anaheim-gazette 1952-05-05

Buena Park’s Nutrilite Industry Follows County Pattern of Growth The tremendous growth of Orange county's industry in recent years reflects the advancement of the individual firms in the county such as Nutrilite Products, Inc., of Buena Park. With the entire operation in a quonset hut only a few years ago, the vitamin and mineral food supplement produced by Nutrilite now goes to every state in the nation, as well as Alaska and Hawaii. Over 100 workers are employed in Buena Park's manufacturing plant. The firm's local operation has expanded to several blocks of buildings housing the administrative offices, the manufacturing and packaging section, warehouses, and a modernistic cafeteria which feed 96 employees at one sitting. Another recent development of the Nutrilite operation in Buena Park is the C. F. Rehnborg Research Laboratories. Work there is devoted to scientific nutritional research conducted by some of the nation's outstanding scientists, who have been engaged by the corporation. Nturilite's 105-acre ranch at Hemet is the center of experimental agricultural work conducted by the company. Besides growing alfalfa used in the manufacture of Nutrilite, the ranch conducts experiments in an effort to improve quality and quantity in production. Fertilizing with earthworms and other organic methods of adding nutrients to the soil are current projects. TRADE MASTER—Mrs. Teresa Smid, certified as a master plumber by the state of Illinois, threads pipe in the plumbing shop she and her husband operate in Cicerdu. Eat California Oranges for Vitamin C. Nutrilite Salutes ORANGE COUNTY INDUSTRY and is proud to be a part of it. We Continue to grow and build, too! ● OUR MANUFACTURING PLANT New buildings ... Modern administrative offices ... warehouses ... Complete, efficient employees' cafeteria, seating 96 diners. ● OUR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES Staffed with highly specialized personnel ... Completely equipped with finest instruments ... Entire activities devoted to advancement of nutritional studies and research. A Nutrilite microbiologist feeds experimental rat Vitamin A as part of nutritional studies in the new research laboratory Nutrilite Products, Inc. BUENA PARK DUCTION—Skilled women workers at the Kwikset Lock Company are shown unloading the many component parts which make up the Kwikset lock. Efficiency and rapid handling make it possible for thousands of locksets to be assembled every day and shipped from the Anaheim company to many parts of the world. Employment in Anaheim at High Rate, Commuters Seek Jobs Nearer Home Employment in Anaheim is at a high rate at present, Employment in Anaheim is at a high rate at present, and will continue to edge upward as some of the newer manufacturing plants in the area continue to increase their employment rolls. Although Anaheim employers are not "labor pirates" or are trying to lure employees away from other firms, there is a significant number of men and women who live in the Anaheim area but who work in plants in Los Angeles, Santa Ana, and other places within commuting distance of Anaheim. These people are a source of skilled workmen because sooner or later some of them tire of the process of commuting and seek employment near their homes. WITH THE advent of large manufacturing companies in Anaheim have come more and more workmen. As workmen come into an area, they are followed by labor unions and "organizers." Union activity in Anaheim has been fairly moderate, because the organizers apparently are finding it hard to sell their program to employees, many of whom have the best jobs of their lives with companies which have established personnel benefits and personnel services which make for good employment situations. The typical workman in this area is a rather independent individual who fears outside interference in his right to make a living; and apparently dislikes to pay a union for employment privileges he receives from his employer as a matter of course. Admittedly, the union organizations have a tough row to hoe. Their theme-song to the workmen has been that the unions were responsible for the benefits the workmen receive from their employers, therefore the unions should ride herd on the industrial concerns. Admittedly, the union organizations have a tough row to hoe. Their theme-song to the workmen has been that the unions were responsible for the benefits the workmen receive from their employers, therefore the unions should ride herd on the industrial concerns. OF COURSE, in many industries, labor unions put up a long, hard fight to win certain benefits for the workers. In the Anaheim area, however, it is apparent that the lack of mass-employment factories and the satisfaction with working conditions here has made it difficult for the unions to catch the ear of the working men and women. Kwikset Locks, Anaheim's keystone of industry, set the pace for later industries by instituting personnel benefits for the employees as rapidly as the business grew. One of the company's basic policies is that a satisfied employee is a good employee—and a good employee not only benefits himself but has a desire to advance the firm's quality of product and rate of production. For more than a year a labor union tried to line up enough Kwikset employees to force an election at the plant to determine if a labor union would represent the employees. The appeal admitted that Kwikset employees receive a good share of benefits, but warned that it might not last forever and that the union should take over. Apparently, the plea failed. EARLIER THIS year another group of organizers began to pass As Anaheim evolves from an agricultural community to more and more of an industrial community it will see the rise of new situations and new problems. Based on the beginnings which have been made, the city will continue to meet the new era with poise and intelligence. Shoes, Clothes May be Cheaper In Near Future NEW YORK — Families fighting the battle of the budget are being promised further savings in shoes and clothing. Prices of most spring lines are down from last fall and the new lists for next fall now being announced show even further cuts. Lower shoe prices reflect the sharp drop in the price of leather. As a result, the leather industries of America predict America's shoe bill this year will be 500 million dollars lower than last, although Americans are expected to buy 490 million pairs this year, 20 million more than last. Nine leading makers of men's suits announced recently that their fall prices will be from one to six dollars lower than last fall. THIS FOLLOWS the drop of raw wool to below pre-Korean levels, and the drop since January of worsted fabrics to about pre-Korean levels. These cuts will show up in suits this fall and next spring, reflecting the time lag between the mill and the store. But suit makers warn that the rise in labor and other costs will keep suits from following wool all the way back to pre-Korean prices. Retail prices of cotton textiles have dropped in the past year, and may continue on the downward side for some months, according to Louis M. Bernstein, merchandising administrator of Macy's New York store. He tells the Association of Cotton Textile Merchants of New York, however, that textile prices at the mills should now be around the bottom, and the second half of this year should see some firming in prices. Shoe prices reflect the worldwide slump in the price of bides—one of the sharpest declines of any commodity. Some hide prices are the lowest since the spring of 1941. GETTING ARRESTED A TREAT IN THIS CASE LELAND, Miss. (P)—Getting arrested about noon on Thursday is one of the nicest things happening to motorists passing through this Mississippi Delta town these days. Some unwary couple traveling with out-of-state licensees is pounced on by Pollee Officer W. G. Ray. "You're under arrest," Ray announces. "Why?" the motorists ask in bewilderment. Parrying the question, Ray asks if they are in a hurry. Most always the worrying couple says "No," and off to "trial" they go. 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