Washington County News | 1943-04-29 | Page 1 | Rationing Set-up Proves Flexible in Handling Shortages-Excess Items

Rationing Set-up Proves Flexible In Handling Shortages-Excess Items The manner in which point rationing ra-tioning can be used to govern the flow of available goods has been aptly illustrated during April, according ac-cording to E. Eric Snow of the St. George war price and rationing ration-ing board. Mr. Snow referred particularly to the changes in point values of some meats and frozen foods as well as some other processed foods, during the month. "Just like the battlefronts are constantly changing," he said, "so are the food . fronts constantly shifting and point rationing is admirably ad-mirably adapted to meet these changes. , "Thus it was found that frozen foods were not being sold under the old point values and were backing up in warehouses, requiring requir-ing valuable space. Because of the nature of equipment needed for storing frozen foods, "there is a definite limit as to the amount of goods that may be processed in this manner.. When it was found that these sales were slow, the point value was lowered, thus stimulating movement of these goods by making them better ration ra-tion buys." Mr. Snow said the OPA policy generally is to confine point value changes to once a month, but in emergencies such as this, particularly particu-larly as the program is just getting get-ting under way, some mid-month changes may be expected although they will be held to a minimum.