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Stan Thomson
or who says gasoline is expensive?
They say it in Britain, where a skilled carpenter gives more than a day's pay for just eight gallons.
"They say it in Ireland, where only one person in twenty owns an automobile.
"They say it in France, where the price is the same for eight gallons of gasoline or a pair of shoes.
"In the United States? Everything indicates that gasoline should be almost as expensive here, too.
"For instance, Union Oil's costs of building a refinery and the labor costs to operate it have tripled since 1937.
"We pay four times as much to put up a service station today as before the war.
"And fuel taxes you pay at retail have increased 5 cents a gallon in the last 20 years. (In that same time, our refinery price has gone up 4^2 cents a gallon.)
"In spite of these increases, though, Americans pay less for their gasoline than anyone else in the world.
WE PAY LESS FOR GASOLINE THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD
"What's more, two gallons of today's gasoline do the work of three gallons of the old product." * * *
As manager of Union Oil's refinery in the San Francisco area, Stan Thomson has a natural interest in the price of gasoline.
And, he points out, the comparatively low price of gasoline in this country is one measure of the efficiency of the economy under which we live.
Our competitive economy gives us such good value for our money that we" enjoy the highest standard of living the world has ever known — and still have money left for savings.
YOUR COMMENTS ARE INVITED. Write:
The Chairman of the Board, Union Oil Co., Union Oil Bldg., Los Angeles 77, Calif.
Union Oil Companyor
CALIFORNIA
MANUFACTURERS OF ROYAL TRITON, THE AMAZING PURPLE MOTOR OIL
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November 25, 1957 • Page 67