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Show PRICE Kill I IE MIDS1 "Fifty-one motor cars have advanced their prices within the past fow months," said L, L. Hains, managoi Ogden Motor Car company. "The ad' vnnces aro big from $200 to $700, Visitors to my show rooms have askoc me, with some show of suspicion whether this general rise was not the result of a collusive agreement to ad vance pricoB on the part of manufac turors and, if so, why had not th Hudson Super-Six advanced with th( othoro. "Of course the real situation is tha these other' manufacturers were forcec to raise their prices because of thi advances of raw materials. But w escaped the necessity bocauso th Hudson company bought its raw ma torials at the market of a year ago whon prices were less than half wha they aro now. "When our present stock Is exhaust ed, and it Is vanishing rapidly, tin Super-Six, too, will have to advanci Its prices. "It will be only a short time befon the Hudson Super-Six price must ad vance." |