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Show New Ceilings , On Various Items j The office of Price administra- I tion recently established price ceilings on several items. For consumers, a reduction on Virginia Virgin-ia type dried pork products 5 to 60 cents a pound on whole or half hams; 6 to 7 cents a pound on sliced ham; 4 to 5 cents on bacon; 3 to 4 cents on sides; 2 cents on jowls, and 5 cents on shoulders. New ceilings on goat meat represent moderatet reduction reduc-tion set by geographis zones. Highest priced goat meat under the new order is "Cabrito" which sells for 30 cents a pound at re- i tail. Soybeans of the 1943 crop to be processed for oil are $1.86 a bushel for base grade and $1.92 a bushel for highest quality. Prices for the 1943 fruit and vegetable pack will apply to this years' pack until a 1944 price is set. Yellow cypress lumber was increased in-creased $3 to $4 per 1,000 board feet for producers to be passed cn to consumers. A 20 per cent per pound producers' ceiling was set on all round Chinook salmon and 24 cents on drawn Chinook, on catches in California, Oregon and Washington (except Sacramento river catch) effective through March. New priecs on alfalfa hay products mean -an increase of about 15 to 20 cents per ton of feed consumption for all states except California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Idaho. |
