MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 24
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 OSMEÑA, 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 | ₱7.20 | ₱7.30 | |
| 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 | ||
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MAXIMUM SELLING PRICES |
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| Product | Unit | Price paid by wholesaler | Price paid by retailer | Price paid by consumers |
| 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 OSMEÑA
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ARTURO B. ROTOR
Secretary to the President
Reference: Appendix to Executive Order No. 24
Source: Malacañang Records Office
Office of the President of the Philippines. (1944). [Executive Order Nos. : 1W – 109]. Manila : Malacañang Records Office.
