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Show 1 It's Yohi business! "There are people (some actually actual-ly posing as Americans) who tell you how much -better off you would be if corporations were not run for profit, but everything were run by the government for the benefit of the people. "Let's see," says Warner and Swas-ey Co., Cleveland: Facts Speak For Themselves "Here are the facts about your condition under our system of profit, prof-it, compared to one of the large countries where everything is operated by and for the people. "1. In America a pair of shoes costs $7. Of that, 35c is profit, $1.75 of it is taxes. ... In 'Country X' a poorer pair of shoes costs $70 10 times as much. Of that, $49 is taxes and $10.50 is profit for the government! "2. An American workman has to work about 6 hours to earn a pair of shoes. In 'Country X' you would have to work 30 days! Taxes, Taxes, Taxes! "3. We think we're being imposed im-posed on if we have to pay a sales tax of 37r on a loaf of bread. In J 'Country X' the people pay a tax of 75 on bread, 62 cr on soap, 82on salt and comparable taxes on everything they buy. "4. In America you can earn I your family's food in 3 hours. In 'Country X' you have to work 9 hours for much less and poorer food. "Remember these figures when you hear people rail against corporation corpo-ration profits and praise benevolent benevo-lent governments run 'for the benefit bene-fit of the people.' "For the benefit of what people?" |