The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-07-29

using the following two lines as guides for each side of the plane; imaginary line paralled with the full length of the protrudng edge of the lumbar lsccton of the chne-b bone, which line extends one inch directly above such proridng edge; line on the inside of the lon inches from the flank edge and running parallel with such edge for the full length of the oin. All fat obstructng the ment of the second line shall be removed. Tn addi- tion to the foregoing all rough fat in the pelvic ity of the heavy end of the loin (srloin) shall be trimmed smooth and trimming by knife shall be apparent. No fat remaining in the pelvic cavity shall exceed one inch in depth"
 Basically because wages, rent, maintenance and other factors have increased while strict ceilings have been retail prices, the OPAs system has been Ia failure in many
 Wholesale prices have been allowed to increase while retail prices remain the same and retailers make less money or sell for no profit.
 druggist complains that while the oPA allows an increase IS percent in the wholesale price of a certain chemical, retail prices must remain the same.
 candy manufacturer is allowed to increase his price 625 percent and the OPA required that the trade announcement carry statement sayinQ, the OPA has not permitted you oR any other seller to raise maximum prices on the sale of said item" And the retailer had the choice of selling for loss or not selling because the retail margin was not per- cent
 In another case the War Labor Board allowed II cigar companies to increase wages and the OPA followed by allowing the manufacturers to increase their wholesale prices. But retailers warned tail prices must remain the
 OPA fixed wholesale ceiling price of $25O per 100 pounds for Louisiana potatoes Simultaneously, the Texas price fixed at $375. This resulted in Louisiana farmers trucking their spuds the state line where they brought a higher price The Now Orleans markets had no spuds while Texas mar kets flooded. Now Louisiana farmers fig uring on skipping planting a crop of potatoes and tons still in the ground may never be dug But many other cities short of spuds.
 Grocers have the OPA headache And no won der They are governed by 29 maximum price rcgu- lations 63 other controls applicable at the processor wholesaler obber level plus 10 general ration ders governing food products And all of these may be amended and are from day to day
 In one case a general order issued May 10, 1943. On May 13 OPA indicated through the press that these price tables would be changed While retailers still remarkg stocks in line with the May 10 order, OPA issued the revised order the weekend of May 14-16 In this the official text of the May 10 order not available in mime ograph until 5 pm. May 13, although the text had been published in the Federal Register for May 12 to be effective May TO-
 Whats to be done about all of this? This non sense is costing us lot of money. We haven't the answer. To completely clean house would solve the problem but it might be disastrous at this time.
 The Chamber of Commerce of the United States proposes the following summary be followed It might be the answer:
 Price controls should, in the first instance, be applied at the points where prices of materials and finished products are determined.
 At the wholesale and retail levels, controls should be in terms of regulations allowing merchants to add to the cost of merchandise their established of markup in order that they may main- tain their business existence.
 Tn all price controls full account should be taken of changes in labor and other costs.
 Price control should not be administered for purposes of profit control
 "To make price regulations workable under actual business operations the experience and under standing of trade associations should always be used in the drafting stage. No regulations should be issued without full discussion and consultation with of the field affected.
 Demands by government agencies for ques- tionnaires and reports should be reduced ,shoud be more simplified, and further coordinated
 There should be scrupulous care not to use cassfications of enterprises other devices that will violate the clear intention of Congress in it's prohibitions against actions requiring changes in tabshed business practices and methods, or disturb conditions.
 There should be no payment of subsidies for the production and distribution of commodities unless Congress itself finds the public interest requires such payments and fixes by law both the scope and the rate"
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