[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 24, November 06, 1944 ]

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 371 OF OCTOBER 2, 1941, FIXING THE MAXIMUM SELLING PRICES OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF PRIME NECESSITY, AND PROMULGATING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.



WHEREAS, in view of the shortage of food, other articles of prime necessity, and services caused by the war, it is essential to the welfare of the people that the fixing of the maximum selling prices of such articles as promulgated on October 2, 1941, be continued with such modifications as circumstances may require;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SERGIO OSME A, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the Philippines, do hereby prescribe and promulgate the following schedule of maximum prices in the Province of Leyte:

MAXIMUM SELLING PRICES


Product


Unit


Price paid by wholesaler


Price paid by retailer


Price paid by consumers

1. Rice-elon

cavan

P7.20
P7.30
ganta

0.32
litro

.11
2. Rice native unhusked (palay)

cavan

3.00
3. Corn-milled

cavan

4.45
4.60
ganta

.21 
litro

.07 
4. Corn-grain

cavan

3.62
3.73
ganta

.18
litro

.06 
5.Wheat-flour-American or Australian

49-lb sack

3.01
3.10
kilo

.15 
6. Vegetable lard

kilo

.32
.33
.35 
7. Corn beef, canned

12 oz. tin (case 48)

15.50
15.98
12 oz. tin

.35
8. Sardines, canned

15 oz. tin (case 48)

6.91 
7.15
15 oz. tin

.35  
9. Sugar, brown refined

picul (63.25 kilo)

8.34 
8.60
kilo

.14 
10. Salt

ganta

.08
.09  
.10
kilo

.05
11. Milk-condensed

case 48 cans (14 oz.)

13.38
13.79 
14 oz. can

.30 
12. Milk evaporated

case 48 cans (14 oz.)

7.58
7.73
14 oz. can

.30 
13. Vienna sausage, canned

case 48 cans (4 oz.)

6.88
7.09
4 oz. can

.16
14. Pork and beans, canned

case 48 cans (16 oz.)

4.05
4.18
16 oz. can

.09
15. Pork

kilo

.40
16. Beef

.60
17. Carabao meat

.45
18. Fish (fresh) :

First class

kilo

.40
Second class

kilo

.30 
Third class

kilo

.20
Fourth class

kilo

.10
19. Fish (dried) :

First class

kilo

.80
Second class

kilo

.60
Third class

kilo

.40
Fourth class

kilo

.20
20. Fish (salted but not dried):

First class

.60
Second class

.45
Third class

.30
Fourth class

.15
21. Fish; salted, small, such as ginamos, bolinaw, bagon, etc.

Petroleum can (5 gal.)

5.00
22. Eggs

Dozen

.36
23. Vegetables:

Camotes

1 petroleum can (5 gal.)

.50
Hantao

Small bundle

.01
Patola

For each 3

.10
Upo

Each

.10
Ceguedilla

Bundle

.01
Tancong

Bundle

.01
Tomatoes

For each 2

.01
Holabtog

For each 5

.01
Gabi

Each

.05 
24. Chickens

Each depending on size

.25-1.20
25. Bananas

Each

.01
26. Soap:

Large size bars (approximately 1 kilo)

Each

.30
Small size bars (approximately 1 kilo

Each

.16
27. Laundry:

Pants

Each (pair)

.15
Slacks

Each

.15 
Shirt

Each

.15
Drawers

Each

.05
Under shirt

Each

.05
Towel

Each

.05
Wash cloth

Each

.02
Handkerchief

Each

.02
Sox

Each (pair)

.02
Sheet

Each

.15
Pillow case

Each

.05
Mattress cover

Each

.20
Denims per suit

Each

.25
Cap

Each

.05 
Minimum charge

Each

.50
28. Haircut

.50
29. Shave

.20
   

The maximum selling prices herein fixed will supersede the prices provided for in Executive Order No. 371.

Any person, firm or corporation who shall sell any article, included in the above schedule at prices in excess of the maximum selling prices herein fixed shall be punished as provided in Section 3 of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six Hundred as amended.

Done in the seat of Government in the field, this 6th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-four, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the ninth.

(Sgd.) SERGIO OSME A
President of the Philippines