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COSY Of LIVI NOBottd on ©I M S D«pt of laboeAVERAGE PRICE OfELECTRICITYSupplied lot Rt«id«nftol Ult by ComponyDtal121rid,andmicTesxec of AM irids 1936 -IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS O*- DOtLARSMOST folks can't even remember the last time Reddy had to increase his rates back in 1917. Reddy is really proud that the price of electricity is one of the very few things that Jiasn't gone up and up in the past few years. While your .cost of living has gone up 90% Reddy’s wages have gone down 35%.Reddy's Cost of Living Up, tooThe cost of doing business, like your cost of living, lias been climbing steadily since 1940 and appears to be headed even higher. At the same time your use of electricity has been, and will continue, growing year by year. Thus Reddy finds himself in the position of doing more and more, while getting less and less return from his work. As examples of how costs are up, Reddy pays 100% more for each ton of coal he burns, and as the chart at the right shows his taxes are up 200%. But by sound business management and by using morethe l all low-deal elds ring 60); sci-nces ttion ition finecost the average residential customer about 10c per week. Rlcctricity is Still your Biggest Bargain 1) on are ce a ead, with nim-lark, stak-n to
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Mallard Leader
Mallard, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 12, 1952
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