Evening star., 1942-11-23


favorite beverage a day-Which is
going to hurt lot of people to the
depth of their coffee-loving hearts.
Doctors, however. are secretly de-
lighted, because they think the cur
tailment of the brew will be better
for the national health They felt
the same way about sugar, remem-
ber?
OF course, we don't need to tell
you that the reason for rationing
is the usual one of supply and de-
mand. Shipping difficulties have cur
tailed the former, and our armed
forces and lend lease have stepped
up the latter. There just isn't
enough coffee to go all the way
around. and it is only fair that we
civilians should be on the short end.
When one realizes what the boys
who are training and fighting are
giving up for our freedom it makes
one feel bitterly ashamed that any
Americans can still hoard and groWl
and feel resentful that they must
cut down TO one cup of coffee day.
Isn't that just too bad? This
thought is unusually we'll expressed
by lady who wrote in to me the
other day about some recent re-
marks l had made about coffee
hoarders. Toward the close Of her
letter she said:
There is a spiritual side to war,
which I have read about, and am
beginning dimly to comprehend.
For if people had already that spirit
of sacrifice and understanding of
each others feelings, SO necessary
If every one is to comply cheerfully
with some restrictions which
think are merely incidental anyway
to the hardShips and sorrows which
people suffer who have boys at the
front, or whose own lives are actual
ly disrupted, then there would not
be that thing in humanity which
causes war Think that one over,
all OF you who are busy planning
the world after this war is finished!
In case you want few more facts
on the actual rationing procedure,
here is the dope-just as 1t comes
from OWL:
Il. Coffee already blended with
chicory. cereal, chick-pea or other
substitutes counts just the same in
the ration as 100 per cent coffee.
Read the labels and know exactly
what you are buying.
If you like these mixtures or
blends, you might consider buying
pure coffee and chicory, cereals or
chicR-pea separately and mixing
them at home Thus you can make
your pound ration go further.
50. Instant coffee. soluble coffee,
liquid coffee concentrates, coffee ex-
tracts and similar products are not
rationed.
3. Coffee is price-coptrolled, but
ceiling prices may vary from store
to store. These prices must be
plainly displayed.
IF you are charged more than
the ceiling price. report it to the
nearest War Price and Rationing
Board. You are allowed by law of
Congress to sue for three times the
amount Of the overcharge. or $50.
whichever is higher. plus attorneys
fees and court costs
Right now some stores are being
permitted to raise their ceiling prices
slightly. but after December 81, no
such increases will be permitted.
a. Coffee rationing regulations
are for your protection: they assure
you of your fair share. 1t is un-
patriotic to encourage or take any
part in violations of these regula-
tions.
IF a bootlegger tries to sell you
coffee, or any rationed commodity.
it is your patriotic duty and respon-
sibility as an American citizen to
report 1t to your War Price and
Rationing Board or to the nearest
Once of Price Administration Of
fice."