The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-02-24
Begin Using
Rotion Tokens on
February II


Ration tokens will come into uss
on February n. The following Ques
tons and answers are issued by thu
Office of Price Administration t.
help consumers understand how the,
will buy with this new ration cur,
rency:
l. Q. When will begin to use ra
ton tokens?
A. Consumers will begin to receive
tokens in change from their retailers
on February n. They can be usec
Immediately.
2. Q. Will OPA give each consumer
certain number of tokens when this
new program begins, just as every
body was given a supply OF ration
stamps?
A. No. The only tokens you will
get are those your retailer gives you
in change.
3. Why will need ration change?
So far, except for receiving 1-point
meat stamps in change, have just
counted out the right number OF
stamps to give my retailer when
have bought rationed foods.
A. You will need change when tok-
ems go into use because each red and
each blue STAMP in your ration book
will be worth ten points It will no
longer be SO easy to give your dealer
an exact number of points as it was
when you had 8, 5, 2, and 1-point
stamps to use.
4. If each stamp will be worth ten
points, will | have more points to
use than do now?
A. No. You will have almost ex-
actly the same number of points as
you do now. You will simply use
fewer stamps during any one ration
period. That's one advantage of the
new plan since handling fewer
stamps will cut down the work of
your retailer and will make your ra-
ton book last longer.
5. O. When each stamp is worth ten
points, how will OPA adjust the RAJ
tioning program so as to give me the
same number of points per month as
I have now?
A. At present, three sets of pro-
cessed food stamps, total Of twelve
stamps are worth 48 points. Under
the taken system, five blue stamps,
worth ten points each, will have
total value Of fifty points This
small difference of two points can be
adjusted by slight change in the
point value of proceSsed foods.
s. Q. Will meat stamps be handled
the same way?
A. Yes. AT present each consumer
gets sixteen meat points week, or
thirty-two points every two weeks.
Under the token system, three red
stamps, worth ten points each, will
give him thirty points to use during
the first two weeks of token ration
ing. As in processed foods rationing,
the small difference OF two points
will be adjusted in the point value of
items rationed under the meat or
der.
7. Q. What will consumers do with
their tokens?
A. They will use them very much
as they now do pennies A consum-
er who buys items worth % blue
points, for example, will give his re-
taller, two blue stamps Ca total of 20
points, and three blue tokens, Teach
worth point). II he has no tokens
he will give his retailer three blue
stamps $50 points, and receive seven
blue tokens in change.
5. @. Is there any difference be-
tween the meat and processed foods
tokens?
A. The only difference in the two
kinds of toksn is in their color. The
colors match the stamps with which |
they will be used: blue stamps and |
blue tokens for processed foods; red
stamps and red tokens for meats and
fats. --~-~/
8. @. If have no blue tokens, may
| use red ones to pay for processed
foods?
A. No You will use two kinds Of
tokens just the same as you have al
ways used two kinds of point stamps
one set for processed foods, the
other for meats.
TO- @. What is the advantage of
using tokens? I
A. Tokens are expected to make
rationing simpler both for consumers
and for the trade. There will be
point currency Of only two denomi-
nations--all stamps will be worth 10
points; all tokens. one point Con-
sumers who have long used dimes
and pennies will find it easier to fig
IRE than when they handled ration
stamps worth s, 5, 2, and points. It
will be easier for retailers to count
stamps and to make change than
when they had to examine each
stamp to determine its point value.
Tokens are also easier to handle Il
han stamps.
III. Will / turn in my ration tokens
1T the end Of each ration period?
A. No. Tokens have no expira-
ion date.