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Show Ceiling Prices Established On Fresh Fruits, Vegetables Control Will Mean Savings to Consumers The first state. wide community price ceilings regulating the sale of fresh fruits and vegetables became be-came effective here Thursday, O. Guy Cardon, chairman - of the Cache county war price and rationing ra-tioning board announced. Set by OPA after meetings held throughout the state with wholesalers whole-salers and retailers, these top legal le-gal prices represent a substantial substan-tial savings over prices last win. ter, when there was no price control con-trol of these vital commodities, he said. To equalize prices between communities com-munities and still assure the wholesaler and the retailer a fair rate of profit, the state has been divided into six zones, Ralph Spencer, OPA associate price representative, rep-resentative, explained. Communities Communi-ties within the same zone will all have the same price ceilings. Zones are determined by the distance dis-tance of retailers from the nearest near-est wholesale receiving point. Community price ceiling lists, it is planned, will be revised by OPA every two weeks. ! The price of lettuce under the I new regulation affords a convincing convinc-ing example of the oenefiti' the I consumer under war price- coi'i. ! trol. This staple article of diet ! has sold as high as 15 and 20 cents a head. The new ceiling prices range from 11 to 12 cents a pound. Few heads weigh as jmuch as a pound. ' Carrots were 10 to 11 cents a bunch as compared to the pres- ent ceiling price of nine cents. Bananas were 13 to '15 cents a pound as compared to the new I ceiling price of 12 to 13 cents. I Top legal prices for Logan will ibe: Retail ceiling prices, variations j according to variety br grade, i all prices by the pound unless (specifically mentioned: j All apples, 12 cents; bananas, 10 1 to 12 cents; grapefruit, 8 to 12 1 cents; lemons, 13 cents; oranges, '8 to 11 cents; tangerines, 15 cts.; I cabbage, 6 cents; carrots, 10 cents I per bunch pound; California clipped clip-ped topped carrots, 8 cents per pound; Utah topped carrots, 3 cents per pound; lettuce, 11 cts.; onions, 7 cents; potatoes, U. S. Idaho No. 1, 49 cents and Utah, 47 cents, (in 10-pound sacks) ; Utah ungraded, unclassified pota- toes, 10 pounds 27 cents; spinach, 16 cents. |