Show THE FRUITS OF HOARDING hoarding of commodities produces two certain result shigh high prices and government enforced rat rationing boning an excellent example of that la Is touched on in one of paul callons Mal lons recent columns writing on the sugar situation ma mi mallon says tood food authorities have c counted up sugar stocks and conclude these are sufficient to furnish 99 pounds to everyone in in this country this year the average consumption for eight years from 1932 to 1940 was pounds so the amount available is only four pounds less than normal but whether you will get your 99 pounds this year is a question I 1 while stocks are almost adequate continues rationing is inevitable solely because of demand and not because of inadequate supply in short those who hoarded sugar brought the rationing program on theme and all other consumers and the hoarders boarders hoar ders will not even be individually bene fitted by their abnormal stocks when you get your sugar ration cards tickets will be baj removed to compensate for whatever excess supply you have on hand extremely severe criminal penalties are provided for fraudulent declarations the best advice any consumer can take is this buy normally dont purchase in excessive quantities dont hoard the retail stores store of this country led by the chain systems are preaching that doctrine now it is an essential protection against inflation and shortages ot 0 necessities you can be certain that free competition in manufacturing and merchandising will keep prices at the lowest leveland level and make possible the widest distribution of goods of all kinds exchange |