The corporation is under contract to acquire its raw materials from one source for as long as either the supplier or the consumer (Sunn) remains in operation. As a consideration for the contract, The supplier made a "once only" concession of 50 percent in the price of the opening inventory. The effect was that Sunn received $2000000 of inventory at a cost of $100000. The inventory represents a minimum amount below which the base stock of inventory should not fall.