| Show CONSUMERS GUIDE POSTS NO 12 ladies under things made of nylon are NOT from the black market this question has been asked several times and now is a good time to clear it up the nylon material used in the under things has been by the military as defective fec tive manufacturers are then permitted to make it into garlem gan ners nylon lon unlike some other materials cannot be unwound so it possible to use the yarn yam for hosiery but it is possible to use it for garments it is well to remember that any nylon hose you may be offered is made from yarn stolen from the military during 1942 more than ten milion ion dresses were made to sell to wholesalers for to in 1943 the number had dropped seven and one half million in 1942 more than a fourteen burteen our teen million dresses were made to sell to wholesalers at but in 1 1943 this number jumped to a total of twenty five million proving that manufacturers were leaving the low priced level and moving to the higher priced lines the OPA in cooperation with other government agencies is taeng steps to see sec that these low priced dresses are brought back to the market it is probably that by the time fall comes you will find lower priced merchandise such as childrens clothing work clothes and house dresses back on the merchant shelves optimistic americans are letting their imaginations run away with them just because most meat was removed from rationing they take it as a sign that the food food problem has been licked it meat may be back on rationing before you know it and the way canned goods are disappearing from the grocers shelves you may find points restored to many present point free items one way to keep food off rationing is to raise a victory garden it has been hoped that there would woul d be more gardens this year but evidently people have lost interest or else they have m misinterpreted is intern feted the removal of some items from rationing because fewer gardens are being planted occasional surpluses do occur due sometimes to lack of snip ship ping space lack of feed or numerous us other reasons but remember we are still helping to feed the world dont get overly optimistic on the food question get out and plant your garden you may wish you had before this war Is over speaking of fruit the OPA announces that ceiling prices have been set for watermelons water melons this season and at a much lower price than last year this should be good news to the watermelon lovers |
