By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled œAn Act Declaring National Policy, authorizing the President of the Philippines for a limited period to fix Ceiling Prices of Commodities and to promulgate Rules and Regulations regarding Prices of Commodities to effectuate such Policy, and authorizing the appropriation of a certain sum for the purpose,  and upon the recommendation of the Price Administration Board, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The following essential commodities shall not be sold at more than the maximum selling prices for producers or importers, wholesalers, and retailers set opposite each.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (IMPORTED)

Commodity	Unit	Wholesale price	Retail ceiling price
Building Boards:
Treetex Hardboard (Sweden) Size 1/8 x 4 8	Sheet	P7.25	P8.00

PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS (LOCAL)

Commodity	Unit	Producer ™s price	Wholesale price	Retail ceiling price
Locally Produced paper:
White Bond Paper:
Specifications:
22 x 34 -30#	Ream/500	P12.30	P13.09	P14.73
26 x 34 -38#	Ream/500	15.58	16.57	18.64
27 x 32 -29#	Ream/500	11.89	12.65	14.23
26 x 32 -36#	Ream/500	14.76	15.71	17.67
28 x 34 -41#	Ream/500	16.81	17.88	20.12
25 x 38 -41#	Ream/500	16.81	17.88	20.12
22 x 34 -40#	Ream/500	16.40	17.45	19.63
28 x 34 -51#	Ream/500	20.91	22.25	25.03
22 x 34 -48#	Ream/500	19.68	20.94	23.56
28 x 34 -61#	Ream/500	25.01	26.60	29.93

FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)

Commodity	Unit	Importer ™s or Producer ™s price	Wholesale price	Retail ceiling price
Dairy product:
Processed Cheese:
œRenco Brand (New Zealand)	96/12-oz.	P69.82/cs.	P75.78/cs.	P0.88/tin
Fish canned:
Sardines in Tomato Sauce Portola Brand (tall Tin)	48/15-oz.	16.46/cs.	17.87/cs.	0.42/tin
Meat canned or preserved:
Viena Sausage-Hormel Brand	48/4-oz.	27.43/cs.	30.67/cs.	0.73/tin
Beverages:
Crescent Black Tea	48/16 ™s	24.27/cs.	26.35/cs.	0.64/pkg.16 ™s 0.04/each tea bag
Other Products:
Industrial Corn Starch	Bag/140#	28.05/bag	30.45/bag	0.55/kilo

SEC. 2. Any commodity not included in any previous Executive Order fixing ceiling prices and issued by authority of Republic Act No. 509, or in this Order, the size and specification of which are the same as those of the foregoing, shall have the same ceiling price.

SEC. 3. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the seven per cent sales tax.

SEC. 4. This Order shall take effect five days from the date hereof.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.


By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary