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Show so they will last the entire ration ra-tion period. 15. If you shop for your family learn to spend your family s Eoints on the items which will est fit their needs and give variety var-iety of the items in a group. 16. In order to' get the most out of your point allowance, buy second choice. This will stretch your rations and help relieve pressure on scarce items. 17. Point value of rationed commodities will be posted in stores for you to see. 18. Point rationed food means "share and share alike". You cannot borrow more points the way you can borrow money. 19. Rationing is necessary to supply our fighting forces with the things they need, and to assure as-sure everyone his fair share of essential goo4s which have become be-come scarce because of the war. HELP WIN THE WAR! What Point Rationing Means To You 1. Point Rationing is a system of rationing a group of similar or related commodities which tun be substituted one for another an-other in actual use. 2. Same ration coupons will be used to buy any of these commodities. com-modities. 3. .Point system will be used to ra'tion certain commodities for which the straight coupons system sys-tem is not suitable. 4. Each person will be entitled to a certain number of points for a certain period. 5. Each commodity in a group will have a "point-value." 6. Low point-value will be given giv-en to the commodity which is most plentiful as compared with usual supply and demand. 7. High point-value will bej niven tq commodities which are scarce. 8. Those. who buy low point-value point-value commodities will get more than those who buy high point-value point-value commodities. 9. War Ration Book Two contains con-tains four pages of blue stamps and four of red. Each color will be used for a different point rationing ra-tioning program. Each page contains con-tains 24 stamps lettered and numbered. Letters run from A to Z with the letters I and O omitted; numbers are either 8, 5, 2, or 1 showing point value. Numbers on stamps are the points; letters signify the time period when stamps may be used, i Example: Three letters during 'each month- I 10. Point values of the first blue stamps, A, B, C each equal 16 points. The four B stamps total the same, likewise the C stamps. The total of the A, B, C stamps equals 48 points which may be your ration for the first month. 11. In buying goods under the foint-rationing system, you must earn to buy with two kinds of currency money and ration points stamps. For example: Pineapple, 1 qt., 25c, 16 points, scarce; Peaches, 1 qt., 25c, 8 points, average; Rhubarb, 1 qt., 25c, 1 point, plentiful; Prime Rib Roast, 1 lb., 45c, 16 points, scarce; Round Steak, 1 lb., 35c, 8 points, average; Hamburger, 1 lb., 2S)c, 1 point, plentiful. I 12. Learn the money price and the point-value. 13. You must give the storekeeper store-keeper dollars and cents and point stamps. , 14. Learn to budget your points |