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Show I No Reduction in Prices of Oakland I I B j Sensible Six I 1 At this time when the public mind is disturbed by sensationally announced price re- True enough, there have been many instances of inflated prices. There has been ducttons of automobiles and other commodities, we desire to give assurance to those who profiteering. And true enough, abnormal profits rmist be eliminated. j I I require Personal Passenger Transportation, such as is provided by the Oakland Sensible Six, that we do not anticipate reducing the price of our cars. And that is what has been going on all around you recently THE PRICE REDUC- I Starting with the production of the raw material required and continuing to the finished NS YOU HAVE WITNESSED IN AUTOMOBILES AND 0THERC"AuNJ I product, over 80 per cent of the cost of an Oakland Sensible Six is labor. DISE ARE THE BELATED SHAKING OUT OF THE ABNORMAL PROFITS. THE I whr-, v ,o,c nA u uk a a u i i j . NORMAL PROFITS ARE STILL THERE. When wages paid to labor are reduced, or when labcr produces more per man, then may manufacturers of HONESTLY PRICED automobiles legitimately consider the reduc- a4 f , 1 u u a l A, r,l,.c normal II f It: Manufacturers whose goods have been pneed Gn actual cost to produce, plus normal lion or tneir selling prices. . . - i . . e 1 profit, have no inflated figures with which to appeal to the uninformed public in sensa- We have not heard of any instance where automobile workers are receiving lower tional announcements of "Price Reductions." Prudent, studious buyers will not be I wages- misguided by erroneous principles. I Oakland Price Advance in Five Years, Due to Increased Cost I I HI of Labor and Material, Only 27.4 per cent. I I The Oakland Sensible Six with its many improvements and refinements I I I is worth 35 per cent more than it was five years ago I 1 In the event of unexpected reductions in the cost of the labor and material that enter into the construction of the Oakland Sensible I Six to a point where we may properly and legitimately reduce the list price of our cars between October 1, 1920, and May 1, 1921, we will refund to every Oakland purchaser who buys within the above mentioned period of time the amount of such reduction I B OAKLAND MOTOR CAR COMPANY 1 U I SIXTH LARGEST BUILDERS OF AUTOMOBILES IN THE WORLD I I BURROWS AUTOMOBILE, COMPANY , I 432 Twenty-fifth Street Opposite Reed Hotel Phone 387 I |