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The people's voice., 1956-06-22

waered far beyond actual investment Further private
companies their executives eXOrban salaries
provide them with other Inducements Jack Corette
for example, receives salary of 100000
expense account 100000 annual pension when reres
and the right take option large block
which, at the present time could bring him excess of
500, ,000.)
Sevenm per XVIII production Hels Canyon should
private power build that dam will lure major phosphate
dusres increased aluminium production into Western
tana Idaho Eastern Washington Both phosphate aum
production must have the cheapest of pro-
duction is to be profitable.
Similarly should private power be permitted to develop
Ielowa se the XVIII costs will be prohbitve
serving nducement industry to locate
Montana Private development of Yelowai would greatly
hinder the industrial growth of Southeastern Montana
would that great region from securing the
level of prosperity which Midland Empire people have right
expect from full development of their natural
Eastern Montana people should not "buy' Jack Corettes
bill of goods in their moment of desperation brought by
the great dserce done them (and the Grow Nation
Presidents advised (and probably private powernspred)
veto appropriation which is generally considered fair
and equitable settlement with the Crows for their
secured Yellowtail dam site
The people's voice., 1956-06-22
Editorial
0LSEN'S REQUEST HAS MERIT

Attorney General Arnold Olsen has requested the State
Supreme Court hear his void the 32 t
II cent natural rate increase granted Montana Power
in 1853 before the court into its annual JuAugust
Oens request has much merit and is in
able This has dragged along through the courts for
than two and onehaf The has used
delaying tactic after delaying tactic and has tried by various
confuse the the minds of it's than 49, 900
who have been paying the higher rates under
considerable protest) for almost three years.
the court Osen request and does hear oral
ments the matter before into will doubt
be September later before decision handed down. oral
arguments permitted until after the then could
be the middle of winter early next spring before final de-
termination is made by the high bench
Gas already have of than 500
each stakek the of this important To
through another winter paying higher without legal
determination of whether those higher rates Justified will
not be considered ''cricket' by many consumers.
Further if oral arguments held immediately will give
the chance rule before the November election In
of the fact that three usticesAdar Anderson and
Angsmanare either seeking reelection running for
other important state office it only fair to the
Montana that they reach decision before November g.
This decision is of vital Importance not only Montana Powers
5000 but to thousands of who
paying greatly increased bills to MonanaDakoa Utilities
and to patrons of Mountain States Tel Tel All together it
estimated that than 81 million dollars has been col
ece higher and telephone rates granted these major
utilities by the Railroad Public Service Commission in Au
gust, 1858.
The people's voice., 1956-06-22
WHY THE GROWS DIDN'T GET The S. MILLION

pointed last weeks VOICE, there than
the eye the Presidents of the SIS million appropra
ton purchase Yeowta Dam rghtoway from the Grow
Indian Tribe His action not predcated primarily
attempt to the scalp of the Second Districts irresponsible
young congressman.
proof surmisal of last
private power pulled strings behind
to veo correct estimate of what hap
pened.
This week in Billings j. E. Corette president Montana
Company effect told Midland Empire people that
all lost because of the veto The Montana Power Co.
conjunction with Pacific Jower Light said he is ready and
willing build Yelowtail.
doing, Corette asserted that private construction Of
the dam would save u taxpayers OOO
private development 50year period would result in
S180000O0 in federal taxes and $9500000 in other taxes
That all sounds very good but should the people of
Montana buy Corette's bill of goods? I think not.
Private contempates only singe-purpose dam at
profit Any irrigation flood benefits that might
result would be only incidental since there is no profit to be
extracted therefrom.
There would be saving of $51 million 81 cents to the
taxpayers.
period of so would for it's entire cost out Of
ngs and would result in the u S. government making net
profit of many millions of dollars.
Corettes contention that Yeowta built and operated by
private would result in tax payments OF S2I5 million
over 50vear period is untrue statement as the S51 million
saving alluded Private companies taxes!
AS regulated utilities the rates of private companies
are set high enough level to not only absorb all taxes that
may be levied against them but them net profit of five
per cent tax dollar they collect for federal
state or local governmental divisions.
Finally Corettes "ersatz Yellowta proposal has
drawback that should be taken into consdera
tion That the kilowatt hour of power produced
by private company conrasted with public develop
This the important consideration of all far
future industrial development and business prosperity
of Southeastern Montana concerned.
Figures not at this moment available what the per
owatt hour production cost by private at Yeowta
would be- However, is reasonably safe assumption that at
Yeowta similar damste Hes Canyon private power
XVIII costs would than twice much public
development This is because private builds dams
primarily producers only and because of the
substantial higher interest rates private must
for money to finance such development W should also be
borne in mind that private companies financial affairs
manipulated that for rate-makng investment
The people's voice., 1956-06-22
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
By GRETCHEN G. BILLINGS

| Left Erickson, Helena, has been IN
terested in being State Chairman fo1
some time, but has not wanted to
cause trouble within the party SO
never made a strong pitch for the
position. Reports are he is getting
urging and support for the job this
year from many parts of the state.
Names being mentioned for Demo
crat national committeewoman in
clude incumbent Bernice Kingsbury,
Mrs. S. r. Logan, Charlo, Mrs. o. 5.
Worden, Great Falls, and Julia Poir-
ier, Alberton.
Signatures are beginning to come
into the Secretary of States office
on the petition to put a so-called
Right-To-W Work law on the November
ballot. The deadline for signatures
(21,104) is July 6.
What irony the democratic pro
cesses bring about.
Two previous election years labor
tried to get an initiative on the bal
lot to make Silicosis an occupational
disease. They wanted to get the issue
before the people and allow them a
chance to vote.
At that time the same people who
are now trying to get the Right-To-
Work initiative on the ballot said this
manner of legislating was not good
they said the people didn't know
enough-they said the initiative pro-
cess was dangerous-they said to
leave this sort of thing to the legis-
lature, etc.
At that time these same people
were against the laboring man.
Now-taking an exact opposite po-
sition on the initiative process they
are again against the laboring man.
They are at least consistent on one
point: They are consistently against
the laboring man.
1t is too bad things have to become
so confused.
The initiative processes are good.
They are wholesome and they should
be used more often.
These people who have no use for
The labor movement and are plotting
is downfall have as much right to put
an initiative on the ballot as anyone
else.
The only wrong is their misrepre-
of their initiative.
The people's voice., 1956-06-22

The primary election is over, but
inner-party friction continues in spite
of victory at the polls-in both the
Republican and Democrat circles.
1t is obvious from undercurrents
that in either party, control is not
going to be surrendered without a
struggle-in fact both Republicans
and Democrats are presently engaged
in outright battle.
Whether there is any merit in the
idea that candidates should have
something to say about who directs
party strategy has nothing to do with
the realities of the coming fracases.
Control in the Republican party in
Montana has been the cause of bitter
ness for long time, centering around
the so-called conservative Taft-Know-
land and Eisenhower factions, and
their stalwarts, Wellington D. Rankin,
present national committeeman, and
William r. Mackay, state chairman.
Mackay managed to get state Of
fices moved to Billings in a victory
that took matters of Importance
away from the watchful eye of the
Rankin forces after an unsuccessful
effort to relieve Hazel Hitchcock of
her duties as secretary of the organi-
zation.
Now the battle-ground has moved
10 Wellington D. Rankin, himself.
Many times these fights are taken
care of before convention time and
over enough so in the pub
ic view the bitterness is covered over
~ rah-rah speeches doused literally
With "Unity" and "Co-operation", so
hat by the time campaigning begins
n earnest the party isn't too badly
lurt.
Republicans who have been view
ng the dissension within Democratic
'anks with delight are growing daily
more nervous over the growing dis
ension within their own ranks that
hey may not be able to throttle.
They know that no fight that in
ludes Rankin as a participant lacks
erve. He plays for keeps.
On Sunday, June 10, we are told
Rankin went to Hugo Aronson and
made threats that if he were not sup
,orted for national committeeman he
vas going to file three independent
Our source says Rankin |
old Aronson he would file Roger
Baldwin for Governor, Justin ]. Bour-
uin for Attorney General and Eliza
eth Ireland for Superintendent IF |
ublic instruction. 1t is considered |
n accurate statement in Helena that
was Rankin that kept Ireland from
ling for Superintendent of Public
in the June 5 primary.
To file an Independent candidate
-ould require signatures of 596 of
le electors casting votes for the sue
essful candidate for governor at the
st general election, to be filed with
lie secretary of state 90 days before
le general election. Aronson re-
sived 134,423 votes in 1862. It
ould take approximately 6,722 sig
atures to file an independent candi-
ate against him.
The Democrats are sashaying pres
lily to get state chairman without
bitter battle and there may be oppo-
ton in the election of a national
The people's voice., 1956-06-22
What is the right to work?

What is the right to work?
Is there, or can there ever be a law
that compels an employer to hire a
man he doesn't need?
Will this 'right-to-work" initiative
guarantee a job to anyone simply be-
cause he wants to work?
Of course not.
The only thing this initiative says
is: If an employer hires you in a job
presently covered by a Union Con-
tract you don't have to join the
Union.
The "Right-To-Work" initiative
says: "No person shall be required by
an employer to become or remain a
member of any labor union or labor
organization as a condition of en-
ployment or continuation of employ
ment"
There are many people who think
of Unions only as organizations that
take a couple of dollars a month out
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cries spoke of the industry as be-
ing of local Importance to Bruins
wick and Carteret Counties.
e The "count" indicates the
number of shrimp per pound and
serves. as a standard for prices,
Ordinarily the larger the. shrimp
the greater the price per pound.
70 One professor breads a neg
lligible amount to include in q
lpackaged seafood dinner.
"A The process described consi.
ders only faintail butterfly shrimp.
Is Some plants purchase the
mix without the egg ingredient,
preferring to add the egg ingred-
lent.
"6 Abstract Of speech by Walter
II. Stolting, Assistant Chief Econo-
mics and Cooperative Marketing
Section; Branch of Commercial
Fisheries, Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice. Southern Fisherman, Deem
Der 1866.
II Information from dealers and
from books of one. No official
statistics available.
*8 No current figures available
and value based on Georgia-Flori-
da East Coast per pound value of
manufactured product in 1862.
70 Calculated at 90 per pound
finished product.
80 Considered conservative.
The average practice probably ex-
ceeds this figure substantially.
I'll Quotation of January Is,
1856, from a large manufacturer
of Dreaded shrimp. Quotation for
car load lots.
*12 One manufacturer told the
writer that his profit varied from
8 to 80 cents per pound, the prin-
ciple cause being the price of the
raw material.
*13 The transportation charge
may not be paid direct by the proc.
essor but, if not, the cost is re.
Elected in the price paid for the
shrimp.
IA Data from Fisheries Stats.
tics Of the United States, Statisti.
cal Digest No. 80, 1861 and No
81, 1852. Published by Fish &
Wildlife Service, U. S. Department
of the Interior.
*15 The current retail price il
considered to be the maximum
which the public on a large scale
Twill pay.
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SGT. WILLIAM THOMAS AT
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE

Langley Air Force Base, Va
T/Sgt. William J. Thomas, son of
Dell Thomas Of Manteo, has been
assigned to this base as a food
service supervisor. The airman is
a veteran Of Navy duty and first
entered the service in June, 1s41.
He has been stationed in New
foundland and at Sculthorpe Air
Force Base, England.
The governing organization at
Langley Air Force Base is the
405th Fighter Bomber Wing, COM
manded by Brig. General Edwin
S. Chickering of Oil City, Pa.
Since World. War II, Langley
has been a Tactical Air Command
base and this major combat COM
mand has its headquarters here.
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Those in the business then will re-
call the painful circumstances.
Adjustment was made fairly rapid
Il ", but for awhile the public re-
belled. The present signs indicate
a second approach to the same con-
ditions. Prices on raw material
have sharply advanced.
Competition from Fish Sticks
and Other Packaged Shrimp: Opin-
ion is divided as to the probable
effect of fish sticks on Dreaded
shrimp, but this item must be
taken into consideration as a pos
sible competitor. It appears more
than a coincidence that fish sticks
were just getting underway at the
time the production Of Dreaded
shrimp leveled off. The first fish
sticks in any quantity were pro-
duced in 1862. Seven and "a half
million pounds were packaged in
1853 and 80 million pounds in
1854. The 1866 production was 65
million pounds. There are indica-
tions that the same income groups
and the same age groups are the
principle markets for Dreaded
shrimp and fish sticks.
Supply and Cost of Material:
Shrimp, like other animals show
fluctuations in abundance. For
the past several years the supply
in North Carolina has been steady
with an upward trend. There ap-
pears to be no reason for concern
over the amount Of raw material.
The cost Of the material is an
other matter. The landings in
North Carolina are insignificant
compared to the national landings:
and hence a long or short supply
in this state has relatively little
affect on prices paid for shrimp.
On the other hand the prices paid
in North Carolina are directly
controlled by the landings from
the Gulf, and a short supply might
readily advance North Carolina
prices, regardless of local album
dance of shrimp, to a point prohi-
biting the processing of shrimp.
"15 Such a condition exists at the
moment. There has been a sharp
increase in shrimp prices as re-
suit of decreased landings in the
South. 1t is freely predicted that
the effect of the high prices will
carry over to the spring to in
fluence prices in this state.
The Effect of The Hours and
Wages Act: The fisheries industry
in this state. enjoys comparative
freedom from the minimum Wages
and Hour Act. The fisheries ex-
emption has been a target for a
long time and recently it has come
under fire again. During the week
of January 16, 1866, Congressman
James Roosevelt of California in
troduced H. R. 1858. The purpose
of this bill, is to eliminate the
present fisheries exemption. The
inclusion of all fisheries and acti-
vities under the Act would directly
and radically increase costs. The
direct labor cost might well be
increased 1000. The extra burden
of additional labor costs might
well diminish the profit to a point
where it would not be attractive
or so small that it would not JUS
tify the risk.
II AS late as 1886 the North
Carolina Commissioner of Fish
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more important of these are dis
cussed below.
Stability Of Market: When
Dreaded shrimp was introduced to
the public its acceptance was un.
expectedly gratifying. Having its
unimpressive beginning in local
retail fish market, the business
mushroomed into a huge industry
with plants being erected along the
coast from Georgia to Texas. II
appeared that the demand for the
commodity was Unsuitable.
Dreaded frozen shrimp gained
statistical Importance about 1860.
In 1851 the entire production was
just over 5000, 900 pounds, more
than five million Of which was
processed in Georgia. Louisiana
supplied about one-half million
pounds while the total output of
Florida (west coast) Alabama and
Texas was small enough to be
entered under unclassified prod
ucts. The statistics for 1852 show
Georgia and Florida least coast)
with over IL million pounds, Ala
bama, Florida (west coast) and
Texas, about three million pounds,
Mississippi and Louisiana slightly
less than two million pounds. The
total for these South Atlantic and
Gulf States was just over II mil
lion pounds. IA
We have seen that the produc-
ton peak was reached IN 1862.
The level has been maintained but
it is significant that it has not
been exceeded.
In the meantime plants have
been expanded and newcomers have
entered the field of operation.
With the same production, and
hence the same sales and consump-
ton, expanded plants and additions
to the number of professors mean
sharper competition and probably
reduced profits. What effect this
would have on small North Caro-
lima producer is unpredictable.
Properly set up he csould operate
with small overhead and he has a
real advantage over his Georgia
competitors in that they have a
buyers cost and a transportation
cost which combined is about four
cents a pound the green product
which the North Carolina producer
would not have.
Price Structure: That the retail
price of the finished goods is a
factor in the movement of Dreaded
shrimp is evident from the break
down of sales by economic brack-
cts. 1t is clear that shrimp is not
yet basic commodity but, on the
contrary, is in the semi-luxury, if
not the luxury class. 1t follows
that if incomes suffered a regres-
sion, the effect on the sales of
Dreaded shrimp would be immed-
lately felt. This product retails
today at 81 cents to $1.20 per
pound which is high compared to
hog and steer meat. 1t is doubtful
that the public would absorb any
additional increase in labor or ma
terial costs. Two years ago the
shrimp industry was a sick indus
try, the illness resulting from sky
rocketing prices for the green
shrimp. The public refused to buy.
While it had little adverse affect
in North Carolina, elsewhere high
priced inventories were in distress.
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Cost Of shrimp $50 county 3D.
TOTAL LABOR AND

MATERIAL COSTS $3.50
With these figures we may look
into the profit potential, and for
this purpose We use a convenient
unit of 1000 pounds of raw shrimp.
The analysis is set up in the fol-
lowing table.
TABLE II
1000 Tbs. headless green shrimp
less 300 800 pounds
300 Lbs. plus bread pickup
1919 80 1920 pounds
1000 Lbs.
multiplied by 35c $350.00
1920 Lbs.
multiplied by 24.45 27s.O0
Laid In Cost 623.00
1920 Lbs.
multiplied by 72e
81 (Sales Value) $4,000
Gross profit on 1,120 Lbs. 1890
Gross profit per Id.
finished goods *12 1924
In addition to the profit shown
are intangible which can be proper
ly credited to the profit by North
Carolina professors. These are
such things as ice for packing the
green shrimp, the boxes for ship
ment, general plant labor for
handling storage, etc., transporta-
ton charges paid by the breading
plants for green shrimp, *13 and
the amount paid the buyers. The
customary buyers fee is two cents
per pound. Transportation and
buying charges are ordinarily fig
ured at four cents.
In most new businesses there
are certain to be imponderables
which enter into the decision to go
ahead or to remain out. Young as
it is the Dreaded shrimp business
has few presidents on which to
rely in appraising the various fac
tors which may appear to be adj
verse to the venture. Some of the
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SHRIMP
CONTINUED from Page Four)

Appendix (III) will disclose the
approximate costs Of a new plant
newly equipped. The reader will
know what facilities he already
has and what he can purchase at
costs less than those shown.
Costs and Profits: The cost fac
tors in the breading Of shrimp are
those which were current about
the first of December 1865. They
were obtained by visits to plants,
interviews with managers and dis
cussions with refrigeration experts
and technologists. We believe them
as reliable as obtainable without
actual examination of company
books or without actual time and
motion studies. We also believe
that some elements Of cost could
be reduced. In table ] on the next
page the cost factors are given.
TABLE /
ITEM Cents Per Pound
Labor for de-veining, breading,
battering, packing and
freezing ................ w
Package and wrapper .......... .O325
Master carton .................... .O160
Breading material ................ .0250
Freezing and storage .......... OTTO
Brokerage ....,.... ............ .O150
Overhead ....................... $500
24.45
Cost Of shrimp $50 county 1925
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after Andrew Johnson assumed the office Johnson
opponents. and he barely escaped impeachment.
1858 the Democrats their
Republicans turning popular hero nominated Gen u
Grant who had led the North victory in the Civil War Despite
dishonest appointees Grant himself remained
above easily reelection in 1872
Refusing left White House Rutherford
Hayes who fewer popular than his Democratic
opponent Samuel den nevertheless the presidency
in the Electoral College by vote.
Scholarly Garfield followed $780,
but assassination shortly aeward the office Chester
A. Arthur Arthur surprising insstence reform admina
tion especially him his nomination.
election Cleveland outdanced
Cleveland 1885, but four later Cleveland returned
to Office.
william Mckinley Republican victory
1885, 1900 aSsaSSinated
the third such act Republican Presidents than
so His popular Vice President Teddy Roosevelt succeeded
to the Office another his 1904 Teddy
Buster his effort regulate
industrial monopoeS and world affairs he established the
United States the forefront of nations by his forcefu
handling of international problems.
RS dissatisfaction with his self appointed William
Howard split the Republican Party permitting
election Wilson, Cleveland
Eight years
Republican again. Warren Harding who promised stWod
War return to normally"