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NOTES

D. REIMER

Figures for corporation ad-
vertising that were -recently
published assume staggering
proportions. Amounts quoted
for 1958 are as follows: Proc-

tor & Gamble, $98,701,438:
General Foods, $52,720,430;
Lever Bros., $50,817,674; Col-

gate Palmolive-Peet, $46.138,-
960; American Home products,
$38,555,886.

Add to these amounts the
eash of other corporations and
smaller firms and the radio
and T.V. commercials at 10 or
15 minute intervals and the
figure would look like the na-
tional budget.

No doubt some people would
take the position that if these
companies wish to spend their
money in this fashion it is no
concern of ours. In reality,
however, these amounts come
out of the sweat and toil of
the primary producers and
are again loaded on the backs
of the consumers — the work-
ing people who have produced
the wealth to make these
huge expenditures possible,
but have no voice in the dis-
tribution of this wealth.

The contention that adver-
tising creates a greater de-
mand and the resulting in-
crease in sales tends tod re-
duce prices, apparently is not
applicable to modern merch-
andizing. Prices are directly
related to the amount of ad-
vertising expended. Too often,
goods which are highly adver-
tized have little, other than
profit value, for the manufac-
turer and distributor.

A shaving cream that sells
for $1.25 a can has a gadget
on the top which squirts a
quantity of cream on your

brush. It is supposed to givef

you the smoothest shave ever

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‘No’ vote urged in city
airport, park plebiscite

HAROLD PRITCHETT
On June 21st, the citizens of Vancouver will be voting
in a by-election to fill a vacancy on the Parks Board as
a result of the death of Charlie Stephens, and will also

be required to vote on some

First, the NPA-controlled
city council is conducting the
third plebiscite on whether
Vancouver should sell the In-
ternational Airport .. . this
in spite of the fact our air-
port has been built up into
one of the most profitable
community projects in Van-
couver.

This double-barrelled pleb-
iscite provides a gimmick that
should the citizens vote (as
they should) to retain the air-
port, they are asked to vote
on a $15 million by-law to
provide funds by the city of
Vancouver to develop con-
struction of additional build-
ings, which should be the res-
ponsibility of the Federal and
Provincial governments.

Voting “NO” on these two
propositions will retain our
International Airport and de-
mand of city council that it
seek assistance in new build-
ing construction. Obviously

and leave your face soft and
glowing. The “directions” tell
you to wase your face with
soap and warm water and
leave it wet before applying
for best results. A 15c cake of
shaving soap gives as good re-
sults.

This writer had the occasion
to be in a wholesale grocers
warehouse when .a clerk ap-
proached the manager with
an order for a specific brand.
of canned goods that was not
in stock. He was told to paste
labels of the brand required
over another brand.

There is probably no other
gimmick to extract super pro-
fits out of a gullible public
than fancy packaging and eye
appeal.

It is a far cry from the days
when the grocer retailed his
prunes, raisins and other eva-
porated fruits out of 25 lb.
boxes displayed on his coun-
ter, or beans, rice, etc., out of
100 Ib. bags, at prices which
were a fraction of those of
today.

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other very important issues.

the second proposition is aim-
ed at intimidating voters in
order to obtain an affirmative
vote to sell the airport for a
song.

The second proposition we
will be required to vote on is
a “typical pig’ in a poke”.
The proposed purchase of
Shaughnessy Golf course for
the sum of $2.2 million is fan-
tastic to say the least.

It is estimated that a fair
price for the city to pay for
the golf course based on pre-
sent assessment would be
$484,000. The fantastic sum of
over two million dollars sug-
gested would completely de-
plete the Parks Board budget
for ten years.

City Council should acquire
this parkland for future use
by outright expropriation bas-
ed on the present assessment,
and also prevent the real es-
tate speculators from moving
in for a clean-up. Over many
years the CPR has enjoyed
low taxes and assessments on
property they obtained for al-
most nothing.

A ‘NO” vote on-all propos-
itions on June 21 would be a
vote for Vancouver’s progress.

Greenwell rums for
park board

Don (Dusty) Greenwell, pro-
minent trade unionist and
chairman of the Hastings Com-~
munity Association announc-
ed this week he will be a.can-

D. GREENWELL

didate for parks board in the
Vancouver

board.

chairman of the Hastings East

by-election June
12 to fill a vacancy on the

Greenwell, who is_ also
75th Anniversary Committee
said he would urge a “no”
vote on the by-law to purchase
Shaughnessy Golf Course. He
has welcomed support from
all groups.

The lumber and sawmill in-
dustry in the U.S.A. saw a
reduction of 100,000 jobs be-
tween 1947 and 1956, accord-
ing to an American corres-
pondent to the Pacific. Tri-
pune,

During this same period av-
erage annual production per
man increased from 77,200 to
104,600 bd. ft., total produc-
tion by 1.9 billion bd. ft., for
an incredible rise in produc-
tivity of 33%. During the
same period prices rose by
35,% ‘while wages rose only
10%.

Boiled down, these figures

Letter from woodworker
says shorter hours needed —

show that 1947 production 164
vels could have been citer a

ing 6 hours a day, and to ace
additional

ductivity, 36,000

quired.

pared to 1947. This
could have come from the it-

than $18 million a week: am

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additional $12.6 million out-—
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