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Show Game Commission License Prices Puzzle Economists In th world of commercial-Ism commercial-Ism th chant of better prices for larger quantities is forerer being heard. Get more for your money by buying in quantity. This is the law of commercialism, commer-cialism, but not the law of the government Take the Utah State Fish and Game Commission, for instance. in-stance. A review of the license fee for out-of-state fishermen was sent out this week as a reminder for the tourist It seems that a non-resident can purchase a license for five days at a cost of S4. At the time of purchase be can extend ex-tend that license for an additional addi-tional five days at a cost of a dollar per day. allowing him to fish for ten days at a cost of $9. The non-resident can purchase pur-chase addidonal licenses. In other words, the number is not restricted. If be wanted be . could buy two separate licenses licen-ses for five days each at a cost of S4 each or ten days for $8. Buying the ten days in a single parcel, however, costs the out-of-stater an additional SI. This is not the type of bargain bar-gain you would expect at a supermarket quite the contrary, con-trary, it presents no bargain at alL it is simply an extra charge for the convenience of making a single purchase rather ra-ther than two separate purchases. |