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Show TAXES TAKE TOLL FROM AUTOISTS -SSSJ "ustomlrs1 from the oil ind"sline prices gallon of gas0l;"eaTa4 station who drives into a nmng to 'fill 'er up" pays f01 one-third cents a gfnmUxe, These are average axes for the Rocky Mountain district The na tional average is almost a high M H. Robineau, president of Frontier Refining Company, Denver, Den-ver, today issued a statement on the tax situation. He also is chairman chair-man of the Rocky Mountain o industry committee. The Roseau survey was compiled from official records made available at headquarters head-quarters of the American Petroleum Petro-leum Institute. Despite the hugh jump in taxes, the Rocky Mountain district average aver-age price of gasoline, including all taxes, was 31.25 cents a gallon in 1920, compared with only 24.46 cents a gallon in 1947, the survey showed. ' |