The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-12
REDUCTIONS IN
PRICES OF MEAT
: ORDERED BY OpA
All Markets Must Display
Official Charter OF Prices
Effective Monday

ceilings on all retail cuts OF
beef, veal and lamb from one
70 three cents a pound was
announced today by Chester
Bowles, State OPA director,
to become effective through
out Connecticut next Mon
day. On that day every re-
tail meat outlet in Connect
cut will be required to display |
the official OPA price chart |
which lists all legal cuts of beef,
veal and lamb, together with the |
government grade and the specific
dollars and cents maximum price |
that the customer may be charged, |
Bowles said
With this latest price order be-
coming effective" he stated, every
type of meat is finally brought
under simplified price control which
already covers poultry and all cuts
of pork.
added to the many packaged and
canned foods which were fixed under
specific prices the first of the week,
this new order gives every Connec-
ticut family's food budget strong
protection and gives every house
wife the opportunity to know beyond
a qt stion of doubt when she is
being overcharged.
Posted Price Highest
In line with normal business
practice, the smaller stores will have
a slightly higher price ceiling than
the larger outlet. But the posted
price is not necessarily the price
that any store will ask for a particu-
lar cut of meat. The posted price is
simply the highest price that the
store is allowed to charge. Many Of
them will be selling cuts of meat
for less than the ceiling"
The OPA director emphasized that
The new regulation establishes the
same. price for meat in all stores in
The state, replacing the variable
charges based on 1912 prices.
Mr.. BoWles advised every family
3 70 clip the new price list from the
local newspaper when it appears
. and ito save it and use it when you
go shopping"
Originally slated for mid-April
telease, the dollars and cents meats
price were withheld by OPA for
downward revision in accordance
with the Presidents hold the line"
order. Further and more substan-
tial reductions will be made Oh
June /, Bowles said The meat prices
for Connecticut show decided de-
crease from February cost-of- living
index, he added.
Small grocery outlets may obtain
their price chart from their local
War Price and Rationing Board,
the OPA announced. Chain stores
obtain the charts from the regional
OPA office in Boston, while large
stores and super markets obtain it
from the State OPA In Hartford.
Compliance with the rev meat
ceilings will be in the hands of
Price Panels now being organized
on all local War Price and Ration
ing Boards.
Price on Bones. Suct
To solve the grocers problem of
what TO do with bones, the new reg
ulation places maximum price OF
three cents pound on them.
Other additions and changes in
cuts include a five-cent charge for
a pound of suet, an English-cut
roast at 35 cents a pound; and two
types of chuck shoulder-chuck
blade and chuck arm, bone in.
Reductions in the price of lamb
show the rib two cents cheaper as
well as the leg, sirloin chops and
sirloin roast.
AS the specific prices are for five
different grades of meat, retailers
are required to separate the differ
ent grades on display in order to
permit the customer to make COM
parsons. All meet is graded by i'm
partial experts of the U. S. Dept. Of
Agriculture and Is appropriately
marked in compliance with stand
ards which have been in effect for
many years, BoWles said.
He also POINTED out that under
the new price regulation, a few
retail cuts of meat have been
changed or eliminated For instance,
rump steaks new name will be sir
loin steak Oh The price chart, be-
cause sirloin forms the major part
of it. Top and bottom round. how
ever, will retain the names they
have always had and by which they
are most familiar TO New England
ers.
Parallel Schedules
There will be parallel price sched-
ules for stores in two broad divi-
sions: Glass One and Two stores,
doing a relatively small business;
Clas Three and -Four, chain and
supermarkets doing a much larger
volume of business.
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