Page 12 GVATER ) Demonstration of Waste Flow Reduction from Households National Environmental Research Center Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnatti, Ohio 45268 Looks into various reuse, low use, recycling potentials in household use of water. The AFL-ciO estimates that since 1966 American workers have lost one million jobs because their employers moved to low wage countries. For business it was a good deal. Between 1950 and 1965, overseas profits rose from 10% to 22% of total U.S. (non-financial) profits. In that 15-year period, Americans invested $9 billion in the third world, with a return of $25.6 billion. (Lee Penn, Oregon Times) Fluoridation. Once again Oregon is considering fluoridation in our water systems. Christine French of Salem wrote to us, "It has been estimated (and this is only an estimate) that 87 tons of fluoride would be dumped into the Columbia River annually if Portland fluoridated the drinking water." She recommends people pick up a copy of "Fluoridation and Truth (not tooth) Decay," Top Ecol Press, 18416 Van Owen, Reseda, Ca. 91335. $3.50. I might also suggest people write for sample copy of National Fluoridation News, Rt. 1, Gravette, Ark. 72736. $2/yr. Photo: Ancil Nance ~HOLE SYSTEM~ January 1975 OREGON PROGRESS NEWSLETTER OREGON ECONOMIC INDICATORS<ll ITEM November2 1974 Civilian Labor Force ----------------------------1,025,600 Unemployment ---------------------------------- 74,000 Percent of Labor Force ------------------------ 7.2 Seasonally Adjusted Percent ------------- -- 7.5 Total Employment ------------------------------------~-- 951,600 Total Nonagricultural Employment ------------------------- 843,000 Wage and Salary Employment Index-------------------- 129,000 {Seasonally Adjusted) Total Manufacturing -------------------------------- {Durable Goods) ---------------------------------- Lumber and Wood Products -------------------------- Logging and Sawmills ------------------------- Veneer and Plywood ---------------- Furniture and Fixtures -------------------- Stone, Clay and Glass Products -------------------- Primary Metals ---------------------------- Fabricated Metal Products ------------------------- Machinery -------------------------------- Electrical Equipment and Supplies ---------------------- Transportation Equipment ----------------------------------- Other Durable Goods ---------------------------------------------- (Nondurable Goods) -------------------------------------- Food and Kindred Products ----------------------------------- Canning and Preserving ---------------------------------- Textile Mill Products------------------------------------ Apparel ------------------------------------------- Paper and Allied Products ------------------ Printing and Publishing---------------------- Other Nondurable Goods --------------------- Total Nonmanufacturing ---------------------------------- Mining -----------------------~------------ Contract Construction ---------------------- Transportation and Utilities ------------------------- Transportation ----------------------------------------- Communications and Utilities ------------------------ Trade _____ -------------------------------------------------------- Wholesale Trade ----------------------------------------- Retail Trade ------------------------------------- Finance, Insurance and Realty ------------------- Service and Miscellaneous ---------------------- Government ---------------------- Federal ---------------------------- State and Local Education ------------------ State and Local Public Administration ______ Labor-Management Disputes ------------------ Manufacturing Production Workers: 190,800 137,900 65,300 37,600 18,500 3,100 3,700 9,700 10,300 12,600 14,400 13,700 5,100 52,900 25,400 14,000 2,600 3,200 9,700 7,800 4,200 652,200 1,500 38,700 51,400 31,900 19,500 202,700 54,300 148,400 45,600 141,600 170,700 25,900 87,100 57,700 1,100 Average Weekly Hours ---------------------------- 38.1 Average Hourly Earnings ----------------- 5.21 Average Weekly Eearnings --------------------- 198.50 Bank Debits to Demand Deposits for Eugene, Portland and Salem (thousands of dollars) -----------------.... 8,774,840 Building Permits-Selected Oregon Communities (thousand of dollars) ------·---------·--·---------------- 38,026 Gasoline Sales for Highway Use (thousands of gallons) ___ 111,450 Lumber Industry Data for Douglas Fir Region of Oregon and Washington (M Feet): Production ---------·----------------- Orders ------------- ______ _ Inventory-End of Month ------------------ Shipments ---------·--··--------------- Unfilled Orders --------------------· Oregon Customs District {thousands of dollars): 541 537 1,048 578 352 Exports ----------------------------- 232,300 Imports --------·----------·-·--------------- 73,500 1. Data are State totals unless otherwise designated. 2. Preliminary 3. Revised October3 1974 1,035,600 58,900 7.1 7.1 976,100 855,700 129,100 201,600 143,800 70,400 40,300 20,400 3,300 3,800 9,700 10,300 12,800 14,400 13,800 5,300 57,800 30,100 18,600 2,600 3,200 9,900 7,700 4,300 654,100 1,700 41,700 52,000 32,400 19,600 200,500 54,500 146,000 45,500 143,000 169,700 26,400 86,000 57,300 700 37.8 5.15 194.67 7,848,358 51,394 104,025 595 577 1,085 573 393 220,616 86,220 March, 1975 Page 11 ..• COMPILED 81-MONTHLY November 1973 1,002;700 58,800 5.9 6.1 943,900 832,000 127,300 196,800 146,600 76,900 40,700 25,300 4,200 3,400 8,700 9,800 12,500 13,000 12,800 5,300 50,200 22,200 10,700 2,900 3,500 9,700 7,600 4,300 635,200 1,400 39,000 52,700 33,000 19,700 198,800 51,800 147,000 43,700 136,000 163,600 26,000 84,000 53,600 200 38.3 4.72 180.78 8,069,648 40,087 98,529 760 745 900 761 616 222,719 50,406 Change From Oct. 1974 Nov. 1973 - 9,400 + 15,100 XXX XXX - 24,500 - 12,700 XXX - 10,800 - 5,900 5,100 2,700 1,900 200 100 0 0 200 0 100 200 4,900 4,700 4,600 0 0 200 + 100 100 1,900 200 3,000 600 500 100 + 2,200 200 + 2,400 + 100 1,400 + 1,000 500 + 1,100 + 400 + 400 + .3 + .06 + 3.83 +926,482 - 13,368 + 7,425 + 54 40 37 5 41 + 11,684 - 12,720 + 22,900 + 15,200 XXX XXX + 7,700 + 11,000 XXX - 6,000 - 8,700 - 11,600 - 3,100 - 6,800 - 1,100 + 300 + 1,000 + 500 + 100 + 1,400 + 900 200 + 2,700 + 3,200 + 3,300 300 300 0 + 200 100 + 17,000 + 100 300 - 1,300 - 1,100 200 + 3,900 + 2,500 + 1,400 + 1,900 + 5,600 + 7,100 100 + 3,100 + 4,100 + 900 .2 + .49 + 17.72 +705,192 - 2,061 + 12,921 219 208 + 148 183 264 + 9,580 + 23,093 Sources: Labor Force Data-Ore~on Department of Employment; Bank Debits-Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; Building Permits-University of Oregon, Bureau of ·susmess Research; Gasoline Data-Oregon State Department of Motor Vehicles; Lumber Data-Western Wood Products Assn. I I I USE I OPEN-ENDED MATERIALS SYSTEM. Mineral resources are mined, go to· a refinery, are made into consumer goods, which are used, discarded, and hauled to a dum where the contribute to environmental degradation.
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