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^ which involves less "conspicuous consumption," more reading and whclesoEie 

 family life. 



On May 1^ retailers are obliged to post ceiling prices for about 

 170 articles which are designated by the price administrator as cost of 

 living commodities. The principal food items include: cuts of beef, 

 beef liver, ground round steak, bacon, ham, salt pork, cooked or smoked 

 ham and frankfurters; the following canned goods: peaches, pears, pine- 

 apple, corn, peas, tomatoes, pork and ber.ns, green beans, tomato Juice, 

 grapefruit juice, pineapple juice, salmon, vegetable soup, tomato soup; 

 packaged flour mixes, macaroni and spaghetti, rolled oats, corn flakes, 

 bread of all types, soda crackers, fresh mi3-k and ^cr earn, lard, vegetable 

 shortening, sugar, coffee, cocoa, table salt, corn meal, rice and soap. 

 Also included are numerous items such as tobacco, drugs, toiletries, ice 

 cream, clothing, yard goods, footwear, household furniture, appliances, 

 and furnishings; hardware, agricultural supplies, ice, fuel, gasoline, 

 oil, tires and innertubes. There are a number of exceptions including: 

 raw or un-orocessed agricultural commodities or greenhouse commodities 

 while they remain in substointiaily their original state, eggs, poultry, 

 butter, cheese, condensed and evaporated milk, flour, except packaged 

 cake mixes, mutton and lajnb, fresh fish, seafood and game, linseed oil, 

 linseed cake, linseed meal, mixed feed for animals, live animals and 

 numerous other commodities and services. 



Heretofore there have been no ceilings on beef, even though 

 beef cattle were far above parity. Ceilings had already been placed upon 

 pork products, and hence there vj-as an effective ceiling upon the orice 

 of live hogs. Presumably if and when prices of other farm products, 

 which in the processed state are used for food, exceed 110 per cent of 

 parity, they too will be subject to price ceilings. Fresh fruits and 

 vegetables are exempt, partly because of the seasonal nature of their 



