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Show Things We Take for Granted More than any other people, we Americans tend to take the good things of life including many articles that the average family abroad would regard as rare luxuries luxur-ies for granted. We assume that our farms and factories will produce endless streams of foods and manufactured goods. We assume as-sume that our thousands upon thousands of retail stores, large and small, chain and independent, located in the great cities and the little villages, will stock the goods we want and offer them for sale at prices we can afford to pay What we often forget is the system, the way of living and doing things, that has made this possible. It is, basically, a system which places its strongest emphasis em-phasis on individual initiative and freedom. It is a system which encourages people to take chance in the hope of reward. re-ward. It is a system despite all the deviations we have taken from it in recent years which holds that government govern-ment is best which governs least. It is a system in which all kinds of enterprise, from the biggest manufacturer to the newest and smallest retailer, re-tailer, must compete for business and in which those who do the best job win the public's favor and patronage. And whhpthem Ur Hving St3ndards and Y?" ht think of that the next Ume you eo shoD-ping shoD-ping All the abundance of foods and goods you see are the results of our unique system of free enterprise |