The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 29, 1944, Page 6

> ’ ' WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1944 PAGE SX 3 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ‘:;I_]||||IIII|||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIlllIII]IIIIlIIII|II|IIIIII|IIIIIlllllIlllllllIl||||||lll|||||||||||||||IIII||IIIIIIIIIIII||||I||IIIIIIIII|||II||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|||IIIIIIII|HIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIimr‘ | STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC 1t is with sincere regret hat after last Friday's meat cutting fest and a subsequent conference with the Office of Price Administration, we, the undersigned meat dealers of Juneau and Douglas, must make this amnouncement: We Have No Recourse But to Remain Closed Indefinitely We have been forced to remain closed much against our wishes. BUT OUR POSITION IS THIS: Either we reopen our stores, sell under new OPA prices and operate at.a loss, which will eventually force us to close because we will be unable to pay our bills; or, we remain closed, as we are now, and take the lesser loss of not being able to do business. We wish to point out to those who may, not knowing the facts or because of prejudice, accuse us of being unpatriotic, that when any business for any reason faces the fact that it to get out of business because that will be the eventual result anyhow., You will remember that when the Alaska Juneau Gold £ = = = E = = E = £ £ S = = = must do business at a loss there isno other recourse bu £ Mining Company found that a government ordered wage increase would mean that the mine could not operate except by losing money, it was forced to suspend operations in order fo pro- ; Z festitsstockholders. Thiswas not taken as unpatriotic, but rather as wise business reasoning. The mine would lose money by not operating — but it would lose more by operating. = A cutting test was held last Friday, witnessed by the proper OPA officials and by several The beef used for the cutting test cost the meat dealer $96 landed at the dock in Juneau. This § interested residents of Juneau for the purpose of testing the new OPA prices and determining does not include the cost of drayage and cold stor age which the meat dealers must also pay, but = what our realization would be under the new prices. The cuts were made according to the OPA which the OPA will not allow to be included in th e “laid-in” cost. So under the new OPA prices we _g.. regulations. The accompanying chart 'shows the result under the new OPA prices and what the would realize $8.48 on the $96 worth of beef. Any one should be able to see that this realization = realization would have been under our former prices, following the cutting methods which the OPA would hardly pay for the cutting. Even under our old prices, if we had to cut meat according to has asked us to follow. The figures quoted are taken from a memorandum prepared by Mr. D. J. the regulations, we would realize only $19.96 on the $96 beef, giving us a percentage margin of . O'Connor, Territorial Price Executive for the OPA. 17.21 percent. Our cost of doing business ranges between 19 percent and 23 percent, and to make g Y J a legitimate profit we must get a greater percenage margin than this if we are to provide for our / Weight New OPA Realiza- old Realiza- families. g Items Lbs. Ozs. Prices tion Prices tion ; § sirloins : 16 8 $ .56 s 924 $ 65 $ 1072 Mr. O'Connor, in the memorandum handed to us also insinuated that the two quarters of = Sirloin Tip T ) 54 764 60 8.92 beef used in the test did not come from the same animal. This is ridiculous because all quarters E Flank Steak 1 4 49 61 40 50 are numbered by the wholesalers, quarters from the same steer bearing identical numbers. = J T-bone Steak 134 18 65 833 80 1025 = § Round Steak ... 24 11 51 12.60 60 14.80 The new eutting method prescribed by Mr. O’Connor mention many cuts which we cannot = = Heel of Beef . 6 2 38 2.33 40 245 sell in Juneau and never have been able to sell. There are 17 of these.cuts. An example is the = E Center Cut Shilie Bone 4 4 16 68 30 1.28 brisket of beef, bone in. The new OPA price for this would be 29 cents a pound, but no housewife = Rump Roast (Boneless) ... 9 .54 4.85 80 5.40 is willing to buy this cut because of the large bone. We can sell this cut by boning it at 50 cents = Brisket (Boneless) i 4 43 351 45 3.69 a pound. We would then make 60 cents less on the brisket than if we sold;it with the bone in. But = Cross Rib ... i 15 1210 19 40 5.10 45 514 the new OPA price allows only 43 cents per pound for the boneless, meaning we would lose $1.16 on = Front Shank 3 5 16 53 15 50 the brisket by boning it, and scraping the bone which we normally do. This is one of many examples. = Arm Pot Roast ;R 40 5.00 45 530 w3 ¢ 1 ¢ = Blade ROASY L.c.pooos 42 1400 40 17.15 45 19.29 ~ But all of these prescribed cuts were made last Friday and the test showed that even by = Short Ribs . Sl a1 1.00 30 110 . selling all of these cuts we could not make a profit. ; : =- Prime Ribs ey 8 53 821 60 6.00 ) = Beef Kidney 14 35 30 35 30 : The OPA’S latest ultimatum to us is that we must try to operate under the new prices. = Hamburger — (Trimmings, Until this trial is made no recommendation for adjustment will be made to Washington, D. C Boneless Neck and Bone- X less Plate) 48 5 36 1740 40 19.32 We believe we have fairly shown to the OPA that we cannot operate under the new prices. TOTAL 237.41bs. $104.48 $115.96 THEREFORE, WE WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS RELIEF IS GRANTED. Sanitary Meat Company Cal Feusi and Jensen (Douglas) Alaska Meat Company g 20th Century Meat Market | 5 | \ ‘ American Meat Company ' : yr T Jim Ellen Cash Grocery g Huichings Economy Market il B Thibodeat:Cash and Carry.Store / ‘ California Meat Company £ :gfllllllllllflll|llllllllllll|llIIIIIIIIIlIIII||lI||IlllIlllIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIl|lIIIIIIIIII|I|II|IIIIIII|III|!IIIIIIIIII A i 25 HISTORIC'YEARS IN RADIO ...and what they mean to you A quarter of acentury ago, RCA was launched. From the start—with the help of its ever-growing public—it has pioneered in every radio development. From wireless to television, from the hand-wound Victrola to the present-day all-electric radio- phonograph, RCA has led the way. RCA thanks you —its customers—for your help in establishing this leadership. 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