A poster in bold, clear letter, beside the meat counter is the easiest way for a retailer to display his ceiling on meats, which are included among the cost-of-living commodities in the General Maximum Price Regulation.

If the ration points are cut, so must the prices be. Slashed points without slashed prices are one of the surest clues to black-market meats

Black market in meats. Maybe she's getting a bargain in points, but the price will slice heavily into her budget

Anna Samet is one of hundreds of tenants of New York's East Side market places who are cooperating with their government by displaying prominently their price ceiling listings.

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Butcher shop of Benjamin Lutz (second from right) at 4:30 p.m. when shifts change at the factories. Although there is no scarcity of meat in Lancaster County yet, the wholesale price has risen as much as from five to eight cents a pound

Washington, D.C. Inquiring of a salesman why fruit and vegetables have no ceiling price, while coffee does

Washington, D.C. Display of canned goods, showing ceiling price signs in the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

New York, New York. Italian meat stall in the First Avenue market at Tenth Street Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer Date Created/Published: 1943 Jan. Medium:; 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches or smaller.) Rights Adviso

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