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Show ' - - r - "Don't you big oil U . , companies get P "J together to set prices?" t , s ' ! x ' t The question of gasoline price affects every ' j ' motorist: Standard Oil Company of California re- ' ' ' " ' ceives some letters along these lines: "When I drive i" r , ' "I downtown, the prices of all the major gasolines seem jj" ( s f I to be about the same. I've heard it said that the major j iv X Is oilcompaniesgettogethertosetprices. Isn't this trueV I ' 'J N ( ' The answer is an unqualified NO. Oil com- t , ' - ' J panies do not get together to set prices, nor do we i s , '"J " in any way set prices by agreement. But we do I 1 V ' j thnk it's in order to tell you about gasoline prices L-..w-.,.g vsi and how they're arrived at: wi hJ Jterak T'f Siti f These imaginary exam- I d3X3Ljifc&V Suppose a gas dealer were forced to pies of set-price policy s L?. sell at 2c a gallon more than his neigh- show what any gas seller is When you shop you find not bors. Business would soon pass him by. actually up against. He only gas but many products of Or suppose he had to sell for 2c a gallon must sell for enough to the same kind and about the less, still giving full quality and service. cover his costs and make a same quality priced about As his competitors cut price to hold cus- living, yet if he charges too alike. Prices just naturally tomers, his income falls. In time he much he'll drive business ! tend to even up. Here's why would go broke. away. It's as simple as that. i:lil('f Lr f " Theresult:betterproducts ' at low cost, the benefit you At Chevron Gas Stations the oper- always get when free com- ators are completely independent. They petition is allowed to work. We "set prices" only at sta- make up their own minds about price. Note this: aside from taxes, tions we own and operate You occasionally see a range of gasoline and in spite of inflation, Standard Stations, Inc. Ex- prices for the same or different brands gasoline today costs about 4 perience shows what to charge in a single area, until competition finally what it did in 1919, yet two to cover cost of product and forces the prices of similar products and gallons now do the work service, yet sell in competition. services back to a common level. that required three then. I'd Like to Know . . . Many people write to Standard asking pertinent questions about the Company. We answer all letters individually, but some points seem of general interest. We take this way of discussing them for everyone. If you have a question, we urge you to write in care of: "I'd Like to Know," 225 Bush Street, San Francisco 20, California. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA plans ahead lo serve you better Just like the E GOOD I OLD DAYS! ENJOY THIS GREAT STRAIGHT BOURBON famous for J&SI OLD TIME iff QUALITY! BU "The tfSL Bourbon ill Buy rajf i STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 86 PROOF NATIONAL DISTILLERS PROD. CORP., N.Y. 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