Montana labor news., 1938-12-22
YOUR DOLLAR
BY Consumers Union

IL yOuI cillu AdChS APPETITE, Is
nervous and irritable, don't rush for
the nearest supply of Ovaltine or
Fletcher's Castoria. Find out first
how many Coca-Colas, Pepsi olas
or other "Colas" he's been drinking.
Each six ounce bottle of Coca-Cola
contains four teaspoons of sugar
enough to discourage an average
appetite if taken before meals-and
from one to two grains of caffeine,
according to a report on cola-type
drinks in the August issue of Con-
sumers Union Reports. A cup of
coffee contains two grains. Yet, be-
cause Coca-Cola carries no label
warning of the caffeine content,
many parents who wouldn't think of
giving their children coffee cheer
fully supply a nickel or two a day
for ''the pause that ~refreshes."
All cola-type beverages contain
varying proportions of the basic in
gredients-sugar, coca and cola x
tracts and caffeine. More whole
some, fresh fruit beverages can be
bought at soda fountains or made
cheaply at home. No question about
it, Coca-Cola does give you a lift.
But children, and adults susceptible
to caffeine, should avoid this particu-
lar form of stimulation.
Tobacco Cures"
No magic formula will reform the
heavy smoker, GUS medical advisers
find. Cures" now on the market
are of two main t~ypes-silver nitrate
solution like Kill Tobac" which
makes the taste of smoke unbearable,
and nicotine substitutes such as
lobeline sulfate. Either type is dan
gerous and is effective, if at all, only
during the actual period of use. Like
most patent medicines they are sold
by means of false claims, in fancy
packages, at many times the cost of
manufacture.
The only way to stop smoking is
to stop smoking-increase the time
between smokes and gradually dis
continue the habit.
UniOn-Made Cigarettes
How to stay on relief though work.
ing is the problem solved by many
tobacco workers of Virginia and
North Carolina. Nearly half of those
on the relief rolls during 1884 re-
ceived such low wages that they had
to draw relief even while on the
tobacco payroll. $144 was the aver
age yearly earning Of the group
studied, for the 81 days during the
year they could get work.
Wages throughout the industry
averaged sos that year, a labor
department survey showed. That's
far below a decent living standard.
Yet the tobacco monopolists, meeting
last month at White Sulphur Springs,
must have thought it high, for
they're mapping a campaign to
eyade even the $40 weekly mini
mum wage required under the Wages
and Hours Law.
A number of the smaller COM
panies are unionized. The following
cigarettes carry the Tobacco Work
ers international Union "a. F. of ID
and Printers Union labels: Avalon,
Carmen, Clown, Kool, Longfellow,
Raleigh, Ramrod, Spur, Twenty
Grand, Viceroy, Wings, Yankee Girl
Domino cigarettes are manufac-
tured under a contract with CLIO
Local Union No. SIT.
II can't smoke l0-cent brands"
many smokers object. Don't let adj
vertising fool you. Consumers I'm
ions blindfold tests have proved that
the average smoker not only can't
tell the difference between lO-cent
and 15-cent brands, but can't even
pick the same brand twice running
in a test of five cigarettes. Union
made cigarettes include both l0-cent
and 15-cent brands, in a variety of
blends and flavors. You can save
money and support labor by choos-
ing a 10-cent union brand every time
you buy.