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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1966 FACES CENTRAL POINT TIMES Let’s Deal In Facts...U.S.vs. Russia "The economic system which serves its people best is that which provides them with a maximum of freedom and opportunity, and furnishes them with the greatest amount of material goods at the most reasonable prices either in terms Of money or time WOfied” . . . C. * . Harder, President National Federation of Independent Business. Now, what about freedoms and opportunities? U.S. Russia Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Then, what about production? POPULATION, 1963 6R0SS NATIONAL PRODUCT, 1963 USA. Russia 189,400,000 224,800,000 (total production of goods and servie**) USA. 3584,000,000,000 GENERAL PRODUCTION — USE PRODUCTION OF SELECTED FUELS, 1963 Commodity U.S.A. Russla 5265,000,000,000 PRODUCTION OF CONSUMER GOODS, 1963 Russia Commodity Commodity Unit of measure Coal......................... Mil. Metric Tons Crude O il................... Natural gas.............. Bil. Cu. Meters U.S.A. Russia 432.9 372.0 417.6 531.7 206.1 89.8 (In U.S.A., petroleum and natural gas have greatly supplanted coal usage.) YIELD PER ACRE OF MAJOR CROPS, 1963 Electric Power ('64)..................1,082 bil. KWH 459 bil. KWH Steel ('63)................................. 109 mil. short ton 88 mil. short ton Crude Petroleum ('63)............ 2.8 bil. bbls. 1.5 bil. bbls. Cement ('63)............................ 68 mil. short ton 67 mil. short ton Autos-trucks ('64).................... 9.3 mil. produced 603,000 produced Meat ('63)................................. 15 mil. short ton 10 mi*, short ton Daily newspapers ('63)..........1,754 457 Radio receivers in use............ 184 mil. ('62) 66 mil. ('63) Television sets in use('63).... 62 mil. 10 mil. Av. rms. per dwel. ('63)........ 4.9 3.3 Av. persons per room ('63)... 0.7 1.5 Unit Fabrics .......................... Mil. sq. meter* Leather footwear......... Mil. pair* Hosiery.................................. " Refrigerator* ............... Thousand Washing m achine*..... " Radios............................ Television s e t*..................... " U.S.A. Russia 12,401 591 2,136 4,125 4,058 19,732 7,130 6,849 463 1,122 911 2,282 4,802 2,473 PRODUCTION OF MAJOR CHEMICALS, 1963 Crop Unit Com, grain Bushel It Wheat tt Rye......................................... tt Oats tt B arley....................... Rice Pound // Cotton, lint................................. Sugar beets................... Ton Tobacco............. Pound Potatoes______ CWT U.S.A. Russia 67.6 25.3 18.3 45.2 35.1 3,968 517 18.9 1 993 201.8 22.3 9.2 12.4 18.1 14.9 2,400 637 5 2 840 67.9 Ref.— Current Economic Indicators of the U.S.S.R., Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, 1965— Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1965. Commodity Sulfuric acid (100%) PRODUCTION OF SELECTED METALS, 1963 . Thousand* U.S.A. Russia metric ton* 18,993 6,885 Soda ash (95%) ... tt 4,247 2,545 Caustic soda (92%) tt 5,168 1,049 Mineral fertilizer* tí 8,827 4,646 Plastic*........... tt 4,063 589 Chemical fibre tt 1,136 308 142,941 22,563 (thousand* of metric tons) Commodity U.S.A. Crude Steel........................................................ 99,120 Aluminum (primary)........................................ 2,557 Copper (refined)................................................ 1,723 Lead (primary).................................................. 378 Tin (primary and secondary). Zinc (refined primary)..................................... 865 (In the U.S.A., 7 .1 % of all our employed produce the foods to feed all o f o u r people — In Russia 3 6 .3 % of all employed are needed to do the same job.) Russia 80,231 875 640 385 16 419 Rubber tire* unit* Finally, w hat does this mean to the Average American and Average Russian Consumer? Approximate worktime required to buy selected commodities at state-store prices in Russia and at retail store prices in the United States, June 15, 1962: ODS: U.S.A. Bread (1 lb.) Potatoes (1 lb.)......................... Beef, rib roast (1 lb.)............... Butter, salted (1 lb.).......... Sugar (1 lb.)............................... Milk, at grocer (1 qt.) Eggs, 2nd grade (1 doz.) 1.6 19 19 3 7 13 " " " " " " Russia 36 min 6 n 1 hr. 37 u 3 hrs. 26 n 54 u 36 n 2 hrs. 8 n Russian prices (below) which were observed on the open market, where collec tive farmers sell their produce, were much higher in comparison with Russian state store prices. MEN'S CLOTHING: Shirt, cotton Suit, wool, single-breasted, medium price Shoes, leather, oxfords, pr. U.S.A. Russia 13 hrs. 23 hrs. . ... . 7 " 244 hrs. 34 " WOMEN'S CLOTHING: U.S.A. OTHER COMMODITIES: U.S.A. Russia Soap, toilet (3’/a oz.)......................2.6 min. 28 min. Ref. Dress, street, rayon........................ 4 hrs. 28 min. Shoes, leather, oxford, medium price.............................. 5 hrs. 13 min. Stockings, nylon ............................ 37 " Russia 65 hrs. 51 hrs. 7 " Recent Trends in Labor Controls in the Soviet Union, Edmund Nash, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Foreign Labor Condition*. TUB PACE IS DEDICATED TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS, ADVERTISERS AND ESPECIALLY TO THREE OUTSTANDING COOD AMERICANS OF JACKSON COUNTY TO WHOM CENTRAL POINT TIMES, INC. and WEB OFFSET PRINTERS nvr EXTEND GRATITUDE FOR THEIR BEINC. ’ C’ This poster and comparison a public service feature of NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT I USINESS
