"Think any them big new cars stop here? No, sir! They go on to them yella-painted company stations in town."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 13. The attendant at the run-down gas station complains that smaller businesses like his are losing out to the bigger company stations. The growing divide between the rich and poor classes in a depressed economy is further shown here. It is not just the migrant workers who are suffering from the lack of jobs and money in the economy, but small businesses too.