The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18

oPA has been busy establishing def
mite standard cuts for pork, ham,
bacon, beef, mutton and lamb. These
standard cuts win be the same In
every butcher shop and grocery
store in the country. ix
4. Dollars and cents prices will then
be established throughout Cornec-
ticut on every one Of these cuts.
These. prices will be the highest
legal price which any store can
charge you.N They win be widely
publicized 80 that every housewife
will know what she can expect to
get for her money. t...,sg n
Then when meat Is rationed,
around the flrst Of April, we can
control the flow Of meat into all
our various cities and towns. There
went be too much meat available
until the war is over. But at least
the prices will be definite and with
inftl1e limits Of your ration coupon
tickets, you will be able to buy any
type Of meat you wish, where you
want to buy 1t. KY
We can look for definite dollars
and cents prices on all meat prod
llcts In Connecticut within the next
four weeks. I expect that these
prices viii be available on pork
products within the next few days.
Courageous Leadership
In my opinion, we are beginning
to see daylight on this huge task
Of price control on which we en-
barked last spring. And I believe
that we, can ell rely on James
Byrnes and Prentiss Brown to pro.
vide the kind Of hard boiled, cour-
.ageous leadership which will be
needed to protect us consumers,
against the pleas and pressures Of
special groups.
Each one of you listening to me
tonight has q huge stake in the sue
cess Of our efforts.
Let me say tl1is TO you Connecti-
cut workers. You four hundred
thousand men and fifty five thou
sand women who are working day
and night, to turn out airplanes,
machine guns, submarines, shell
eases and. other equipment for war.
at record speed. You are earning
far more money today than ever be-
fore. You are working forty-eight,
fifty four, yes, sixty hours a week
jobs ct the highest wage rates In
Connecticut history. Your actual
individual purchasing power Is
thirty-six per cent higher than when
war broke out In 1899 even when
we take into account increased liv-
ing costs increases which must and
shall be haltedl Higher wages will
lead surely to higher prices. Higher
prices will mean lower purchasing
power for your dollars. Higher
prices will mean initiation with fast
rising costs which will far outtun
any wage increase that you could
possibly secure.
You four hundred fifty thousand
Connecticut industrial workers have
q huge stake In the success Of our
OPA fight against initiation. Get
behind us. Any other road leads
to depressed living standards and
eventual privation.
You farmers, fifty-two thousands
Of you working your poultry
farms your market gardens, your
dairy and tobacco farms through
out Connecticut. You are worried
today about your shortage Of labor.
You are worrying about lack OF
fertilizer. lack Of spare parts for
your tractors and your harrows,
your ploughs and trucks.
Written Guarantee
You are being called upon to
produce huge new. quantities OF
eggs, poultry, milk and vegetables.
During the last three years the
cost Of running your farms has In
creased on the average Of thirty
eight per cent. ut-during this same
period the prices that you have re-
ceived for your products have In
creased an average Of more than
seventy-flve per cent. AS a result,
you are in stronger dollar and
cents position today than you have
ever been within the last forty
years. More than that, you have the
OPA's agreement that parity prices
will be respected and maintained In
fixing the prices Of all food. prod
.ucts. You haye a guarantee written
In the law ofsthe land which places
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