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17. (^. Do the inaxinuin prices to retailers and interm ediate sellers apply on 



apples t^rovm and shipped from llichii^an or o^fTer states not covered by 



f.o.b, ceilings? 

 A. Yes, 



18. Ci. Do the maximum prices covering sales in an auction market apply to pur-i 



chases by an ultimate consuiaer in an auction market? 

 A. Yea. 



19. Q. Is there any allovmnce made for grower ♦S sales agents ? 



A. Growers' sales agents obtain their maximum 'prices if they are making 

 • sales f.o.b, shipping point, 



20. Q, Can a subsidiary of a chain organiaation purchasing unbroken carlots 



legally add the carlot ^STsTribution raarlcup when reselling unbroken cars? 

 A. Yes, ' 



21. q. Has any consideration been giv^n to price differentials for grades and 



varieties of applee to b« nvado by regional or" district' offices of the 



OPAf 

 A. The regional and district offices of the OPA have the authority to es- 

 tablish community ceiling prioes at the wholesale and retail levels, 

 but ar.iendiaent 9 was not intended to provide a basis for the making of 

 varietal and size differentials. 



22. (^. In cases virhere it lias been the custom to add cartage for out- o f-tovm 



deliveries to retailers or institutions, is it pen.iissible to add such 

 chafijes to the maximum prices? 

 A, No. The uniform zone prices established in araendir.ent 9 include nonnal 

 delivery charges to the place where the retailer or institutional buyer 

 is located. However, consideration is being given to provide higher 

 less-than-carlot prices for delivery to retailers or institutions lo- 

 cated substantial distances from primary receiving points where carlots 

 or trucklots can be received, 



23. (^. Define a commission merchant . 



A, A commission merchant is an agent of a grower or shipper, located in 

 the terminal market or other wholesale receiving point, v/ho sells in 

 less-than-carlot or less-than-trucklot quantities to wholesalers, i^- 

 tailers or institutions, who usually sells through a store and extends 

 credit and who remits to the grower or shipper the net proceeds of a 

 sale deducting therefrom his commission and all other applicable charges, 



24. Q. A grower takes a trucklot of apples to Cumberland, Maryland, and sells 



in 1 e_s s -than -truckl ot quantities to retai lers. Does he determine hia 

 maximum price by reference to the"Table covering sales to retailers? 

 A. Yes. 



25. (^. A grower does not have time to go to Cumberland, Maryland and visit each 



store to make sales, but he is in a position to sell in lol quantities 

 by phone to the retailers. He loads hia truck and sends it to a central 

 point where the apples are picked up by the buyers. He finds that sales 

 of this kind are considered pool trucks, V/hy is there a difference in 

 the ceiling price for this method of sale as co mpar ed to I'e s's -'than^oarl ot 

 sales to retailers? ""^ — — — - 



