The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-29
GOODS WHICH
COME UNDER
PRICE CON R0L

With about 80 per cent of the
foods bought by consumers under
ceiling prices" confusion exists in
the minds of the majority of people
which of the food items on the groc-
er's shelves come under the price
regulations issued. We publish below
general list of all such foods for
the information of the consumers who
are urged to check prices for "chisel-
ing" by INSCRIPTIONS dealers.
The list follows:
Ceiling price-highest price charged
by retailer in March 1912:
Beef, Veal, and Pork, all cuts.
Frozen and Smoked Fish.
Sausage and Cold Meats.
Canned and Frozen Meats.
Fluid Milk and Cream.
Ice Cream.
All Bakery goods, including bread.
Prepared pet foods.
Bananas.
Cake and flour mixes in 3-pound
packages or less.
Corn meal, hominy and hominy
grits in 3-pound packages or less.
Ceiling price-highest price charged
by seller during September 2S-Octo-
Der 2, 1912
Milk products: All butter, cheese,
condensed and evaporated milk, pow
dered milk, casein, matted milk, pow
der, ETC., Except fluid milk, fluid
cream, and ice cream.
Eggs.
Poultry Except turkeys).
Mutton.
Canned citrus fruits and juices and
other citrus products.
Fresh citrus fruits, including but
not limited to oranges, grapefruit,
lemons and lines.
Flour.
Cake mixes and flour mixes in bulk
and "packaged" in quantities greater
than three pounds.
Dry edible beans, dried peas and
lentels.
Corn meal, hominy and hominy
grits in larger packages.
Ceiling prce-set by special OPA
food MAKEUP formula, effective Octo-
Der Is, 1912:
Breakfast cereals.
Canned fish
Cooking salad oils.
Sugar
Canned vegetables.
Coffee.
Rice.
Hydrogenated shortening.
Other shortening.
Dried fruits.
Lard
Certain holiday foods under season
Al prices.
Ceiling Price-Lamb (highest price
charged by seller July 27-91, 1912
Canned fruits.
Berries and juices; frozen fruits,
berries, and vegetables; fruit pre-
serves, jams and jellies, apple butter,
canned shrimps, domestic canned
;rabmeat, turkeys, white potatoes,
)nions. Ceilings based on OPA form
la now in effect
Condensed soup. New formula set
oy WPB. Ceiling prices by OPA to
it old style soups under GMPR.
Remember these things when you
10 shopping:
l. A store cannot charge you more
or "price-controlled" articles than it's
eiling price.
g. Prices for the same goods do not
ave to be the same every store. Each
tore has it's own top prices.
3. Stores must plainly show their
OPP prices for certain goods, desig
ated by OPA, that are important in
he daily living of most Americans
but top prices will not be displayed
n all price-controlled items. The
igns read
Ceiling Price, $.......--.-.-..--.-..--...." or
"Our Ceiling, S......-..--.-----..--..---......
4. If in doubt about ceiling price, |
SIX your merchant to show you his q
eiling price book.
you are asked to pay more I
nan the ceiling price b
If you are confident you are being a
harged too much, ask for sales slip. '
Write to or visit your local War Price
nd Rationing Board, or the nearest Il
PA office to make an official com S
laint b
Local War Price and Rationing
cards will refer complaints to OPA )
n investigation. The law has sharp |
,eth for Willful. persistent violators. L
must comply with price con- +
oil. 1t is the interest of all Amer a
ans to keep the cost of living from d
ping up. For our protection, we n
ust check the invisible enemy-war r
me inflationl
ALL OF US MUST WORK To b
ETHER TO MAKE PRICE CON t.
roll WORK FOR U.s. al