Thursday, July 24, 1952
EFFECT OF INFLATION
ON FAMILY BUDGET
Brookings
M arket
(APRIL 1 5 ,1942-APRIL 15,1952)
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Where the Money
Goes Farther—
H’here the Service
Where the Variety
Is Larger
Where the Produce
Is Better—-
Is Fresher—
THURS.. FRI., AND SAT., JULY 24th, 25th & 26th
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DEL ROGUE, 46-oz. Can
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TOMATO JUICE.
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ROSE DALE, 2 Vi can
Despite zooming general living expenses, the cost of liquefied
petroleum gas has remained relatively stable, “spot survey” by LP-
Gas Information Service, Chicago, among nation’s dealers reveals. In
contrast to an average rise of 63% in all items contained in U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics cost of living index, LP-Gas rates increased
only 7% in ten-year period ending April 15, 1952. Also known as
butane, propane, bottled and tank gas, the fuel is used principally in
farm, small town and surburban areas.
Here’s One Bright Ray in Living Cost
Spiral—LP-Gas Prices up Only 70/°
CHICAGO—In the face of sky.
rocketing living expenses in prac
tically all major categories, the
cost of liquefied petroleum gas,
used principally in rural, small
town and suburban areas, has
advanced only 7% since 1942.
This was revealed by the LP-
Gas Information Service, Chicago,
following a nation-wide “spot
survey” among leading marketers
of the fuel.
In the same ten-year period
(April 15, 1942, to April 15, 1952),
the average of all items included
in the cost of living index released
by the U. S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics climbed 63%. Food
prices registered the sharpest
gain with a 92.3% rise. Other in
creases were as follows: house-
fu rn ish in g s— 69%; ap p arel —
60.2%; miscellaneous—54.6% ;
fuel, electricity and refrigeration
—39.3%, and rent—28.6%.
Industry leaders attribute the
stability of LP-Gas rates in con
trast to the general rise in living
costs to several factors. Among
these are: (1) The tremendous
growth in public acceptance and
use of the fuel with resulting
distribution economies; (2) the
sharp increase in number of LP-
Gas bulk plants throughout the
country and consequent reduction
in the area served by each; (3)
the “incentive” rates offered to
customers by most dealers to
stimulate the use of new appli.
ances, and (4) various technical
and service advances contributing
to greater efficiency and economy.
Currently rated by many au
thorities as the nation’s fastest
growing industry next to tele
vision, the LP-Gas business has
registered its greatest advance
since World War II. Total gas
marketed has nearly quadrupled,
sp u rtin g from 4,528,230,960
pounds in 1945 to an estimated
17,384,000,000 pounds last year.
Approximately two-thirds of the
1951 output went for household
and farm use. The balance was
consumed for industrial, chemical
and miscellaneous purposes.
Striking evidence of the indus
try’s rapid growth was given in
a recent consumer survey by the
LP-G as In fo rm atio n Service
which revealed that two-thirds of
the families who now have LP-
Gas ranges have been cooking
with the fuel less than eight
years.
The range is the No. 1 appli
ance in the millions of homes all
across the nation equipped for
LP-Gas service. Other domestic
uses of the fuel are water heating,
refrigeration, clothes drying, in
cineration and air conditioning.
There ure also hundreds of agri
cultural, commercial, industrial
and transportation applications.
LP-Gas, the lusty “baby” of the
petroleum family, is also known
as butane, propane, bottled and
tank gas. It is extracted at
natural gasoline plants and re
fineries, compressed into liquid
form for ease and economy of
transportation and shipped in
pressure vessels by rail, high-
w’ay and water. Sizable quantities
are also transmitted from pro
ducing centers by pipeline. y
SLICED PINEAPPLE
LIBBY'S CREAM STYLE, 303 can
Just About Folks
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GOLDEN BANTAM CORN . l / C
FRUITS - VEGETABLES
Fresh
MEATS
S w ift's Premium, by piece
CORN, 5 for . . 25c BACON, lb .. .
Fresh, crisp
. 59c
Ocean Fresh Sliced
WATERMELON, lb. . 4c SALMON, lb .. . 59c
Bell
Fine For Stews
PEPPERS, 2 lbs. . 29c BEEF BOIL, lb .
Gravenstein
4 9 c
M ild Seasoned Link
APPLES, 3 lbs. . 29c SAUSAGE,lb.. . 65c
OLD SOUTH, 303 can
GRAPEFRUIT SECTIONS . IOC
MINUTE
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Knutsen had
as week-end guests recently. Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bolin a t Knutsen s brothers, and their fam
tended a family re-union at Glen- i ilies. Mr. and Mrs. Thurman P e t-!
dale recently. Mrs. Bolin s mother ty of St. Paul, Minn., and Mr. and
is quite ill and her daughter who Mrs. George Petty and daughter I
lives at Chicago, made the trip of Panama City. Fla.
west to visit her.
Mrs. Lester Rauch underwent j
Mrs. Emma Waldien is at Haw a serious operation at the Seaside
thorne. Calif., where she is help hosiptal, Monday, and is rejxrrted
ing care for a niece who is ill.
recuperating satisfactorily.
33c
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pkg.
17C PUREX, gal. .
TAPIOCA .
WHITE
KARO. .
Perfect Bleach
l ’/i- lb jar
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45c
HAW AIIAN
85c
PUNCH, quart
SUNSHINE HONEY, 2 lbs.
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SPERRY, 10-lb. bag
PANCAKE FLOUR .
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