POINT RATIONING TO BEGIN EARLY
NEXT YEAR WILL VERY PROBABLY
EMBRACE NUMBER OF NEW ITEMS
War Ration Book 2 Will
Have Graduated Value
Coupons
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l Official Press Release By
Office of War Information)
Point rationing, to balance buying
among similar articles and prevent
runs on any of them, will begin early
in 1943. OPA revealed last week that
War Ration Book 2, containing cou
pons of graduated values, will go to
every American soon after the first
of the year. Within groups of items
which can be substituted for each
other in actual use, you will have to
give up coupons of a higher value to
get things that are scarcer than
usual, coupons of a lower value for
those that are relatively more plen
tiful.
In making the announcement, OPA
reminded the public that the fight
ing forces will now require more and
more supplies, food, and ammuni
tion, and stated that the point sys
tem was adopted as the fairest way
of distributing what remains in the
groups covered.
OPA is not ready to give a com
plete list of things to go under the
point system, but meats will be one
of the first groups.
Old System Best for Some Things
The simple coupon system was se
lected for rationing sugar because:
Sugar is something almost every
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one uses. It is a standardized ar
ticle. usually of one grade, and com
monly sold in packages of one pound
or several pounds.
There is a large enough supply to '
give everyone a share big enough to
be useful.
There is no widely used substitute
that could be exhausted by people
rushing to buy it in place of sugar,
no danger of working a serious hard
ship on many people who made ex
tensive use of the substitute.
The same conditions are true for
gasoline and coffee.
But these conditions do not hold
true for certain other kinds of com
modities. such as cereals. (The fol
lowing example is purely hypothe
tical; rationing of cereals is not con
templated.)
Suppose there were a shortage of
brandflakes.
Suppose the Government were to
ration brandflakes the way it is ra
tioning sugar—an aqual amount for
everyone each month. Because of
the shortage and because brandflakes
would thus be allotted to many peo
ple who don't eat them regularly or
at all. the result of rationing bran
flakes in this way would be a very
small share for each individual—just
a few ounces a month—too little to
do anyone any good.
This might mean a buying rush on
cornflakes by those who usually eat
| branflakes. thus creating a shortage
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This is generally recognized as
among the hest lines on the market.
There are various grades at a wide
range of prices.
Let us quote you on the best
made before you buy cheap equip
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difference in the cost—hut a lot of
difference in the quality.
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Of cornflakes—or a rush for corn
J real, oatmeal or wheatflakes to re
r ilace branflakes in the diet of those
, accustomed to eating them. These
cereals might quickly disappear
from stores on a ■'first-come first
! served" basis. Many people would
not get any of these cereals at all.
Obviously, this is an unfair and un
; democratic method of sharing the
j supply.
But under point rationing, all
\ thes cereals would be grouped and
rationed together. And this would
j include packages of all sizes, all
grades, and all bulk cereals.
Although dividing the supply of
any one of them would have given
each individual only a small share,
dividing the total supply of all of
them gives each individual enough
for his basic cereal needs. This gives
everyone a fail- and large-enough-to
be useful share of the total supply.
Tire consumer would use War Ra
tion Book 2 for all these cereals and
would use his point ration stamp to
buy the cereals he prefers.
The Government will give each
commodity in the group a "point
value.” A low point-value will be
given to the commodity which is
most plentiful as compared with the
usual supply and demand for that
commodity. A high point value will
be given to a commodity which is
much scarcer than usual. A point
value somewhere between the two
will be given to a commodity when
the supply and demand are expected
to be somewhat less than usual.
Here Is How It Works
Supose the supply of cornflakes is
about as plentiful as usual; the sup
ply of wheatflakes a little less; oat
meal quite a bit scarcer; grits much
scarcer; and branflakes very scarce,
hardly available at all. The point
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Forest fires are one of the greatest destroyers of taxable property in
the South. Of all forest land burned annually in the nation more than
90 per cent oeeurs in the 12 southern states.
value assigned by the Government
would be somewhat as follows:
And suppose each individual’s
share of the commodities in this
group is set at 48 points per month,
and the Government said the blue
stamps in War Ration Book 2 were
to be used for these commodities.
The stamps that would be used when
buying the comodmities in this group
will be the blue stamps, and for the
first month you would use the A, B,
and C blue stamps, which together
total 48 points, your ration for the
Points
Cornflakes
Wheatfiakes
Oatmeal_
1
2
4
8
11
Grits _
Branflakes
first month. The numbers on the
stamps are the points, the letters
signify the time period when the
stamps may be used.
When you buy any of the items,
you must surrender to the storekeep
er enough point-stamps to cover the
point-value of the item or items. Of
course, the qantity you buy will de
termine the number of points you
must surrender.
Buying With Money and Stamps
In buying goods rationed under the
point system, you must, in effect,
learn howr to buy with two kinds of
currency—money and point-stamps.
Just as you now budget the money
you can spend during each pay per
iod, you must learn to budget your
points so that they will last for the
Bill Is Proposed To
Increase Funds for
Fores! Fire Work
Called Most Important For
estry Legiation in Re
cent Years
What has been called "the most
important forestry legislation in re
cent years" is the McNary Bill now
in Congress. This bill, introduced by
Senator McNary of Oregon, provides
for increasing the annual federal ap
propriation for cooperative forest
fire protection with the states to $9,
000,000. The present maximum au
entire ration period. You cannot
borrow more points the way you
can borrow money.
Uiorization is only $2,500,000 for the
entire country.
Forestry leaders in the South are
unanimous that this section's most
urgent problem in timber production
is uncontrolled fires. Inadequate
federal funds to match state funds is
the main drawback to better fire con
trol.
The use of timber in the war effort
can not be overemphasized. Recently
the Army announced that willful
destruction of the nation's timber by
fire would be considered sabotage.
The annual forest fire loss In the
south has averaged more than $30,
000.00 for the past five years accord
ing to government statistics.
Forest fires do greater damage in
the south than in the rest of the
United States together. More than
00 per cent of the total forested area
that burns annually in the nation
occu-s in the twelve southern states.
The U. S. Forest Service estimates
that nation-wide fire protection
w)i,V' cp.-h $18.000.000 annually.
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with sound banking practice.
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