Here There Everywhere
An interesting sidelight into com
parative costs of canning crab here
in Kodiak and in Japan, is reveal
ed in figures just released by the
National Canners Association. The
figures are based on actual operat
ing costs in several plan's in Ja
pan. These canneries vveie visited
f y the U. S. Embassy at Tokyo.
Their observations make interest
ing reading.
They found the installations i
every case very simple and ines
pensive, consisting of boiling pit;
work tables, can-sealing machine
and sterilizers. The total cost o
the equipment probably did no
exceed $75,000 to $100,000, accord
ing to the report. Sear these fig
ures in mind as you read on. It wa
found they operated on a fairl;
high profit margin with a mini
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1 As an example, one of the small
plants visited coaid produce 200
cases of 48 6Vi oz. cans in one 3
hour shift. Production costs < in U.
5. S. dollars) for thia output, would
' be approximately as ioilovvs: Crab
1 would cost t.he cannery $.107; labor,
- S221: operating cost, fuel, electric
• ity, etc., $56; depreciation on in
5 vestment, $125; materials costs,
' Sill; managerial wages (at $13.90
a day) $28. The total tor the shift
would be $908. The f.o.b. Yokoho
ma price of the crao per case of 48
6V2 oz. cans is $12.5'). Thus the
total receipts would be $2,500. The
total cost for the entire operation
is estimated at $917. Profit to tne
cannery, $1,556 for one days oper
ation. Not bad.
Now comes the comparison. Pete
Deveau of the Island Sea Foods
has worked out very roughly, the
cost of the same operation in Ko
diak. Crab would cost $2,124; labor,
$800; operating coftt, fuel, electrici
ty etc., $200; depreciation on in
vestment, $350; materials costs,
$450; Managerial wages, $40 Total
cost, approximately, $3,967.50 Thus
it will be seen the cost of produc
ing the same amount of crab in
cans is $1,467.50 more than the
Japanese will receive for his fin
ished product. ,
The cost of crab, materials cost3
and labor are the big item here.
Labor cost in Japan is not a big
item. Of the total of two hundred
employees in the cannery, 75 per
cent were female. The rate for fe
mal labor is 55 cent3 per shift,
plus food and lodging. Thus it is
apparent with this kind of wage
scale somebody is going to show a
profit.
TV came in for a great deal of
discussion at the Toastmasters
meeting last Tuesday at the Mont
1 maitre. There were pros and cons
expressed, many of the speaker:
she*.aig a violent dislike for the
screen entertainment, and others
,ust as vociferous for it. A I agreed
it is here to stay. Many of the
aiguements, just to mention a few,
were that TV has disrupted social
life; it is hard on p trents; hard on
the eyesight; it has disrupted the
peace and quiet of a home; the
programs are a bore; one speaker
deplored the effect on children of
having dinned into them the
merits of beer drinking, smoking,
and the like; others said it elimin
ated conversation entirely—oio
longer was it possible to visit
* friends with just tncught in mind.
Those against didn't hive the
entire say. Every man in the room
expressed himseif, when called
upon by Dr. A. Holmes Johnson,
who was topics master. Several
thought TV brought the family to
gether more often. Children stay
ed at home more. Others thought
TV educational. Others enjoyed
the entertainment; others the op
portunity to see other pasts of the
country, eyen if only on the screen.
One stated TV would lower the
juvenile delinquency, giving the
child a new interest.
* * *
Most of the discussion had to do
with TV in the States, where, it
was stated, so many mediocre pro
grams were presented. Incidently.
the “live” programs being present
ed on the local station are meeting
with a good response. Read else
where in this issue an account of
Wednesdays program
Just about everyone of us some
time or other write checks—and
hope they wont bounce. It is esti
mated some 5,000,000 000 checks
are written each year/Check writ
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