Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-01

regard for quality these are some
of the effects which can be expected
from point rationing" which will
start soon with the issuance of war
ration book No. 2.
A little revolution in the nation'S
buying practices is inevitable when
points" must be budgeted as care
FULLY rs dollars. And budgctcd they
mu be il tho family is 10 come 10
lhc months end us we'll stumbled
with LIES nect SyiticS as they have
bccn in the past.
1T once the country gets into the
wing of this new kind of buvinp II
"i1 find that many of our present
problems of sunpl" have been auto
mRtically solved.
Point rationing differs from tho
present system of straight coupon ra-
ihninr in that commodities. will he
.'atlnned as groups Of related ar sim
i!ar items instead nf as indiyidrnj
ems. II will not replace the pres
chi straight coupon system for sugar
Office and gasoline. Thee will cor.
niue to be sold as Individual items
Tor these reasons; thcv are all things
almost everyone uses, there Is
nuugh OF them 10 give cVcrvon" =
share large enough to be useful, and
therc is no widely used substitute
Tor them which could be exhausted
a rush of buying, thus working Il
hardship on those who commonly risc
shat substitute
But Il is would not be true of nl9ny
'ncr co'nmodlt G.. Take breakfast
c'clls for a purely hypothetical en-
n>2lc. (IlatiCning of breakfast CO.
Gals is not contemplated
suppose shortage of branrIakrs
were expected HNo shortage is c,-
pcctcd, however, II branfIakcS woe
ratloned by the present straight coll
pom system, they would be allottr,;
tn many people who don't eat then.
while those who do cat them rcuuI-
ariy would find their allotment m.
too small. This could easily calls,
buying rush on some other ccr,.,:
which would do as substitute. thu,
creating shortage i'm this second
cereal and making il impossible r.,.
It's regular eaters t. obtain il.
Under point rationing all the y;Ir-
Gus cereals would be grouped and
division OF the total supply of all If
them would give everyone a share
large enough to be of use Each cor
cal in the group would be given a
certain number of points, depending
on it's plentitude or scarcity. plcrti,
iul kinds receiving low-point rating
scarce varieties high-point. Tins Inc
alphabetically scarce branfIal:n.
might be given point-vnIuc or
eleven, while plentiful cornrIaI;e> re-
celVe point-value of one and ont
meal nPiinnr nlc,,t,t,,l
.hlSht receive point-value of to,Ir
ohoulo purchaser want Il pound
| u cornilalIcs, Il coupon to the vain,
orc point would De surrendered
a pound ol oatmeal were ordered.
| 'our-polnt coupon would be given
| p; 10 secure pound of scarce uran-
lakes. eleven points would be taken
rom war ration book No. 2.
rs up TO each individual purcha.-
| To decide how to spend the
| points I'm the book. lie may buy
| !!gH-point commodities and receive
SIS Tor his l..tlon or low-point items
| md receive more.
| Obviously purchasers of ratiunco
| commodities are going to think twice
| leiorc spending their ration points
Less impulse buying will be an i'm
| fpolldnt result.
| ,Poiht Tationing means: more DIP
llaSes carefully planned beforehand
| leSt the approaching months end
IND the ration book holder with no
FONTS to spend Tor absolute ncccs-
lilies, Less Whste Is bound 10 result
or irtpt,Lse buying. pleasant as il
nay be to tho BUYER. often results il,
jtrchasest WHICH prove .unsuitabl,
nd liifiseable. o..
Applied to food purchases. point
atIonIng indicates more menus plan
ned Tor week in advance So ina;
very bit of ratIOned food can be
used up and full value of thc pnIu;,
blamed. And as a happy result of
ms plsInlng, meals may well prove
- be more interesting as more varied
iScS OF the rationcd purchases arc
eViScd
Mr.. and Mrs. American Citizen arc
certainly going to find thCr%clN,
'uylng and using some things ,hCv
ave never used before. when pom.
dtIonng gets working Ia full OK
ent. For when things they are uscc,
cost too many points for advar-
agcouS buying. ether less familiar
commodities Will have To be chosen
II their place. Particularly IN t:,c
natter of food can this work 10 OK
client advantage as rmiamiIIa..
fishes are tried and liked.
Above all, point rationing IS butI,tG