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Show Food Stamp Spending Aids Business Participants in the Food Stamp Plan have recently been spending approximately 14 percent of their blue stamps for butter; 14 percent per-cent for eggs; 17 percent for flour, frice and other cereal products: 12 percent for vegetables; 13 percent for fruits; and 30 percent for lard and pork products. By December 15, 1940, the Food Stamp Plan had been extended to 250 areas, and was in operation in 214 of these areas. About 2,500.000 persons were taking part in the plan, creating new buying power at the rate of more than $5,000- 000 a month for officially listed surplus foods at local stores in these areas. It is expected that later in the winter the Food Stamp Plan will have been extended to enough areas so that it will be serving between 4,000,000 and 5,000.000 needy persons. New buying power at the rate of $10,000,000 a month will then be made available for the purchase of listed surplus foods. |