The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-08-22
Price Control News
SUGAR STAMPS:

I rice NOnCfOl News
SUGAR STAMPS:
Spare stamp No. 40 good for
5 pounds of table sugar, expires
August 81.
Spare stamp No. 9 good for
5 pounds of canning sugar, eX-
pires October 81.
Spare stamp No. 10 good for
5 pounds canning sugar, ex-
pires October 81.
Present allotments of home
canning sugar will have to
serve for all this seasons can
ming needs. because no addl-
tional allotment can be expect
ed. according to Montana OPA
officials.
Treat your sugar as you
would a store of gold dust. it
is precious. And it is going to be
precious the rest of this year.
AS Montana goes into the
peak of its canning season
home Gamers are using the ~
pounds of canning sugar al
lowed to each ration book hold
er not only for the benefit of
their families. but in the cause
of food conservation. America
is sharing both its sugar and its
other foods with less fortunate
people in other parts of the
world. Home canning of food
makes it possible for the local
merchant and the producer to
sell their highly perishable
commodity.
Careful use of the 10 pounds
Of canning sugar per person
will produce a supply of food
for winter use. prevent waste
and conserve highly perishable
food. Use of home canning SUI
gar for canned fruit rather
than for %iellies or Jams saves
more food for next winters use.
Sugar continues in tight sup
PLY. and here are a few fig
ures on what We can expect the
rest of this year. Estimates
show We would consume eight
million tons of sugar this year
if we could get that much. due
to our increased population
and spending power. But the
total coming in will be just un-
der five and a half millloii
tons.
This year no sugar is expect
ed from the Philippines Or Java.
In prewar years the U. s. re-:
ceived about 2 million tons o.
raw sugar from this source.
Some increases in production
have occurred in Puerto Rico,
although small in relation to
demand for sugar. Cuban pro-
duction. though somewhat larg-
er than in 1945. will result IN
no greater supply in the United
States because of European
needs. and Cuba wants larger
shares for domestic use and
sale to South America. ,
Last year. 1945, the United
States had the smallest civilian
supply. on a per capita basis.
in four decades, 10 pounds per
person. of about rs per cent OF
preWar. :,
Retail ceiling prices for all
new passenger automobiles have
been raised an average of sew
en- and three-tenths per cent
over June 80, 1916 levels, "
meet the requirements OF the
new price control act. the OPA
announced. The new list prices
became effective August IL.
The increase was necessary
OPA explained, to conform to z
provision OF the new price
control act which prohibits the
agency from reducing the eS-
tablished peacetime retail dis
counts or markupS before the
retail unit sales for a per
iod of six months shall have
reached the six months rate
for the calendar years 1889 &c
1941. INCLUSIVE" Only distribut
ors and retail dealers will ben
eft from the increases: Typlca.
increases for 4-doOr sedanS are
Plymouth deluxe, S73; Dodge
deluxe. S85: Ford deluxe, $73
Chevrolet, SIS; Oldsmobile de-
luxe, $84.
Dollar and cent ceiling price!
for 1e45, 1916 used passenge'
cars by the Office of Price Ad'
ministration, effective Angus
81. In general the new price
are set close to prices of new
cars, in recognition of the fac
that used cars of recent make
are only a few months oldel
than new automobiles. Copie!
of the price table will be furn'
ished to all used car dealer;
for reference by consumer buy
ers and sellers, and will be or
file in all OPA local offices.
Higher costs of cotton fabric
have forced a price increase IL
work shirts made of cottoi
flannel and cotton domet. Tn,
increase announced by the OPP
is effective August IL and viii
amount to about two cents OF
the most common type of flan'
mel work shirt, and about thre'
cents on heavier s%anforizet
flannel.
A new sugar stamp for fiv'
pounds of table sugar will b.
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