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change from the pre-war practice in cash discount terms or other change 

 which tend to or result in increasing the margin of profit allowed will be 

 dealt with as an unfair practice. 



The retailer may have the benefit of fractional costs on each trans- 

 action ; that is, he may calculate the total charge to a customer on any 

 transaction as if fractional costs were not allowed, and if the result is 

 a fraction, he may add thereto such fraction of a cent as may be neces- 

 sary to make a price in even cents. The following table gives an ex- 

 ample in the case of eggs, using the cash and carry margin of seven 

 cents per dozen : 





MAXIMUM MARGINS. 



Flour List. 



Victory, original packages, ^-barrel quantities or more, $1 to $1.20 

 per barrel. 



Victory, orginal packages, 3^-barrel quantities or less, $1.35 to $1.60 

 per barrel. 



Victory, broken packages, l^c. per pound. 



Wheat, original packages, ^-barrel quantities or more, $1 to $1.20 

 per barrel. 



Wheat, original packages, ^-barrel quantities or less, $1.35 to $1.60 

 per barrel. 



Wheat, broken packages, l^c. per pound. 



Barley, original packages, 18 to 22 per cent. 



Barley, broken packages, l^c. per pound. 



Rye, original packages, 18 to 22 per cent. 



Rye, broken packages, IMsc. per pound. 



Corn, original packages, 18 to 22 per cent. 



Corn, broken packages, l^c. per pound. 



Rice, 18 to 22 per cent. 



Corn meal, bulk, l^c. per pound. 



Corn meal, original packages, 18 to 22 per cent. 



Hominy, 1/^c. per pound. 



Sugar, all kinds in bulk, l^c. per pound. 



Sugar, all kinds in refiners' original packages, Ic. per pound. 





