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Shirt-Consumer. In Cambridge, Mass., a Harvard professor, to pay off a bet, ate his shirt after dissolving it in acid, neutralizing the acid, filtering out the precipitate, spreading it on bread.
Wages. Most industries and most companies have adequate leeway within which to grant substantial wage increases. These increases will have a direct effect in increasing consumer demand to the high levels needed. Substantial wage increases are good business for the country because capacity production means an active citizenry enjoying the...
For TVA's power, TVA collected $39,000,000. Its net income after deductions or operating expenses and depreciation was $18,000,000, up 27% over 1944. Its 600,000 consumers used 48% more power for 21% less money than the average U.S. consumer (1.85? per kwh. v. the...
Speedy Haul. The first commercial all-freight flight across the Atlantic took off from LaGuardia Field for London with $41,000 worth of merchandise. The pioneering Pan American DC-4 hauled a 3,520-lb. cargo: 1,900 lbs. (1,000 meals) of frozen food; 225 lbs. of mink and...
Nor will all these price increases be absorbed by the middleman; some of them will be passed on to the consumer. Even if retail prices are increased, OPA argues, the consumers will still save money. They will be able to buy cheap articles now absent from the market.