Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-17
MEAT STALLS WILL
HAVE PRICE: SIGNS
Food Officials and Dealers
Evolve Scheme to Beat
Profiteer Evils.
DEALERS TO BE WATCHED

Plans to curb profiteering by stab
| ilization of retail meat prices have
| been formed by the District Food Ad-
ministration, with approval Of the
| United States Food Administration and
aid of committee representing meat
and provision dealers of Washington.
The scheme is to be effective within
a week or ten days, it was announced
this morning from the office of the
District food administrator.
The system differs greatly from the
regular weekly fair-price list of flour,
eggs, poultry, ham and bacon sub
mitted by the administration to the
| public through the press to guide the
consumers in making purchases of
| these foodstuffs.
To Bear Official Seal.
Under the new plan large sign
boards bearing the seal of the United
States Food Administration will be
placed in the meat and provision stalls
and stores of dealers of the District.
Each store or stall will have a board
and on it will be the reasonable price
the dealer should charge for cuts OF
| beef, veal, lamb and fresh pork.
y
to the reasonable profit plan on these
commodities inspectors of the District
food administration will drop IN on
them unexpectedly and examine in
| voices received. After examining in
voices the inspectors will compare
the price paid by dealers to the whole
saler for the meats with the price be-
ing charged the public.
Where there is evidence of a profit
beyond reasonable point the dealer
will be taken to task or probably be
called before the food administrator
for explanations. -,
By this system of appearing with
out warning at the eSta Adjustments of
dealers the administration feels con-
fident that the plan to keep down
iteering can be eliminated will prove
success.
Meat Classiications.
Under beef on the board as pre-
pared by the food administration will
come the following cuts: Steaks, por-
terhouSe, Sirloin, round, rump or
bouillon; chuck roasts and steaks, rib
roasts, plate and brisket, suet flank,
shank. liver and ground meat.
Under the veal caption will be in,
cluded outlets, loin chops. rib chops,
shoulder roasts and chops and breast
and stew.
Lambs will include rib chops, loin
chops, leg and loin roasts, shoulder
roasts and chops and breast and stew.
Under fresh pork will come ham.
shoulder, loin roasts and chops, roast
and spareribs.
Under the price list is a warning
to the trade: Public must not handle
meats:
For several months an attempt has
been made to handle the meat situa-
ton in an effective manner. The food
administration had taken care of
vegetables, poultry and a few other
varieties of foodstuffs. Meat, one
group of commodities which had risen
to high prices. had not been mo-
Tested.
The District food administration,
in cooperation with the United States
Food Administration, considered ac-
ton with regard to meats, but none
was taken until recently. A commit
tee from among the meat and pro-
vision dealers was called in and the
plan announced today by the District
food administration was evolved.
Ready in Ten Days.
The price boards are now being
manufactured. 1t was learned today
that in about ten days they will be
ready for distribution among dealers.
1t had been hoped by the admins
tration to have the boards ready for
this week. This was found impossi-
BILE, because the manufacturer who
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