940 and 1941. Overtime not included in the base rate. figures reflect early war industry wage adjustments.
GE declares a commitment to the public for better products at fair prices. The company frames improving prices as a lasting management and worker objective to sustain growth, raise wages, and create more jobs, citing examples of price reductions.
During wartime G E earned four and a half cents per dollar of sales. Of this, about four tenths of a cent went to over 200000 stockholders and the remaining six tenths of a cent was kept by the company to finance operations and growth. All earnings beyond 4.7 cents per dollar went to the U S Government. Cost saving measures helped GE produce war goods at lower cost than expected. Dividends have been declared per share of common stock since 1936.
The 1946 Farm Program provides $28,555 to Clare County farmers to guard soils against erosion and fertility loss. Farmers will be contacted by their community committeeman for assistance in practices such as liming fertilizer green manure crops and tile and open ditching. Marl delivery will begin in spring with farmers paying about one third of costs. more fertilizer expected during the year.
I. W. Duggan of the Farm Credit Administration notes at a National Grange meeting that labor can buy three times as much farm produce in 1944 as in 1918. A table compares an hour's pay in 1918 and 1944, prompting a reverse view on how much produce must be sent to market for wages.
Mr and Mrs Walter Jerred and children Frances and Robert of Weldman along with Ben Agle of Farwell visited Seeley Johnsons Sunday evening. Robert Jerred returned from the Army January 4. The group attended a birthday party for Jerry Broh in Clare and enjoyed supper and games. Lou Lamphere visited his sister in law and brother in law the Dysingers Sunday.
Mr and Mrs John Archbold and children visited Galen Coats last Wednesday. Virgil Newman and brother Glen hosted Wednesday evening. Mrs John Brubaker spent last week with Mrs Earl Sanders while John helped Hart with repairs. Randolph Rockey and children had Sunday dinner with Carmen Newman. Galen Coats and children visited Bernard Allen at Cornwell. Community extends sympathy to Willis Strouse and relatives for their infant daughter. Several from here attended the funeral in Clare. Glen Newnah and family visited J C Newman Sunday.
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