The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-09-06

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a man or woman appointed by Ad.
m.nIstra'or podon 10 check prices aH
charged by retail merchants for H.
Conscd commodities Of food1tuffs.
What is their duty
To check the stores In their roBpoc.
tive communities not less than once
week ON forms sent ou; ny the Price
Section NJ the Federal Food Admins.
trailon FOR Texas.
How many are there In ToNasl
The list for August shows 800 names,
but II Is growing daily Appointments
are based on population and the plan
" 10 have one reporter for each town
of 1900 or over; two for each town Of
5000 or over. three for each town OF
1900 or over, four for each town Of
10000 or over. and 80 on adding one
Price Reporter for each $500 addition.
al population.
How are tho Price Report blanks
checked
Every rctlll store should be- covered
by the Price Reporters at least once o
week. and as near q check made upon
every community as possible When
the reports are received by the Price
section at state headquarters for tAc
Federal Food Administration Tor Tex
as. tho lists are checked against the
Price Interpreting Committee fair
price lists for the distrltt In which
they orlg.nntc and where there Ia cyl.
dDurc of excess profits the County
Administrator Us notified Of the name
OF the offender the date Of the Of
iDlsc. and the person making the
check An adjustment ls then up 10
tho County Food Administrator
How AFRO the Price Reporters core
lated with tho Price Interpreting Com
m.itpcg?
Whcroyor possible the County Food
Administrators should link the Price
Reporting Committees with the Price
interpreting Committees. The two de
pnr'monta should work In close har
mony and Price Reporters should thor
ourhly mmiluri1c themselves with the
interpretations of the Price Interpret
los Committees, noting carefully the
rhanrp8 from week to week, aud Nm
irratandius the economic faciors
which enter into these changes To
not 30 UNDERSTAND rs To miss CON.
nlotoIy the viewpoint and to render
the work insufficient
Are Price RoporDrr1 volunteers?
Yes just as the Food Admlnistrh.
ton is essentially q volunteer work.
There Ia no higher following today
than that Of Service 20 the Nation In
one field or another. and men and wo.
men who are designated as Price Re.
portors should accept their appoint
monts In the same spirit rs the man
entering the army under the Selectlye
Draft reports for duty and remains "on
the lob until the war Is won.
is the Price Reporter put 10 any per.
sonal exponse9
No. lie Is supplied with all the nee
essary forms and ach week supply
NJ envelopes addressed 10 the Price
Section Is mailed out The supply
may be Increased or diminished &C.
cDrdng 10 tho needs " the Price Re
p0rtOra'
What has been The rc7ult Of the work
Of the Price Reporter in Texas?
The result has been that the work
OF the Price Interpreting Committees
I'm stabIllzlng prices on licensed foot
commodities has been sustained In O
large degree and merchants who failed
10 observe the Fair Price Lists have
come To understand that such failure
win no longer be- counten1nced. Fur
ihermore. the plan AZ working In Tex
as has been 30 CELESTIAL HAT It Is fast
sprpading TO other States.