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Show THIS BUSINESS SUSAN THAYER i What is just about the cheapest commodity in common use? You won't guess, but its gasoline! The regular grade, without tax, costs about two to two and a half cents a pound. You'll pay at least three cents for flour, six cents for potatoes. pota-toes. Now that's a rather interesting fact because gasoline is a relatively relative-ly new product and wasn't always so inexpensive. Competition explains ex-plains it; competition and our free American industrial system. For under the competitive system the only way to get more customers is sharpen your wits and figure ways to improve products and cut costs. And not only has this benefited motorists and all gasoline users, but the industry has had to expand, ex-pand, creating jobs and opportunities opportun-ities and profits for millions of Americans. As a result of competition, all industry has improved its products and lowered costs. That's why we have the highest standard of livingand liv-ingand the greatest war production produc-tion any nation has ever known. And that's why we want our free system of industry re-established as soon as possible after the war ends. |