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Show Tuesday, March 1, 1955 THE DltAGERTON TRIBUNE Coal Makes Juice Freedom If anyone thinks that coal is To Shop Arourfd A Canadian econimst, Hart Buclcof the Bank of Toronto, recently made an address entitled Freedom to Shop Around.7 In the course of it he said, Competition isnothing but freedom looked at upside down. In a market where buyers are free to shop around, sellers must outdo each other to get and keep customers. Through competition there is produced the maximum of goods and services that the public wants most. Competition does not mean dog eat dog. Instead, it is the necessary prefact to cooperation. Competition helps us to decide with whom we can best cooperate in production." Freedom to shop around is found at all the levels of economic activity. A business, for instance, buys the supplies and services it needs from other businesses which offer the best values. And every ' housewife exercises her freedom to shop around every day. When she goes out to buy foods or clothes or household wares or thing else, she patronizes those merchants who, in her opinion, will give her the most for the dollar. They may be chain stores or independent stores; they may be large or small. But competition forces all of the mto offer every inducement they can price, service, quality, more compelling advertising to attract her trade. It competition that holds quaHMes up and prices down, and that forces the businessman to fight an endless war against waste and avoidable expense. Yes, competition is freedom looked at upside down the other side of the coin. We can't prize it too highly. growing obsolete as a source of energy, a few facts should be sufficient to change his mind. Coals biggest customers today are the electric utilities they now take more than 22 per cent of cur rent production. Coal will be the only fuel burned in 75 per cent. of the new steam generating capacity the utilities expect to install in the 1955-5- 7 period. That is because coal is an extremely efficient and economical source of electric power. And.it becomes more efficient all the time, due to improved methods of utilizing it. As recently as 1920, it took three pounds of coal to produce one kilowatt of electricity. Last October, according to the Federal Power Commission, the rate of consumption was 0.97 pounds of coal per kilowatt a record low. There is food for thought in this for those.' who mistakenly believe that atomic energy may soon revolutionize the eiectric business. No doubt practical atomic power plants will come in time, though very complex technical problems remain to be solved. But all these can do, so far as is knowp5W, is to substitute one fuel for anoth er. And the cost of fuel is one of the minor elements in producing and distributing power to the consumer. Hydro-powis not a competitor with power, numberXof in limited the except areas where great rivers exist. In many of the greatest industrial centers there is no water power at all. And only a few major sites remain rtf Libby Alaska Sockeye SALMON tall tan 73c SARDINES Clear Water YELLOWTAIL Booth FISH STICKS SOLE . . HALIBUT Silver SMELTS 2 for 37c Smoked ' FILLETS .... 10-oi.phg.- X 10 cans 89c ... . S3c lb. 49c Cod Fillets . . lb. 45c Complete er lb. 29c lb. 57c VC Dinner Scallops . lb. plcg. 89c ed lb. 55c Tuna Dinners v coal-generat- .... ..... ..... of the Choicest V .... American Oil Center Slices r SANDWICHES I .water-- power" 'ijr-ef- i 4 performs t ZuiNfinoti lvii( People of Inherent Good Taste I Ground Beef 4 lbs. $1.00 GLENMORE 33c FROZEN FOODS CAn;mo:i Peas, Corn . ea. 15c tNSTAtT f.ULK p GRAPE JUICE 2 for 39c taste... if i i I KRAFTS. PHILADELPHIA MORE quality... CREAM CHEESE 86 MORE ........ enjoyment... Marcal 80-Co- . . . 3 for 35c 2 pkgs. 19c Taste Good 2 lbs; 69c CHEESE SUMmdSSoOUIt Green LENTELS CAULIFLOWER -- 1 quart 55c .... ' , 5 lbs. 49c 1 . . bunch 15c lb. 5c 8-l- b. bag 39c trimmed., lb. 15c PARD DOG FOOD . . . . . lb. bag 19c PINTO BEANS . GRAPEFRUIT lb. 14c SPLIT PEAS 37c 3-o- z. ...... ... No. NEW CABBAGE , U.S.No. S. unt NAPKINS UMMMW DWTIUIIMC 16c z. CARR0TS-U.- TOMATO SOUP STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 3-o- ASH for BETTER PRODUCE . . 2 for 45c Campbell's i rnf , . Fkg. ce MARSHMALLOWS KENTUCKY 3ZZZZZZZZ2Z MIRACLE WHIP PROOF 10-Oun- 1 r White Star Grated , per can Tuna 4 tall cans 53c MORE get 4 i r 7 cans $1.00 Send in Labels and Svift will I Refund You $1.00 plus 5c Postage I Every drop distilled and bottled by GLENMORE DISTILLERIES COMPANY tylb-z- d LocucCaj Louisville, Kentucky uic&fibtv ' WE GIVE S&H GREEN STAMPS PHONE 9977 4 i S |