Evening star., 1922-07-15
PROGRESS viewed
IN PAINT INDUSTRY
Gathering at Portland Told
OF Importance in Keeping
Up With Conditions.

A warning to the construction Indus
try against disregarding economic law
and thus imperiling progress was
sounded by Ernest T. Trigg. president
of the National Federation Of Construc-
/ ton Industries. in an address Thursday
| before the Pacific regional convention
OF the National Paint, Oh and Varnish
Association at Portland. Ore.
The revival" he said. (which has
taken place in the construction Industry
Is, wl.nout doubt. the backbone of a
seherai business revival and should not
be hampered or interfered with. The
point l am making and the appeal
Whlch L would like to make to evpry
one involved is that runaway markets,
unuer the circumstances, either in the
~ GoSt VI materials or services. can only,
! III the long run, have a reactionary ef-
rect which will be much more disastrous
10 the people as a whole than any tenn
Porary penent there may seem to be
Employer Responsibility,
l., ~ Is the employers responsibility.
for one thing. to see that in times of de-,
preston. when there are fewer Jobs than
imere are men. the wage of the work.
point, on the other hand, the employer
shouid realize that there is a point over
wnicn the wage rate cannot success
iuily 60 II our industries are to continue
10 thrive and the wheels in our factor
les to go round.
1T Is not fair that a condition sbou,d
continue which makes for Permanently
nign rents while other items entering
INTO the FAMILY budget have already
been substantially reduced and will un-
oouplediy De further cut down.
l.. tnink or business as the doing on
f,f
claiized part for the benefit of Others. !"
salo Mr.. Trigg. I'm order that we NAV
De entitled to receive in exchange the
products OF their specialized activity or
iiuustIy. so after all, the real funda-
| mentals of permanent business Success
are all wrapped up in the thought Of
service or useful kind which gives to
need. wait anu
Il am convinced that to he suc.
| ueul as individual units Of the
paint and varnish industry and to he
! successful as whole Industry. we
must carefully measure all oS our
actlons in terms of the public wei
rare. Anything which is not good for
TIE puoiic Is not good for us"
Paint Sales Greater.
figures for the first five months
oI i'sz snow that the sales of paint
! and varnish in terms of tonnape .rs
slightly greater than the same 5eriod
IN 1920. our peak year" said Mr..
! arlgs, as he made public for the
hrst time some valuable facts and
statistics on the conditions Of the
paint industry and the conclusions
reached by a recent survey of pro-
duction and sales of $50 manufactur-
ers. Commenting on this survey. Mr..
Trigg said:
"Ninety-four per cent of the firms
reported an equal or increased tom
| mage for this year up to June l, com
pared to the Same period in 1921,
and Of per cent reported an equal
or increased tonnage for this year
up to June 1. as compared with the
same period of 1920. Another con-
ciusion is an average percentage ar
rived at by totaling all the per-
centages of increases and decreases
and dividing by the total number
who reported. Figuring 1921 tom
, mage up to June / as 100 per cent,
this shows that for the same months
in 1922 the average was 1884 per
cent. and figuring 1920 tonnage up to
June l as 100 per cent. that for the
same months in 1922 the average was
| 1905 per cent.
| Recognizing as we all do, the alb