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Show America Pays Less For Its Gasoline Those who rail at "the high price of gasoline" should know that American motorists pay only about 60 per cent as much per gallon for motor fuel as do the car-owners of the rest of the world. A recent study of prices demonstrates demon-strates that the average price of gasoline in this country is about "0 cents a gallon. The average for the rest of the world is 35 cents, in Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy, motorists pay up to 40 cents, and in Bolivia gas reaches the lecord price of 65 cents. Even motorists mo-torists in Canada and Mexico pay 15 to 80 per cent more than we do. Gasoline is the only commodity in general use whlcn now costs less than it did before the war. Today's dollar, on the 1913 basis, buys more than a dollar's worth of gasoline, but only GO cents worth of the average av-erage commodity. This is due, P-incipally, to the phenomenal progress made by the American oil industry in developing new fields, more scientific and economic producing pro-ducing and refining methods, ana the best marketing facilities in -the world. The industry has worked with the object in view of providing its buying public with the highest possible grade of motor fuel at a icasonable price. When gasoline prices appear to be exorbitant, it will usually be found that this is the result of excessive ex-cessive gas taxes. Tax rates of fenr, five and six cents a gallon 20 to 30 per cent of the price are common. New increases are proposed pro-posed In many states. However, the American public has shown that it is weary of being "gas-taxed" to death and it is improbable that the next few years will bring many increases. |