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Show Industry Spokesman Claims Gas Tops Buyer Bargains Competition, research, and the price-conscious buying habits of the American public are the basic ba-sic reasons why "gasoline continues contin-ues to be the average family's best shopping bargain," according accord-ing to Alfred Brown, Jr., of the Cedar City Oil Industry Information Informa-tion Committee. Speaking as a representative of the oil industry nation-wide as well as an independent business- man, Brown said these facts were substantiated by the U. S. Consumer Con-sumer Pri,ce Index. "Clothing prices, for example, have gone up 63 per cent since 1925," he said. "House furnishings furnish-ings have increased 65.8 per cent and food costs have risen 71.1 per cent. "In contrast, gasoline prices have risen very little if you discount dis-count . federal, state and local taxes, over which jicither oil men nor competition have any control, the records show that the increase in-crease in gasoline prices since 1925 the year gasoline improvement im-provement really be fan Is l only 7.3 per cent. |