The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1920-05-07
new FAIR Price
LIST ISSUED
Mississippi Fair Price Chief Fixes
Maximum Of Cain Allowed.

Columbus, Miss. April 3O.-Thom
as J, Locke fair price commissioner
for Mississippi, today issued Fair
Price Circular No. 90, which practical.
ly covers all prior circulars and fixed
margins of Profit and retail selling
prices of standard necessary com
modities by which merchants are to
be governed In his statement releas-
ed today Mr.. Locke has the following
to say:
Some violations Of the sugar prices
have been reported. The inflexible
ruling OF the Department of Justice
ON sugar prices and which may not in
any instance be varied from, is: 1c
per pound profit above cost to the
wholesaler; &c per pound above cost
to the retailer. The Department Of
Justice is unreservedly behind us; our
energetic and constant effort will de-
stroy profiteering or the profiteer.
Fair Price Committees are advised
that the commissioner for Mississippi
has this thirtieth day Of April fixed
and does hereby promulgate the fol-
lowing maximum prices and maxi
mum margins of profit which a retail
merchant handling the following nam
ed articles of merchandise may
charge, and these prices and margins
of profit are based on actual, original
cost, plus freight or express and war
tax, and they are maximum; msr-
chants may sell for less.
MEMS and boys suits, costing UP
to $25, margin Of profit 33 1-3 per
cent; costing from $25 to $50 inclusive,
margin of profit, 35 per cent. The
commissioner fixes no margins on
suits costing merchant above $50
Ladies and Misses suits and
same margin of profit as on
mems and boys suits.
MEMS, ladies and children's shoes,
costing up to So, margin of profit, 25 |
per cent; costing from So to $S, mar
gin of profit, 80 per cent; costing |
from SO to $40, inclusive 80 1-3 per
cent The commissioner fixes no
margin on shoes costing merchant
above $40.
Mems and children's hats: Costing
up to SIS, margin of profit, so per cent;
costing from IS to $40, inclusive, 40 |
DER cent; all straw hats, margin of
profit, 40 per cent. No margin fixed
IN hats costing merchant above $40.
Ladies' and Misses hats: Costing
Up to $5, margin of profit, 80 per cent,
costing from $5 to $40, margin of
profit, 40 per cent. No margins fixed
IN ladies' hats costing merchant
lbove $15
'Dry Goods: The margin of profit
IN all staple dry goods is 33 1-3 per
,ent; the margin of profit on all fancy
Try goods is 40 per cent
MEMS Collars: The maximum
rice which may be charged for mems
tiff collars STANDARD brands) is 25c
Meats. Maximum prices to be
harged for meats are as follows:
Beef, choice cuts, 35c pound; beef,
ther cuts, Zoe pound mutton, 35c
'er pound; veal 35c per pound.
milk prices, in restaurants and
afes Pure sweet milk, cream not
kimmed off regular glass, per glass,
C; sweet milk, cream skinned off,
c. butter milk, per glass, sc.
Sweet Potatoes: In circular No.
3, under heading Groceries" margin
f profit on sweet potatoes shold be
0c per bushel instead of 60c.
Committees are requested to re-
ort any eXhorbitant charges made by
furnishing all data avail
lie. In making other reports of prof
eering it is important and very de-
irable that all information and avail
BILE data be furnished with report"