Show OPS orS ORDERS a 1 A Main lain Street merchants will be relatively of ot orders from the tho Office of 01 Price re rte e until August 1 Officials of 01 OPS have said loll ee hale they are ore legally entitled to issue any 13 which do not include roll backs ers s rde day 31 ext exten- exten en- en the the A der de national production fik the tIto act Of ot foe M MN N likely will vill NOT do so eo until after tell new act has beau beeD formally passed by byA STREET to ogres ress If ong A Such orders as may bo be issued ill l be fH for relief of merchants or ure r who i h ho ma be eau cau caught ht in i an s squeeze of ordera treed issued 0 Two factors of 01 interest to coops and others Baling tag in fertilizer fertiliser and to hardware merchants Baling in farm implements have materialized One Ono s 3 the tact fact that any shortage of fertilizer is isue veto ue to such an acute acuto shortage of sulphur that lie ha e international materials conference has ly recommended to all governments an nib allo- allo of the world su supplies lies of sul sulphur hur for forlie the tho tied hird carter of 1951 Reason is that sulphur is isad ed ad in n manufacture of more commodities than any they ther raw material Other factor is that defense induction administration has allocated to manufacturers manu manu- of farm implements the following scarce ar af materials for the third quarter Copper pounds steel tons and aluminum pounds This will mean a slight decrease during this quarter The is a manufacture depart- depart en of commerce reports that manufacturers manufacturers' ship- ship eats of farm machines and equipment for 1950 to a decrease slightly der 1949 accounted for by the shortage of factors cultivators and HE BEEF ISSUE 0 I Despite exhortations from economists and he e experts that weakening of the price control ct will result in additional inflation and higher prices it appears that the hogs eyes re sot and that congress will remove all agri- agri commodities under parity from any price even including beef which is per eat ent above parity OPS officials have predicted hat bat if beef with its way run-a-way prices cannot be then the whole price rice control program ro ram jy to topple ft I After reaching a new peak in the proceed proceed- og ng two weeks retail prices of food remained unchanged in the two weeks between ay y 28 and June 15 bureau of labor statistics re re arts orts Price increases for pork fish and eggs ere offset by decreases in poultry 1 fruits 1 fats ts and oils The bureau also reported another decrease a n the average primary markets of 02 per cent centor or the week ending July 3 principally because of in fats and oils cattle feed and crude ibber Prepared by the W Bureau Dareau of ef Features |