fifty million dollars a year for GREETING CARDS, with which to express their
appreciation of their FREEDOM!
If it is money you are seeking, consider carefully a country that spends
hundreds of millions of dollars annually for cigarettes, the bulk of the income from
which goes to only four major companies engaged in supplying this national
builder of "nonchalance" and "quiet nerves."
By all means give plenty of consideration to a country whose people spend
annually more than fifteen million dollars for the privilege of seeing moving pictures,
and toss in a few additional millions for liquor, narcotics, and other less potent soft
drinks and giggle-waters.
Do not be in too big a hurry to get away from a country whose people willingly,
even eagerly, hand over millions of dollars annually for football, baseball, and prize
fights.
And, by all means, STICK by a country whose inhabitants give up more than a
million dollars a year for chewing gum, and another million for safety razor blades.
Remember, also, that this is but the beginning of the available sources for the
accumulation of wealth. Only a few of the luxuries and non-essentials have been
mentioned. But, remember that the business of producing, transporting, and marketing