Show Weekly It Business men up and end down Main Streets and Small mall factories ies concerned with consumer goods and ind commodities ore are operating in a twilight of over price controls Q Price control officials are stuck with laws they dont don't think will work and are loathe to put provisions of the new now act A p into effect Everyone even proponents AI MiN of now new control law enacted by Congress U agrees prices are bound to go up prices may be stabilized but on higher FEATURE J level than at present OPS officials MM- MM d re reason consumers will blame blamo them if prices rices go up as they WILL go up hence they will wait ait until last minute or until they are convinced con- con vinced this Congress will not vote amendments be before before be- be fore rore placing new regulations into effect CONGRESS MAY CONSIDER SLAUGHTER CONTROLS I There i is some talk Congress might consider going oin back to slaughter controls on meat animals but there is is 10 little indication there will B be Further Further t basic aSic amendments Look for another n message from Pre President t Truman seeking to to tighten up present act t So for business there is period of confusion confusion con con- fusion and uncertainty ahead For retailers and wholesalers thero there is a status quo for new customary margin ups mark-ups apply to future regulations regulations regulations regu regu- lations and NOT to those now in effect so 50 prices oust lust be based on present rules 9 It Within next few weeks look for OPS crackdown crackdown crackdown crack crack- I down on ceilings violators by enforcement division division division divi divi- sion look for department of Justice arrests for violations of installment credit controls regulations regu- regu regulations regulations regu regu- lations and expect arrests for cheating on inventories above limitations fixed by national production authority BUSINESS FIRMS FEEL RENT PINCH t Q Business firms are beginning to feel bludgeon of increased rent demands in some Instances more than they can afford to pay for commercial rent controls were left out of new ne controls act Retailers from throughout country report nore pore than seasonal up pick-up in clothing sales in inmany inmany many instances due to bargain sales to whittle down Inventories Even fall clothes are to sell and NOT at bargain prices Early up pick-up is predicted in sales of shoes hosiery and childrens children's wear the latter a seasonal increase due to start of school term in S September I 9 Of interest to merchants who buy and sell cotton textiles and to merchants in cotton producing areas bumper crop of bales is forecast by federal crop reporting board Bumper crop prompted Secretary of Agriculture Brannam to set sat aside limitations on exports which was uras placed Into effect last fall BUT BUT UNLESS THE COTTON INDUSTRY ITSELF FINDS MORE END USES FOR COTTON NOW BEING STRIPPED OUT-STRIPPED BY SYNTHETIC FIBRES IT LOOKS LIKE UNCLE SAM WILL BE INDUSTRY'S BEST CUSTOMER Prepared b by th tho rho W Bureau of Feature 1 1 ji i 1 iii iii I j yi i f it A A n i l A i t j ii i I 11 t t 1 tl 1 e i i Him QUESTION C 0 BOX 0 H ie i ii i |